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Persuasion isn’t a one-shot deal, it’s a multi-step process. The more attention you pay to each step, the more likely you are to reach your desired outcome.

Content: Article | Authors: Jane Adler, Robert Karlsberg | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Leadership, Personal Development

Turns out procrastination can be explained with a math equation, and it only took the discoverer 10 years to figure it out.

Content: Article | Author: Stefanie Olsen | Source: TechRepublic | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Personal Development

You’ve been chosen (or drafted) to deliver a speech. Don’t panic. This article covers everything from gathering materials to putting the final touches on your speech It includes two basic outlines that work well for both beginning and advanced speakers alike. [BNET Annotation]

Content: Article | Author: Patricia Fripp | Source: Fripp.com | Subject: Personal Development

TNT The Power Within you teaches you how to release the forces inside you and get what you want. Published in 1954, this was Claude Bristol’s second book, and was based on his decades of searching for a deeper understanding of, and applying, what he called “mind stuff.” This work came from his experience as a journalist studying and reporting on the full spectrum of … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Author: Claude M. Bristol | Subject: Personal Development

The way to an interesting life is to stay on the steep part of the learning curve.

Content: Quotation | Source: The Wilson Quarterly | Subjects: Learning, Life

Attending networking events can be frustrating and ultimately a waste of time for many business owners and professionals. Here are three ways to make them pay off for you.

Content: Article | Author: Paul McCord | Source: MarketingProfs | Subject: Personal Development

The only difference between who you are today and the person you will be in five years will come from the books you read and the people you associate with.

Content: Quotation | Author: George Ambler | Subject: Personal Development

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.

Content: Quotation | Author: George Ambler | Subjects: Education, Personal Development

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.

Content: Quotation | Source: Various | Subjects: Ability, Challenge

In the 1950s, the Edward R. Murrow-hosted radio program This I Believe prompted Americans to briefly explain their most cherished beliefs, be they religious or purely pragmatic. Since the program’s 2005 renaissance as a weekly NPR segment, Allison (the host) and Gediman (the executive producer) have collected some of the best essays from This I Believe then and now. “Your personal credo” is what Allison … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Authors: Dan Gediman, Jay Allison, John Gregory, Viki Merrick | Subjects: Miscellaneous, Personal Development

A winning formula is each person’s distinctive way of making a difference. Winning formulas have two essential components: what you pay attention to and what you do about it. Some people focus on the unexpressed needs of key players and become the “go-to guy” for solving problems. Others concentrate on what’s missing or flawed in an endeavor and act as the watchdogs for errors or … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Leadership, Personal Development

Goldsmith, an executive coach to the corporate elite, pinpoints 20 bad habits that stifle already successful careers as well as personal goals like succeeding in marriage or as a parent. Most are common behavioral problems, such as speaking when angry, which even the author is prone to do when dealing with a teenage daughter’s belly ring. Though Goldsmith deals with touchy-feely material more typical of … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Authors: Mark Reiter, Marshall Goldsmith | Subject: Personal Development

Most of us have potentialities that have never been developed simply because the circumstances of our lives never called them forth.

Content: Quotation | Source: Bain & Company | Subjects: Ability, Personal Development

If you look at leadership in America, the message isn’t that every leader becomes well-rounded and fixes their failings. The message is partnership. You need to put a system in place to compensate for weaknesses. There is a limit to how much you can rewire someone’s brain. For example, some people don’t think strategically. They don’t play out what-if scenarios; they don’t anticipate and put … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Source: Business Finance Magazine | Subjects: Leadership, Personal Development

How far are you willing to go to facilitate change in your organization? Management expert, David Maister, says you’ve got to be willing to go first. And he means all the way, even to the point of resigning if your change efforts fail. Instead of saying “Charge!” to the troops, say “Follow me!”.

Content: Article | Author: David Maister | Source: ChangeThis | Subjects: Management, Personal Development

Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. When change is absolute there remains no being to improve…and when experience is not retained…infancy is perpetual. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

Content: Quotation | Sources: strategy+business, The Life of Reason | Subjects: Change Management, Learning

Regardless of what type of organisation you work for and what type of role you have, the ability to use Microsoft Excel well makes a huge difference to both the ease and proficiency with which you are able to perform. Excel mastery comes with months if not years of daily interaction that, admittedly, may not be the norm in many jobs. However, the 80-20 rule … [ Read more ]

Content: Member-Contributed Content | Author: Hugh Karseras | Subjects: Career, Personal Development

Learning can be initiated by curiosity (“Is there a better way to do this?”); by happenstance (“I was visiting a customer’s factory, and guess what I learned!”); or by daily experience (“I tried a modification to the sales pitch, and it worked!”). It can also be initiated by crisis (“We are losing market share and money. We must become customer-focused, efficient, and fast.”). However, transformational … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Source: Prism (Arthur D. Little) | Subjects: Change Management, Learning

Research now shows that the lack of natural talent is irrelevant to great success. The secret? Painful and demanding practice and hard work.

Content: Article | Author: Geoffrey Colvin | Source: FORTUNE | Subjects: Career, Personal Development

In this book, executive coach Karlin Sloan offers leaders a variety of self-assessments, habits, strategies, and sustainable practices that they can use to become what today’s marketplace demands; smarter, faster, and better. Karlin Sloan shows what it takes to make the move to the next level to become a leader who both grows the bottom line and contributes to stakeholders and the world in a … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Authors: Karlin Sloan, Lindsey Pollak | Subjects: Leadership, Personal Development