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Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work Chip Heath and Dan Heath Crown Business (2013) How to make better decisions and help others to make better decisions in all domains of life Those who have read one…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Sam Bourton, Johanne Lavoie, and Tiffany Vogel for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the…
Read MoreGood Strategy/Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters Richard Rumelt Crown Business (2011) How and why a good strategy “acknowledges the challenges being faced and provides an approach to overcome them As the title of this review correctly indicates,…
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Speaking up is hard to do, even when you know you should. Learn how to assert yourself, navigate tricky social situations and expand your personal power with sage guidance from social psychologist Adam Galinsky. He is currently the chair of…
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At the age of 11 Martin Lindstrom opened the doors to his own Legoland, optimistically anticipating hoards of visitors from near and far. Not a single person showed up. Aware that something more than mere brilliant design was needed to…
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How to Have a Good Day: Harness the Power of Behavioral Science to Transform Your Working Life Caroline Webb Crown Business (2016) “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” Annie Dillard I selected the…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Caroline Webb for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm, obtain subscription information, and register…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Caroline Webb for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. To read the complete article, check out other resources, learn more about the firm, obtain subscription information, and register…
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In Essentialism, Greg McKeown explains how to develop “the disciplined pursuit of less.” Obviously, he agrees with Albert Einstein: “Make everything as simple as possible but not simpler.” I agree with McKeown: “There are three deeply entrenched assumptions we must…
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“It’s absolutely impossible for one human being to motivate another.” Robert Townsend
Is it possible to motivate people? Obviously, Robert Townsend doesn’t think so. In Freedom, Inc. Brian Carney and Isaac Getz observe, The problem is, the more closely psychologists look at the motivation — or engagement — levels of people in…
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