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Cronin addresses something most management books skip: before you can manage a team, you have to be able to manage yourself. His 'self-mentoring' concept fills a real gap, especially as formal corporate mentoring has become harder to find. The guidance is aimed squarely at early-career professionals and walks readers from their first job through to senior leadership, emphasizing self-awareness and discipline as the foundation for everything else. Reader testimonials describe it as the book they wish they'd had at the start of their careers. The caveat is honest: this appears to be a small-press or self-published title with limited critical review and modest distribution, so the vetting process that comes with a major publisher isn't there. Worth reading if you can find it, but manage expectations on polish.