Solve for Happy by Mo Gawdat
Our confusion is caused by illusions that we all learn to accept in early childhood. We learn to navigate the world believing the illusions are real. When you allow those illusions to inform…
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One of the ways I learn best is by highlighting passages in books to help me grasp the core content. I then create book excerpt summaries that recaptures this information so that I can easily access this information. It also helps me revisit the material in a more comprehensive manner when I need a refresher. I’ve selected a number of books that I believe reflect important ideas that have a wide variety of professional and personal development uses for anyone in a leadership position.
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini
When making a decision, we will less frequently enjoy the luxury of fully considered analysis of the total situation but will revert increasingly to focus on a single, usually reliable feature of it……
Leadership: Essential Writings By Our Greatest Thinkers edited by Elizabeth D. Samet
Please click on this link for the Leadership – Essential Writings By Our Greatest Thinkers Book Summary STUDYING THE SYSTEM “Our little systems have their day.” – Alfred Lord Tennyson In Organizational…
Emeralds of Oz by Peter Guzzardi
“We must fight the tendency to sleepwalk through our lives, and awaken. This is the fundamental aspect of the Hero’s Journey.” Insight #1: There are no mistakes, only lessons. There are right…
Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything by Viktor E. Frankl
Introduction: There are three main ways people find fulfillment of their life meaning, in Frankl’s view, First, there is action, such as creating a work, whether art or a labor of love –…
Manuscript Found in Accra by Paulo Coelho
Chapter 1 – I would so like to begin by writing: “Now that I am at the end of my life, I leave for those who come after me everything that I learned…
Every Time I Find the Meaning of Life, They Change It by Daniel Klein
Please click on this link for the Every Time I Find the Meaning of Life -They Change It Book Summary Chapter 1: “Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you…
12 Rules For Life by Jordan B. Peterson
Foreword “…unchaperoned, and left to our own untutored judgment, we are quick to aim low and worship qualities that are beneath us” “…no matter how different our genes or life experiences may be,…
Leadership In War By Andrew Roberts
Please click on this link for the Leadership in War Book Summary Chapter 1: Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon recognized that the best way to inspire his people was through two means: imbuing people…
The Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck
Several years ago, a colleague’s comments encouraged me to revisit the book, The Road Less Traveled, by M. Scott Peck. I am glad this happened because it resonated much differently with me twenty…
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