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Books Deepak-Chopra Leadership Soul of Leadership

The abilities and characteristics of a great leader

The following acronym details concisely the abilities and characteristics of a great leader: L=Look and listen. Creating a vision based on the needs and responses of your group.E=Empowerment. Motivating yourself and your team.A=Awareness. Knowing what you want out of a situation as well as what others want.D=Doing. Being action-oriented as a role model.E=Emotional freedom and […]

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Books Goals Reading

My Reading List from 2009: Ranging From: The Only Sustainable Edge to The Master and Margarita

In concert with the practice of yearly goal setting, at the beginning and end of each year, I try to take a step back and reevaluate my reading and learning aspirations. Inspired by my cousin and brother-in-law who are avid readers, I have compiled my 2009 reading list and posted it here. Soon to be […]

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Author Books Dan Pink Drive Motivation Passion

Dan Pink on the surprise science of motivation

Recently, here in Seattle, I had the opportunity to sit and listen to Dan Pink in person talk about his new book Drive. Key takeaway? There is a mismatch between what science knows and what business does:– Incentives work but only in a narrow slice of circumstances (motor work)– “If then” rewards, destroy creativity– The […]

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Books Design

How can we make this look good? Books on design: the written word, presentations, data and more

Over the years, I have come upon several books that do a great job of teaching the elegance of good visual display or just good design. There are multiple purposes to design – for example, you could be trying to design a compelling website, express quantitative data in easy to understand graphs or to design […]

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Free Download of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – audiobook

Download this timeless classic here.