The Look & Sound of Leadership: The Mindful Executive

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Global Teams Should Have Office Visits, Not Offsites
You’ll see how your colleagues really work.
The Best Leaders Allow Themselves to Be Persuaded
Especially for the big decisions.
Iris Grace Painting Shop
Paintings by Iris Grace, a child with an extraordinary talent to express herself through painting.
Why Businesspeople Should Join Book Clubs
The benefits go beyond reading more.
A Cautionary Tale About Contacts and Backups
Contacts backup app
106-Year-Old Virginia McLaurin Meets Obama, Dances With Joy - NBC News
Virginia McLaurin, 106, danced, jigged, and whooped her way across the room when she met Barack and Michelle Obama for Black History Month.
Seth's Blog: Prep, spec, fit and finish
In some settings, more than 90% of the time and effort invested isn't in the actual 'work', but in getting setting up, debugging and then polishing the work. Heart surgery, for example, might take five hours to perform, but the...
Why I Put My Last $100,000 into Betterment
I’ve always been a do-it-yourself investor. This habit started around age 19 with a series of ridiculous speculative trades in individual high-tech company stocks. “This stock is sure t…
Betterment Review - Investing Made Simple
Betterment Review (I'm a Huge Fan) | YNAB
Betterment Review - NerdWallet
Bound is a Dropbox-Connected Audiobook Player
Audiobook app for iOS
How to Hire Like a Superboss
Find brilliant people in unusual places.
Goodreads | The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield — Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists
The War of Art book. Read 5,912 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Internationally bestselling author of Last of the Amazons, Gates ...
Goodreads | The Automatic Customer: Creating a Subscription Business in Any Industry by John Warrillow — Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists
The Automatic Customer book. Read 113 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. The lifeblood of your business is repeat customers. But cus...
"I", "We" and "You"
We Asked People To Tell Us Their Biggest Regrets — But What They All Had In Common Was Heartbreaking
Seth's Blog: Anchoring can sink you
Canny negotiators know that people respond to anchors. If you tell me that your baseball card is for sale for $18, I'm unlikely to offer you $3. Your offering price anchored the conversation. The thing is, we do this outside...
Nikon Awards A Badly Photoshopped Photo, Internet Runs Wild
Sometimes, you want to win really hard. So hard, you don't even try to do it fairly… or competently.
The Mind is Like a Locomotive - Study Hacks - Cal Newport
Deep Thwings Charles Franklin Thwing is a largely forgotten but impressive figure from the early twentieth century. He graduated Harvard in the 1870s,
Scientists Find Hints Of A Giant, Hidden Planet In Our Solar System : The Two-Way : NPR
Something very big, out beyond Neptune, is warping the orbits of small, icy objects circling our sun. Astronomers haven't seen it yet, but say the culprit could be a planet with 10 times Earth's mass.
How Successful People Network with Each Other
Graduate beyond random coffee meetings.
Deconstructing urgent vs. important
Lottery Winner Stays Grounded After $220 Million Jackpot : NPR
Brad Duke won $220 million in the lottery in 2005. Duke talks about the moment he realized he'd won, and how his life changed after winning.
Why I Taught Myself to Procrastinate - The New York Times
Delaying the completion of a project may actually make you more creative.
The Right Way to Hold People Accountable
You need to be clear in five areas.
What Having a “Growth Mindset” Actually Means
Debunking three common misconceptions.
Former Colleagues Are More Valuable than You Think
People and companies benefit from alumni networks.
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