Today’s Resource Recommendation is Doing the Impossible: The 25 Laws for Doing the Impossible by Patrick Bet-David. I’m not exactly sure how this book ended up in my Amazon shopping cart and then in a box on my desk. I don’t know nor had never heard of the author and don’t remember someone referring it [...]
Today’s Resource Recommendation is The Synergist: How to Lead Your Team to Predictable Success by Les McKeown. This book proposes that there are four types of people on teams and in organizations; three of them are more naturally occurring and one, the synergist, brings greater success for all of them. From this high level perspective, the book [...]
Today’s Resource Recommendation is Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School by John Medina. To be at our best we must know all we can about all of our resources. Perhaps the most powerful resource we have at our disposal 24/7 is our brain. In this insightful and interesting [...]
I grew up on a farm — an environment where mechanical equipment abounds and things break (often at inopportune times). Given that, having great mechanical skills and aptitudes are a great benefit to a farmer. Thankfully, my father had those skills. He was so good at the variety of skills required that I grew up [...]
This week’s Resource Recommendation is Today We Are Rich: Harnessing the Power of Total Confidence by Tim Sanders. I’ve always liked Tim Sanders and I’ve read his other books, most notably Love is the Killer App and The Likeability Factor. Here is my recommendation. I’ve also traded a few emails with Tim, though we haven’t [...]
This week’s Resource Recommendation is It’s Not How Good You Are, It’s How Good You Want to Be by Paul Arden. A couple of weeks back I was at LAX waiting for my red eye flight home. I had delivered a workshop session at a conference, attended a reception and after a full day was [...]
This announcement and opportunity is a bit more targeted than what I normally post here. This post is specifically for external trainers, consultants and/or coaches – or those considering this as a career option. Having been working in this category for more than 17 years, I’ve decided to give back to our community and have [...]
That’s a great title, isn’t it? I mean who doesn’t like simple and secrets, especially when tied to success? The premise of the book is simple: summarize research around achievement and success then provide an example, lesson or approach that makes the research practical. (Hence the subtitle – “What scientists have learned and how you [...]
This week’s Resource Recommendation: A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity by Bill O’Reilly Before you even read a word of this review I’m guessing some of you are excited to continue right now, and others, well, you are wondering if you want to read anything written by me if I’m going to talk about Bill [...]
“That book changed my life.” Have you ever heard someone say that (or perhaps you’ve even said or thought the same thing)? I believe that statement is, by definition, false. A book cannot change your life (or my life). Only you can make that change. There are many books that have had an impact on [...]