True or false?
“Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupid leaders.” – Sloan Wilson
Month: July 2017
Listen to someone
Who needs your exquisite attention today?
Lesson number . . .
Today, class, we’re going to be discussing coaching skills. Lesson No. 1. Listen. Lesson No. 2. Listen. Lesson No. ….. Get the idea?
What really counts . . .
“At the end of the day the words that matter will be the actions” James Smith, former US ambassador to Saudi Arabia 22/05/2017, R4, Today What a wonderful mixed metaphor – I rather like it.
Busy-ness or business . . .
Oliver Burkeman explores why we all feel so busy nowadays; presented here – 15 ways you can tackle busy-ness – as a guide of 15 steps towards a happier, less stressful life.
Health check . . .
I must be honest. I’ve only just come across this word. Technostress. Fascinating! So fascinating that I started searching, and found another equally delightful one …Dr Larry Rosen’s iDisorder: “changes to your brain´s ability to process information and your ability to relate to the world due to your daily use of media and technology resulting in… Read More Health check . . .
Who are you?
I was driving, listening to the radio (nothing new there), and a man was introduced as “Professor of English Literature, and a poet” – and it got me wondering . . . The English Literature professor bit I got. But what about the “poet” reference? What I really wanted to know about was his particular… Read More Who are you?
Ipso facto . . .
“It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it… anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job” (The wonderful) Douglas Adams
Tell me . . .
Research has been done which suggests that anyone wanting to be successful on social media should be an informer not a meformer to maximise their chances of getting followers on social media. Meformer … what a delicious word! If only some of the people in my life knew about it.
Your reading list . . .
Facebook recently asked 62 influential people for the books they’d recommend. From an initial list of 230 titles, they whittled it down to 11. Here they are: Sapiens, Yuval Noah Harari Freakonomics, Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt Originals, Adam Grant Writing My Wrongs, Shaka Senghor Team of Teams, General Stanley McChrystal The Gene, Siddhartha Mukherjee… Read More Your reading list . . .
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