Obstacles Welcome: How to Turn Adversity into Advantage in Business and in Life is much more than a biography of events, it is a blueprint for a successful life and business. With “Six Pivotal Points” of his life as an outline Ralph de la Vega, president and CEO of AT&T Mobility, presents the major obstacles in his life and the steps he took to overcome them. The author goes into impressive detail when describing his goals and methods for business and provides plenty of charts and graphs to illustrate them.Expecting a biography, I was excited to see the great lengths the author went to to teach and define such deep concepts as success, leadership, and vision. With insight, he presents information with more than just AT&T in mind; it is loaded with beneficial application for large and small companies (whether new or old), churches, and even the reader's personal life.
The following is a quote that has stayed with me:
“The minute we stop learning and trying out new things, we start to become stagnant. We won't go much further in our growth. The pace of change around us is too fast for us to become locked in place.”
While no Scripture was presented as such, the book is in line with Biblical principles and I highly recommend it to anyone in a position of leadership.
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