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Book Summary of Leadership Moment – Nine Stories of Triumph and Disaster and Their Lessons for Us All

Every day, there are new leadership books released on the market. No matter how good new books are, sometimes it is best to supplement that knowledge with a broader understanding of leadership advice. For that, it’s good to turn to the classics. Released in 1998, ...

Skip the College and Get Rich – Lessons from Henry Fok

When the boy was born all he had was the dirt beneath him, clinging to his young body. Quickly he gained cloth and family, and even love. As he grew up he came to know very few comforts and even fewer possessions. Everything he saw ...

Book Summary of Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap

It’s not just a million-dollar question, it’s a multi-million dollar question: why do some businesses just survive while others thrive? If you’re looking for the answer to this question, look no further than Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap … and Others ...

Skip the College and Get Rich – Lessons from Mark Zuckerberg

He found a rope and pulled. He kept pulling but the rope wouldn’t budge so he decided to follow where the rope led. He left in the middle of the night to avoid authority figures who would ask questions about where and what and why. ...

New self improvement book: Surpass the Average – Learn the 7 Traits of High Achievers

Have you always wanted to be that person who prompted other people to ask, “How do they do it all?” This book will show you how. It turns out that the secret isn’t having more hours in the day, it’s mastering the traits of a ...

Should you buy Kindle Paperwhite Touch? Read this review first

E-book readers have been getting upgrades with the increased sophistication of technology and improved user satisfaction. In that view, Kindle Paperwhite is a right step in this direction with improvement in screen lighting and touch screen capability. Although, in the beginning I was not inclined ...

9 best productivity apps you must have

With hectic schedules it has become increasingly difficult to prioritize and plan work and schedule. In recent times, all of us are surrounded by technology and numerous solutions that open the opportunity to increase productivity if used smartly. There are several productivity mobile applications that ...

7 secrets of most innovative companies

What are the secrets to being an innovative company? Innovation, remember, is not the same thing as success. Just because you have good sales figures and are successfully growing your company does not mean that your company is innovative. Innovativeness can be difficult to measure ...

Book summary of Great Work – How to Make a Difference People Love

Are you living up to your potential at work? Are you doing your best, but just feel that your potential is going unrecognized? Sometimes it just helps to know the right people – but sometimes it also helps to know the right things. One recent ...

Best Amazon Kindle book of the week: The 9 Routines of Successful People

Success is a destination that you can reach using a number of different routes. Even the end destinations can be drastically different depending on how a person defines success. Nonetheless, there are certain traits and routines that successful people tend to develop. Even though one ...