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Carol S. Dweck • Mindset - Updated Edition: Changing The Way You think To Fulfil Your Potential
Jason had a few obsessions he returned to in every episode: never bill by the hour, make sure to get rid of clients who bother you, continually refine your core values and principles, and, above all, define your niche, establishing a focus so clear that your most likely clients automatically think of you when they need creative services.
Adam Davidson • The Passion Economy: Nine Rules for Thriving in the Twenty-First Century
Tom Peters laid out the new rules in a 1997 cover story in Fast Company titled “The Brand Called You”: Regardless of age, regardless of position, regardless of the business we happen to be in, all of us need to understand the importance of branding. We are CEOs of our own companies: Me Inc.
Naomi Klein • Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
It is different if you are from the middle or bottom tiers of your sector. In that case, not everyone will want to work with you, and perhaps most people won’t want to work with you, as they will be hoping for something better, whether realistically or not. If you are in this position, as many of us are, you need to think especially carefully about
... See moreTyler Cowen • Talent: How to Identify Energizers, Creatives, and Winners Around the World
Most modern knowledge work organizations treat individuals as general-purpose computers that execute a turbulent mixture of value-producing and administrative tasks—often unequally distributed, and not at all optimized for any particular big picture objective. In a specialized organization, by contrast, the workforce is more bimodal, with one group
... See moreCal Newport • A World Without Email
Stephen Schwarzman realized that problems are best addressed indirectly:
“In my final year, I decided to take on the biggest issue of all for Yale’s men: the 268-year-old parietal rules that forbade women staying overnight in a dorm room. I was dating a woman at a local college, so for me, it was as much a personal as a community issue.
The conventio
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