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Marshall Goldsmith; Mark Reiter. What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful (pp. 134-164). Profile Books, 2013. A Brief History of Feedback Feedback has always been with us, ever since the first man … Read More

Self Disputation

Self Disputation Martin E. Seligman. Learned Optimism. Chapter 12: The Optimistic Life. First Vintage Books, 2006. pp. 207-234. Notes and Highlights The ABCs KATIE HAS BEEN on a strict diet for two weeks. Tonight after work she goes out for … Read More

Judging Others

Judging others Excerpt From Sally Helgesen, How Women Rise, Random House Business pp. 225-26 While you’re reexamining these attitudes, you might also want to jettison your critique of how “political” your colleagues and bosses are, often and especially including the … Read More

Two Ways of Looking at Life

Martin E. Seligman. Learned Optimism. Vintage Books, 2006. pp 3-10 THE FATHER is looking down into the crib at his sleeping newborn daughter, just home from the hospital. … The baby opens her eyes and stares straight up. The father … Read More

The Engaging Questions

The Engaging Questions Marshall Goldsmith; Mark Reiter. Triggers: Creating Behavior That Lasts–Becoming the Person You Want to Be, The Crown Publishing Group, Crown Business 2015. pp. 111-120. We initiated a study, with the steady stream of participants in my leadership … Read More

THE WASTE OF FREE TIME

THE WASTE OF FREE TIME Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow, The Classic Work on How to Achieve Happiness. Rider, 2002, pp. 162-163. Although, as we have seen, people generally long to leave their places of work and get home, ready to put … Read More

The Elevator Pitch

The Elevator Pitch How do you start taking responsibility for assuring your work gets noticed? How do you draw attention to what you contribute without feeling like a self-centered jerk? You might start by articulating a vision of where you … Read More

Habits That Keep Women from Reaching Their Goals 2.

Overvaluing Expertise Excerpts from: Sally Helgesen, How Women Rise, Random House Business Books, 2019 (pp. 86-92) Trying to master every detail of your job in order to become an expert is a great strategy for keeping the job you have. … Read More

Habits That Keep Women from Reaching Their Goals

Habit 1: Reluctance to Claim Your Achievements Excerpts from: Sally Helgesen, How Women Rise, Random House Business Books, 2019 (pp. 63-75) Several years ago, the author spent days interviewing senior female partners in accounting, law, consulting, and investment firms. She … Read More

How Much Do You Love Yourself?

How Much Do You Love Yourself? I’ve had wonderful parents. They supported me all along, especially when I was a child. They never thought or mentioned that anything could be unreachable for me. Probably this is the reason that I … Read More