Finding Direction From the New Self-Help Books
For an easy-to-follow roundup of eight new self-help books, see Megan K. Scott’s AP story, New Self-Help Books Inspire in Our Troubled Times. It includes capsule descriptions and sample advice …
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Putting Drucker into Action in Iowa
What drew me to the brief profile in the Des Moines Register about Michelle Hankins Cook, a manager for Norandex Building Materials Distribution, was her response to Words to Live …
The Economist, Education and Wendy Kopp
For an insightful British take on education in New York City and elsewhere, see Off to School, on Economist.com. The Economist’s education correspondent uses the occasion of chairing an education …
This (guardian.co.uk) column will change your life…according to Oliver Burkeman
How can you resist a column called This Column Will Change Your Life? The latest from Oliver Burkeman in The Guardian (where he is also a reporter), deals with positives …
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Predictions of Personal Happiness
Can we really predict the things that will make us happy? How does that relate to how much time and effort we allocate to various activities in life? Art Markman, …
Po Bronson on Your Future
Po Bronson, author of the best-seller What Should I Do With My Life?, has a thought-provoking piece in the April issue of Fast Company, What Should I Do With My …
Jim Collins, Peter Drucker, and more for Entrepreneurs
Many of us will have to become more entrepreneurially-oriented as we move deeper into the 21st century. In that spirit, be sure to check out the April, 30th anniversary issue …
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The Claremont Music Connection
Everything is connected. But one connection that took me a long time to make was between the lovely city of Claremont, California (Peter Drucker’s home and site of the Drucker …
Happiness: Points to Ponder…
In the ongoing spirit of rethinking and reframing our lives, it’s worth reading Paul B. Farrell’s gentle advice in The Zen Millionaire’s 14 Secrets to Happiness on MarketWatch.com. He references …
Win Wenger on Problem Solving
An ongoing theme of my blog is how we can continually think of our personal and professional lives in different, more productive ways. Techniques of creative problem solving are often …