From “Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation” by Parker J. Palmer Where do people find the courage to live divided no more when they know they will be punished for it? The answer I have seen in the lives of people like Rosa Parks is simple: these people have transformed the […]
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From “What Makes You Come Alive: A Spiritual Walk with Howard Thurman” by Lerita Coleman Brown In addition, many people today actively avoid silence to the point of leaving electronic devices or the television on all day and night. Simply being alone without a smartphone, tablet, or computer feels, to them, like a severe penalty.
From “The Speed of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything” by Stephen M. R. Covey The truth is that in every relationship – personal and professional – what you do has far greater impact than anything you say. You can say you love someone – but unless you demonstrate that love through your actions,
From “Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation” by Steven Johnson Lifestyles or interests that deviate from the mainstream need critical mass to survive; they atrophy in smaller communities not because those communities are more repressive, but rather because the odds of finding like-minded people are much lower with a smaller pool
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From “Cumulative Advantage: How to Build Momentum for Your Ideas, Business, and Life Against All Odds” by Mark W. Schaefer Researcher Frans Johansson codified this mysterious idea that every success starts with a “click moment” – a collision of people and ideas and circumstances that creates your one small advantage. I like to think that
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From “Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation” by Steven Johnson Nemeth has gone on to document the same phenomenon at work in dozens of different environments: mock juries, boardrooms, academic seminars. Her research suggests a paradoxical truth about innovation: good ideas are more likely to emerge in environments that contain a
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From “Cumulative Advantage: How to Build Momentum for Your Ideas, Business, and Life Against All Odds” by Mark W. Schaefer The formula from the Ferriss case study and my research is the recipe we’ll follow for the rest of the book. If we aren’t born into Cumulative Advantage, we can go around the system and
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From “Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success” by Adam Grant Research suggests that there are two fundamental paths to influence dominance and prestige. When we establish dominance, we gain influence because others see us as strong, powerful, and authoritative. When we earn prestige, we become influential because other respect and admire us.
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From “The Speed of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything” by Stephen M. R. Covey So how do we go about increasing our integrity? First, we need to consider what degree of integrity we currently have. At this point, you might find it helpful to review the following questions based on the self-assessment questionnaire.
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