Category: Nathan’s Favorites
R+U LUCKY? by Jason Zweig, Money, 2003
I read and loved this article so I saved it. Recently, I have been linking to the…
Ready to be a Thought Leader? How to increase Your Influence, Impact, and Success by Denise Brosseau
In Ready to be a Thought Leader? How to increase Your Influence, Impact, and Success, Denise Brosseau…
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
I was pleasantly surprised by the wisdom in The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal…
Does having power make you happy?
Yes, according to Art Markman in Psychology Today in his review and summary of a report entitled “The…
Grit – the tendency to sustain interest in and effort toward long term goals.
I don’t remember when I started being a fan of Angela Duckworth and her research on grit….
True Grit: Can Perseverance Be Taught?
Angela Duckworth, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, discusses her research that shows that grit is…
Executive Warfare: 10 Rules of Engagement for Winning Your War for Success
In Executive Warfare, David F. D’Alessandro provides excellent advice on how to climb the corporate ladder but like…
Action Trumps Everything
There is an ongoing conflict between two themes in idioms: “haste makes waste” and “look before you…
Is career warfare the way to get ahead?
In a previous post, I supported and wrote about Adam Grant’s theory that givers with ambition will…
Will Being a Giver Make You Successful?
Adam Grant in his book Give and Take: a Revolutionary Approach to Success argues that a Giver –…
Power and Influence by John Kotter
Had I read Power and Influence: Beyond Formal Authority by John Kotter, published in 1985, sooner, perhaps…
How Do You Gain Power?
How do you gain power? You start by reading Jeffrey Pfeffer’s book on how to gain…
