Want to be a better leader? Become a better reader. In excerpts below from e-mail blast, author, former CEO and virtual business coach Michael Hyatt, he shares his own perspective on the importance of reading and offers five ways that reading makes us better leaders:

We are pleased to share with you an important and thought-provoking article from Jack D’Aurora’s June 23rd post on parenthood and, in light of Father’s Day, his thoughts and reflections on his own father.