Tue, 26 March 2024
520: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - 30th Anniversary Edition (an Encore Presentation of Episode 319)
A can't-miss conversation with the son of the legendary author of the book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - 30th Anniversary Edition.
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Tue, 19 March 2024
With this book as your guide, you'll learn to dance with your fear. To take the risks worth taking. And to embrace the empathy required to make work that contributes with authenticity and joy.
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Tue, 12 March 2024
A paradigm-shifting book looking at the negative impact of silence and how we can begin to dismantle it in order to use our voices at home and at work.
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Tue, 5 March 2024
Today, we revisit a conversation I had with Michael Hyatt at the start of the pandemic about vision-driven leadership. |
Tue, 27 February 2024
Most careers unfold accidentally, haphazardly, and with too much serendipity. That means lost traction, lost years, and lost opportunities. But your career doesn't have to be that way! Career on Course unpacks the 10 steps that will take your career from accidental to intentional.
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Tue, 20 February 2024
I break down the five most important traits for a Servant Leader to possess: empathy, listening, healing, awareness, and persuasion.
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Tue, 13 February 2024
Malissa Clark shows you how to escape the trap of putting work at the center of everything and thus losing your well-being—or your company's performance—in the process. |
Tue, 6 February 2024
We think that productivity is all about hard work. That the road to success is lined with endless frustration and toil. But what if there's another way? Armed with Ali's insights, you won't just accomplish it all. You'll feel happier and more fulfilled along the way.
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Tue, 30 January 2024
The definitive guide to eliminating the forces that make it harder, more complicated, or downright impossible to get things done in organizations.
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Tue, 23 January 2024
Bravery is not reserved for the chosen few; it's a skill and a daily practice that can be developed. The Brave Habit provides a practical framework for courageous leadership and exceptional work.
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Tue, 16 January 2024
I pose five questions you should ponder if you want to build a lasting legacy. I also include three exercises you can do right now to get started on the right foot. |
Tue, 9 January 2024
Dan has pancreatic cancer and has been given a few months to live. I share his impact on my life and that of a few others' lives. |
Tue, 2 January 2024
I've scoured the book release lists so that you don't have to, and I've selected the 9 books you need to pay attention to this year. |
Tue, 26 December 2023
We are in the midst of an unprecedented degree of technology-driven change at the same time that society faces challenges more complex than our organizations and we as individuals have been prepared to handle.
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Tue, 19 December 2023
Perfect for managers, executives, and other business leaders, Leading with Questions will earn a place on the bookshelves of anyone interested in better engaging with and leading others. |
Tue, 12 December 2023
Most entrepreneurs start a business seeking freedom but end up in a prison of hundred-hour workweeks isolated from their loved ones. This book is a guide to do entrepreneurship differently—letting go of the hustle and embracing a family-first mindset instead.
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Tue, 5 December 2023
In Speak Up or Stay Stuck, forward-thinking change management expert Pam Marlon unpacks a practical framework for implementing organizational change while ensuring your voice is heard. |
Tue, 28 November 2023
In Manage like a Mother, Valerie Cockerell shares common-sense principles for anyone seeking to be an effective leader. She explains how raising children, nurturing their development, multitasking as only a mother does, managing conflicts, dealing with teenagers and being a great role model are some of the essential skills that leaders can easily apply to their professional working environments—with proven success.
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Tue, 21 November 2023
The life you dream of isn't that far away. But you can't stay where you are. It's time to embark on your journey toward healing. Let Get Past Your Past be your guide along the way.
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Tue, 14 November 2023
501: Discover Who You Already Are, Who You Want to Be, and How to Ensure Others See You That Way with Aliza Licht
How you show up in person, over email, and on social media, Aliza says, communicates your personal brand. That brand deserves thoughtful cultivation and crafting as you shape your narrative, build your network, grow your confidence, and plot your future.
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Tue, 7 November 2023
For anyone who wants to turn their life around but doesn't know how, the PASTOR method teaches how to harness marketing wisdom to get honest about what we really want from life and craft better beliefs and plans to help us start living life on our own terms. |
Tue, 31 October 2023
In A Symphony of Choices, workplace culture and strategy expert Gerald Leonard provides you with the practical tools and real-world examples that will help you build the knowledge and skills you need to thrive in a project-driven world.
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Tue, 24 October 2023
From email to sales pitches, from workshops to resumes, Steven Woodruff’s Clarity Fuel Formula is the universal recipe for communications success.
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Tue, 17 October 2023
In this revolutionary guide, Mefford and Buckett share crucial leadership strategies to help organizations revamp their work culture, throw out stifling hierarchical leadership models, and embrace a dynamic, results-oriented, and successful self-led team-oriented model instead.
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Tue, 10 October 2023
David Dodson explains how to get better at running virtually any kind of organization by breaking down each critical skill into digestible, bite-sized sub-skills, that you can learn quickly and easily. |
Tue, 3 October 2023
With this innovative and refreshing framework of balancing learning and performing, individuals and companies can reach their boldest aspirations.
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Tue, 26 September 2023
Develop the life-changing ability to excel in spontaneous communication situations—from public speaking to interviewing to networking—with essential strategies from a Stanford lecturer, coach, and host of the popular Think Fast, Talk Smart The Podcast. |
Tue, 19 September 2023
In this timeless, eye-opening tale of redemption, Bob’s tailspin journey through loss and catastrophic failure invites readers to examine the nature of genuine leadership and embark upon their own story of self-discovery.
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Tue, 12 September 2023
For years, Walmart and Amazon operated in separate spheres—one a massive brick-and-mortar retailer, the other an online giant. But in 2016, Walmart aggressively moved into the world of e-commerce, while Amazon made big bets in physical retail. What can we learn from them? Turns out, a lot. |
Tue, 5 September 2023
Your Future Self describes the mental mistakes we make in thinking about the future and gives us practical advice for imagining our best future so we can make that vision a reality.
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Tue, 29 August 2023
In The Learn-It-All Leader, Learnit CEO Damon Lembi shares the leadership mindset you need to make better decisions, take bolder risks, and build stronger teams.
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Tue, 22 August 2023
This book shows you how to build the best possible relationship. One conversation. Five questions. Detailed guidance on how to prepare and set the relationship up for success. Key insights on how to maintain the relationship so that it will continue to thrive.
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Tue, 15 August 2023
A culmination of weekly inspiration shared with Dan Miller’s inner circle over the past 20 years!
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Tue, 8 August 2023
Closing the Confidence Gap will show you how to advance with confidence. You’ll hear deeply personal stories and walk away with practical tools to show you how to claim your role as a confident leader.
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Tue, 1 August 2023
After learning from the world's most successful people, you will have a mental toolkit to help you tackle thorny problems, navigate relationships, and use creativity and resilience in times of uncertainty.
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Tue, 25 July 2023
Unconformed is a toolkit for preventing and overcoming that "stuck" feeling and exploring the many paths to success, no matter your age or life stage. With many stories about successful people from diverse backgrounds, this book offers a fresh look at learning and working.
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Tue, 18 July 2023
Discover how to develop a clear, concise understanding of how your team’s culture affects its performance. Follow this simple, practical blueprint to cultivate a Best Team Ever environment and set your team on a path to success. |
Tue, 11 July 2023
The Illusion of Choice identifies the 16 1/2 most important psychological quirks that everyone in business needs to bear aware of today—and shows how any business can take advantage of these quicks to win customers, retains customers and sell more. |
Tue, 4 July 2023
In Connectable, you’ll learn how tackling the issue of worker loneliness head on can transform an isolated workforce into one that’s happier, more engaged, and more productive. |
Tue, 27 June 2023
Whether you are at the start of your leadership journey or have held a senior leadership role for years, Meta-Leadership will arm you with knowledge and insights to achieve the highest results from yourself and your team.
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Tue, 20 June 2023
The Case for Good Jobs provides leaders with the blueprint they need to choose excellence by providing good jobs that offer a living wage, dignity, and opportunities for growth both for their employees and their organization.
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Tue, 13 June 2023
Are you tired of chasing a dream you aren’t even sure you want anymore? Or have you accomplished your dream only to discover it’s not as fulfilling as you thought it would be? It’s time to get excited about your life again.
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Tue, 6 June 2023
Rewired provides scientifically supported solutions for everyone who wants to restore their tech-life balance.
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Tue, 30 May 2023
In The Song of Significance, Seth Godin provides a roadmap for the business leaders who are willing to create a meaningful future while bravely rejecting the outmoded management models that are no longer serving us. As Godin writes, “Choosing significance is to dance with fear, and choosing fear requires belief that what we’re doing matters.” |
Tue, 23 May 2023
If you're a leader, entrepreneur, executive, or anyone who wants to squeeze more time, money, and joy from every day, Choosing Greatness is a must-have book that's brimming with tools and strategies!
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Tue, 16 May 2023
A groundbreaking guide to breaking free from the thoughts, habits, jobs, relationships, and even business models that prevent us from achieving our full potential. |
Tue, 9 May 2023
With proven tools, techniques, and insights, Bragging Rights will help you understand and tell the world about your true superpowers, so you can access new opportunities and, along the way, elevate others. |
Tue, 2 May 2023
After twenty years of selling art as well as coaching other artists, Miriam Schulman knows that now is the time to leave the rat race behind and pursue your highest dreams. It's time to gamble on yourself.
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Tue, 25 April 2023
Language change is natural, built into the language system itself, and we wouldn’t be who we are without it. Like, Literally, Dude celebrates the dynamic, ongoing, and empowering evolution of language, and it will speak to anyone who talks, or listens, inspiring them to communicate dynamically and effectively in their daily lives. |
Tue, 18 April 2023
How a million little things are dragging you down, and what to do about it.
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Tue, 11 April 2023
The Anxious Achiever is a book with a mission: to normalize anxiety and leadership. As leadership expert and self-proclaimed anxious achiever Morra Aarons-Mele argues, anxiety is built into the very nature of leadership. It can—and should—be harnessed into a force for good.
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Tue, 4 April 2023
Upskill, Reskill, Thrive illustrates how to create and sustain learning and work environments that honor and empower individuals in ways that promote knowledge generation and sharing. |
Tue, 28 March 2023
You don’t need a long book published by a traditional publisher to get what you need. You need to get short valuable ideas out to your market in a professional way, as quickly as possible. That can be by blogging, writing articles, making videos or by writing a book.
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Tue, 21 March 2023
Drawing upon the latest insights from the fields of performance psychology, neuroscience, and cognitive science, as well as case studies from clients and their own personal experiences, Michael Hyatt and Megan Hyatt Miller explore the power of ideas to shape superior outcomes, not only in business, but in every aspect of life. |
Tue, 14 March 2023
Our conversations—at home, at work, or in public—can be sources of pleasure and stepping-stones toward success, or they can cause pain and lead to failure. Chuck Wisner shows how we can form a connection from the very first conversation and keep our discourse positive and productive throughout any endeavor.
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Tue, 7 March 2023
This book provides a powerful toolkit and actionable techniques that can lead to extraordinary results. Whether you’re trying to persuade a client, motivate a team, or get a whole organization to see things differently, this book will show you how to leverage the power of magic words.
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Tue, 28 February 2023
In The Power of Clarity, Ann Latham exposes the unrecognized confusion and explains how to eliminate it. This fascinating guide to workplace productivity and effectiveness draws upon extensive research and case studies to demonstrate how you can get better results in far less time while also increasing confidence and commitment. |
Tue, 21 February 2023
The Unsold Mindset reveals a counterintuitive approach not just to selling but to life. It's a journey toward an entirely new mindset—the greatest sellers on the planet aren't successful because of what they do, they're successful because of what they think.
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Tue, 14 February 2023
From attracting customers online and face-to-face to helping secure lifelong relationships, referrals and reorders, by building trust over time, minute by minute; to ensuring profitable sales and customer loyalty, you will learn 212 strategies that when put into practice, will make your sales and success soar. |
Tue, 7 February 2023
After decades of research, world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., discovered a simple but groundbreaking idea: the power of mindset.
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Tue, 31 January 2023
In Attention Span, psychologist Gloria Mark reveals surprising results from her decades of research into how technology affects our attention. She also shows how much of what we think we know is wrong.
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Tue, 24 January 2023
New and even experienced authors often feel overwhelmed by everything they're told they must do. It can be hard to know where one should be putting their energy. Honorée has a gift for teaching what's important in a way that's easy to understand and remember.
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Tue, 17 January 2023
In just over four years since its release, it has officially sold more than 10MM copies! In this episode, I share an audio summary of Atomic Habits by James Clear.
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Tue, 10 January 2023
So many entrepreneurs either run a profitable business but hate their work or run a business they love, with a message they’re proud of, without making any money. There’s a better way to build a business, one that helps you wake up every day excited and full of purpose and make a profit.
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Tue, 3 January 2023
As I take a look ahead, these are the six books I'm most excited about that are coming out in the first half of 2023.
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Tue, 27 December 2022
Much of my reading outside the reading I do for the podcast was centered around notes, knowledge retention, and learning. These are my favorites I read in 2022, but not necessarily released in 2022.
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Tue, 20 December 2022
The Disconnect Principle provides the missing link that will change the way you think about feedback, accountability, and performance management forever. This is the approach that will allow you to be the empathic and effective manager, employee, or peer that you would like to be.
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Tue, 13 December 2022
Neal and Carly Samudre believe that joy is what’s missing from our ability to make lasting change in our lives. Building on biblical insights and the latest findings in positive psychology, Start from Joy outlines an emotionally healthy approach to change―one where joy leads the way.
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Tue, 6 December 2022
This week, I share the results of my 2022 Listener-Reader Survey and where the Read to Lead Community is headed. |
Tue, 29 November 2022
Learn how to create, live, and sell your own personal brand―even if you hate sales!―with step-by-step help from the First Lady of Sales. |
Tue, 22 November 2022
Whether you’re competing for local foot traffic or global downloads, Primal Storytelling will help you forge authentic connections with your audience, improve your brand performance in social media and SEO, and supercharge your content results.
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Tue, 15 November 2022
The communication tools Jeff Bezos created are so effective that former Amazonians who worked directly with Bezos adopted them as blueprints to start their own companies. Now, these tools are available to you.
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Tue, 8 November 2022
Amplify Your Influence shows you how to leverage a variety of behavioral motivators to achieve positive outcomes and results and frame our ideas in a way that encourages engagement and gets and active response from your followers.
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Tue, 1 November 2022
Grubhub founder Mike Evans reveals the inside story of how he grew a multibillion dollar behemoth that changed the way we eat.
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Tue, 25 October 2022
We all want great ideas, but few actually understand how great ideas are born. Innovation is not an event , a workshop, a sprint, or a hackathon. It's a result of mastering idea flow, a practice that elevates everything else you do.
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Tue, 18 October 2022
After 36 years of testing, research and development, Jeff Blackman's explosive business-growth system that shows you step-by-step how to Peak Your Profits.
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Tue, 11 October 2022
How the Future Works offers a blueprint for using flexible work to unlock the potential of your people.
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Tue, 4 October 2022
Originally written as letters from a father to a son, 18 Words to Live By is a practical handbook for life and a heartfelt reminder of what matters most.
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Tue, 27 September 2022
The final book from the late legendary leadership expert Stephen R. Covey of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People fame, offers inspiration and optimism about living your best life. |
Tue, 20 September 2022
If you'd like to see the outputs that result from your content consumption efforts lead to new connections, well-deserved promotions, and opportunities that were previously out of reach, then you have to learn how to take smart notes.
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Tue, 13 September 2022
Join author Vincent Pugliese on a backwards journey that starts with your character and curiosity and ends with your offer, and discover all the opportunities waiting for you when you turn your attention from being a wealth of knowledge and experience towards being a wealth of connection.
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Tue, 6 September 2022
In Rogue Waves, Jonathan Brill—a renowned expert on resilient growth and decision-making under uncertainty—shows you how to prepare your business to survive and thrive through the most radical upheavals.
Direct download: Jonathan_Brill_-_Episode_439_-_Reupload.mp3
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Tue, 30 August 2022
Leaders who align their leadership behaviors to motivate and satisfy the needs of their teams will build cultures that are both engaging and profitable.
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Tue, 23 August 2022
Is your appetite for learning far greater than the time you have available to process it? Want a better system for retaining what resonates with you and ultimately expressing it in your own way? Your help is here! |
Tue, 16 August 2022
What if the key to future business success lies in a simple and secret marketing approach that presidents use to get elected and startups use to become unicorns? Now you can learn it too!
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Tue, 9 August 2022
Entrepreneurship is not a spirit or a gift. It is a process that anyone can learn, and that anyone can use to turn a problem into a solution with impact.
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Tue, 2 August 2022
As we reach the peak of the Great Resignation, two veteran executive coaches help today's leaders learn how to retain and inspire their teams through the one thing their research has found works: LEADING with HEART.
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Tue, 26 July 2022
Beyond technology, software, social media networks, even advertising and marketing campaigns, the biggest and best tool you'll ever have in your belt is a book with your name on the cover.
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Tue, 19 July 2022
Maria Brito illustrates how creativity is merely a series of habits, actions, and attitudes that anyone can develop—regardless of who you are and what you do.
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Tue, 12 July 2022
LinkedIn Profile Optimization for Dummies shares exactly what you need to know to optimize your profile according to your goals.
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Tue, 5 July 2022
In The Secret Society of Success, Tim Schurrer invites you to reevaluate your definition of success and learn a new, freer way to go about achieving it.
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Tue, 28 June 2022
Whether you want to become a millionaire, build wealth faster, or retire early, join the more than one million people worldwide who are already using Noah’s iconic method to transform your life in less than five minutes a day.
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Tue, 21 June 2022
To say love is what makes a marriage work, is like saying it takes oxygen to climb a mountain. Yes, oxygen is necessary. But not sufficient.
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Tue, 14 June 2022
A 21-day kick-start to stress-free money management.
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Tue, 7 June 2022
Reading like a series of one-on-one sessions with one of the world's leading business thinkers, A New Way to Think is an essential guide for any current or aspiring business leader.
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Tue, 31 May 2022
From a leading Yale Expert and serial entrepreneur comes a radical, principled, and field-tested approach that identifies what's really at stake in any negotiation and thereby ensures you get your half—so you can focus on growing the pie.
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Tue, 24 May 2022
A distinguished Harvard Business School professor offers a compelling reassessment and defense of purpose as a management ethos, documenting the vast performance gains and social benefits that become possible when firms manage to get purpose right.
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Tue, 17 May 2022
Growth occurs when learning is internalized—when we try something new and invest the effort to move it from being something we do to something we are.
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Tue, 10 May 2022
We don't need just another approach to changing our habits. What we need is an operating system that takes into account the full scope of our lives. In these pages bestselling author Jordan Raynor presents this system, using the seven powerful time-management principles drawn from the example of how Jesus lived.
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Tue, 3 May 2022
Are you working harder than ever but struggling to make progress? You can escape the quicksand of busyness, distraction, and complexity...starting today!
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