Practice This

How do you convince your boss to buy in with new idea? How do you carry out the main message of your presentation? How do you make your blog readers read your blog?
You make your messages sticky.

by Or Hiltch
I was reading J.D. Meier’s Six Principles of Sticky Ideas that he distilled from Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die. And it related to me a lot. The principles are:

Principle 1. Simplicity
Principle 2. Unexpectedness
Principle 3. Concreteness
Principle 4. Credibility
Principle 5. Emotions
Principle 6. Stories

It related to me since I …

Do you have a dream? I bet you do, me either. What about those that surround you, do they have their dreams too? No doubt. Who’s responsible for their dream to come true?
You.
You are responsible for their dream fulfillment.

by mikelens
Matthew Kelly poses an interesting question in his book The Dream Manager:
“Isn’t one of the primary responsibilities of all relationships to help each other fulfill our dreams?”

I say “Yes”, it is.

That is why I want to Become A Superhero.
That is why I believe that Experience Is The Most Valuable Product.

In every …

How you measure your success? Achieving goals? Personal energy level? Impact on others?
What if you fail and fall right on your face? How do you get up and move on?
You learn from  mistakes and motivate yourself. You adopt The Mindset Of Failure.

by s-t-r-a-n-g-e
Me: “Sweetheart, I feel exhausted, I feel I’ve spent too much energy and achieved nothing.”
My precious wife: “You achieved a lot. You took your chance and you experienced what you wanted to.”
Yeah!! I learned a LOT, I experienced a LOT, and I know I am far ahead …

Are you hiring manager? Want to hunt the best talent? What is the most effective and efficient technique? Is there one?
Yes, there is. The technique is called “Hiring Smart”.

by apesara
In his book 45 EFFECTIVE WAYS FOR HIRING SMART: How to Predict Winners and Losers in the Incredibly Expensive People-Reading Game Pierre Mornell outlines 45 techniques for hiring smart. My favorite is #45 – “Design Your Own System”.
For me the easiest way to design my own system is adopting working one and adapting it to my needs. So here it …

How do you keep up with the exponentially growing pace of our time?
How do you cope with tons of information in interconnected, interdependent flat world?
How to overcome the failure of hierarchical organization structures (search “Knowledge Worker Age” on the page)?

You continuously learn.

by lexdenn
These three questions are the core reasons that make learning a core capability according to Peter M. Senge and his book titled The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization.
Keep up with the exponentially growing pace
Set your own pace. Find Your Strengths, Know …