The 4 Disciplines of Execution – one chapter in and I am hooked. I found the book The 4 Disciplines of Execution after reading a recommendation on the Thoughtful app. A friend of a friend suggested this book as a means of transforming organizations through a focus on execution. Execution […]
Much of our life is managed by automation. Not of the computer variety, but of the behavioral variety. Automation of our behavior through habits. We need habits to simplify our life, to take everyday things that we do, and eliminate the cognitive effort it takes to do them. This frees […]
These days there’s no shortage of things to worry about, events to plan, places to go, things to do, and we start it all again the next day. At the end of the day we are exhausted, sometimes swearing we were so busy we couldn’t get anything done! Our brain […]
Have you ever experienced your mind racing off with negative “mind chatter” while trying to shoot a free throw or making an important presentation? The book Positive Intelligence: Why Only 20% of Teams and Individuals Achieve Their True Potential AND HOW YOU CAN ACHIEVE YOURS (albeit a fairly wordy title and with […]
In 2007, Tim Ferriss shocked the publishing world with his best-selling book, The 4-Hour Workweek. Who would think that a book selling a lifestyle change would be so popular? In it, Ferriss re-examines what it means to be a “success” and offers a unique and challenging answer. We explore that answer […]
Mihaly Csikszentamihalyi, a world-renowned psychologist, discovered the psychology of optimal experience, what he calls “Flow“. In Flow, Dr. Csikszentamihalyi found that surgeons, musicians, athletes, and other top performers share a similar immersive experience, where the world withers away and only the person and their work exist. Where the challenge of the job matches the skills […]
I was delighted recently by the book I read by Ken West, called Get What You Want! In this book, you will find the best set of questions ever compiled for answering how to “get what you want” from life. Starting with your dreams and your passions, this book asks pointed questions […]
Speaking in front of groups, whether in small business meetings or large audiences, is a challenge many of us struggle to do well. Speaking, however, is a learned skill that can be improved with enough practice. In this entertaining and educational book, Scott Berkum provides his first hand experience with […]
