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Be Careful What You Wish For
I was a newly minted VP at Ziff-Davis, in a job that felt way over my head, and likely was. With my one-year-old daughter asleep on my chest, I started reading “What It Takes”. I thought I was reading a book about a presidential primary. I didn’t realize I was reading a book that would help me identify a massive challenge I was facing: it told me I was built for business leadership. It also warned me something would break if I didn’t get smarter about managing it.
Richard Ben Cramer’s “What It Takes: The Way to the White House” is about six men who wanted to be president. My daughter Olivia…
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