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Key Concepts: Start With Why
By Simon Sinek People like Martin Luther King Jr., Steve Jobs, and the Wright Brothers might have little in common, but they all started with why. It was their natural ability to start with why that enabled them to inspire those around them and to achieve remarkable things. In studying the leaders who’ve had the greatest…
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Key Concepts: Redirect
By Timothy Wilson What if there were a magic pill that could make you happier, turn you into a better parent, solve a number of your teenager’s behavior problems, reduce racial prejudice, and close the achievement gap in education? Well, there is no such magic pill-but there is a new scientifically based approach called story…
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Key Concepts: Failing Forward
By John C. Maxwell Are some people born to achieve anything they want while others struggle? Call them lucky, blessed, or possessors of the Midas touch. What is the real reason for their success? Is it family background, wealth, greater opportunities, high morals, an easy childhood? New York Times best-selling author John C. Maxwell has the…
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Socrates was one of the greatest educators!
Socrates was one of the greatest educators who taught by asking questions and thus drawing out answers from his pupils (‘ex duco’, means to ‘lead out’, which is the root of ‘education’). Sadly, he martyred himself by drinking hemlock rather than compromise his principles. He lived very frugally and was known for his eccentricity. One…
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Is Google+ important to your business?
Find out why Google+ matters if you are in business in this informative presentation Click/swipe to move the presentation forward! [iframe src=”http://portal.sliderocket.com:80/app/fullplayer.aspx?id=922F0223-3EDA-B5BF-65D9-6F4D42C79E29″ class=”scale-with-grid”]
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A Late Autumn Business Check-up
How are you doing so far this year regarding your time in the following areas? Ask yourself a few questions: • have you spent adequate, quality time planning the future of your business? • have you spent adequate time coaching and developing your team (or having it done)? • are you on target for all…
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Key Concepts: Made To Stick
By Chip and Dan Heath Mark Twain once observed, “A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on.” His observation rings true: Urban legends, conspiracy theories, and bogus public-health scares circulate effortlessly. Meanwhile, people with important ideas–business people, teachers, politicians, journalists, and others–struggle to make their ideas “stick.”…
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Successful Delegation!
Successful Delegation: Using the Power of Other People’s Help “The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.” –Theodore Roosevelt “Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do…
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Key Concepts: How to make work-life balance work
Nigel Marsh is the author of “Fat, Forty and Fired” and “Overworked and Underlaid.” Work-life balance, says Nigel Marsh, is too important to be left in the hands of your employer. Marsh lays out an ideal day balanced between family time, personal time and productivity — and offers some stirring encouragement to make it happen.…
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