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I think that one of the best ways to learn leadership isn't studying "leadership" at all. Instead, study individual leaders in their natural habitat and decide what they do that you want to try. That's why, every week, I bring you a selection of posts by and about individual leaders. This week I'm pointing you to posts by and about Georgia Berner, Amy Astley, Mark Zuckerberg, and Sheryl Sandberg.

From the NY Times: Consolation, Through Work
"In the late 1960s, I was engaged to marry Erling’s son Christian. As a wedding gift, Erling offered to help us set up an energy recovery business in Japan, which we thought would be great fun. Recovering energy involves providing fresh air without increasing energy use in a building. Christian ran the business, and I taught English grammar and literature to Japanese students. We had two children while living there."

From the NY Times: Always Be Proud to List ‘Waitress’ on Your Résumé
"My first real job managing people was at Vogue. I was probably about 25 years old, and I worked for Anna Wintour. I was just a young writer on the staff, but she asked me to be the beauty director, which would mean supervising a small staff of three people."

From the NY Times: Zuckerberg Remains the Undisputed Boss at Facebook
"Since the moment he dropped out of Harvard University, Mark Zuckerberg has stayed remarkably focused on two things: Facebook, and being the boss of Facebook."

From the NY Times: The $1.6 Billion Woman, Staying on Message
"SEVENTY-TWO hours before Facebook’s big moment, Sheryl K. Sandberg was half a world away, hobnobbing with the likes of Bill Gates and the Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Yes, Ms. Sandberg is Mark Zuckerberg’s No. 2. And, yes, if all goes well, she will soon become the $1.6 billion woman. On Wednesday, Facebook filed to go public in a deal that, in all likelihood, will instantly make it one of the most valuable corporations on the planet. But Ms. Sandberg, who has helped steer this social network to this once-unimaginable height, had more on her mind than securities filings and ad metrics. She was attending the annual World Economic Forum, in Davos, Switzerland, where her subject wasn’t Facebook — but women. Specifically, how women, in her view, must take responsibility for their careers and not blame men for holding them back."

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