Note : This article is the third in a series of articles concluding my reading of ten books in my Crazy Personal MDA Challenge, after 10 Things You Can Do Tomorrow To Increase Your Productivity and 10 Exceptional Books about Productivity and Creativity in a Glance . Contrary to the first article in the series […]
One sentence summary of “Sources of Power” : We all have to make decisions, and sometimes these decisions have important – or even dramatic – consequences, which must be taken into account at difficult times and within strong time constraints; how do firemen, soldiers and doctors take split-second decisions when lives are at stake? This […]
Here is the list of the ten books with a quick resume and what I think about it so you can know in a glance if this book can be helpful for you 😉 . Creativity 1. The Creative Habit – Learn it and use it for life One Sentence Summary of The Creative Habit: Creativity is […]
One sentence summary of Deep Survival: In extraordinary circumstances, like accidents or catastrophes, some people survive and others die, such that sometimes things lead you to believe that the first ones die and the second ones survive; this book explains, using numerous stories of accidents and catastrophes, and by exploring the latest scientific theories – […]
One Sentence Summary of “Bit Literacy”: Many people are as unprepared for the onslaught of digital information in this new era as illiterates would be in a library, even the younger generation, as familiar as they are with computers, are not so with the massive amounts of information that come their way; this book teaches […]
7 weeks and 8 books after the start of my crazy Personal MBA Challenge, I am enjoying my first week without a book – I devoted it especially to implementing the GTD Method – in order to recommend to you 10 pearls of wisdom that I have chosen from these books. These are the ones […]
One Sentence Summary of “The Simplicity Survival Handbook”: In life there is theory and practice, and there are things that “usually” work a certain way, that in actual practice work differently; discover how things really work in the professional world by exploring these 32 Ways To Do Less and Accomplish More and have a more […]
Here is 10 tips from the best books that you can apply immediately to boost your productivity and enhance your creativity ! 10 books about Productivity & Effectiveness in 14 weeks, that’s a lot. This is the main hurdle of my crazy Personal MBA Challenge, and I knew this from the beginning. Fortunately, one of […]
One Sentence Summary of “How to win friends and influence people” : To make friends, influence others and get them in our corner, it is important to know how to look after their ego; this happens after an important change in our everyday behavior, which consists of never criticizing, being genuinely interested in others, smiling, remembering […]
One Sentence Summary: Today in large organizations, it is rare that the project lead has supervisory power over all the people on his project team. He must, however, maintain enthusiasm, motivation and results from people without being able to use the power of his position and powers of coercion; this book teaches us numerous techniques […]