The environment we create for ourselves is a reflection of the way we act – like a mirror. When we become open and transparent, others around us start to do the same. If we keep our feelings and thoughts and emotions to ourselves, this is a signal to others to also withdraw into their own shells…
Category: Personal Effectiveness (Page 8 of 12)
This is an article by Clayton Christenson, a professor at Harvard Business School. Most thought-provoking and powerful…
Editor’s Note: When the members of the class of 2010 entered business school, the economy was strong and their post-graduation ambitions could be limitless. Just a few weeks later, the economy went into a tailspin. They’ve spent the past two years recalibrating their worldview and their definition of success.
The students seem highly aware of how the world has changed (as the sampling of views in this article shows). In the spring, Harvard Business School’s graduating class asked HBS professor Clay Christensen to address them-but not on how to apply his principles and thinking to their post-HBS careers. The students wanted to know how to apply them to their personal lives. He shared with them a set of guidelines that have helped him find meaning in his own life. Though Christensen’s thinking comes from his deep religious faith, we believe that these are strategies anyone can use. And so we asked him to share them with the readers of HBR…
This is an incredibly useful article by Jeff Haden on Inc.com. Points No. 4, 5 and 9 are my favorites.
I’m fortunate enough to know a number of remarkably successful people. Regardless of industry or profession, these successful people all share the same perspectives and beliefs. And they act on those beliefs…
There is a poet in all of us and sometimes it takes poetry to make us want to change. The teaching and verses of Lao Tze – even after translation – are powerful and thought-provoking. Here are some words – a few verses from Lao Tze – about being in the present and not worrying too much about possessions and accumulation of fame and wealth…
Much of what we use consciously or sub-consciously to influence or persuade people around us doesn’t actually work. This is because more often than not influencing turns out to be some form of coercion. In some cases, it is winning the argument without winning over the person. Here are 3 things you can do in practical terms to become an effective influencer…
Do a Google search on “5 P’s of Success” and you will get hundreds of results. It seems there are many versions of the 5 P’s of Success. Some are quite good, some rather lame and some are repetitions of common themes like Passion and Perspiration. But I believe one of the best 5 P’s of Success was originally articulated by a guy called Kurt Mortensen who writes articles and books on Persuasion. I like this particular 5 P’s because it hits bulls eye for so many ordinary people all around the world, people like you and me…
When writing an executive summary (sometimes called a management summary) and the most common use of this is in a proposal – most people rely on common sense or intuition to “summarize” the proposal or report. Common sense is helpful however there is a science to writing an effective executive summary. You will know more about this science after reading this article…
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