Harvard professor Francesca Gino explains how to be a better person
Francesca Gino For this interview I spoke with Francesca Gino. She's a professor at Harvard Business School and the author of Sidetracked: Why Our Decisions Get Derailed, and How We Can Stick to the Plan. We discussed being a better person, giving good gifts, smart decision making, the power of introverted leaders and how rituals can improve our lives. ———–——— Reminders are the secret to being a better person Francesca Gino: Even good people can end up doing the wrong thing. We…
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Top Experts Always Recommend These 4 Books
far I've done interviews with 22 experts on various fields from happiness, to expertise, to influence and irrationality. I've asked most of them which books they highly recommend. Which ones got mentioned most often? The Top Books Experts Recommend: Robert Cialdini’s Influence: the Psychology of Persuasion (3 times) Dan Pink's To Sell is Human (2 times) Adam Grant’s Give and Take (2 times) Daniel Kahneman's Thinking, Fast and Slow (2 times) Books Experts Recommend - By Topic Leadership Gautam Mukunda, professor at Harvard Business School and…
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Robert Cialdini explains the six ways to influence people – Interview:
. Robert Cialdini Dr. Robert Cialdini is the authority on the study of persuasion. His classic book, "Influence" has sold millions of copies and is widely regarded as the go-to text on the subject. What makes the book so special is it's not just a collection of academic studies on college students. Bob went "undercover" to learn the secrets of used car salesmen, marketing professionals, telemarketers, and others who influence in order to survive. He distilled his findings down to…
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Adam Alter interview: Can the color red make you look sexy?
am Alter Adam Alter is an assistant professor of marketing at NYU's Stern School of Business. His new book Drunk Tank Pink: And Other Unexpected Forces that Shape How We Think, Feel, and Behave explores the incredible (and vastly underestimated) power of context in our lives. Adam and I spoke about the color that can make you appear sexy and powerful, what money means to your brain, and how the weather influences your ability to think. My conversation with Adam was…
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Harvard professor Michael Norton explains how to be happier
chael Norton Michael Norton is an associate professor of marketing at Harvard Business School. He is co-author of the new book, Happy Money: The Science of Smarter Spending, which explains how the latest social science research can help you spend your money in ways that improve your happiness. (More on the book here.) Mike and I spoke about how time affects happiness, why money is so motivating and how Netflix might just be making us less happy. Why are we…
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9 Expert Insights That Will Make You Productive, Successful And Smart
pert Tip #1: How To Be More Creative Your first idea is rarely the best. Always keep pushing and generate more possibilities. Advice from Andrew Goldberg, writer on Family Guy: I’m a big fan of writing "alts" (versions). If I come to a joke spot, even if I’m working on my own stuff, I’ll often write three or four or five different alts, and then I’ll show it to friends, show it to my wife, show it to my manager, show…
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Cal Newport on how you can be an expert and why you should *not* follow your passion
bsp; Cal Newport holds a PhD from MIT and is an assistant professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University. He runs the popular blog Study Hacks (which I highly recommend) and is the author of four books including, most recently, So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love. Cal and I talked about the secrets to becoming an expert, how deliberate practice works and why following your passion can be a *bad* idea.…
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Interview – NYT/WSJ Bestselling Author Ben Casnocha teaches you the new secrets to networking and career success
bsp; My friend Ben Casnocha is the co-author of the NYT/WSJ #1 bestseller The Start-up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career. He wrote the book with LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman and it explores mindsets and techniques for navigating the rapidly changing world of work. (Full disclosure: I'm referenced in the book as a case study.) Ben and I spoke about how your career can benefit from Silicon Valley strategies, what most people get wrong…
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