Leadership Lessons From The Great Books
Hosted by Jesan Sorrells · Leadership Toolbox Podcast Network
5.0from 30 ratings
- 353
- Episodes
- 265
- Transcribed
- 30
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
- 758K
- YouTube views
About Leadership Lessons From The Great Books
Understanding great literature is better than trying to read and understand (yet) another business book, Leadership Lessons From The Great Books leverages insights from the GREAT BOOKS of the Western canon to explain, dissect, and analyze leadership best practices for the post-modern leader.
- Publisher
- Leadership Toolbox Podcast Network
- Category
- business · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 21 Mar 2023
- Latest episode
- 7 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
265 of 353 episodes have a transcript.
7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Man That I Would Become: Lessons from a Life of Hard Work, Faith and Purpose by Victor L. Bretting
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The Man That I Would Become: Lessons from a Life of Hard Work, Faith and Purpose by Victor L. Bretting
Published 7 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I was in a faith-based school until I was in sixth grade. So, you know, the fundamentals were there. Um, And like every young man, you go left, you go right, you go left, you go right, and you try to stay in the middle. And I'm not going to tell you that I was extremely strong in my faith in the middle part of my years. I knew where I was going. I knew I believed. I knew I didn't steal. I didn't hate, didn't kill people, blah, blah, blah. I knew that, but I wasn't really strong in my faith. And I'll be honest, the faith started coming back with my wife because she's very strong in hers. And then the ranch, the ranch just totally turned it, you know. […]
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- John Hill
- Libby Unger
- Harvey Seifter
- Zac Stucki
- Katie Mestres
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- YouTube views
- 758,151
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 23 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 7 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 94 / 100
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- Quality
- 99
- Social presence
- 91
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 85
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