The Pursuit of Excellence

The Uncommon Behaviors of the World's Most Productive Achievers

By: Ryan Hawk, Patrick Lencioni - foreword

Narrated by: Ryan Hawk

Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins

Publisher's summary

Millions of business professionals aspire to become effective leaders. But for hardworking, growth-oriented top performers who are always looking to improve and for rigorous thinkers who are never quite satisfied with the status quo, the true goal is the lifelong pursuit of excellence.

Leadership advisor Ryan Hawk has interviewed hundreds of the most productive achievers in the world on his acclaimed podcast, The Learning Leader Show, to discover the best practices for pursuing and sustaining excellence. He found a pattern of uncommon behaviors that set these stellar individuals apart. By following their examples, you will learn how to: commit to yourself and the process - and build purpose, focus, and discipline; develop resilience to face new challenges - and find inspiration for the long haul; seek guidance - and lead others to new heights; meet the moment - and make the most of every opportunity to excel; and create a trusted group of advisors - and become a lifelong learner. Packed with specific actions to take, experiments to run, and tools to analyze what works best for you, this uncompromisingly practical guide will inspire, challenge, support, and empower you to become your very best. Put mindsets into action and turn behaviors into habits with The Pursuit of Excellence.

©2022 Ryan Hawk (P)2022 McGraw Hill-Ascent Audio

Lots of great nuggets of info

Anyone looking for ideas of how to improve your life, this is a great guide.

Great Business Book - Great Book for Life

Ryan’s raw and straightforward wisdom is gleaned from his many interviews, so you feel as if you are assembling knowledge from hundreds of people. Loved listening to this!

A Must Read!!!

I just finished this book. So much great advice and knowledge when into this book. This is a book I will read several times.

This is Excellence in an audiobook

This audio by Ryan Hawk is a culmination of all of his previous interviews on The Learning Leader Show podcast. He masterly takes his readers through the characteristics, personality traits and behaviors that have helped proven leaders sustain excellence. His narration of the book makes you feel like your enjoying one of his podcasts. This book belongs in your library if you are on a personal “Pursuit of Excellence” and looking for ways to level up your life!

READ this book!

This is a well written book that spoke to me on so many levels. I believe everyone can learn and be encouraged by this book.

A Renaissance of Dismissed and Forgotten Principle

The culture of 2022 seems to have lost its true potential through instant gratification and selfishness. Ryan reminds us of classical truths and principles that will help guide us back towards cultural decency. This book belongs in the top shelf of everyone's library.

Excellence in any arena

Excellence is excellence in any arena- become you’re personal best in whatever you pursue. Ryan spells this out wonderfully using prime examples of those who pursued and modeled excellence in their field.
Should inspire all readers to take advantage of each day and implement tactics and habits that will help them achieve excellence in their own life.

The Pursuit of Excellence

Ryan Hawk’s “The Pursuit of Excellence” was well-narrated and intriguing. Thank you for the stories and insights of some of the top leaders. I felt like I got a cheat sheet into leadership and will use in my own leadership positions.

I expected to much

I ended up returning it. And I don't do that often. I'm not a learning leader podcast listener, but I did listen to "welcome to management". I found that book helpful, but this book felt very disjointed. It was literally like he wrote it 100 words at a time (as he said) and didn't have a real vision for a singular through line. Basically this book is "tiny notes from interviews". That would have been a better title. I hate to say it, but I'm also not a fan of his narration, it's like listening to a radio DJ. This book would be better if he had longer stories that built to something more profound. I just didn't see it going anywhere. Didn't want to waste even more time.