I'm VERY excited about this book coming out. While writing The Power of Slow, Christine Louise Hohlbaum interviewed me a few months ago (or more?) and I'm "in" chapter 2 of her book!
Here is what Christine wrote to me recently:
There will be continued conversation of time empowerment at http://PowerofSlow.org. I’d be thrilled to see you there!
Do keep in touch and thanks again for your tremendous contribution. Here’s to your success…and the power of slow!
Some time ago, a mentor mine put a book in my hand, and I put it in the stack of "I'll read it when..."
You know that stack, you've probably got one yourself! Well, finally taking my own advice (speed reading as I each it on our Time Management DVD), I just finished reading this thing - and boy do I recommend it!
My journal is full of three pages of notes, reflections and ideas after reading this book in three sessions over the past 2 days. In no particular order...Here are some of the things I thought about along the way.
Performance is a process, not an outcome. What you do...Who you are...How you do it...What the results are...These are the things that people notice. The only thing is, from day to do, all of that can change. If only incrementally and iteratively, it's still a process of becoming.
My takeaway there is: Identify with and as the kind of person (friend, coach, client, athlete, etc) I want to be, and then practice acting that way.
Each day, in SO many way's we're expressing an image. Question: Does your BRAND match your IMAGE? In the book, Marty Neumeier talks about "what a brand is" from his perspective. A brand IS the feeling and intuition people have when they approach, experience, and walk away from interacting with you. I brand is NOT what you hope they walk away with...
ANYone out there in any kind of leadership, learning, coaching - or marketing/branding - position, this book is well worth the 90-120 minutes it may take you to read it.
What an amazing and inspiring exhibit of some photographs that Mr. Klum has taken over the years.
If you have a chance, go by the National Geographic store on Regent Street and give yourself an hour or so to walk around.
Regardless, get a journal, set aside some time each day, and let your creativity show up...hear what you are thinking, to identify the thoughts to follow; really, the Most Important Things!!!
This past week Joe Bruzzese launched a new web site called “The Parents’ University”.
The site features videos, audio commentary, activity downloads and excerpts from the book you purchased. As a gift to you for buying the book, I would like pay your registration fee for “The Parents’ University”. You have full access to the site including the Facebook community where parents come together to share common concerns and talk about solutions to everyday challenges. Use the following link to access the site.
With Joe Bruzzese's book, Parents' Guide to the Middle School Years coming out in just a few months (here's his profile at the publishing house representing him), all the buzz is going to be about strategies parents can use RIGHT NOW with middle school children.
I've been lucky to know Joe for over a decade now. I'm writing this morning to let this community know about a product he's making available later today. For the past 110 mornings, Joe has provided - via a video on his website - tips, tools and ideas for parents of middle school kids. Well, he's making the first 100 (they are all about 3-8 minutes long) available on DVD for only $40 bucks! That's it, 100 ideas, even if only 10 worked...Well, you get the idea...
Check out his website later today, I'm sure he will be talking/writing all about it!
(Oh, and I did get to appear as a "guest" on his show several times!!!)
On recommendation, I picked up the book "Levels of the Game," by one of my favorite authors of all time: John McPhee.
I'm only on page 35, and had to "press pause" to do a little 'net research. A quick search, and 15 minutes later, I returned to the book with another perspective on productivity, performance and focus...
Ever since I started reading this book (by Guy Kawasaki) I've been thinking and planning about the ideas whose time have come.
If you're planning to implement some of your own ideas-and, if I can say out loud, this is THE time to put action toward your ideas-at least read chapters 2, 9, 48, and 91.
I first met Benjamin Zander at TechLearn 2000...wow, that seems like a long time ago.
(This was the Elliott Masie conference I attended as a "first-year" David Allen Company employee...when I went to learn about eLearning and to build as many ideas as I could!)
Upon seeing him present a Keynote on the "art of possibility," was hooked. This guy was/is AWEsome!
Later, as a student at USM (University of Santa Monica), I read his book, by the same title. Ben and Rosamund Zander put together a great primer on creativity in life AND at work. I'd encourage anyone read this book, The Art of Possibility.
Just last month, I was onstage twice at the Mastery Business Plan event in Las Vegas. I spoke on Monday and Thursday...well, one evening, we got to see Ben Zander speak...and, it was awesome! I don't know if MBP will ever post the event, but here's a video I've watched at least half a dozen times! (Continue reading below...)
Run, don't walk, and buy a copy of this book! I just pre-ordered mine, and I am SO looking forward to reading it. I've known Joe for almost a decade, and I know this book is going to be a best-seller...I just know it!
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I'm currently reading Sway, by Ori Brafman and Rom Brafman... it is a gift I received from a buddy, Joe Bruzzese over at Thinking-Forward.
The whole book is just 181 pages, and Chapter Two is titled: "The Swamp of Commitment." Perhaps the most significant aspect of the book is how encouraging the authors are of continually reflecting on the "long view." This theme, of having a destination in mind, is central to a 7-part article series I am co-authoring over the next quarter.
Delivering on the promise mandates that we acknowledge both where we are going as well as where we are. And, in the book by the Brafman brothers, I can see just how significant it is to focus on what I can do in amongst all the possibilities of what I should/could be doing. Yes, we are in challenging times; however, by identifying both the direction and destination we are moving in, we can make steady progress over time.
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Run, don't walk, and buy a copy of this book! I just pre-ordered mine, and I am SO looking forward to reading it. I've known Joe for almost a decade, and I know this book is going to be a best-seller...I just know it!
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