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The Wealth of Nations: A book review by Bob Morris

July 2, 2012

The Wealth of Nations: The Economics Classic Adam Smith with an Introduction by Tom Butler-Bowdon Captstone Publishing Ltd./A Wiley Company (2010) How and Why The Wealth of Nations is “one of the most important and influential books ever written.” The title of…

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The Myth of a “Balanced” Life

July 2, 2012

Here’s a recent post by Josh Linkner at his website. To check out the wealth of resources that he provides, please click here. *     *     * In addition to reaching the top of our game in our careers, we…

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Niraj Shah (Wayfair.com) in “The Corner Office”

July 1, 2012

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 Niraj Shah, co-founder and C.E.O. of Wayfair.com, a seller of…

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Boundless Potential: A book review by Bob Morris

July 1, 2012

Boundless Potential: Transform Your Brain, Unleash Your Talents, Reinvent Your Wortk in Midlife and Beyond Mark S. Walton McGraw-Hill (2012) “Potential” means “you ain’t done it yet.”  Darrell Royal Few of us of us ever fully develop the potentialities that…

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The Client-Patient Checkup: Ten Questions the Doctor Would Ask You

June 30, 2012

Here is an especially clever as well as valuable article that Andrew Sobel posted at his website. To read the complete article, check out other resources, and sign up for his free monthly newsletter, please click here.  *    …

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Why Women Still Can’t Have It All

June 30, 2012

Here is a brief excerpt from a feature article written by  Anne-Marie Slaughter, and published in the Atlantic magazine. To read the complete article, watch a video during which Anne-Marie Slaughter talks with Hanna Rosin about the struggles of working mothers, sign up for…

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The most important productivity tip

June 29, 2012

Here is an article written by Dave Logan for CBS MoneyWatch, the CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the website’s newsletters, please click here. *     *    …

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How to Prepare “Fast Trackers” for Top Jobs

June 29, 2012

  Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here. *     *     * One of the most difficult managerial transitions is moving from functional leader…

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5 signs you’re a lousy boss

June 28, 2012

Here is an article written by Suzanne Lucas for CBS MoneyWatch, the CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the website’s newsletters, please click here. *     *      * (Money…

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Sleeping with Your Smartphone: A book review by Bob Morris

June 28, 2012

Sleeping with Your Smartphone: How to Break the 24/7 Habit and Change the World Leslie A. Perlow Harvard Business Review Press (2012) How and why to avoid or break free from a cycle that grows (unintentionally) vicious Ignore the title of this…

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