The 100-Mile Walk by: Sander and Jonathon Flaum

Zach Flowers
8th Period
Mrs. Brown
4-January-2009(what!)

The book The 100-Mile Walk is a collection of true stories compiled together by Sander and his son Jonathon Flaum. These stories where chosen by the father and son team who are on a quest to find the essence of leadership. The book is 10 chapters, with each chapter being a different aspect of leadership, "the Ten P’s" as they call them are People, Purpose, Passion, Performance, Persistence, Perspective, Paranoia, Principles, Practice and Providence. Each "P" has several stories that go with it that project the importance of the term. At the end of each chapter the Flaums provide a "checklist" that summarize all the key ideas of the chapter. Also scattered throughout the book are quotes said by various people from CEO’s to Senators. One that really spoke to me was by Jeff Rich, the CEO of Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. He said "I think the day that your people stop bringing their problems to you is the day you stop leading. They’ve either concluded that you don’t care about their problems or that you cannot help them. And leaders always have to be in a position to help." If you are looking for an adventurous tale then this book is not for you. But if you are someone who is looking for something to help guide you in the right direction through life, or wants to gain a deeper and more profound understanding to guiding one’s self then look no further because The 100-Mile Walk is the book for you. I give it five out of five stars.