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Adam Bryant conducts interviews of senior-level executives that appear in his “Corner Office” column each week in the SundayBusiness section of The New York Times. Here are a few insights provided during an interview of Ben Lerer is a co-founder and the chief executive of the…
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So Good They Can’t Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love Cal Newport Business Plus (2012)How and why “the craftsman mindset is the foundation for creating work you love” Curious, I checked on the…
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Lead By Greatness: How Character Can Power Your Success David Lapin Avoda Books (2012) “Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer “Greatness” is one of the terms that have become essentially useless because their meaning…
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Actually, there are far more than six but these are among the films I think are especially engaging: The King’s Speech (201o): This brilliantly traces the process by which the Duke of York (later crowned George VI, played by Colin…
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The Click Moment: Seizing Opportunity in an Unpredictable World Frans Johansson Portfolio/Penguin (2012) Why we are determined to explain random success, especially when it is inexplicable In an earlier book, The Medici Effect, Frans Johansson explains that this book is…
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I check out TED videos every chance I get because they comprise a treasury of information, insights, and wisdom provided by thought leaders in one or more of three fields: Technology, Entertainment, and Design. Dan Pink has much of value to say about all…
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The Art of Procrastination: A Guide to Effective Dawdling, Lollygagging and Postponing John Perry Workman Publishing (2012) “The early bird may get the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese.” This review is from: The Art of Procrastination: A Guide to…
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Here’s another special treat from the HBR Blog Network: an HBR IdeaCast that consists of an interview with Frank Barrett, jazz pianist and author of Yes to the Mess: Surprising Leadership Lessons from Jazz. He is a professor of management at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey,…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Rosabeth Moss Kanter for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. * * *…
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Opting Out of the “Rug Rat Race”
Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Paul Tough and featured in The Wall Street Journal (September 8, 2012). There continues to be so much bloviating BLAH BLAH BLAH about the importance of education at all levels…
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