“The best way to predict the future is to create it,” Peter Drucker said. And that’s at the heart of Maximize Your Potential. It’s the second (after Manage Your Day-to-Day) of a three-part series being developed by 99u. This compact book comes from the folks who don’t want to help us get […]
I’m a big fan of the blog Brain Pickings. To celebrate it’s turning seven this week, creator/writer Marie Popova lists seven lessons she’s learned over those years “in the hope that they might benefit your own journey in some small way, bring you closer to your own center, or even simply invite you to reflect […]
Dave Coplin starts with a study that says that “71 percent of the American workforce is not happy at work, is disengaged.” In this RSA animate, he asks us to re-imagine work in the digital revolution. While technology is part of the problem, it’s also a tool for the solution. The trouble begins, says Coplin, […]
By Tom Peterson It’s through repetition that we rewire our brains. Doing something over and over, no matter how small, has a huge power. In The Power of Habit, Charles Duhigg, says we have a limited amount of will power each day. But after we turn something we want to do into a habit, […]
By Tom Peterson How can we pull off that big project or life goal? Mark Twain said, “The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.” Twain is absolutely right. […]
So when I ordered online Manage Your Day-to-Day, featured last week, I was prompted that people who bought this, also bought Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon. Not wanting to appear less bright than those folks, I added it to my basket. And it’s a fun book. Lots of helpful advice, especially in creativity. And […]
One morning I wrote down everything I could imagine to be afraid of: my dog could run away; I could get really sick, be a bad parent, not be able to pay bills; I could be fooling myself; people may laugh behind my back; the Middle East could erupt into even more […]
