Arguably the most famous book by John C. Maxwell — who has written scores of them and sold millions of copies — is The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership.
The Law of Respect is No. 7 and it declares that people naturally follow leaders who are stronger than themselves. Harriet Tubman is used as the example of accrued respect, how the called her Moses because of how many of her people followed her to freedom.
Maxwell wrote: “When people respect you as a person, they admire you. When they respect you as a friend, they love you. When they respect you as a leader, they follow you.”
Run that back again. Respect. No. 7. Harriet Tubman, a personification of Liberation.
Yeah, that’s Jaylen Brown.
The leadership of Brown has been one of the revelations of the NBA’s COVID era though it might have slipped past many. The dominance of the Miami Heat, the postseason debut of Luka Dončić, the walkout protest of…
