The good thing about my job is that I get to practice, build, test, and refine these leadership skills below, daily ( Read more... )

Fabulous idea and organization!!!

If You Have a Problem, Ask Everyone (NYT):

...The chemist and the institute came together through InnoCentive, a company that links organizations (seekers) with problems (challenges) to people all over the world (solvers) who win cash prizes for resolving them. The company gets a posting fee and, if the problem ( Read more... )

See Part 3. Here's more from Think and Grow Rich (1937), by Napoleon Hill.

Chapter 15. How to Outwit the Six Ghosts of Fear:

THE SIX BASIC FEARSThere are six basic fears, with some combination of which every human suffers at one time or another. Most people are fortunate if they do not suffer from the entire six. Named in the order of their most ( Read more... )

See Part 2. Here's more from Think and Grow Rich (1937), by Napoleon Hill.

Chapter 8. Decision: The Mastery of Procrastination (The Seventh Step toward Riches)PROCRASTINATION, the opposite of DECISION, is a common enemy which practically every man must conquer ( Read more... )

See Part 1.

Here's more from Think and Grow Rich (1937), by Napoleon Hill.

Chapter 7. Organized Planning (The Sixth Step toward Riches):

THE THIRTY MAJOR CAUSES OF FAILURE

HOW MANY OF THESE ARE HOLDING YOU BACK?Life's greatest tragedy consists of men and women who earnestly try, and fail! The tragedy lies in the overwhelmingly large majority of ( Read more... )

As mentioned here, last week I bought Think and Grow Rich, by Napoleon Hill. Written in 1937, it's one of the top selling self-help books of all time. It's also one of the first books in the genre of personal success, like those by Tony Robbins (Unlimited Power: The New Science of Personal Achievement), Dale Carnegie (How to Win Friends and ( Read more... )

There's a business book, The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't, by Stanford management Prof. Bob Sutton. He came up with this rule:

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Some principles (click for details ( Read more... )

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Can You Become a Creature of New Habits? (NYT).

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The Huffington Post can be pretty biased against Clinton, in favor of Obama. Take some of this with a grain of salt. But it again underscores the value of ORGANIZATION.

John Edwards was known to be frequently late for his campaign events. (Edwards Gets Demerits for Tardiness on the Trail.)

Clinton's Texas Ground Game Plunges Into Chaos ( ( Read more... )