Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.

Harry Truman
About This Quote

Readers and leaders both have a passion for learning. They each love to read and learn. And they both approach reading in different ways. Readers learn by reading; they don’t need to write anything down to remember what they read.

Leaders, on the other hand, learn by writing. They need to take notes and record everything they learn in meetings and conversations in order to remember it later.

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