I just finished the great book, Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time by Keith Ferrazzi. The books major premise: that the idea of rugged individualism, being a lone wolf and succeeding on your own is a myth. Instead, Ferrazzi argues, every success you get should be built off […]
The Effort Delusion – Why Hard Work Isn’t Enough
It’s time to face facts. Hard work isn’t enough to succeed in today’s world. If there ever was a time when sheer force and industry would get the job done it has passed. I’d like to argue that hard work is being replaced by three other factors that will be far more important in the […]
Friday Links 07-06-08
From the Web Ten Thinking Sins – Leo over at ZenHabits does a great job pointing out the various types of negative thinking. Leadership Laugh – My friend David Zinger, who I blogged about here, has a funny new blog where he provides leadership “advice.” I’ve read a lot of self-help/business books so I got […]
Friday Links 07-06-01
From the Web Thinking Errors – A good look at the psychological errors in reasoning. These biases seem to plague our thinking but can’t be controlled. Here’s two: Conjunction Fallacy – The probability of two events happening simultaneously must be lower than each one happening on it’s own. For example, if I asked you the […]
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