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What 3 techniques does the Army use to instill mental toughness?
http://www.bakadesuyo.com/what-3-techniques-does-the-army-use-to-instil Via Annie Murphy Paul‘s very interesting article in Time: 1) “Mental toughness comes from thinking like an optimist.” The...
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What’s the sweet spot for optimal improvement?
http://www.bakadesuyo.com/whats-the-sweet-spot-for-optimal-improvement While practicing, you want to be succeeding on 50-80% of attempts. Fewer than that and you’re going to be confused and...
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5 questions to ask your next boss in an interview
This is a modified excerpt from the article: http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2012/09/21/5-questions-to-ask-your-next-boss/ 1) Ask your potential boss to tell you about his background It goes...
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25 research-based ways to increase your intelligence
25 research-based ways to increase your intelligence: Coffee and cigarettes. For nonsmokers, coffee and a donut. Chew gum. Doodle. Red Bull. Think about college professors. Don’t think about morons....
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The last damn thing you’ll ever need to read about influence, persuasion and...
The last damn thing you’ll ever need to read about influence, persuasion and negotiation: Negotiating is an essential skill. Being underpaid can kill you. Understand the seven pillars of effective...
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What’s the most effective way to change your behavior and improve your life?
What’s the most effective way to change your behavior and improve your life? Changing your environment is the easiest and most powerful way to change your behavior. Altering the things in your home...
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4 secrets to reading body language like an expert:
4 secrets to reading body language like an expert: How important is body language? 55% of what you convey when you speak comes from body language. In fact, when you’re speaking about something...
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4 secrets to reading body language like an expert:
4 secrets to reading body language like an expert: How important is body language? 55% of what you convey when you speak comes from body language. In fact, when you’re speaking about something...
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How Emotional Fitness Can Save You Countless Hours
How Emotional Fitness Can Save You Countless Hours Finding a better work-life balance is, without a doubt, one of the biggest challenges most of us face today. While we cannot control all of the...
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Can you tell if someone is rich by a quick glance?
Apparently, you can. They’re the ones who don’t seem to be paying attention. As predicted by analyses of resource dependence and power,upper-SES participants displayed more disengagement cues (e.g.,...
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This One Leadership Quality Will Make or Break You – forbes.com
This One Leadership Quality Will Make or Break You One of the most often overlooked aspects of leadership is the need for pursuit. Great leaders are never satisfied with traditional practice, static...
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6 Things Best-In-Class Companies Do To Grow Leaders – forbes.com
6 Things Best-In-Class Companies Do To Grow Leaders There have been numerous Fortune, Forbes, and BusinessWeek stories in the last year citing the importance of growing leaders and the challenges...
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How To Sell Yourself
How To Sell Yourself Earlier this week, I posted “She Got the Promotion. You Didn’t. Here’s Why.” One reason I suggested you may get passed over for a promotion is if you’re not selling yourself....
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Forbes Leadership Highlights of the Week: Do These Five Things! – Forbes.com
Forbes Leadership Highlights of the Week: Do These Five Things! This week at Forbes Leadership, a lot of wisdom came in bundles of five. August Turak unleashed “The Power of Why: Five Keys to Getting...
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4 rules to building wealth
Many years ago, when I first started filming Win Ben Stein’s Money, my makeup artist was named Suzie. As Suzie combed, straightened, and powdered, I was often reading the Wall Street Journal or...
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Act like a Boss
You’ll need a commanding presence if you want to lead, says Jeffrey Pfeffer, Ph.D., author of Power: Why Some People Have It–and Others Don’t. Here’s how to beef up your image.Use your voiceSpeak in a...
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What’s the easiest way to increase learning and improve skills?
What’s the easiest way to increase learning and improve skills? Take naps. Via Daniel Coyle’s excellent book The Little Book of Talent: 52 Tips for Improving Your Skills: Napping is common in talent...
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What type of practice produces peak performance?
http://www.bakadesuyo.com/what-type-of-practice-produces-peak-performan It’s “Deep Practice” (or Deliberate Practice) and I tend to focus on four parts: 1) Make your practice as similar to the real...
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How To Sell Yourself
How To Sell Yourself Earlier this week, I posted “She Got the Promotion. You Didn’t. Here’s Why.” One reason I suggested you may get passed over for a promotion is if you’re not selling yourself. “You...
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Top Ten Reasons Why Large Companies Fail To Keep Their Best Talent – Forbes
Top Ten Reasons Why Large Companies Fail To Keep Their Best Talent Whether it’s a high-profile tech company like Yahoo!, or a more established conglomerate like GE or Home Depot, large companies have a...
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