Skills
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2013-07-03 | Author:Chris Widener

STEP 2: FIND A CONNECTION Now the next key, however, is to find a connection. So, you ask questions until you find a connection. For example, a conversation may go ...
( Category: Communications July 5,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2007-02-05 | Author:Rosenzweig, Phil [Rosenzweig, Phil]

Innovation, observed Joseph Schumpeter, is the basic force that drives market competition in just about every industry — and that holds for the industry of writing business books, as well. ...
( Category: Communications July 4,2014 )
epub |eng | 2014-06-02 | Author:Ferrazzi, Keith; Raz, Tahl [Ferrazzi, Keith]

CHAPTER 19 Social Arbitrage Some people become power brokers through sheer intimidation and force of will; others, generally with far better results, learn to become indispensable to the people around ...
( Category: Guides July 4,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-01-21 | Author:Hogshead, Sally [Hogshead, Sally]

Living Up to the Hype Forcing others to wait (whether for an appointment, or a new product release) can raise prestige. However, limiting availability only works when people get something ...
( Category: Direct July 4,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2007-05-10 | Author:Godin, Seth [Godin, Seth]

Seeing the Curve in Advance As you’ll see in the space-shuttle analysis that follows, it’s pretty easy to determine whether something is a Cul-de-Sac or a Dip. The hard part ...
( Category: Time Management July 3,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-03-04 | Author:Gallo, Carmine [Gallo, Carmine]

UNLEASH AN EMOTIONALLY CHARGED EVENT When Gates unleashed his “swarm” of mosquitoes, he hooked his audience precisely because it was shocking, unexpected, and different. It was what brain researchers call ...
( Category: Communications June 23,2014 )
epub, pdf |eng | 2013-06-22 | Author:Barbara Pachter

52. Wine Tales: Don’t Wave Your Hand over the Glass A dining scene from Last Holiday, a 2006 comedy with Queen Latifah, caught my attention recently as I was channel ...
( Category: Etiquette June 23,2014 )
epub | | | Author:John P. Kotter

( Category: Management June 20,2014 )
mobi |eng | 2014-01-22 | Author:McCormack, Joseph [McCormack, Joseph]

Meeting Villain #3: Tyrants A widespread brevity killer in meetings is the tyrant—the dominant voice that stifles the chance for conversation. This Type A personality does most of the talking ...
( Category: Communications June 3,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2013-10-14 | Author:Tom Kelley

(photo/illustration credit 4.5) STORYBOARDING A SERVICE Whereas products can be prototyped with machine tools or 3D printers, new services are prototyped using other methods. One simple approach is to create ...
( Category: Decision-Making & Problem Solving June 1,2014 )
epub |eng | 2014-06-04 | Author:Richard N. Bolles [Bolles, Richard N.]

WHAT IS A BAD EMPLOYEE? Since the employer is worrying about any weaknesses you might have, figure out prior to the interview what weaknesses would characterize a bad employee there—besides ...
( Category: Communications May 27,2014 )
mobi |eng | 2012-02-29 | Author:Martin, Keith M. [Martin, Keith M.]

HARDWARE-BASED NON-DETERMINISTIC GENERATORS Hardware-based non-deterministic generators rely on the randomness of physical phenomena. Generators of this type require specialist hardware. Generally speaking, these are the best sources of ‘true’ randomness. ...
( Category: Skills May 26,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-09-30 | Author:Timothy A. Pychyl

My typical excuses for rationalizing a needless delay are: If these are your typical rationalizations or excuses for needless task delay, what will your new response be? In the next ...
( Category: Time Management May 26,2014 )
mobi |eng | 2011-03-29 | Author:Stephen Baker & Greg McLaughlin

Film and television drama The dramatic contrast in imagery between ‘strife-torn maelstrom’ and ‘blissful, rural idyll’, typifies two of the most prevalent, visual representations of Ireland in the 20th Century ...
( Category: Journalism & Nonfiction May 18,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2014-05-12 | Author:Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner

And so it was that David Lee Roth and King Solomon both engaged in a fruitful bit of game theory—which, narrowly defined, is the art of beating your opponent by ...
( Category: Creativity & Genius May 14,2014 )