How do we keep getting better at what we do? One way is to keep a commitment to the task, the discipline, of life-long learning. And so we keep learning, and then try to put this learning into practice. To quote Peter Drucker, we all need to cultivate and maintain the “habit of continuous learning.”… Read More The Power of Habit, & All In – Coming for the June, 2012 First Friday Book Synopsis
“People listen to Top 40 because they want to hear their favorite songs or songs that sound like their favorite songs. When something different comes on, they’re offended. They don’t want anything unfamiliar.” Charles Duhigg, The Power of Habit Here’s a tidbit from The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg. The issue is how a… Read More From Celine Dion to OutKast – Melding the Brand New with the Familiar (insight from Charles Duhigg and Jonah Lehrer)
I am presenting two new business books to different groups this week. One, What Matters Now by Gary Hamel, at the First Friday Book Synopsis. The other, The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg, to a private client (I will present it this summer at the First Friday Book Synopsis). These books agree in a… Read More What are your Organizational Habits? – (Insight from Duhigg and Hamel)
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