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BERTRAND RUSSELL’S TEN COMMANDMENTS OF HONEST THOUGHT AND The celebrated British mathematician, logician, and political activist Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) is one of the most widely read philosophers of the 20th century.. As a lifelong patron of lost causes, Russell published an essay titled “The best answer to fanaticism: Liberalism” in the 16-December-1951 issue of The New York Times.In this essay, he supported liberalism—the political SAYING IS BELIEVING: WHY PEOPLE ARE RELUCTANT TO CHANGE AN About: Nagesh Belludi is an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based investor, effectiveness coach, and freethinker.He frequently voyages in discovery of the places, the people, and the spirits of the greatest countries of the world. THE CHECKERED LEGACY OF JACK WELCH, CAPTAIN OF WALL STREET The legendary Jack Welch, the former Chairman and CEO of General Electric (GE) 1981–2001, died two weeks ago.. Welch was the most prominent business leader of the post-war era. Under his leadership, GE metamorphosed into one of the world’s largest, most profitable, and best-admired companies. He expanded GE’s market capitalization from $12 billion to $410 billion on the CONSTRAINTS INSPIRE CREATIVITY: HOW IKEA STARTED THE In the mid-1950s, Gillis Lundgren (1929–2016) was a draftsman living in a remote Swedish village of Älmhult. He was the fourth employee of a fledging entrepreneur named Ingvar Kamprad.. Kamprad’s business was called IKEA, an acronym combining his initials and those of his family’s farm and a nearby village. HOW TO RESPOND TO OTHERS’ EMOTIONAL SITUATIONS People Tap Into Their Support Systems to Gain Perspective on a Challenging Situation When people get unhappy, they need a shoulder.When they get
BOOK SUMMARY OF PETER DRUCKER’S ‘THE PRACTICE OF MANAGEMENT’ Peter Drucker (1909–2005) was the 20th century’s leading thinker on business and management. He was amazingly prolific—he produced 39 volumes on management and leadership and worked right until his death a week before his 96th birthday.. Drucker’s The Practice of Management (1954) played a pivotal role in the recognition of management as a professional discipline. HOW TO CONQUER CYNICISM AT YOUR WORKPLACE About: Nagesh Belludi is an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based investor, effectiveness coach, and freethinker.He frequently voyages in discovery of the places, the people, and the spirits of the greatest countries of the world. YES, YOU CAN WRITE A BOOK. BUT SHOULD YOU? There’s a disturbingly large number of popular books that have been drawn out from a well-received op-ed (example,) blog article (example,) TED talk (example,) or commencement speech (example.)All puffed up with blather and personal anecdotes and exhortations that are often remotely relevant to the core arguments. CAN WOMEN TAKE TESTOSTERONE AND WHAT EFFECT WILL IT HAVE? Testosterone is a hormone that is also known as an androgen. While it’s often thought of as being a ‘male’ hormone, since it’s the hormone that gives men deep voices, bigger muscles, and facial hair, women also have testosterone in their bodies. CREATE A DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION POLICY The moral and business cases for diversity are well known—a diverse and inclusive workplace earns deeper trust and more commitment from their employees.. Having a diversity and inclusion policy is simply the right thing to do—leaders have to make their values andintentions clear.
BERTRAND RUSSELL’S TEN COMMANDMENTS OF HONEST THOUGHT AND The celebrated British mathematician, logician, and political activist Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) is one of the most widely read philosophers of the 20th century.. As a lifelong patron of lost causes, Russell published an essay titled “The best answer to fanaticism: Liberalism” in the 16-December-1951 issue of The New York Times.In this essay, he supported liberalism—the political SAYING IS BELIEVING: WHY PEOPLE ARE RELUCTANT TO CHANGE AN About: Nagesh Belludi is an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based investor, effectiveness coach, and freethinker.He frequently voyages in discovery of the places, the people, and the spirits of the greatest countries of the world. THE CHECKERED LEGACY OF JACK WELCH, CAPTAIN OF WALL STREET The legendary Jack Welch, the former Chairman and CEO of General Electric (GE) 1981–2001, died two weeks ago.. Welch was the most prominent business leader of the post-war era. Under his leadership, GE metamorphosed into one of the world’s largest, most profitable, and best-admired companies. He expanded GE’s market capitalization from $12 billion to $410 billion on the CONSTRAINTS INSPIRE CREATIVITY: HOW IKEA STARTED THE In the mid-1950s, Gillis Lundgren (1929–2016) was a draftsman living in a remote Swedish village of Älmhult. He was the fourth employee of a fledging entrepreneur named Ingvar Kamprad.. Kamprad’s business was called IKEA, an acronym combining his initials and those of his family’s farm and a nearby village. HOW TO RESPOND TO OTHERS’ EMOTIONAL SITUATIONS People Tap Into Their Support Systems to Gain Perspective on a Challenging Situation When people get unhappy, they need a shoulder.When they get
BOOK SUMMARY OF PETER DRUCKER’S ‘THE PRACTICE OF MANAGEMENT’ Peter Drucker (1909–2005) was the 20th century’s leading thinker on business and management. He was amazingly prolific—he produced 39 volumes on management and leadership and worked right until his death a week before his 96th birthday.. Drucker’s The Practice of Management (1954) played a pivotal role in the recognition of management as a professional discipline. HOW TO CONQUER CYNICISM AT YOUR WORKPLACE About: Nagesh Belludi is an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based investor, effectiveness coach, and freethinker.He frequently voyages in discovery of the places, the people, and the spirits of the greatest countries of the world. THE BEST LEADERS CAN MAKE THE COMPLEX SIMPLE The New York Times‘s Adam Bryant interviewed 525 CEOs for his Corner Office column and compiled two excellent books, The Corner Office (2012) and Quick and Nimble (2014,) on leadership and management advice. Foremost among the themes common with successful leaders, Bryant says, is “a simple mindset”—the ability to synthesize the simple from the complex and create organizational BOOK SUMMARY OF PETER DRUCKER’S ‘THE PRACTICE OF MANAGEMENT’ Peter Drucker (1909–2005) was the 20th century’s leading thinker on business and management. He was amazingly prolific—he produced 39 volumes on management and leadership and worked right until his death a week before his 96th birthday.. Drucker’s The Practice of Management (1954) played a pivotal role in the recognition of management as a professional discipline. HOW TO RESPOND TO OTHERS’ EMOTIONAL SITUATIONS People Tap Into Their Support Systems to Gain Perspective on a Challenging Situation When people get unhappy, they need a shoulder.When they get
FIVE RULES FOR LEADERSHIP SUCCESS // SUMMARY OF DAVE The key to success in any discipline is to figure out the few things that must be done really well and to get those basics right.But so many leaders fail on the fundamentals—and don’t even realize it. The real implication of leadership has been buried deep over the years: leadership isn’t about the position but about who you are and the responsibility you can undertake. THE WATERLINE PRINCIPLE: HOW MUCH RISK CAN YOU TOLERATE? American engineer and entrepreneur Wilbert L. “Bill” Gore (1912–86) was the founder (with wife Genevieve (Vieve)) of W. L. Gore & Associates, the maker of such innovative products as Gore-Tex fabrics, Elixir guitar strings, and a variety of medical products.. Gore’s open and creative workplace emphasized autonomy, fairness, commitment, and experimentation. TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP LESSONS FROM LEE KUAN YEW Almost all leaders take office with an ambitious vision for their country or their organization, but only a few ever succeed in transforming that vision into reality. Lee Kuan Yew (1923–2015, CREATIVITY & INNOVATION: THE OPPORTUNITIES IN CUSTOMER Ellis Paul Torrance, the American psychologist who devoted his career to researching and teaching creativity, observed that “the process of sensing gaps or disturbing missing elements and formulating hypotheses” is pivotal to the creative process.. This is especially true of solving customer’s problems. Many innovative ideas are born of a reliable formula: prudent attention to and MORAL DISENGAGEMENT LEADS PEOPLE TO ACT IMMORALLY AND About: Nagesh Belludi is an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based investor, effectiveness coach, and freethinker.He frequently voyages in discovery of the places, the people, and the spirits of the greatest countries of the world. USE ACTIVE VOICE FOR PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION About: Nagesh Belludi is an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based investor, effectiveness coach, and freethinker.He frequently voyages in discovery of the places, the people, and the spirits of the greatest countries of the world. LESSONS FROM SAM WALTON: LEARNING FROM FAILURE Sam Walton (1918–1992) experienced failures and setbacks. And, like all successful people, the iconic founder of Walmart and Sam’s Club prided himself on learning from those experiences. Walton’s Initial Success and Then, in a Heartbeat, Failure YES, YOU CAN WRITE A BOOK. BUT SHOULD YOU? There’s a disturbingly large number of popular books that have been drawn out from a well-received op-ed (example,) blog article (example,) TED talk (example,) or commencement speech (example.)All puffed up with blather and personal anecdotes and exhortations that are often remotely relevant to the core arguments. CREATE A DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION POLICY Create a Diversity and Inclusion Policy. The moral and business cases for diversity are well known—a diverse and inclusive workplace earns deeper trust and more commitment from their employees. Having a diversity and inclusion policy is simply the right thing to do—leaders have to make their values and intentions clear. CAN WOMEN TAKE TESTOSTERONE AND WHAT EFFECT WILL IT HAVE? Testosterone is a hormone that is also known as an androgen. While it’s often thought of as being a ‘male’ hormone, since it’s the hormone that gives men deep voices, bigger muscles, and facial hair, women also have testosterone in their bodies. BERTRAND RUSSELL’S TEN COMMANDMENTS OF HONEST THOUGHT AND The celebrated British mathematician, logician, and political activist Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) is one of the most widely read philosophers of the 20th century.. As a lifelong patron of lost causes, Russell published an essay titled “The best answer to fanaticism: Liberalism” in the 16-December-1951 issue of The New York Times.In this essay, he supported liberalism—the political HOW TO RESPOND TO OTHERS’ EMOTIONAL SITUATIONS Troubles: Ask what agitates your friend most about the present situation. Try to explore the symptoms and causes of those emotions even as you withhold your judgment. Suppress your instinctive emotional reaction, stay open-minded and sensitive, and hear out the full message before you respond. Bear your friend’s foibles byreminding yourself
THE CHECKERED LEGACY OF JACK WELCH, CAPTAIN OF WALL STREET The legendary Jack Welch, the former Chairman and CEO of General Electric (GE) 1981–2001, died two weeks ago.. Welch was the most prominent business leader of the post-war era. Under his leadership, GE metamorphosed into one of the world’s largest, most profitable, and best-admired companies. He expanded GE’s market capitalization from $12 billion to $410 billion on the BOOK SUMMARY OF PETER DRUCKER’S ‘THE PRACTICE OF MANAGEMENT’ Peter Drucker (1909–2005) was the 20th century’s leading thinker on business and management. He was amazingly prolific—he produced 39 volumes on management and leadership and worked right until his death a week before his 96th birthday.. Drucker’s The Practice of Management (1954) played a pivotal role in the recognition of management as a professional discipline. CONSTRAINTS INSPIRE CREATIVITY: HOW IKEA STARTED THE Constraints Inspire Creativity: How IKEA Started the “Flatpack Revolution”. In the mid-1950s, Gillis Lundgren (1929–2016) was a draftsman living in a remote Swedish village of Älmhult. He was the fourth employee of a fledging entrepreneur named Ingvar Kamprad. Kamprad’s business was called IKEA, an acronym combining hisinitials and
THE BEST LEADERS CAN MAKE THE COMPLEX SIMPLE The New York Times‘s Adam Bryant interviewed 525 CEOs for his Corner Office column and compiled two excellent books, The Corner Office (2012) and Quick and Nimble (2014,) on leadership and management advice. Foremost among the themes common with successful leaders, Bryant says, is “a simple mindset”—the ability to synthesize the simple from the complex and create organizational HOW TO CONQUER CYNICISM AT YOUR WORKPLACE Moreover, cynicism worsens with employees’ age and tenure. Here’s how to conquer cynicism: Firstly, don’t be cynical yourself. If you display even a hint of pessimism, you’re likely to feed into your team’s cynicism, especially if you’re a manager. Try to love—at least show some passion —what you do and whom you work with. YES, YOU CAN WRITE A BOOK. BUT SHOULD YOU? There’s a disturbingly large number of popular books that have been drawn out from a well-received op-ed (example,) blog article (example,) TED talk (example,) or commencement speech (example.)All puffed up with blather and personal anecdotes and exhortations that are often remotely relevant to the core arguments. CREATE A DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION POLICY Create a Diversity and Inclusion Policy. The moral and business cases for diversity are well known—a diverse and inclusive workplace earns deeper trust and more commitment from their employees. Having a diversity and inclusion policy is simply the right thing to do—leaders have to make their values and intentions clear. CAN WOMEN TAKE TESTOSTERONE AND WHAT EFFECT WILL IT HAVE? Testosterone is a hormone that is also known as an androgen. While it’s often thought of as being a ‘male’ hormone, since it’s the hormone that gives men deep voices, bigger muscles, and facial hair, women also have testosterone in their bodies. BERTRAND RUSSELL’S TEN COMMANDMENTS OF HONEST THOUGHT AND The celebrated British mathematician, logician, and political activist Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) is one of the most widely read philosophers of the 20th century.. As a lifelong patron of lost causes, Russell published an essay titled “The best answer to fanaticism: Liberalism” in the 16-December-1951 issue of The New York Times.In this essay, he supported liberalism—the political HOW TO RESPOND TO OTHERS’ EMOTIONAL SITUATIONS Troubles: Ask what agitates your friend most about the present situation. Try to explore the symptoms and causes of those emotions even as you withhold your judgment. Suppress your instinctive emotional reaction, stay open-minded and sensitive, and hear out the full message before you respond. Bear your friend’s foibles byreminding yourself
THE CHECKERED LEGACY OF JACK WELCH, CAPTAIN OF WALL STREET The legendary Jack Welch, the former Chairman and CEO of General Electric (GE) 1981–2001, died two weeks ago.. Welch was the most prominent business leader of the post-war era. Under his leadership, GE metamorphosed into one of the world’s largest, most profitable, and best-admired companies. He expanded GE’s market capitalization from $12 billion to $410 billion on the BOOK SUMMARY OF PETER DRUCKER’S ‘THE PRACTICE OF MANAGEMENT’ Peter Drucker (1909–2005) was the 20th century’s leading thinker on business and management. He was amazingly prolific—he produced 39 volumes on management and leadership and worked right until his death a week before his 96th birthday.. Drucker’s The Practice of Management (1954) played a pivotal role in the recognition of management as a professional discipline. CONSTRAINTS INSPIRE CREATIVITY: HOW IKEA STARTED THE Constraints Inspire Creativity: How IKEA Started the “Flatpack Revolution”. In the mid-1950s, Gillis Lundgren (1929–2016) was a draftsman living in a remote Swedish village of Älmhult. He was the fourth employee of a fledging entrepreneur named Ingvar Kamprad. Kamprad’s business was called IKEA, an acronym combining hisinitials and
THE BEST LEADERS CAN MAKE THE COMPLEX SIMPLE The New York Times‘s Adam Bryant interviewed 525 CEOs for his Corner Office column and compiled two excellent books, The Corner Office (2012) and Quick and Nimble (2014,) on leadership and management advice. Foremost among the themes common with successful leaders, Bryant says, is “a simple mindset”—the ability to synthesize the simple from the complex and create organizational HOW TO CONQUER CYNICISM AT YOUR WORKPLACE Moreover, cynicism worsens with employees’ age and tenure. Here’s how to conquer cynicism: Firstly, don’t be cynical yourself. If you display even a hint of pessimism, you’re likely to feed into your team’s cynicism, especially if you’re a manager. Try to love—at least show some passion —what you do and whom you work with. MOTTAINAI: THE JAPANESE IDEA THAT’S BRINGING MORE BALANCE You don’t have to be a Japanophile like me to be familiarized with the notion of Mottainai.Take a brief trip to Japan and observe the culture, and you’ll become acquainted with the expression that’s deeply embedded in the way of life there. Depending on the context, you’ll hear mottainai as either the admonition “don’t waste” or the assertion “too precious to waste,” whenRIGHT ATTITUDES
The Destructive Effects of Anger are Easily Recognized. Most people who have problems managing their anger hate themselves for losing their temper but can’t bring themselves to prevent their flare-ups.. Here’s an appropriate reading from Chapter 17, “Anger”, of the Dhammapada (trans. Gil Fronsdal), a profoundly insightful compilation of the historical Buddha’s teachings: INSPIRATIONAL QUOTATIONS #896 About: Nagesh Belludi is an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based investor, effectiveness coach, and freethinker.He frequently voyages in discovery of the places, the people, and the spirits of the greatest countries of the world.RIGHT ATTITUDES
Confidence is generally a respectable and necessary workplace trait. However, there is a darker side to confidence. People who display overconfidence, hubris, and narcissism engage in self-destructive behaviors at work because their self-aggrandizement blinds them from their personal judgment and their managerial and leadership performance. If you believe you may be displaying any THREE LESSONS FROM CLAYTON CHRISTENSEN’S ‘HOW WILL YOU Lesson #1: Don’t over-invest in work or under-invest in relationships. Christensen talks about various motivators at work and encourages you to think about how you want to be remembered. He argues that ultimately your most significant sources of joy in life will be your family and your close friends. Devote time to theserelationships, and
HOW TO RESPOND TO OTHERS’ EMOTIONAL SITUATIONS Troubles: Ask what agitates your friend most about the present situation. Try to explore the symptoms and causes of those emotions even as you withhold your judgment. Suppress your instinctive emotional reaction, stay open-minded and sensitive, and hear out the full message before you respond. Bear your friend’s foibles byreminding yourself
THE BEST LEADERS CAN MAKE THE COMPLEX SIMPLE The New York Times‘s Adam Bryant interviewed 525 CEOs for his Corner Office column and compiled two excellent books, The Corner Office (2012) and Quick and Nimble (2014,) on leadership and management advice. Foremost among the themes common with successful leaders, Bryant says, is “a simple mindset”—the ability to synthesize the simple from the complex and create organizational SAYING IS BELIEVING: WHY PEOPLE ARE RELUCTANT TO CHANGE AN Saying is Believing. People Are Reluctant to Change an Expressed Opinion. Politicians shift their views shamelessly with the winds of opportunism. To their defense, they must choose to stand up for what they believe or risk political capital. Most politicians believe in one thing—winning elections and latching on to power. BOOK SUMMARY OF PETER DRUCKER’S ‘THE PRACTICE OF MANAGEMENT’ Peter Drucker (1909–2005) was the 20th century’s leading thinker on business and management. He was amazingly prolific—he produced 39 volumes on management and leadership and worked right until his death a week before his 96th birthday.. Drucker’s The Practice of Management (1954) played a pivotal role in the recognition of management as a professional discipline. GENERAL ELECTRIC BLAME MUST BE SHARED: SUMMARY OF EX-CEO Jeff Immelt Admits He Let Everybody Down. Immelt’s Hot Seat is a fascinating account of what it takes to lead a significant global business in times of rapid change. Immelt owns up his many mistakes with a certain self-awareness. He rebukes a few people while acknowledging he should have been more accountable for everything thathappened
YES, YOU CAN WRITE A BOOK. BUT SHOULD YOU? There’s a disturbingly large number of popular books that have been drawn out from a well-received op-ed (example,) blog article (example,) TED talk (example,) or commencement speech (example.)All puffed up with blather and personal anecdotes and exhortations that are often remotely relevant to the core arguments. CREATE A DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION POLICY Create a Diversity and Inclusion Policy. The moral and business cases for diversity are well known—a diverse and inclusive workplace earns deeper trust and more commitment from their employees. Having a diversity and inclusion policy is simply the right thing to do—leaders have to make their values and intentions clear. CAN WOMEN TAKE TESTOSTERONE AND WHAT EFFECT WILL IT HAVE? Testosterone is a hormone that is also known as an androgen. While it’s often thought of as being a ‘male’ hormone, since it’s the hormone that gives men deep voices, bigger muscles, and facial hair, women also have testosterone in their bodies. BERTRAND RUSSELL’S TEN COMMANDMENTS OF HONEST THOUGHT AND The celebrated British mathematician, logician, and political activist Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) is one of the most widely read philosophers of the 20th century.. As a lifelong patron of lost causes, Russell published an essay titled “The best answer to fanaticism: Liberalism” in the 16-December-1951 issue of The New York Times.In this essay, he supported liberalism—the political HOW TO RESPOND TO OTHERS’ EMOTIONAL SITUATIONS Troubles: Ask what agitates your friend most about the present situation. Try to explore the symptoms and causes of those emotions even as you withhold your judgment. Suppress your instinctive emotional reaction, stay open-minded and sensitive, and hear out the full message before you respond. Bear your friend’s foibles byreminding yourself
THE CHECKERED LEGACY OF JACK WELCH, CAPTAIN OF WALL STREET The legendary Jack Welch, the former Chairman and CEO of General Electric (GE) 1981–2001, died two weeks ago.. Welch was the most prominent business leader of the post-war era. Under his leadership, GE metamorphosed into one of the world’s largest, most profitable, and best-admired companies. He expanded GE’s market capitalization from $12 billion to $410 billion on the BOOK SUMMARY OF PETER DRUCKER’S ‘THE PRACTICE OF MANAGEMENT’ Peter Drucker (1909–2005) was the 20th century’s leading thinker on business and management. He was amazingly prolific—he produced 39 volumes on management and leadership and worked right until his death a week before his 96th birthday.. Drucker’s The Practice of Management (1954) played a pivotal role in the recognition of management as a professional discipline. CONSTRAINTS INSPIRE CREATIVITY: HOW IKEA STARTED THE Constraints Inspire Creativity: How IKEA Started the “Flatpack Revolution”. In the mid-1950s, Gillis Lundgren (1929–2016) was a draftsman living in a remote Swedish village of Älmhult. He was the fourth employee of a fledging entrepreneur named Ingvar Kamprad. Kamprad’s business was called IKEA, an acronym combining hisinitials and
THE BEST LEADERS CAN MAKE THE COMPLEX SIMPLE The New York Times‘s Adam Bryant interviewed 525 CEOs for his Corner Office column and compiled two excellent books, The Corner Office (2012) and Quick and Nimble (2014,) on leadership and management advice. Foremost among the themes common with successful leaders, Bryant says, is “a simple mindset”—the ability to synthesize the simple from the complex and create organizational HOW TO CONQUER CYNICISM AT YOUR WORKPLACE Moreover, cynicism worsens with employees’ age and tenure. Here’s how to conquer cynicism: Firstly, don’t be cynical yourself. If you display even a hint of pessimism, you’re likely to feed into your team’s cynicism, especially if you’re a manager. Try to love—at least show some passion —what you do and whom you work with. YES, YOU CAN WRITE A BOOK. BUT SHOULD YOU? There’s a disturbingly large number of popular books that have been drawn out from a well-received op-ed (example,) blog article (example,) TED talk (example,) or commencement speech (example.)All puffed up with blather and personal anecdotes and exhortations that are often remotely relevant to the core arguments. CREATE A DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION POLICY Create a Diversity and Inclusion Policy. The moral and business cases for diversity are well known—a diverse and inclusive workplace earns deeper trust and more commitment from their employees. Having a diversity and inclusion policy is simply the right thing to do—leaders have to make their values and intentions clear. CAN WOMEN TAKE TESTOSTERONE AND WHAT EFFECT WILL IT HAVE? Testosterone is a hormone that is also known as an androgen. While it’s often thought of as being a ‘male’ hormone, since it’s the hormone that gives men deep voices, bigger muscles, and facial hair, women also have testosterone in their bodies. BERTRAND RUSSELL’S TEN COMMANDMENTS OF HONEST THOUGHT AND The celebrated British mathematician, logician, and political activist Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) is one of the most widely read philosophers of the 20th century.. As a lifelong patron of lost causes, Russell published an essay titled “The best answer to fanaticism: Liberalism” in the 16-December-1951 issue of The New York Times.In this essay, he supported liberalism—the political HOW TO RESPOND TO OTHERS’ EMOTIONAL SITUATIONS Troubles: Ask what agitates your friend most about the present situation. Try to explore the symptoms and causes of those emotions even as you withhold your judgment. Suppress your instinctive emotional reaction, stay open-minded and sensitive, and hear out the full message before you respond. Bear your friend’s foibles byreminding yourself
THE CHECKERED LEGACY OF JACK WELCH, CAPTAIN OF WALL STREET The legendary Jack Welch, the former Chairman and CEO of General Electric (GE) 1981–2001, died two weeks ago.. Welch was the most prominent business leader of the post-war era. Under his leadership, GE metamorphosed into one of the world’s largest, most profitable, and best-admired companies. He expanded GE’s market capitalization from $12 billion to $410 billion on the BOOK SUMMARY OF PETER DRUCKER’S ‘THE PRACTICE OF MANAGEMENT’ Peter Drucker (1909–2005) was the 20th century’s leading thinker on business and management. He was amazingly prolific—he produced 39 volumes on management and leadership and worked right until his death a week before his 96th birthday.. Drucker’s The Practice of Management (1954) played a pivotal role in the recognition of management as a professional discipline. CONSTRAINTS INSPIRE CREATIVITY: HOW IKEA STARTED THE Constraints Inspire Creativity: How IKEA Started the “Flatpack Revolution”. In the mid-1950s, Gillis Lundgren (1929–2016) was a draftsman living in a remote Swedish village of Älmhult. He was the fourth employee of a fledging entrepreneur named Ingvar Kamprad. Kamprad’s business was called IKEA, an acronym combining hisinitials and
THE BEST LEADERS CAN MAKE THE COMPLEX SIMPLE The New York Times‘s Adam Bryant interviewed 525 CEOs for his Corner Office column and compiled two excellent books, The Corner Office (2012) and Quick and Nimble (2014,) on leadership and management advice. Foremost among the themes common with successful leaders, Bryant says, is “a simple mindset”—the ability to synthesize the simple from the complex and create organizational HOW TO CONQUER CYNICISM AT YOUR WORKPLACE Moreover, cynicism worsens with employees’ age and tenure. Here’s how to conquer cynicism: Firstly, don’t be cynical yourself. If you display even a hint of pessimism, you’re likely to feed into your team’s cynicism, especially if you’re a manager. Try to love—at least show some passion —what you do and whom you work with. MOTTAINAI: THE JAPANESE IDEA THAT’S BRINGING MORE BALANCE You don’t have to be a Japanophile like me to be familiarized with the notion of Mottainai.Take a brief trip to Japan and observe the culture, and you’ll become acquainted with the expression that’s deeply embedded in the way of life there. Depending on the context, you’ll hear mottainai as either the admonition “don’t waste” or the assertion “too precious to waste,” whenRIGHT ATTITUDES
The Destructive Effects of Anger are Easily Recognized. Most people who have problems managing their anger hate themselves for losing their temper but can’t bring themselves to prevent their flare-ups.. Here’s an appropriate reading from Chapter 17, “Anger”, of the Dhammapada (trans. Gil Fronsdal), a profoundly insightful compilation of the historical Buddha’s teachings: INSPIRATIONAL QUOTATIONS #896 About: Nagesh Belludi is an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based investor, effectiveness coach, and freethinker.He frequently voyages in discovery of the places, the people, and the spirits of the greatest countries of the world.RIGHT ATTITUDES
Confidence is generally a respectable and necessary workplace trait. However, there is a darker side to confidence. People who display overconfidence, hubris, and narcissism engage in self-destructive behaviors at work because their self-aggrandizement blinds them from their personal judgment and their managerial and leadership performance. If you believe you may be displaying any THREE LESSONS FROM CLAYTON CHRISTENSEN’S ‘HOW WILL YOU Lesson #1: Don’t over-invest in work or under-invest in relationships. Christensen talks about various motivators at work and encourages you to think about how you want to be remembered. He argues that ultimately your most significant sources of joy in life will be your family and your close friends. Devote time to theserelationships, and
HOW TO RESPOND TO OTHERS’ EMOTIONAL SITUATIONS Troubles: Ask what agitates your friend most about the present situation. Try to explore the symptoms and causes of those emotions even as you withhold your judgment. Suppress your instinctive emotional reaction, stay open-minded and sensitive, and hear out the full message before you respond. Bear your friend’s foibles byreminding yourself
THE BEST LEADERS CAN MAKE THE COMPLEX SIMPLE The New York Times‘s Adam Bryant interviewed 525 CEOs for his Corner Office column and compiled two excellent books, The Corner Office (2012) and Quick and Nimble (2014,) on leadership and management advice. Foremost among the themes common with successful leaders, Bryant says, is “a simple mindset”—the ability to synthesize the simple from the complex and create organizational SAYING IS BELIEVING: WHY PEOPLE ARE RELUCTANT TO CHANGE AN Saying is Believing. People Are Reluctant to Change an Expressed Opinion. Politicians shift their views shamelessly with the winds of opportunism. To their defense, they must choose to stand up for what they believe or risk political capital. Most politicians believe in one thing—winning elections and latching on to power. BOOK SUMMARY OF PETER DRUCKER’S ‘THE PRACTICE OF MANAGEMENT’ Peter Drucker (1909–2005) was the 20th century’s leading thinker on business and management. He was amazingly prolific—he produced 39 volumes on management and leadership and worked right until his death a week before his 96th birthday.. Drucker’s The Practice of Management (1954) played a pivotal role in the recognition of management as a professional discipline. GENERAL ELECTRIC BLAME MUST BE SHARED: SUMMARY OF EX-CEO Jeff Immelt Admits He Let Everybody Down. Immelt’s Hot Seat is a fascinating account of what it takes to lead a significant global business in times of rapid change. Immelt owns up his many mistakes with a certain self-awareness. He rebukes a few people while acknowledging he should have been more accountable for everything thathappened
YES, YOU CAN WRITE A BOOK. BUT SHOULD YOU? There’s a disturbingly large number of popular books that have been drawn out from a well-received op-ed (example,) blog article (example,) TED talk (example,) or commencement speech (example.)All puffed up with blather and personal anecdotes and exhortations that are often remotely relevant to the core arguments. CAN WOMEN TAKE TESTOSTERONE AND WHAT EFFECT WILL IT HAVE? Testosterone is a hormone that is also known as an androgen. While it’s often thought of as being a ‘male’ hormone, since it’s the hormone that gives men deep voices, bigger muscles, and facial hair, women also have testosterone in their bodies. BERTRAND RUSSELL’S TEN COMMANDMENTS OF HONEST THOUGHT AND The celebrated British mathematician, logician, and political activist Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) is one of the most widely read philosophers of the 20th century.. As a lifelong patron of lost causes, Russell published an essay titled “The best answer to fanaticism: Liberalism” in the 16-December-1951 issue of The New York Times.In this essay, he supported liberalism—the political THE CHECKERED LEGACY OF JACK WELCH, CAPTAIN OF WALL STREET The legendary Jack Welch, the former Chairman and CEO of General Electric (GE) 1981–2001, died two weeks ago.. Welch was the most prominent business leader of the post-war era. Under his leadership, GE metamorphosed into one of the world’s largest, most profitable, and best-admired companies. He expanded GE’s market capitalization from $12 billion to $410 billion on the CONSTRAINTS INSPIRE CREATIVITY: HOW IKEA STARTED THE Constraints Inspire Creativity: How IKEA Started the “Flatpack Revolution”. In the mid-1950s, Gillis Lundgren (1929–2016) was a draftsman living in a remote Swedish village of Älmhult. He was the fourth employee of a fledging entrepreneur named Ingvar Kamprad. Kamprad’s business was called IKEA, an acronym combining hisinitials and
HOW TO CONQUER CYNICISM AT YOUR WORKPLACE Moreover, cynicism worsens with employees’ age and tenure. Here’s how to conquer cynicism: Firstly, don’t be cynical yourself. If you display even a hint of pessimism, you’re likely to feed into your team’s cynicism, especially if you’re a manager. Try to love—at least show some passion —what you do and whom you work with. ANALYZING HOW YOU CURRENTLY USE YOUR TIME Step 1: Tally up Time-Use by Purpose or Project. Following an entire week of logging your time in 10- or 15-minute intervals, spend an hour at the end of the week to compile your logs. The third column in your time log chart had identified the purpose and project of each 10- or 15-minute interval. Consolidate these projects and purposes into LESSONS FROM SAM WALTON: LEARNING FROM FAILURE Walton’s was a typical entrepreneurial response to failure —successful people take risks, fail sometimes, but pick themselves up, ask what they can learn from the experience, and try again, even harder the next time. On a related note, Bill Gates, the most successful entrepreneur of his generation, once said, “Success is alousy teacher.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COACHING AND FEEDBACK Perhaps this is a matter of semantics; but in my leadership consulting, I help managers identify the following nuances between coaching and feedback. In PARTY ETIQUETTE: CAN YOU TAKE YOUR LEFTOVERS HOME? No, not unless the host offers. You’re a guest in your host’s home and anything you contributed to the party is tantamount to a gift. Unless the host decides not to preserve the remainder of your contribution and suggests that you take your leftovers home, don’t expect to return with your leftovers. Just return with your emptydish.
YES, YOU CAN WRITE A BOOK. BUT SHOULD YOU? There’s a disturbingly large number of popular books that have been drawn out from a well-received op-ed (example,) blog article (example,) TED talk (example,) or commencement speech (example.)All puffed up with blather and personal anecdotes and exhortations that are often remotely relevant to the core arguments. CAN WOMEN TAKE TESTOSTERONE AND WHAT EFFECT WILL IT HAVE? Testosterone is a hormone that is also known as an androgen. While it’s often thought of as being a ‘male’ hormone, since it’s the hormone that gives men deep voices, bigger muscles, and facial hair, women also have testosterone in their bodies. BERTRAND RUSSELL’S TEN COMMANDMENTS OF HONEST THOUGHT AND The celebrated British mathematician, logician, and political activist Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) is one of the most widely read philosophers of the 20th century.. As a lifelong patron of lost causes, Russell published an essay titled “The best answer to fanaticism: Liberalism” in the 16-December-1951 issue of The New York Times.In this essay, he supported liberalism—the political THE CHECKERED LEGACY OF JACK WELCH, CAPTAIN OF WALL STREET The legendary Jack Welch, the former Chairman and CEO of General Electric (GE) 1981–2001, died two weeks ago.. Welch was the most prominent business leader of the post-war era. Under his leadership, GE metamorphosed into one of the world’s largest, most profitable, and best-admired companies. He expanded GE’s market capitalization from $12 billion to $410 billion on the CONSTRAINTS INSPIRE CREATIVITY: HOW IKEA STARTED THE Constraints Inspire Creativity: How IKEA Started the “Flatpack Revolution”. In the mid-1950s, Gillis Lundgren (1929–2016) was a draftsman living in a remote Swedish village of Älmhult. He was the fourth employee of a fledging entrepreneur named Ingvar Kamprad. Kamprad’s business was called IKEA, an acronym combining hisinitials and
HOW TO CONQUER CYNICISM AT YOUR WORKPLACE Moreover, cynicism worsens with employees’ age and tenure. Here’s how to conquer cynicism: Firstly, don’t be cynical yourself. If you display even a hint of pessimism, you’re likely to feed into your team’s cynicism, especially if you’re a manager. Try to love—at least show some passion —what you do and whom you work with. ANALYZING HOW YOU CURRENTLY USE YOUR TIME Step 1: Tally up Time-Use by Purpose or Project. Following an entire week of logging your time in 10- or 15-minute intervals, spend an hour at the end of the week to compile your logs. The third column in your time log chart had identified the purpose and project of each 10- or 15-minute interval. Consolidate these projects and purposes into LESSONS FROM SAM WALTON: LEARNING FROM FAILURE Walton’s was a typical entrepreneurial response to failure —successful people take risks, fail sometimes, but pick themselves up, ask what they can learn from the experience, and try again, even harder the next time. On a related note, Bill Gates, the most successful entrepreneur of his generation, once said, “Success is alousy teacher.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COACHING AND FEEDBACK Perhaps this is a matter of semantics; but in my leadership consulting, I help managers identify the following nuances between coaching and feedback. In PARTY ETIQUETTE: CAN YOU TAKE YOUR LEFTOVERS HOME? No, not unless the host offers. You’re a guest in your host’s home and anything you contributed to the party is tantamount to a gift. Unless the host decides not to preserve the remainder of your contribution and suggests that you take your leftovers home, don’t expect to return with your leftovers. Just return with your emptydish.
MOTTAINAI: THE JAPANESE IDEA THAT’S BRINGING MORE BALANCE You don’t have to be a Japanophile like me to be familiarized with the notion of Mottainai.Take a brief trip to Japan and observe the culture, and you’ll become acquainted with the expression that’s deeply embedded in the way of life there. Depending on the context, you’ll hear mottainai as either the admonition “don’t waste” or the assertion “too precious to waste,” whenRIGHT ATTITUDES
Confidence is generally a respectable and necessary workplace trait. However, there is a darker side to confidence. People who display overconfidence, hubris, and narcissism engage in self-destructive behaviors at work because their self-aggrandizement blinds them from their personal judgment and their managerial and leadership performance. If you believe you may be displaying any INSPIRATIONAL QUOTATIONS #896 About: Nagesh Belludi is an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based investor, effectiveness coach, and freethinker.He frequently voyages in discovery of the places, the people, and the spirits of the greatest countries of the world. CREATE A DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION POLICY Create a Diversity and Inclusion Policy. The moral and business cases for diversity are well known—a diverse and inclusive workplace earns deeper trust and more commitment from their employees. Having a diversity and inclusion policy is simply the right thing to do—leaders have to make their values and intentions clear. THIS TRICK CAN RELIEVE YOUR ANXIETY: “WHAT’S THE WORST The Remedial Benefits of Deliberating, “What’s the Worst That Could Happen?”. When you face anxiety, nervousness, fear, or worry, try the following technique: imagine all possible negative consequences of the situation you are confronting. Then, conceive of the worst outcome, even if there’s little chance events will turnout that way
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES BY ANONYMOUS Wear a smile – one size fits all. — Anonymous. Life is like a piano. Anyone can play a song through meaningless repetition, but it takes passion to play a masterpiece. — Anonymous. “I can’t” is a coward, “I’ll try” is a soldier, “I will” is a king. —Anonymous.
A REAL LESSON FROM THE DOWNFALL OF THERANOS: SILO MENTALITY A Real Lesson from the Downfall of Theranos: Silo Mentality. The extraordinary rise and fall of Theranos, Silicon Valley’s biggest fraud, makes an excellent case study on what happens when teams don’t loop each other in. Theranos’ blood-testing device never worked as glorified by its founder and CEO, Elizabeth Holmes. GENERAL ELECTRIC BLAME MUST BE SHARED: SUMMARY OF EX-CEO Jeff Immelt Admits He Let Everybody Down. Immelt’s Hot Seat is a fascinating account of what it takes to lead a significant global business in times of rapid change. Immelt owns up his many mistakes with a certain self-awareness. He rebukes a few people while acknowledging he should have been more accountable for everything thathappened
ETIQUETTE: PROTOCOL OF INTRODUCING PEOPLE The basic protocol of introductions calls for introducing the ‘lesser-ranking’ (socially, professionally, by age or seniority) to the ‘higher-ranking’ person. Here are four steps: First, state the name of the person being introduced to. This is the ‘higher-ranking’ person. Second, say “I would like to introduce” or, “please WHEN AN EMPLOYEE THREATENS TO QUIT When an Employee Threatens to Quit. When an employee gets confrontational and threatens to quit in order to get a salary hike, promotion, or organizational change he demands, let him quit. First, listen him out and consider his demands seriously. Beyond that, be resolute and ask the employee to stop threatening or feel free toleave should he
YES, YOU CAN WRITE A BOOK. BUT SHOULD YOU? There’s a disturbingly large number of popular books that have been drawn out from a well-received op-ed (example,) blog article (example,) TED talk (example,) or commencement speech (example.)All puffed up with blather and personal anecdotes and exhortations that are often remotely relevant to the core arguments. CAN WOMEN TAKE TESTOSTERONE AND WHAT EFFECT WILL IT HAVE?WOMEN TAKING TESTOSTERONENORMAL TESTOSTERONE FOR WOMENTESTOSTERONE LEVELS MEN VS WOMENESTROGEN AND TESTOSTERONEESTROGEN AND TESTOSTERONE MIXFEMALETESTOSTERONE LEVELS
Testosterone is a hormone that is also known as an androgen. While it’s often thought of as being a ‘male’ hormone, since it’s the hormone that gives men deep voices, bigger muscles, and facial hair, women also have testosterone in their bodies. BERTRAND RUSSELL’S TEN COMMANDMENTS OF HONEST THOUGHT AND The celebrated British mathematician, logician, and political activist Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) is one of the most widely read philosophers of the 20th century.. As a lifelong patron of lost causes, Russell published an essay titled “The best answer to fanaticism: Liberalism” in the 16-December-1951 issue of The New York Times.In this essay, he supported liberalism—the political THE CHECKERED LEGACY OF JACK WELCH, CAPTAIN OF WALL STREETJACK WELCH BIOGRAPHYJACK WELCH BOOKJACK WELCH S DAUGHTER KATHERINE WELCHJACK WELCH AND GEJACK WELCH QUOTESJACK WELCH YOUNG The legendary Jack Welch, the former Chairman and CEO of General Electric (GE) 1981–2001, died two weeks ago.. Welch was the most prominent business leader of the post-war era. Under his leadership, GE metamorphosed into one of the world’s largest, most profitable, and best-admired companies. He expanded GE’s market capitalization from $12 billion to $410 billion on the CONSTRAINTS INSPIRE CREATIVITY: HOW IKEA STARTED THEIKEA FLAT PACK HOUSEIKEA FLATPACK HOMEIKEA HOUSE KITSIKEA KIT HOMESIKEA NEW YORK DELIVERYIKEA STANDARD DELIVERY Constraints Inspire Creativity: How IKEA Started the “Flatpack Revolution”. In the mid-1950s, Gillis Lundgren (1929–2016) was a draftsman living in a remote Swedish village of Älmhult. He was the fourth employee of a fledging entrepreneur named Ingvar Kamprad. Kamprad’s business was called IKEA, an acronym combining hisinitials and
HOW TO CONQUER CYNICISM AT YOUR WORKPLACE Moreover, cynicism worsens with employees’ age and tenure. Here’s how to conquer cynicism: Firstly, don’t be cynical yourself. If you display even a hint of pessimism, you’re likely to feed into your team’s cynicism, especially if you’re a manager. Try to love—at least show some passion —what you do and whom you work with. ANALYZING HOW YOU CURRENTLY USE YOUR TIME Step 1: Tally up Time-Use by Purpose or Project. Following an entire week of logging your time in 10- or 15-minute intervals, spend an hour at the end of the week to compile your logs. The third column in your time log chart had identified the purpose and project of each 10- or 15-minute interval. Consolidate these projects and purposes into LESSONS FROM SAM WALTON: LEARNING FROM FAILURE Walton’s was a typical entrepreneurial response to failure —successful people take risks, fail sometimes, but pick themselves up, ask what they can learn from the experience, and try again, even harder the next time. On a related note, Bill Gates, the most successful entrepreneur of his generation, once said, “Success is alousy teacher.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COACHING AND FEEDBACK Perhaps this is a matter of semantics; but in my leadership consulting, I help managers identify the following nuances between coaching and feedback. In PARTY ETIQUETTE: CAN YOU TAKE YOUR LEFTOVERS HOME? No, not unless the host offers. You’re a guest in your host’s home and anything you contributed to the party is tantamount to a gift. Unless the host decides not to preserve the remainder of your contribution and suggests that you take your leftovers home, don’t expect to return with your leftovers. Just return with your emptydish.
YES, YOU CAN WRITE A BOOK. BUT SHOULD YOU? There’s a disturbingly large number of popular books that have been drawn out from a well-received op-ed (example,) blog article (example,) TED talk (example,) or commencement speech (example.)All puffed up with blather and personal anecdotes and exhortations that are often remotely relevant to the core arguments. CAN WOMEN TAKE TESTOSTERONE AND WHAT EFFECT WILL IT HAVE?WOMEN TAKING TESTOSTERONENORMAL TESTOSTERONE FOR WOMENTESTOSTERONE LEVELS MEN VS WOMENESTROGEN AND TESTOSTERONEESTROGEN AND TESTOSTERONE MIXFEMALETESTOSTERONE LEVELS
Testosterone is a hormone that is also known as an androgen. While it’s often thought of as being a ‘male’ hormone, since it’s the hormone that gives men deep voices, bigger muscles, and facial hair, women also have testosterone in their bodies. BERTRAND RUSSELL’S TEN COMMANDMENTS OF HONEST THOUGHT AND The celebrated British mathematician, logician, and political activist Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) is one of the most widely read philosophers of the 20th century.. As a lifelong patron of lost causes, Russell published an essay titled “The best answer to fanaticism: Liberalism” in the 16-December-1951 issue of The New York Times.In this essay, he supported liberalism—the political THE CHECKERED LEGACY OF JACK WELCH, CAPTAIN OF WALL STREETJACK WELCH BIOGRAPHYJACK WELCH BOOKJACK WELCH S DAUGHTER KATHERINE WELCHJACK WELCH AND GEJACK WELCH QUOTESJACK WELCH YOUNG The legendary Jack Welch, the former Chairman and CEO of General Electric (GE) 1981–2001, died two weeks ago.. Welch was the most prominent business leader of the post-war era. Under his leadership, GE metamorphosed into one of the world’s largest, most profitable, and best-admired companies. He expanded GE’s market capitalization from $12 billion to $410 billion on the CONSTRAINTS INSPIRE CREATIVITY: HOW IKEA STARTED THEIKEA FLAT PACK HOUSEIKEA FLATPACK HOMEIKEA HOUSE KITSIKEA KIT HOMESIKEA NEW YORK DELIVERYIKEA STANDARD DELIVERY Constraints Inspire Creativity: How IKEA Started the “Flatpack Revolution”. In the mid-1950s, Gillis Lundgren (1929–2016) was a draftsman living in a remote Swedish village of Älmhult. He was the fourth employee of a fledging entrepreneur named Ingvar Kamprad. Kamprad’s business was called IKEA, an acronym combining hisinitials and
HOW TO CONQUER CYNICISM AT YOUR WORKPLACE Moreover, cynicism worsens with employees’ age and tenure. Here’s how to conquer cynicism: Firstly, don’t be cynical yourself. If you display even a hint of pessimism, you’re likely to feed into your team’s cynicism, especially if you’re a manager. Try to love—at least show some passion —what you do and whom you work with. ANALYZING HOW YOU CURRENTLY USE YOUR TIME Step 1: Tally up Time-Use by Purpose or Project. Following an entire week of logging your time in 10- or 15-minute intervals, spend an hour at the end of the week to compile your logs. The third column in your time log chart had identified the purpose and project of each 10- or 15-minute interval. Consolidate these projects and purposes into LESSONS FROM SAM WALTON: LEARNING FROM FAILURE Walton’s was a typical entrepreneurial response to failure —successful people take risks, fail sometimes, but pick themselves up, ask what they can learn from the experience, and try again, even harder the next time. On a related note, Bill Gates, the most successful entrepreneur of his generation, once said, “Success is alousy teacher.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COACHING AND FEEDBACK Perhaps this is a matter of semantics; but in my leadership consulting, I help managers identify the following nuances between coaching and feedback. In PARTY ETIQUETTE: CAN YOU TAKE YOUR LEFTOVERS HOME? No, not unless the host offers. You’re a guest in your host’s home and anything you contributed to the party is tantamount to a gift. Unless the host decides not to preserve the remainder of your contribution and suggests that you take your leftovers home, don’t expect to return with your leftovers. Just return with your emptydish.
MOTTAINAI: THE JAPANESE IDEA THAT’S BRINGING MORE BALANCE You don’t have to be a Japanophile like me to be familiarized with the notion of Mottainai.Take a brief trip to Japan and observe the culture, and you’ll become acquainted with the expression that’s deeply embedded in the way of life there. Depending on the context, you’ll hear mottainai as either the admonition “don’t waste” or the assertion “too precious to waste,” whenRIGHT ATTITUDES
Confidence is generally a respectable and necessary workplace trait. However, there is a darker side to confidence. People who display overconfidence, hubris, and narcissism engage in self-destructive behaviors at work because their self-aggrandizement blinds them from their personal judgment and their managerial and leadership performance. If you believe you may be displaying any INSPIRATIONAL QUOTATIONS #896 About: Nagesh Belludi is an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based investor, effectiveness coach, and freethinker.He frequently voyages in discovery of the places, the people, and the spirits of the greatest countries of the world. CREATE A DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION POLICY Create a Diversity and Inclusion Policy. The moral and business cases for diversity are well known—a diverse and inclusive workplace earns deeper trust and more commitment from their employees. Having a diversity and inclusion policy is simply the right thing to do—leaders have to make their values and intentions clear. THIS TRICK CAN RELIEVE YOUR ANXIETY: “WHAT’S THE WORST The Remedial Benefits of Deliberating, “What’s the Worst That Could Happen?”. When you face anxiety, nervousness, fear, or worry, try the following technique: imagine all possible negative consequences of the situation you are confronting. Then, conceive of the worst outcome, even if there’s little chance events will turnout that way
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES BY ANONYMOUS Wear a smile – one size fits all. — Anonymous. Life is like a piano. Anyone can play a song through meaningless repetition, but it takes passion to play a masterpiece. — Anonymous. “I can’t” is a coward, “I’ll try” is a soldier, “I will” is a king. —Anonymous.
A REAL LESSON FROM THE DOWNFALL OF THERANOS: SILO MENTALITY A Real Lesson from the Downfall of Theranos: Silo Mentality. The extraordinary rise and fall of Theranos, Silicon Valley’s biggest fraud, makes an excellent case study on what happens when teams don’t loop each other in. Theranos’ blood-testing device never worked as glorified by its founder and CEO, Elizabeth Holmes. GENERAL ELECTRIC BLAME MUST BE SHARED: SUMMARY OF EX-CEO Jeff Immelt Admits He Let Everybody Down. Immelt’s Hot Seat is a fascinating account of what it takes to lead a significant global business in times of rapid change. Immelt owns up his many mistakes with a certain self-awareness. He rebukes a few people while acknowledging he should have been more accountable for everything thathappened
ETIQUETTE: PROTOCOL OF INTRODUCING PEOPLE The basic protocol of introductions calls for introducing the ‘lesser-ranking’ (socially, professionally, by age or seniority) to the ‘higher-ranking’ person. Here are four steps: First, state the name of the person being introduced to. This is the ‘higher-ranking’ person. Second, say “I would like to introduce” or, “please WHEN AN EMPLOYEE THREATENS TO QUIT When an Employee Threatens to Quit. When an employee gets confrontational and threatens to quit in order to get a salary hike, promotion, or organizational change he demands, let him quit. First, listen him out and consider his demands seriously. Beyond that, be resolute and ask the employee to stop threatening or feel free toleave should he
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INSPIRATIONAL QUOTATIONS #896 June 6, 2021 By Nagesh Belludi The liar’s punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else. —GEORGE BERNARD SHAW(Irish Playwright)
In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you. —MORTIMER J. ADLER (American Philosopher, Educator) If you want to be a complete human being, if you want to be genuine and hold the fullness of life in your heart, then failure is an opportunity to get curious about what is going on and listen to the storylines. Don’t buy the ones that blame it on everybody else, and don’t buy the storylines that blame it on yourself either.—PEMA CHODRON
(American Buddhist Nun) The true laboratory is the mind, where behind illusions we uncover thelaws of truth.
—JAGADISH CHANDRA BOSE (Indian Physicist, Botanist) Our government sprang from and was made for the people—not the people for the government. To them it owes an allegiance; from them it must derive its courage, strength, and wisdom.—ANDREW JOHNSON
(American Head of State) Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering.—YODA
(Fictional Character) Words can never adequately convey the incredible impact of our attitudes toward life. The longer I live the more convinced I become that life is 10 percent what happens to us and 90 percent how werespond to it.
—CHUCK SWINDOLL
(American Christian Pastor) The God who created these fair heavens with the same facility as yon green sapling; he who hath bestowed on man a life of toil, of transient joys and fleeting pains, that he might not forget the higher worth of his enduring soul, and might feel that immortality waited for him beyond the grave;—He, he is one only God! —FRIEDRICH GOTTLIEB KLOPSTOCK(German Poet)
It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury,and treachery.
—DEMOSTHENES
(Greek
Statesman, Orator)
Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.—J. M. BARRIE
(Scottish
Novelist)
Rewards and punishment is the lowest form of education.—ZHUANG ZHOU
(Chinese
Taoist Philosopher)
And what is an authentic madman? It is a man who preferred to become mad, in the socially accepted sense of the word, rather than forfeit a certain superior idea of human honor. So society has strangled in its asylums all those it wanted to get rid of or protect itself from, because they refused to become its accomplices in certain great nastinesses. For a madman is also a man whom society did not want to hear and whom it wanted to prevent from uttering certain intolerabletruths.
—ANTONIN ARTAUD
(French Drama Theorist) WONDERING WHAT TO READ NEXT? * Anger Is Often Pointless * Find out What Your Customers Want and Give it to Them * Think of a Customer’s Complaint as a Gift * Performance Management: What is Forced Ranking? * What Do You Want to Be Remembered for? Filed Under: Inspirational QuotationsAVOID CONTROL TALK
June 3, 2021 By Nagesh BelludiLeave a Comment
If you tend to say the following to your employees, relatives, or friends, you may be too controlling: * “I don’t understand why you haven’t completed that reportyet.”
* “I want you to say sorry to Accounting about your problem. I need you to go over there, make amends with them, and inform me of howit went.”
* “We will meet at 4 P.M.” Control talk is expected and natural. It often transpires in day-to-day conversation as a device to influence or persuade the world to see and act our way. Within certain limits of performance, control talk is accepted in criticalsituations.
However, control talk can get out of bounds quickly and become perceived as a threat. When one party to any conversation has more perceived power—formal or informal authority, perhaps,—unreasonable control talk can soon push the other to concede this power imbalance and restrain what he/she wants. As the American family counselor Dr Tim Kimmel writes in _Powerful Personalities_ (1993,) “Control is when you leverage the strength of your position or personality against the weakness of someone else’s in order to get that person to meet your (selfish) agenda.” Control talk can promptly engenderintense negative
emotions. The ensuing conflict becomes evident in the tone of voice, posture, and facial and body expressions. After that, self-defensive reactions will only make matters worse.
Keep all communication with others candid and respectful. Frame your messages in a positive manner that does not contain sarcasm, imply
warning, provoke guiltor blame,
or suggest intimidation. Summarize what you heard, and ask questions.Practice pauses
—they
give the other a moment of silence to get beyond the emotional response and allow them to think cognitively. Wherever possible, ask open-ended questionsto
de-escalate an argument. Open-ended questions are an invitation to be nonjudgmental, investigate, relate, and see things differently. Trythese alternatives:
* “Tell me more—I want to understand. What can I do to make yourjob easier?”
* “Let’s discuss possible solutions to that Accounting problem. How can we change the situation?” * “Are you available for a 4 P.M. meeting? Let’s see what we can do to make sure it doesn’t happen again.” Wise persuasion elegantly combines rational arguments and appeals to positive values and the other’s feelings about a subject. Only when you can engage them emotionally can you change the way they think. IDEA FOR IMPACT: When it comes to persuasion, knowing when to push andwhen to back off
is vital.
Nobody likes
a pushy person.
WONDERING WHAT TO READ NEXT? * Here’s How to Improve Your Conversational Skills * “I Told You So” * “But, Excuse Me, I’m Type A”: The Ultimate Humblebrag? * Let’s Not Talk About Trump * Don’t Be Interesting—Be Interested! Filed Under: Effective Communication,
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WHY CORPORATE CULTURE IS THE UNLIKELY BARRIER TO TRUE DIVERSITY May 31, 2021 By Nagesh BelludiLeave a Comment
As much as companies like to tout diversity, the definitive rule of getting ahead at work is to be likable—to
follow the unwritten set of norms and adhere to your company’s culture. That is, you must fit and mix wellwith
the rest of the “gang.” As I’ve written before, likeability is a significant predictor of success. Well-liked people, especially those who work well with others, will advance. Those who aren’t very likable don’t usually get as far. If your company is conservative, you should be conservative. If the leadership is aggressive, snappy, and rule-bending, be the same. It’s better to be “one of them” to progress your career and endear yourself to your colleagues andhigher-ups.
Every grouping of people, whatever the institution, community, or population, has an unwritten set of norms.
It’s true for nations, in social groups, sports teams, and businesses. Wherever people form a group, they organically form rules. They institutionalize ways of doing things, traditions, and unquestioned assumptions. Such norms give the group a sense of identity. It’s natural. It’s tribe mentality. We, humans, are social creatures, and this is how we foster a sense of belonging.AFFINITY BIAS
Per affinity bias, human nature is such that people instinctively associate other people with labels, relate, and play favorites. Groups establish the norms and embrace and propagate them. The resulting categorization not only resists differences but also initiates prejudice and favoritism. In professional settings, most workplaces tend to hire similar people and encourage them to think and work in the same way. I’vepreviously written
,
> Even if nearly all corporate mission statements extol the virtues of > “valuing differences,” managers stifle individuality down in the > trenches. They are less willing to be receptive to different > viewpoints. They seek to mold their employees to conform to the > existing culture of the workplace and to comply with the existing > ways of doing things. Compliant, acquiescent employees who look the > part are promoted in preference to exceptional, questioning > employees who bring truly different perspectives to the table. The > nail that sticks its head up indeed gets hammered down. Defining, fostering, and defending a corporate culture often becomes an exercise in clarifying ‘this is who we are’ and ‘this is who we are not.’ It engenders a strong norm, which builds an even more significant incentive to get people to think alike, get on, and tolerate or repel incompatiblepeople.
IDEA FOR IMPACT: CULTURE IS A BARRIERS TO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION Culture is the unlikely—if unintentional—barrier to true diversity. Culture has a pernicious effect on hiring. It gives people ample reason to favor and engage who they believe to be “the rightpeople.”
WONDERING WHAT TO READ NEXT? * The Duplicity of Corporate Diversity Initiatives * Beware of the Recency Bias * Don’t Surround Yourself with People Like Yourself * Not Everyone is Chill About Tattoos and Body Art // WorkplaceNorms
* Fight Ignorance, Not Each Other Filed Under: Leadership, The Successful
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Tagged With: Group Dynamics, Hiring & Firing
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INSPIRATIONAL QUOTATIONS #895 May 30, 2021 By Nagesh Belludi A man’s opinion of danger varies at different times according to his animal spirits, and he is actuated by considerations which he daresnot avow.
—TOBIAS SMOLLETT
(Scottish Poet)
There is the same difference between the tongues of some, as between the hour and the minute hand; one goes ten times as fast, and the other signifies ten times as much.—SYDNEY SMITH
(English Preacher)
More than whether you live or die, it’s how you are living or dyingthat is important.
—ROBERT THURMAN
(American Buddhist Scholar) Are you really listening… or are you just waiting for your turn totalk?
—ROBERT MONTGOMERY(American Actor)
To be in time is to be asleep: to be awake is to be in eternity. —SRI RAJNEESH (OSHO) (Indian Spiritual Teacher) A human being is happiest and most successful when dedicated to a cause outside his own individual, selfish satisfaction.—BENJAMIN SPOCK
(American Pediatrician) The average man is a conformist, accepting miseries and disasters with the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain.—COLIN WILSON
(British Philosopher) A woman cannot do the thing she ought, which means whatever perfect thing she can, in life, in art, in science, but she fears to let the perfect action take her part and rest there: she must prove what she can do before she does it,—prate of woman’s rights, of woman’s mission, woman’s function, till the men (who are prating, too, on their side) cry, “A woman’s function plainly is… to talk.” Poor souls, they are very reasonably vexed! —ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING(English Poet)
You can do more than pray after you have prayed but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed. —SAMUEL DICKEY GORDON (American Evangelical Author) Perhaps the rare and simple pleasure of being seen for what one is compensates for the misery of being it.—MARGARET DRABBLE
(English Novelist)
If you aren’t cute, you may as well be clever.—DAVID SEDARIS
(American Humorist, Essayist) Growth has its season. There are spring and summer, but there are also fall and winter. And then spring and summer again. As long as the roots are not severed, all is well and all be well.—JERZY KOSINSKI
(American Novelist, Essayist) It is, indeed an incredible fact that what the human mind, at its deepest and most profound, perceives as beautiful finds its realization in external nature…. What is intelligible is alsobeautiful.
—SUBRAHMANYAN CHANDRASEKHAR (Indian-American Astrophysicist) We ought to fear a man who hates himself, for we are at risk of becoming victims of his anger and revenge. Let us then try to lure himinto self-love.
—FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE (German Philosopher, Scholar) WONDERING WHAT TO READ NEXT? * Book Summary of Oprah Winfrey’s ‘The Path Made Clear’ * An Appointment with April * The only thing that matters: The Relevant Results * Reframe Your Thinking, Get Better Answers: What the Stoics Taught * Who Told You That Everybody Was Going to Like You? Filed Under: Inspirational Quotations HOW TO EMBRACE MULTITASKING May 27, 2021 By Nagesh BelludiLeave a Comment
Multitasking imposes cognitive limitations.
Incessantly jumping between tasks leads to subpar performance. Not only that, when you’re skittering on the surface of yourself in many places at once, you’re denying true experience. Evolutionary biologists have argued that the brain wasn’t designed for heavy-duty multitasking. Think of your brain as having multiple processing channels—visual, linguistic, tactile, and so on. Some channels can do only one thing at a time. Therefore, when you’re multitasking and moving attention back and forth between tasks that use different channels, there’s a cognitive penalty to reset and refocus. IN DEFENSE OF MULTITASKING: HOW TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY Never double up on tasks that use different channels. Writing two reports simultaneously with a stock market ticker running along the top edge of your screen won’t work. But there’s no harm in surfing Instagram while watching yet another rerun of _Seinfeld_—you can afford to lose focus on either subject. If you’re listening to music to improve your focus, avoid songs with lyrics because they’ll engage your brain’s language channel, creating a new distraction. If something needs your full concentration, give it. Don’t listen to an audiobook when you’re trying to land an airliner in highcrosswinds.
NEVER MULTITASK UNDER A TIGHT DEADLINE Pair high-cortical involvement tasks (those that involve judgment) with routine, physical tasks that the cerebellum, the brain’s autopilot, can handle. Chitty-chatty on the phone with your mom is okay while folding laundry. But get off the phone when you’re behind the wheel in bumper-to-bumper city-center traffic. IDEA FOR IMPACT: DON’T SHUN MULTITASKING. PUT IT TO WORK FOR YOURLIFE INSTEAD.
Life is a juggling act. In the complex, fast-response world we live in, focusing on one task to exclude others isn’t always an option anymore. Often, you have to address immediately whatever shouts most at you. Some activities are so dull (driving cross-country through miles and miles of mildly interesting scenery) and aversive that if it weren’t for multitasking, they would never get done at all. Know when and how to multitask. And when not to. Carve out time fordeep thinking
and
doing the essential
things. Learn to protect your “intense focus” times. WONDERING WHAT TO READ NEXT? * Easy Ways to Boost Your Focus & Break That Awful MultitaskingHabit
* How to Turn Your Procrastination Time into Productive Time * Thinking Straight in the Age of Overload // Book Summary of Daniel Levitin’s ‘The Organized Mind’ * Ask This One Question Every Morning to Find Your Focus * Personal Energy: How to Manage It and Get More Done // Summary of ‘The Power of Full Engagement’ Filed Under: Sharpening Your Skills Tagged With: Discipline , Getting Things Done, Mindfulness
, Motivation
, Procrastination
, Simple Living
, Time Management
THE TRUTH ABOUT BEING A YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR May 24, 2021 By Nagesh BelludiLeave a Comment
I think we should start telling our young people that getting intobusiness is hard
.
Let’s stop
pumping them up, “Go for it, kid. This is awesome. This is going to be the best thing you’ve ever done. If X can do it, you can do it too. You’re going to smash it.” Entrepreneurs have a tendency to over-confidence,
and the over-confident tend to be socially and culturally primed for entrepreneurship. Fact is, most first-time entrepreneurs wish that someone had told them how hard it was going to be. Ideas are a dime a dozen. When real-life replaces daydreams, researching, experimenting, taking on customers, building a team, gaining wisdom, and getting cash in the door are all awfully difficult. Most self-employed people put in very long hours and worry about their work, even outside of work. Entrepreneurship simply isn’tfor everyone.
America is fascinated by entrepreneurs. But the successful-young-entrepreneur narrative has generated a false affirmation that sets up people for disappointment when they encounter reality. In recent years, we’ve seen more young people divinginto the
startup realm. Yes, young entrepreneurs have lower opportunity costs and a better sense of the new generation’s needs. But they don’t have the network, mature frame of mind, industry insight, and adequate financial resources vital to success. Indeed these factors are why older entrepreneurs tend to have a substantially higher success rate. Let’s stop creating false hopes for young people who don’t realize how difficult business—even a one-person-shop—is. Yes, encouragement is essential, and it can go a long way in helping people succeed. However, let’s lend support to reality and not a myth. IDEA FOR IMPACT: IF YOU HAVE THE ENTREPRENEURIAL ITCH, DON’T BECOME QUICKLY SOLD ON TALES OF GRANDEUR. Don’t build a startup to become a trend. Don’t quit your day job yet—especially if your business idea is a spin-off from your present occupation or you intend to turn a hobby or a particular interest into a thriving business.Don’t
give up that steady paycheck until after you’ve built a side hustle.Don’t listen
to the superstars.
WONDERING WHAT TO READ NEXT? * Lessons From Entrepreneurs: Thriving With A Disability * How to Buy a Small Business // Book Summary of Richard Ruback’sHBR Guide
* The #1 Clue to Disruptive Business Opportunity * What it Takes to Be a Hit with Customers * Avoid Being the Low-Priced Competitor Filed Under: Career Development,
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INSPIRATIONAL QUOTATIONS #894 May 23, 2021 By Nagesh Belludi When I first went into the movies Lionel Barrymore played my grandfather. Later he played my father and finally my husband. If he had lived, I’m sure I would have played his mother. That’s the way it is in Hollywood. The men get younger and the women get older.—LILLIAN GISH
(American Actress)
Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are convinced beyond doubt that they are right. —LAURENS VAN DER POST (South African Explorer, Writer) Winning in life is failing. My idea of a winner is someone who fails first and then moves. Failing gives you a library of information that you’ve got to have so in the next situation you can use this body of knowledge. Failure is a teacher. It’s exciting learning how to live on this planet with yourself and the others around you. It’s a wonderful, lifelong path.—IRENE KASSORLA
(American Psychologist) Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared.—HENRI NOUWEN
(Dutch
Catholic Priest)
An unlettered king is a crowned ass.—LATIN PROVERB
Faith is one foot on the ground, one foot in the air, and a queasy feeling in the stomach.—MOTHER ANGELICA
(American Roman Catholic Nun) Believe me my young friend; there is nothing—absolutely nothing—half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.—KENNETH GRAHAME
(Scottish Children’s Writer) Man must search for what is right, and let happiness come on its own. —JOHANN HEINRICH PESTALOZZI(Swiss Educator)
You cannot chase a dollar and an ideal at the same time. —AUSTIN O’MALLEY (American Aphorist, Ophthalmologist) I learn by going where I have to go.—THEODORE ROETHKE
(American Poet)
Remember the rights of the savage, as we call him. Remember that the happiness of his humble home, remember that the sanctity of his life in the hill villages of Afghanistan, among the winter snows, is as inviolable in the eye of Almighty God as can be your own. —WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE (English Liberal Statesman) Hitch your wagon to a star. Let us not fag in paltry works which serve our pot and bag alone. —RALPH WALDO EMERSON (American Philosopher) Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of theascetic.
—BERTRAND A. RUSSELL (British Philosopher, Mathematician) If they don’t depend on true evidence, scientists are no better thangossips.
—PENELOPE FITZGERALD (British Novelist, Biographer) The rhythm of life is intricate but orderly, tenacious but fragile. To keep that in mind is to build the key to survival. —SHIRLEY HUFSTEDLER (American Lawyer, Jurist) WONDERING WHAT TO READ NEXT? * Kindness: A Debt You Can Only Pass On * A Secret of Dieting Success: Do Not Deprive Yourself of YourGuilty Pleasures
* Pretending to Know-it-All and Failing to Admit Ignorance * Source of Mohandas K. Gandhi’s Quote, ‘You Must be theChange’
* Want to be more likeable? Improve your customer service? Adopt Sam Walton’s “Ten-Foot Rule” Filed Under: Inspirational Quotations PERFECT—OR PERFECTLY MISERABLE? May 22, 2021 By Nagesh BelludiLeave a Comment
The American actor Mandy Patinkin has a reputation as a “self-oriented” perfectionist. He’s one of those who impose exacting standards onthemselves
and engage in rigorous self-evaluation. In this interview for _The New Yorker_, Patinkin reveals how he overcame this tendency: > My children watched me be too hard on myself for years. They’d > come to performances, concerts. Then they’d hear their father > criticizing it afterwards. One day, my son Gideon and I are walking > down the street on the Upper West Side and he wants to talk about > his life. He’s talking about bad nights, good nights, et cetera. > And he says, “I watched you suffer for so many years over things > that I could never understand what you were suffering about, because > I was there and I saw it and it was great. I watched you suffering, > and I learned that it was meaningless, that it had no worth, it was > for nothing.” And I started to weep. My sons knew that it was > never worth it. IDEA FOR IMPACT: If you tend to fixate on undue self-standards, ask yourself, “To what end?” Recalibrate your expectations. Don’t let your perfectionist tendencies hold you back.
WONDERING WHAT TO READ NEXT? * How to Banish Your Inner Perfectionist * Do You Have an Unhealthy Obsession with Excellence? * What Type of Perfectionist Are You? * The Costs of Perfectionism: A Case Study of A Two Michelin-StarredFrench Chef
* The Gift of the Present Moment Filed Under: Living the Good Life,
Sharpening Your Skills Tagged With: Assertiveness, Discipline
, Likeability
, Mindfulness
, Motivation
, Perfectionism
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WHY YOU SHOULD INTERVIEW FOR A JOB EVEN IF YOU DON’T WANT IT May 21, 2021 By Nagesh BelludiLeave a Comment
When
you’re uncertain about a position or the company that’s invited you, attend the interview anyway. Do your best. At the very least, it’s an excellent opportunity to practice your interviewing skills. It’s good to endure the uneasiness—or panic—leading up to interviews. The more interview styles and settings, and the variety of interviewer personalities you’re exposed to, the more prepared you’ll be when you land that dream job interview. Presenting your best self in an interview is a rehearsedperformance.
Better yet, any interview could open doors. You may discover details of a position, team, or company that you may end up liking.
Job descriptions
tend to be nondescript, and you don’t get a real sense of a role or a company until you’ve had a face-to-face or telephone conversation. Too, if you make a positive impression, the interviewer may refer you to another job opening that’s a better fit. If the interview is definitely not what you were going for or if you have an attractive job offer lined up already, don’t waste your time—and the interviewer’s time. IDEA FOR IMPACT: Every interview could be worth your time, even if you don’t want the job. WONDERING WHAT TO READ NEXT? * What is Behavioral Interviewing? * Job Interviewing #2: Interviewing with a Competitor of yourCurrent Employer
* Interviewing Skills #3: Avoid Second-Person Answers * Interviewing Skills #4: Avoid too many ‘I-I-I’ or ‘We-We-We’ answers * Compilation of Job Interview Questions Filed Under: Career DevelopmentTagged
With: Job Search , JobTransitions
YES, YOU CAN WRITE A BOOK. BUT SHOULD YOU? May 20, 2021 By Nagesh BelludiLeave a Comment
There’s a disturbingly large number of popular books that have been drawn out from a well-received op-ed (example,)
blog article (example,)
TED talk (example
,)
or commencement speech (example.)
All puffed up with blather and personal anecdotes and exhortations that are often remotely relevant to the core arguments. Beyond the obvious motives for writing a book (credibility, publicity, vanity,) many books aren’t really necessary. If they are, they deserve to be no more than page-length articles—paragraphs even.The rise
of self-publishing and on-demand printing has only exacerbated the precipitous decline in originality. Formula writing proliferates. There’re no gatekeepers to decide whether you can publish your book—and save you from your own ego. If you believe you have a book in you, _don’t even_ think about publishing it. Keep it inside you, where it belongs. Unless you’ve got something worthwhile and unique to say, or you can do good writingfor its own sake
.
IDEA FOR IMPACT: Save the time. Save the typing. Save the trees. Spareus from your fluff.
WONDERING WHAT TO READ NEXT? * 10 Books To Read For Inspiration Before Writing An Essay * Top 10 Books Every Australian Student Should Read * Writing Clearly and Concisely * Why a Thesis Statement Is So Important & How to Write It Well * Stephen King’s Tips for Writing Better Filed Under: Effective Communication Tagged With: Books , Marketing , Persuasion, Writing
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