Personal Development

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Book Summary – The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way you Make a Living, Do what you Love, and Create a New Future

With technology today, it’s much faster, easier and cheaper to build a small business. In this book Chris Guillebeau presents a blueprint to help you…

ReadingraphicsDecember 15, 2016

Book Summaries Business Management Leadership and Teamwork Operations and Project Management Time Management & Productivity

Book Summary – Scrum: The Art Of Doing Twice The Work In Half The Time

Scrum is a team performance framework by Jeff Sutherland – a new way of thinking and working – that delivers more results, at higher quality,…

ReadingraphicsDecember 9, 2016

The Millionaire Next Door - Book summary

Book Summaries Money and Personal Finance Personal Development

Book Summary – The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets Of America’s Wealthy

Many people dream of becoming millionaires and enjoying a lavish lifestyle. In The Millionaire Next Door, Thomas Stanley and William Danko present the surprising findings…

ReadingraphicsDecember 1, 2016

Book Summaries Decision-Making & Problem-Solving Personal Development Sales and Marketing Sociology & Economics

Book Summary – Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

In this book, winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, Daniel Kahneman, presents decades of research to help us understand what really goes on…

ReadingraphicsNovember 15, 2016

Book Summaries Money and Personal Finance

Book Summary – Rich Dad Poor Dad: What The Rich Teach Their Kids About Money – That The Poor And Middle Class Do Not!

Why do the rich get richer, and the poor get poorer? Why do the educated middle class have a successful career, yet struggle with their…

ReadingraphicsNovember 6, 2016

Personal Development Relationships, Communication & Parenting Sales and Marketing Tips and Insights

Stories and Examples from “How to Win Friends and Influence People”

Dale Carnegie’s book “How to Win Friends and Influence People” is a timeless success classic on how to build meaningful and lasting relationships, develop deep-felt…

ReadingraphicsNovember 1, 2016

Book Summaries Business Communication Leadership and Teamwork Personal Development Professional Development

Book Summary – The Leadership Challenge: How to Make Extraordinary Things Happen in Organizations

In today’s fast changing world, leaders play a crucial role in leading and uniting people to solve the world’s challenges. The Leadership Challenge is about…

ReadingraphicsOctober 28, 2016

How to Win Friends & Influence People in the Digital Age - Book summary

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Book Summary – How to Win Friends and Influence People in the Digital Age

Dale Carnegie’s original book How to Win Friends and Influence People was published in 1936, and laid out powerful and timeless principles of human communications…

ReadingraphicsOctober 23, 2016

Book Summaries Decision-Making & Problem-Solving Motivation and Potential Personal Development Time Management & Productivity

Book Summary – The Compound Effect: Multiplying your Success. One Simple Step at a Time.

We’re constantly surrounded by media and marketing messages that tell us we can buy secret formulas and shortcuts to overnight success. In "The Compound Effect",…

ReadingraphicsAugust 30, 2016

The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership - Book summary

Book Summaries Leadership and Teamwork Personal Development Professional Development

Book Summary – The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People will Follow You

Everything rises and falls on leadership. In this book, John Maxwell provides insights that are based on more than 40 years of leadership experience and…

ReadingraphicsJuly 17, 2016

Book Summaries Business Management Leadership and Teamwork Learning & Development Operations and Project Management

Book Summary – The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organisation

In today’s increasingly dynamic and complex word, an organization’s ability to learn and renew itself is a sustainable competitive advantage. In this book, Peter Senge…

ReadingraphicsJuly 14, 2016

Go Put Your Strenghts To Work - Book summary

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Book Summary – Go Put Your Strengths to Work: 6 Powerful Steps to Achieve Outstanding Performance

Numerous studies have shown that effective organizations and great achievers focus on leveraging their strengths rather than trying to fix their weaknesses. This book by…

ReadingraphicsMay 27, 2016

Book Summaries Business Management Happiness, Emotional Intelligence & Spiritual Growth Leadership and Teamwork Motivation and Potential Personal Development

Book Summary – Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion and Purpose

In Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion and Purpose, Tony Hsieh shares how he built Zappos from nothing to its eventual sale (or marriage)…

ReadingraphicsMay 17, 2016

Book Summaries Decision-Making & Problem-Solving Leadership and Teamwork Personal Development

Book Summary – Our Iceberg is Melting: Changing And Succeeding Under Any Conditions

Through a simple fable about a penguin colony, with life-like characters that we can identify with. This book by John Kotter presents important lessons for…

ReadingraphicsApril 27, 2016

Book Summaries Happiness, Emotional Intelligence & Spiritual Growth Personal Development

Book Summary – The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

This book by Eckhart Tolle is a spiritual self-help guide to help us discover our true Being, release our pain and find deep inner peace.…

ReadingraphicsApril 12, 2016

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Book Summary – Switch: How to Change Things when Change is Hard

Making lasting change in our companies, communities and our own can be hard, because of inherent conflict in our minds. In this book, the Heath…

ReadingraphicsFebruary 5, 2016

Business Management Learning & Development

Understanding Systems Thinking – The Beer Game

The beer game was developed at the MIT in the 1960s to simulate a simple production/distribution system for one brand of beer. This is a…

ReadingraphicsOctober 14, 2015

Motivation and Potential Personal Development Time Management & Productivity Tips and Insights

What is “Flow” and how to “Get in the Zone”

Let's imagine this for a minute. You are ready in your starting pose, all set for your dance competition. The music starts, and you feel…

ReadingraphicsOctober 11, 2015

Motivation and Potential Personal Development Time Management & Productivity Tips and Insights

Tips on Eliminating Time Wasters at Work

Did you know that most common time wasters at work come from the very nature of our work? Wondering how? Let's break it down. 1.…

ReadingraphicsOctober 1, 2015

Motivation and Potential Personal Development Tips and Insights

The Stockdale Paradox: where optimism meets pragmatism

In the best-selling book by Jim Collins, Good to Great, one of the 6 ingredients that "good" companies used to become "great" was: confront the…

ReadingraphicsSeptember 29, 2015