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Category: Career Skills

How to Talk About Your Accomplishments Without Sounding Braggy and Annoying Summary

5 min read ⌚ Hesitant to share an accomplishment with your loved ones so as to not sound too irritating? Time for a brief lesson by Alexandra Franzen: “How to Talk About Your Accomplishments Without Sounding Braggy and Annoying.” Who Should Read “How to Talk About Your Accomplishments Without Sounding Braggy and Annoying”? And Why? If […]

Barking Up the Wrong Tree Summary

5 min read ⌚ The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong Achieving success is both much more complex and simpler thing than people say it is. At least that’s what Eric Barker believes. And he has a book-length apology of his belief: “Barking Up the Wrong Tree.” Who Should Read […]

Why Motivating People Doesn’t Work… and What Does Summary

6 min read ⌚ The New Science of Leading, Energizing, and Engaging The good old carrot-and-stick method doesn’t work anymore? Well, times have changed! And there’s a new science of leading, energizing, and engaging! Time to find out “Why Motivating People Doesn’t Work… and What Does.” Who Should Read “Why Motivating People Doesn’t Work… and What […]

Want to Get Great at Something? Get a Coach Summary

6 min read ⌚ Nothing new on the program today: once again, we talk about coaching and mentoring. Or, rather, the necessity of it. However, this time we’ll leave the subject where it’s most safe: in the hands of a surgeon, Atul Gawande. Unsurprisingly, he’s pretty precise and straightforward: Want to get great at something?” he […]

Go Put Your Strengths to Work Summary

7 min read ⌚ 6 Powerful Steps to Achieve Outstanding Performance Have you discovered your strengths? Well, then, Marcus Buckingham says: “Go, Put Your Strengths to Work!” Who Should Read “Go Put Your Strengths to Work”? And Why? Best-case scenario: Those who have done their homework and are already familiar with “First, Break All the Rules” […]

Death by Meeting Summary

6 min read ⌚ A Leadership Fable… About Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business Ready for another business fable? Well, who isn’t? Especially if it is by Patrick Lencioni, one of the masters of the genre. In “Death by Meeting” he tries to find a solution to “the most painful problem in business”: Uninspiring, boring, time-wasting […]

Business-Dō Summary – Hiroshi Mikitani

7 min read ⌚ The Way to Successful Leadership You can translate this book’s title – “Business-Dō” – into “The Dao of Business.” Its author? A billionaire. Need anything more? Who Should Read “Business-Dō”? And Why? If you want to be successful in your business, read this book. It offers 10 principles you’ll certainly want to follow. […]

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