The Vagrant, Dan Rockwell
The Vagrant, Dan Rockwell
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The Vagrant
The Inner Journey of Leadership: A Parable

Author: Dan Rockwell, John David Mann

Narrator: Dan Rockwell, John David Mann

Unabridged: 3 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: G&D Media

Published: 09/19/2023


Synopsis

A modern parable for ambitious people on the relationship between success and self-reflection from the coauthor of the acclaimed Go-Giver series and a renowned authority on leadership

Have you ever wondered, “If I could go back in time and talk to my twenty-year-old self, what would I say?” In The Vagrant, a brash young executive finds himself asking that exact question when his world is turned upside down.

From Dan Rockwell, creator of the popular Leadership Freak blog, and John David Mann, coauthor of the award-winning classic The Go-Giver, The Vagrant follows Bob, a bright, up-and-coming leader in the health care business who leads a team of forty at a large city hospital. When he’s called up to the seventh floor one fine spring morning, he fully expects a promotion in line with his C-suite aspirations.

Instead, he’s fired.

Moments after losing his job, Bob has a strange alleyway confrontation with a homeless man rambling about “the four impediments of the Apocalypse.” To Bob, his words are nothing but incoherent ranting, but they soon prove eerily prophetic. In the weeks that follow, Bob loses everything he holds dear—his apartment, possessions, reputation, and health—and ends up living on the street . . . until chance leads him back to that same alley and he crosses paths with the strange man once again.

In this timeless, eye-opening tale of redemption, Bob’s tailspin journey through loss and catastrophic failure invites listeners to examine the nature of genuine leadership and embark upon their own story of self-discovery.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mark on October 15, 2023

I love Dan Rockwell’s blog and was looking forward to reading this book. When I learned that it was a bit of a parable I was filled with dread as I expected drivel along the line of Blanchard’s Fish or Who Moved my Cheese. Thankfully it is better written and more clever than those. Rockwell’s wisdom......more

Goodreads review by Ancillar on October 02, 2023

I received a complimentary copy from the publisher and all opinions expressed are entirely my own. This is a book I went into expecting nothing but what I got from reading the book is that we are all Bob, we know a Bob, we have seen a Bob at week and we are scared of being Bob. The book follows Bob w......more

Goodreads review by Michael on May 01, 2024

The Vagrant opened my eyes to possible reasons for repetitive obstacles which I have encountered. There were frustrating parts of the story for me and I was not entirely the happy with the ending, but the authors achieved their goals in setting out critical principles for leadership and self awarene......more

Goodreads review by Robert on January 22, 2024

The story pulled me in and it is a quick, short read. I've always been the smart kid. If everyone has been telling you that you have a lot of talent and potential but it is not adding up to as much as it should, this may help. I think it will help me.......more

Goodreads review by Ruch on November 13, 2023

What a incisive read. Piece of art in how it packs lessons in easy text!......more