Personal Growth
Personal Growth
In Quitter, Jon Acuff challenges the idea that work is just what people do to finance the rest of their lives. Rife with personal anecdotes and pop-culture references, and aimed at readers in their 20s...
In Change Your Questions, Change Your Life, Marilee Adams uses the story of Ben in order to show how the principles of Question Thinking benefit individuals in the workplace and at home. The primary...
Determining that IQ, as a singular measure of competence, could no longer be supported, Harvard professor, Howard Gardner, proposed (in Frames of Mind, 1985) a range of key competencies, which he calls multiple...
Having pondered why some people with very high IQ scores fail miserably in their personal lives, Harvard professor Howard Gardner, concluded that the concept of “intelligence,” as a singular measure of competence,...
Nancy Anderson’s book Work with Passion in Midlife and Beyond presents a simple process for reshaping your life both inside and outside the workplace. Her seven-step process for change begins by eliminating layers of...
While studies point to an inadequate level of writing in the business world, most business professionals view writing as a soft skill that is not worth an investment of time and money. Recently, however, some employers...
In The Upside of Irrationality, Dan Ariely draws on his background in behavioral economics to examine irrational human behavior and how it affects decision making in the workplace and in human...
In Fantastic, author Alan Austin-Smith attempts to answer the age old question of why some people are consistently more successful than others. Having studied many successful people, Austin-Smith...
In The Elements of Power, Terry R. Bacon explores the concept of power—what it is, where it comes from, how it is built, and how it is used to lead and influence others. Those who harness their power...
In today’s increasingly competitive job market, phone interviews have become a necessary step in the interviewing process. A phone interview is more than just a phone conversation with a potential employer; it is the...
