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"Life goes into books and books go back into life . what is in them not only adds to life, but genuinely goes back into life and transforms it.”Iain McGilchrist illustrates in The Master and His Emissary that books take the complexity of life and produce something understandable to enact. Through books, we make sense of things, just like with coaches. In the Origin and Goal of History , Karl Jaspers suggests that “we cannot formulate any adequate concrete image” of our overall goal. Everything is a concept. The reality is, nevertheless, that we are the “being that strives to rise above itself.” Abraham Maslow and others also believe that self-improvement and having a purpose supports well-being. Similarly for leaders, becoming their best version, or self-actualizing, benefits both them and others. For example, authenticity and equanimity, or the ability to glide through life’s challenges seamlessly, are key characteristics. Those traits don t just happen. We need to ex

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