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Deborah Treisman • The Underground Worlds of Haruki Murakami

Delighting others requires you to have an opinion or point of view—being authentic while having the audacity, or the stomach, you might say, to take a bold, surprising stance.

Laura Huang • Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage

For some positions, I’d obviously be looking for a specific set of skills. But in both cases, I am building on the recruiter’s assessment and looking for someone who has a great attitude and passion. Both of those characteristics can’t be taught, and they are necessary to fit with the Zappos culture and to get that person to the next levels of our

Joseph Michelli • The Zappos Experience: 5 Principles to Inspire, Engage, and WOW

But there is yet another use of personality psychology: namely, as a way of developing a common language so that you and your team can discuss and evaluate claims about personality. We suggest using Five Factor theory in this manner.

Tyler Cowen • Talent: How to Identify Energizers, Creatives, and Winners Around the World

The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy, co-authored in the recent 6th Edition with Molyn Leszcz.

Phyl Terry • Never Search Alone: The Job Seeker’s Playbook

I also try to stick to the default assumption that “everyone is an A player at something.” It’s a more effective and more dynamic way to approach an interview—a live, fascinating puzzle to discover what the elephant and the rider do well—rather than going in with the purpose of determining whether someone is an A player in a binary, Manichean way.... See more

Graham Duncan Blog • What’s going on here, with this human?

I know that if you are not unusually hard-working or competitive or smart, you can still distinguish yourself. Be unusual in some other noticeable, likable way—unusually honest, brave, generous, curious, or pleasant. All of these attributes are composed of discrete behaviors that can be learned through practice.

Sasha Chapin • 50 Things I Know

Be a “researcher” in relationships.

Oliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals

Aging Well: Surprising Guideposts to a Happier Life from the Landmark Study of Adult Development

George E. Vaillant

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