Delivering Happiness (2010) is a book by Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh. It details his life as an entrepreneur, with emphasis on the founding of Link Exchange and Zappos. In 2009, Hsieh began writing Delivering Happiness over Labor Day in Lake Tahoe. He wrote most of the book stream of consciousness, often completing 3,000 word chunks a day that he would send to his editor in New York. While writing […]
Think and Grow Rich
– Napoleon Hill
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Think and Grow Rich is a 1937 motivational personal development and self-help book by Napoleon Hill and inspired by a suggestion from Scottish-American businessman Andrew Carnegie. While the title implies that this book deals with how to get rich, the author explains that the philosophy taught in the book can be used to help people succeed in all lines of work and to […]
Habits of happiness
– Matthieu Ricard
June 3, 2014 By
From TED.com What is happiness, and how can we all get some? Biochemist turned Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard says we can train our minds in habits of well-being, to generate a true sense of serenity and fulfillment. Sometimes called the “happiest man in the world,” Matthieu Ricard is a Buddhist monk, author and photographer. Why you […]
The Age of Unreason
– Charles Handy
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“The companies that survive longest are the one’s that work out what they uniquely can give to the world not just growth or money but their excellence, their respect for others, or their ability to make people happy. Some call those things a soul.” Handy’s 1989 book made a powerful case for what might then […]
Women, Lean in …to prosper
– Sheryl Sandberg
June 1, 2014 By
From TED.com Sheryl Sandberg admits she was terrified to step onto the TED stage in 2010 — because she was going to talk, for the first time, about the lonely experience of being a woman in the top tiers of business. Millions of views (and a best-selling book) later, the Facebook COO talks with the woman who […]
Don’t Quit. Just DO IT
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Secrets of Closing the Sale
– Zig Ziglar
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Zig Ziglar, a talented author and speaker, has traveled over five million miles and worked with clients and corporations of all sizes, from Fortune 500 companies to churches, schools, and non-profit associations. He has written twenty-one books on personal growth, leadership, sales, faith, and success, nine of which have been bestsellers. He lives in Carrollton, […]
On Becoming a Leader
– Warren Bennis
May 30, 2014 By Leave a Comment
“Managers do things right. Leaders do the right thing.” Leadership guru Warren Bennis’s guide to honing your inner leader tends to read more like a self-help book than a business tutorial. Bennis’s now classic take on the leadership conundrum calls the dearth of effective leaders a “societal disease” characterized by shortsighted thinking and a lack […]
MAYA ANGELOU
– A Rainbow of Wisdom
May 29, 2014 By
Maya Angelou (/ˈmaɪ.ə ˈændʒəloʊ/; born Marguerite Ann Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American author and poet. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, and several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning more than 50 years. She received dozens of awards and over 30 […]
Influence – Dr. Robert B. Cialdini
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Dr. Robert Cialdini has spent his entire career researching the science of influence earning him an international reputation as an expert in the fields of persuasion, compliance, and negotiation. His books including, Influence: Science & Practice, are the result of decades of peer-reviewed research on why people comply with requests. Influence has sold over 2 […]
