Our 6 Must Reads for Honing Focus and Managing Your Time
While plans are projected in months, we know the true progress happens by the week, day and hour — where all the distraction traps are laid and it’s easier to lose your way. It’s on those time horizons where competing priorities clamor for our limited time, and finding focus becomes all the more vital, despite the stumbling blocks that stand in our way. When we … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Source: First Round Review | Subjects: Personal Development, Productivity / Work Tips
Herb Kelleher
You can’t really be disciplined in what you do unless you are humble and open-minded. Humility breeds open-mindedness.
Content: Quotation | Author: Herb Kelleher | Source: Chief Executive | Subject: Personal Development
How to Create Any Habit With Advice From the Four Greatest Habit Masters
Comparing and testing the four most popular systems for learning new habits.
Content: Article | Author: Niklas Göke | Subject: Personal Development
Hit the Mark: Make Complex Ideas Understandable
6 ways to communicate challenging concepts to an audience.
Content: Article | Author: Matt Abrahams | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Communication, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development
John K. Coyle
All of us — individuals, teams, and organizations — have weaknesses. These are not skill gaps; those can be corrected with learning. Weaknesses are inherent deficiencies of talent or capability that do not change even after aggressive efforts to improve them. Pride and our ingrained work ethic may cause us to deny our weaknesses, but acceptance is the first step toward designing for strength.
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Content: Quotation | Author: John K. Coyle | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Career / Employment, Human Resources, Management, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development
People Don’t Actually Know Themselves Very Well
Chances are, your coworkers are better at rating some parts of your personality than you are.
Content: Article | Author: Adam Grant | Source: The Atlantic Monthly | Subjects: Human Resources, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development
Steven Levitt
No matter how expert you may be, well-designed checklists can improve outcomes.
Content: Quotation | Author: Steven D. Levitt | Subjects: Management, Personal Development, Productivity / Work Tips
Orison Swett Marden
Genius, that power which dazzles mortal eyes, is oft but perseverance in disguise.
Content: Quotation | Author: Orison Swett Marden | Subjects: Ability, Achievement, Genius, Persistence, Personal Development
Be Better at Spontaneous Speaking
Use these tools to help you think fast and talk smart.
Content: Article | Author: Matt Abrahams | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Personal Development, Productivity / Work Tips
Alain Bejjani
We always look at leadership through the lens of leading teams, leading others, leading businesses, and leading change. But the most daunting task, for the most junior and the most senior among us, is leading ourselves. It’s a duty we have, first, toward ourselves, and then toward our business and toward our people, to support them in their leadership journey and development.
Content: Quotation | Author: Alain Bejjani | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Leadership, Personal Development
Matt Abrahams
When it comes to communicating, we tend to fall victim to two tendencies: We suffer from the “curse of knowledge,” and we explain things in ways that work best for us, not our audience.
Content: Quotation | Author: Matt Abrahams | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Communication, Management, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development
Frank Herbert
Any one response to the universe, however powerful, becomes inappropriate with time and change. Those who become utterly dependent on one means of mastery will find themselves unable to cope with the future.
Content: Quotation | Author: Frank Herbert | Subjects: Career / Employment, Personal Development
Todd Davis
Do we default to the victor, where for us to feel like we’re winning always has to come at the expense of others? Does there always have to be a loser? On the opposite side of the spectrum, do we default to the martyr? Everybody else wins but at our expense, and we’ve just decided that’s our lot in life. To “think we, not me” … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Author: Todd Davis | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Personal Development
Todd Davis
What I see time and time again at work is that we confuse activity with results. We get to the end of the day or the end of the week or the end of our life, and we’ve been very busy, we’ve been very exhausted, and we’ve been doing a lot of things. But have we been doing those things that really matter or make … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Author: Todd Davis | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subjects: Career / Employment, Personal Development, Work
What the Pros Know About Public Speaking
Can anxiety be good for you? How do I start and end my talk? Graduate School of Business Lecturer Matt Abrahams shares what he knows about crafting meaningful presentations that make lasting impressions.
Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Matt Abrahams | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Communication, Personal Development, Productivity / Work Tips
Tyler Odean
The reality is that visionaries like Steve Jobs haven’t been successful because they thought of something amazing and original out of thin air. Rather, they were gifted at constantly persuading many people to follow them on their journey to something amazing and original. To succeed, startup founders need to cultivate persuasion as a skill and habit. That’s how they’re going to get the funding, the … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Author: Tyler Odean | Source: First Round Review | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development
Himanshu Saxena
Unlike other species, human beings are fundamentally designed to self-correct. In addition to enabling us to think clearly, choose precisely and act decisively, our intellect allows us to recalibrate. But we need to see the need for an update and our vision is often blurred by perception, blind spots and mental cobwebs. And therefore our perception of situations is often based on outdated beliefs and … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Author: Himanshu Saxena | Source: Ivey Business Journal | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Personal Development
Jay Desai
The role of the CEO or founder means wearing many hats, and it may be hard for the mentor hat to be one of them — especially if you’re hiring people more senior or experienced than you. If you try, it will be inauthentic. A CEO can be many things to their manager to be supportive, and mentor may not be one of them. It’s hard … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Author: Jay Desai | Source: First Round Review | Subjects: Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development
Paul B. Thornton
When things go wrong, the first questions the best managers and leaders ask are:
- What could I have done differently?
- What can I learn from this experience?
Content: Quotation | Author: Paul B. Thornton | Subjects: Management, Personal Development
Networking is Overrated
It’s true that networking can help you accomplish great things. But this obscures the opposite truth: Accomplishing great things helps you develop a network. If you make great connections, they might advance your career. If you do great work, those connections will be easier to make. Let your insights and your outputs — not your business cards — do the talking.
Content: Article | Author: Adam Grant | Source: The New York Times | Subjects: Career / Employment, Personal Development