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Bartleby.com, an online reference site, proclaims itself as “The preeminent publisher of literature, reference, and verse providing students, researchers and the intellectually curious with unlimited access to books and information on the web, free of charge.” Some of the many features include: an encyclopedia, dictionary, thesaurus, quotations (Bartlett’s), English Usage (including a searchable version of Strunk & White’s “Elements of Style”), Verse Search, Fiction … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: Bartleby.com | Subjects: Personal Development, Productivity / Work Tips, Reference / Search

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.

Content: Quotation | Subject: Character

There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done.

Content: Quotation | Author: Peter F. Drucker | Subjects: Management, Personal Development

Content: Book | Authors: Mark Levy, Tom Peters | Subject: Personal Development

People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.

Content: Quotation | Subjects: Commitment, Miscellaneous

Confidence is more important than competence. Competence can be bought. Confidence, never.

Content: Quotation | Subjects: Competence, Confidence

Competence precedes confidence.

Content: Quotation | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Competence, Confidence

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.

Content: Quotation | Subjects: Miscellaneous, Personal Development

David Allen says work in the knowledge economy requires a new kind of mental calisthenics. Information management is not a science but an art — a martial art — and it’s time to start training.

Content: Article | Author: John Hoult | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Personal Development, Productivity / Work Tips

If baby boomers had their own Faust, he’d be Larry Brilliant, a man who’s found himself at the center of almost every defining moment of his generation. His biggest battle: taming the devil of ambition.

Content: Article | Author: Harriet Rubin | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: People, Personal Development

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

Content: Quotation | Subject: Commitment

Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.

Content: Quotation | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Character, Leadership

Home of the popular personality test (Temperament Sorter – 70 questions and Character Sorter – 36 questions). Results will indicate your core strengths, and help determine what type of work is most likely to make you happy. Results tend to correlate with those of the Myers-Briggs test.

Content: Online Resource | Author: David Keirsey | Subjects: Free Stuff / Tools, Personal Development

Content: Book | Author: James Waldroop | Subjects: Career, Personal Development

Experienced decision makers see a different world than novices do, and what they see tells them what they should do. Ultimately, intuition is all about perception. The formal rules of decision making are almost incidental.

Content: Quotation | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Experience

stupid with a plan is better than just stupid.

Content: Quotation | Subject: Commitment

The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.

Content: Quotation | Subject: Learning

Efficiency is intelligent laziness.

Content: Quotation | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Personal Development

Site offers presentation creation and delivery techniques along with product reviews and more; three most useful sections are titled Creating, Delivering and Technology.

Content: Online Resource | Source: Presentations.com | Subjects: Personal Development, Productivity / Work Tips

Learning is not compulsory… neither is survival.

Content: Quotation | Subject: Learning