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The Power of a Mentor, Good Books, Perseverance, and Toughening Up
Source: The Power of a Mentor, Good Books, Perseverance, and Toughening Up
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Leadership & Happiness!
Originally posted on rooseveltjeanfrancois: I just got back from Barnes & Noble. I scanned through 3 books: 1.- David Gibbins’ “Total War/ Destroy Cartage”, 2.- Dr. Henry Cloux & John Townsend’s “Boundaries”, and the last but not the least 3.- Gretchen Rubin’s “The happiness Project”. The more I read from this last book, the more…
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Leadership education, learning and the intellect: some thoughts from Arnold Toynbee & Daisaku Ikedda
Originally posted on rooseveltjeanfrancois: Thanks to my friend Frantz Rimpel who gave me this book as a gift three years ago, I woke up this morning re-reading “Choose Life, A dialogue” between historian Arnold Toynbee and Buddhist lay organization leader Daisaku Ikeda. This book, published in 1972, is a record of Toynbee & Ikeda’s views on critical issues…
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A leadership platform for you in a crowded, noisy world!
“A leadership platform for you,” has been my tagline for this blog since its inception in 2011. I wanted this blog to be a place where I connect with you on topics that matter, above all about leadership and personal development. A place where you can follow me on what I read, what I listen,…
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Leadership, Success & Struggle: The trio of joy!
“We may hate opposition and struggle, but it is critical for our mental health. Without the struggle, we would feel no joy in victory,”said Bestselling author Chris Brady in a blog-post dated two years ago announcing his next book to be released “Trout Fisherman in Hell.” Brady shared the following parable : “There is an…
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Reading Ken Dun’s book “The Greatest Prospector in The World, A Historically Accurate Parable on Creating Success in Sales, Business, & Sales.
It’s our community’s book for the month of October. I read it in one trait. A great read for a great book. This book is a “recipe for mastering the sales process,” said Orrin Woodward, Inc. Magazine top 20 Leader who forworded the book. You can go ahead and read this book yourself and add…
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Leadership and Emotional Intelligence: your brain can help you become more emotionally fit if you want to.
I had fun this morning having a conversation with a friend at a coffee shop talking about what we did the last week-end. We talked about laughing with friends, having good time doing nothing, and upcoming goals to be achieved in the near future. We talked and talked while drinking coffee, and eating blueberry muffins.…
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Leadership & reminiscences: the value of our time and the connection of our youth with your later years.
What is time? Is our childhood present in our life now? What connect our youth with our later years? These are some questions bestselling author Marietta McCarty, professor of philosophy, invites us to reflect on in her book “How Philosophy can save your life, 10 ideas that matter most.” I started this week by posting…
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Leadership lessons from the underdog: Roberta Vinci’s win against Serena Williams
I don’t know why, I am, most of the time, for the underdog, the outclass, the one that the pundits put down. I savor more the victory from the least disadvantaged, the one that everyone expects to lose than the favorite, the beloved, the most probable to win. I learn more from those who have the courage…
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Leadership, philosophy, clear thinking, and living a good life with simplicity
Philosophy professor Marietta McCarty, and New York Times bestselling author questions one of her college students about “what is a good life”. “Good living means having the time to actually think…”, said the student as reported by Marietta McCarty in her book “how philosophy can change your life, 10 ideas that matter most”. Good living…
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