Category Archives: Books to Read
Drive – The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Here is a book to add to your reading list Drive – The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us. This book was written by Daniel Pink. Please note , as a caveat, this was the first book I read as … Continue reading
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Spring Reading
Over the past few weeks, I have been reading quite a few books. I have also read several books in digital format. Reading digitally is something I seem to do well during the daytime, and has worked for both non … Continue reading
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Quiet: The Power of Introverts
Quiet: The Power of Introverts by Susan Cain is an insightful read. At the onset of this book, the author theorizes that a shift has occurred in our western culture from one that rewards introversion and introspection to our … Continue reading
Six Thinking Hats – Perhaps Seven!
Have you ever thought about thinking styles? The book Six Thinking Hats may be a good read to get you started in understanding your own style as well as how you participate in a group. Beyond this, it is a … Continue reading
Switch – Book Review
The book Switch: How To Change Things When Change Is Hard by Chris and Dan Heath is an insightful view into how we can make changes ourselves or design easier ways for others to make change happen. The basic metaphorical … Continue reading
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Time to write it down!
The Wall Street Journal just had an interesting article about “To Do Lists”. I agree that To Do Lists are the action activators. As important in my mind are The Project List and The Goals List. A Project List keeps … Continue reading
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Inspiration – Can’t we just buy some?
Don’t you often want to buy a can of inspiration? I find when I can’t easily put A and B together, I want to go out and buy a ready-made can of inspiration to get instant results. To get inspired … Continue reading
Set Your Goals Down On Paper
Resolutions and Goal Setting articles abound this time of year. All in all, I believe the most important thing we can do to start goal resolution keeping is explained in three simple words – Write It Down! By taking the … Continue reading
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Being Grateful
Gratitude is something we can practice all year-long. You can be grateful for people, places and things. People Gratitude Gratitude can be given to those who we work with, live with, play with or chance encounter. Gratitude does not have … Continue reading
Fine Tuning Our Craft
What is it exactly that an organizing consultant or productivity consultant does? Helps clients gain order, increase efficiency and overall effectiveness. We do that by some or all of these methods: Analyzing the physical space and makes recommendations for better … Continue reading
