Lessons From The Samurai: The Secret To Always Being At Your Best
ading a few books by samurai there was one thing I saw repeated again and again and again that surprised me. It has nothing to do with swords, fighting or strategy. Actually, quite the opposite when you think about it. What did so many of history's greatest warriors stress as key to success and optimal performance? "Being calm." And it wasn't one random samurai mentioning it off the cuff. We're talking about some of the greatest samurai who ever lived writing about…
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8 Steps To Getting The Perfect Mentor For You
entors, mentors, mentors. Everyone's always talking about them but no one really seems to know how to get a good one. Thanks to the internet we have more information than ever -- but not any more wisdom. Contacting mentors is one of the things I think you should do every week.…
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The Single Most Proven Way To Get Smarter And Happier
s, It's This Simple Many of the fixes for our problems aren't complex -- something that's clear in the things I recommend people do every day. What's a scientifically validated way to get smarter, happier, healthier and calmer? Stop reading this right now and go for a walk. It's that simple. Here's why. Exercise Powers The Body -- And The Mind They used to say you don't grow new brain cells. They were wrong. Via Spark: The Revolutionary New Science…
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4 Easy Ways You Can Resolve Life’s Toughest Questions
w To Work More Efficiently Use the Eisenhower Matrix. Via The Decision Book: 50 Models for Strategic Thinking: The US President Dwight D. Eisenhower supposedly once said: ‘The most urgent decisions are rarely the most important ones’. Eisenhower was considered a master of time management, i.e. he had the ability to do everything as and when it needed to be done. With the Eisenhower method, you will learn to distinguish between what is important and what is urgent. Whatever the job…
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How to reduce the number of bad decisions you make in today’s world
bsp; Do you make bad decisions due to lack of info -- or too much? In the past 20 years we went from a world where information was difficult to come by to a world where we can't get away from the stuff. Data is now like sand at the beach. Or maybe quicksand is a better metaphor. The phrase "TMI" is now more true than ever. Just as we always love options -- even when they aren't good for us -- we seem…
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Most common career mistakes: What are the top 5?
n't make these errors I've posted about the top five career regrets but what are the most common career mistakes people make? Via Chasing Stars: The Myth of Talent and the Portability of Performance: To shed light on individual behavior during job changes, we conducted a survey of over 400 search consultants from more than 50 industries in mid-2008. The respondents, 67 percent of whom had more than ten years of experience and 70 percent of whom recruited stars at the…
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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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Advice on how to make better decisions — tailored just for you (courtesy of Sherlock Holmes)
ve posted a lot of expert advice on how to improve decision making. But how can you get custom advice, tailored just for you? It's easy. Start a decision diary. Record what decisions you make and how they turn out. Over time you'll have a blueprint for what works for you -- and what doesn't. Via Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes: When we make a choice, solve a problem, come to a decision, we can record the process in…
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