Why Leaders Should Be More Like Ebenezer Scrooge: A Five Step Process

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A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Dec. 12, 2016 - PRLog -- The story of Ebenezer Scrooge is one of my favorite holiday traditions. As much as I'd like to say that I read Dickens' A Christmas Carol every year, in truth I read it once, really liked it, and have since made a ritual of watching Scrooged with Bill Murray. With every viewing of this movie plus the multitude of other renditions, I wonder why calling someone a "Scrooge" is such a bad thing.

As leaders, we should strive to be Scrooges. If this sounds wrong that's because you are focusing on the pre-Christmas Ebenezer. That guy is a selfish, egotistical miser who says things like, "If I could work my will, every idiot who goes about with 'Merry Christmas' on his lips should be…buried with a stake of holly through his heart." But this is not the message of A Christmas Carol, it is simply the beginning.

A Christmas Carol is the story of self-improvement. It's about learning from your past, having foresight into your future, and making the changes necessary in the present. This is not a feel-good self-affirmation; it's a motivator to introspectively pick apart our flaws and work towards becoming a better person...

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