I still have a VERY long way to go in my video blogging / video making / editting skills, but I found a bunch of very useful hints and tips that I thought I would share. Please share your own hints and tips here if you would… I need all the help I can get! […]
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team — Team Building Story Time!
Just finished the following book: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable by Patrick Lencioni Jossey-Bass – 2002 ISBN-13: 978-0787960759 I give the book a 6.2/14.0. The story portion of the book was engaging and really sounded like any given day out of a normal company… thus leading the reader to assuming the […]
Becoming an Outstanding Manager (Brian Tracy)
I just finished the following Audiobook: Becoming an Outstanding Manager by Brian Tracy 2002 – briantracy.com I would rate this book at a 5.9/14.0 and label it as decent. It has sound tips to becoming / maintaing a successful management career of today. Mostly focused on tried & true management techniques – little innovation. Below are […]
Reengineering Yourself (Burrus) – 21st Century Thinking!
This was a pretty quick audiobook: Reengineering Yourself: Using Tomorrow’s Success Tools To Excel Today by Daniel Burrus Nightingale-Conant (August 1, 1996) ISBN-10: 0671572938 ISBN-13: 978-0671572938 I would rate this book a 7.9 / 14.0 on the Richardstep.com Book Scale. It was relatively decent in quality, adequately informative, and pretty enjoyable ‘read’. Most of the […]
The Future of Management — Managers: Take Note or Take Off!
I have been hammering through these books here lately it seems. Cool! I just finished listening to the following Audiobook. “The Future of Management” by Gary Hamel 2007 – Harvard Business School Press – ISBN: 978-1422102503 I would rate this book as excellent. 12.3 / 14.0 Stars. It is very informative, highly encouraging, and really […]
Get Seen: Online Video Secrets to Building Your Business
I recently finished reading over the following book: Get Seen: Online Video Secrets to Building Your Business by STEVE GARFIELD 2010 – Wiley – ISBN 978-0470-52546-3 I would rate it as decently entertaining and informative – 8.1 / 14.0 Stars. It was pretty apparent the intended audience was the more “entry level” crowd simply because I […]
Motivational Life Quotes: Hickville – Farmers Know Best!
Saw this in an email this morning… simple and effective. Gotta love them thar’ farmers. :) Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong. Keep skunks and bankers at a distance. Life is simpler when you plow around the stump. A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor. Words that soak […]
12 Time-Wasters to Avoid : Goals + Plans + Focus = Profit!
… and I mean ‘profit‘ at the base root of it’s meaning… a gain, addition, benefit – not just financially. I recently listened to an Audio Book: Managing Your Goals by Alec Mackenzie ISBN-10: 0671879936 ISBN-13: 978-0671879938 I would rate this book as a decent motivator with some very useful tips – 8.7 / 14.0 […]
Motivation for Achievement – Focus and Passions Get Fulfilled!
I’ve really been hammering the motivation and focus tips here lately… hmmm… probably something to that. :) Unconscious mind doing its thing no doubt. Oh and a nod to the LifeHacker article that threw a bunch of these types of articles together. I recommend subscribing to the LifeHacker RSS feed… pretty good stuff. Oh yeah, […]