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Monthly Archives: June 2010
New book: CEOFlow: Turn Your Employees into Mini-CEOs
I’m always inspired by Aaron Ross’s great resources for individuals, entrepreneurs, and CEOs, including the “Unique Genius Worksheet” and Pebblestorm. Today Aaron’s new book came out, CEOFlow:Turn Your Employees Into Mini-CEOs.* From what I’ve seen so far, the CEOFlow approach is a very smart way of reshaping management relationships. *Affiliate links. www.anchorsandbridges.com
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The 5 elements of wellbeing: Do they matter to you?
One of the most elemental issues inspiring my work on personal and organizational development is the failure of the typical “success” paradigm to reflect anything other than short-term financial gain. In defining success this way, we risk not only dehumanizing our life and work, but also neglecting the fact that non-financial aspects of life are driving [...]
John Wooden TED talk on success
John Wooden has been an inspiration to me, and I was sad to hear about his passing last week. Here is a great TED talk he gave about his growth as a leader. One of the highlights is his definition of success: “Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in [...]
Back from Medellín
I’m back in Bogotá after a relaxing 3-day weekend in Medellín, which will be inspiring some future posts on rest and work. Medellín is a beautiful city that has made huge progress in the last few years.
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Free project management software
Today in my training for Atlas Corps we’re trying out a free, open-source Gannt Chart-based project management program called GanntProject, which can be downloaded here. I like the Gannt Chart approach but I haven’t tended to use these types of software very much, so I’m looking forward to seeing how this program might be useful to me [...]
Stop just looking for jobs: 3 ways to brand yourself and beat the economy
Lately I’ve been giving some advice to a talented young Colombian, who, just like recent graduates in the U.S. and around the world, is facing a bleak job market and is sending out stacks of resumes to little avail. I suggested he find ways to move forward in his career right now, in the absence of a [...]
Luck versus principles
My friend Chase Runnels, who these days is an entrepreneur and someone very interested in positive psychology and happiness research, shares this quote. Emerson’s language was a little high-flown even back in his day, but the principle still holds true: So use all that is called Fortune. Most men gamble with her, and gain all, [...]
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Keith Ferrazzi video on networking: Turn a Contact into an Ally