Improving Our “Signals” and “Beings”

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This is a book review of Chip Heath and Dan Heath’s Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die.
Why is it that urban legends, conspiracy theories, and public health scares can reach the other side [...]

This is a book review of Susan Scott’s Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work & in Life, One Conversation at a Time.
If you have ever felt the need to have an important conversation, but you couldn’t bring yourself to having it, then this is the book for you. Susan Scott details the exact methods to [...]

When you think of delegation, do you limit your thoughts to organizational leadership? Do you think delegating activities is only a skill organizational leaders should know? Book after book has been written on delegating activities in a business context. However, the act of delegating is a powerful skill any person should learn for their personal [...]

This is a book review of Michael Hall and Bobby Bodenhamer’s Mind-lines: Lines for Changing Minds.
You’ve been to told to see the glass as half full, but how do you do it? Have you ever wondered how your worries, fears, disagreements, interpersonal conflict, anger, and misunderstandings can be reinterpreted so that they empower you; instead [...]

This is a book review of Robert Greene’s The 48 Laws of Power.
Robert Greene is author of three savvy books covering seduction, war, and power. His interest in topics that others overlook because they appear greedy, manipulative, and condescending have caused people to frown upon his work. However, on the “opposite side” of his reviewers [...]

This is a book review of Dale Carnegie’s all time international classic How to Win Friends and Influence People. It is a fairly large review with the occasional “diversion” from the topic because I feel it is appropriate for this classic book.
The original version of this book was written in 1937 with just 5,000 copies [...]

You’re about to unlock what I believe is the greatest human need in communication. I’m going to show you how to connect with your fellow human being in the most intimate way possible – a way that many people have never experienced their entire life. This is something I know the world so desperately needs. [...]

“Men are like sheep, of which a flock is more easily driven than a single one.” - Richard Whately
“Like the herd animals we are, we sniff warily at the strange one among us.” - Loren Eiseley
“We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.” - [...]

“Man prefers to think what he prefers to be true.” - Francis Bacon, Sr.
“Leadership comes through respect, and a large part of respect is liking someone.” - Carol Leonard
“Each man is led by his own liking.” - Virgil

You arrive at a bus station where you wait for a bus to go to work. While you [...]

This is a book review of Richard Bandler and John Grinder’s Frogs Into Princes: Neuro Linguistic Programming. It has been referred by many as the book to read for somebody starting out in neuro-linguistic programming and rightfully so.
Richard Bandler and John Grinder are the founders of neuro-linguistic programming so you can expect a fair in [...]