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The Power of Conscious Connection: A Book Review by Bob Morris

December 4, 2023

The Power of Conscious Connection: 4 Habits to Transform How You Live and Lead Talia Fox Ideapress Publishing (November 2023) How to master conscious connections with self-awareness, reflection, and intentional communication Why did Talia Fox write this book? As she…

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The Ultimate Guide to Power and Influence: A book review by Bob Morris

July 27, 2023

The Ultimate Guide to Power and Influence: Everything You Need to Know Robert L. Dilenschneider Matt Holt Books/An Imprint of Ben Bella Books (July 2023) How to define, realize, and gradually strengthen your personal agenda There is much confusion and…

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Unlock Your Potential: A book review by Bob Morris

August 6, 2022

Unlock Your Potential: The Ultimate Guide for Creating Your Dream Life in the Modern World Jeff Lerner Matt Holt Books/An Imprint of Ben Bella Books (August 2022) “‘Potential’ means you ain’t done it yet.” Darrell Royal I agree with the…

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How to Win Friends and Influence People: A book review by Bob Morris

May 29, 2022

How to Win Friends and Influence People: Updated for the Next Generation of Leaders Dale Carnegie Simon & Schuster (May 2022) “Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.” Dale Carnegie How to Win Friends and…

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It’s All Possible: A book review by Bob Morris

August 5, 2020

It’s All Possible: How to lead an epic life and unleash the high performance hero within you Rob Hartnett Major Street Publishing (October 2019) Street smarts on steroids Years ago during an interview by Richard Brown, Rod Steiger was asked…

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HBR’s 10 Must Reads On Managing People (Vol. 2): A book review by Bob Morris

April 24, 2020

HBR’s 10 Must Reads On Managing People (Vol. 2) Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (March 2010) “If you put fences around people, you get sheep. GIve people the room they need.” William L. McKnight I selected a Dale Carnegie…

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The Introvert’s Complete Career Guide: A book review by Bob Morris

February 18, 2019

The Introvert’s Complete Career Guide: From Landing a Job, to Surviving, Thriving, and Moving on Up Jane Finkle Career Press (February 2019) People never underestimate you without your permission. In Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t…

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Quiet: A book review by Bob Morris

February 1, 2019

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking Susan Cain Broadway Books (2013) How and why our location on “the introvert-extrovert spectrum” influences most (if not all) of our decisions and opinions I recently re-read this…

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The Magic of Thinking Big: A review by Bob Morris

September 15, 2018

The Magic of Thinking Big David J. Schwartz Simon & Schuster (1959) “Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re probably right.” Henry Ford Opinions are divided — sometimes sharply divided — with regard to self-help books. I…

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The Introvert’s Edge: A book review by Bob Morris

March 31, 2018

The Introvert’s Edge: How the Quiet and Shy Can Outsell Anyone Matthew Pollard AMACOM (2018) “Why should I care?” Years ago during dinner with a very prominent venture capitalist in San Francisco, I asked him how he and his colleagues…

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