Book Review: Leaders Eat Last By Simon Sinek

The book Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek teaches us how to be a good leader in the modern world and why our world is divided into leaders and followers. Sinek explains what it takes to be a leader in the modern world, a few qualities that leaders show and why leaders feel the way they do. Sinek focuses on each of these categories in his book and also how to become a leader because everyone can have the opportunity to become a leader. A leader must be able to provide safety. In our modern world we have many safety issues that we face on a daily basis. The more secure we feel in a situation the faster the progress. Leaders must make their followers feel secure and a strong foundation will form between the group. When this strong foundation …show more content…
Four of the chemicals there are mentioned are: Endorphins, Dopamine, Serotonin, and Oxytocin. Sinek touched on each of these chemicals to explain the chemicals significance on achievement. Endorphins are the chemical released to mask whatever pain we may be putting through our body. This is the chemical that helps us to keep going and achieve our goals. Dopamine as well is a goal achieving chemical and makes us feel good. This chemical can be dangerous when abused because it can make us feel good instantly. Dopamine makes us feel like we need to get things done and achieve our goals, this is why it is called “the goal achieving chemical”. Serotonin and Oxytocin are the “warm and fuzzy chemicals”. Serotonin is known as the leadership chemical because it makes us feel like we need to protect our people. In his book Sinek provides a great example about a company names Barry-Wehmiller and their battle against an economic blow and how these leaders tried everything in their power to protect their people. Finally, Oxytocin is the chemical of love. This is the chemical that is the main basis of this caring leadership. It allows leaders to show empathy towards their followers and helps build those strong, caring relationships amongst one another. Like stated above, companies would not be able to thrive without these strong trusting relationships between the leader and his people …show more content…
Everyone wants to feel a sense of belonging and this main point I agree on the most. When people feel a sense of security they are able to have a better performance turn out. Sinek’s book is relevant to today’s military because it explains to us that people perform better once they feel a sense of security as well as developing these relationships amongst one another to strive. The main lesson learned from this book is what it takes to be a long term leader instead of a short term leader. If these trusting relationships are not built the performance rate will be likely to suffer because these soldiers, I may lead will not feel a sense of security and may not be able to feel confident in their work and make wrong decisions because of the lack of trust. This lesson can be applied to future military or even current to help explain the importance of these relationships. This reading has explained the key features and how to adapt to become a great leader in modern America. I can use this reading in the future to protect the soldiers I may lead as well as developing these relationships that could make or break a situation. These soldiers will be more likely to perform better knowing they have someone to back them up or even knowing the mentality that someone is there to protect each decision they may