Author: pandaduck

“Cultivating braver and more daring leaders”

Vulnerability, clarity of values, trust, and rising skills are the four pillars of courageous leadership according to Brené Brown. With this, uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure are essential to a successful entrepreneur journey. Based on new research conducted with leaders, change makers, and culture shifters, Brené Brown is showing us how to put those ideas into practice so we can step up and lead.

Brown writes, “One of the most important findings of my career is that daring leadership is a collection of four skill sets that are 100 percent teachable, observable, and measurable. It’s learning and unlearning that requires brave work, tough conversations, and showing up with your whole heart. Easy? No. Because choosing courage over comfort is not always our default. Worth it? Always. We want to be brave with our lives and our work. It’s why we’re here.”

“Let your mind become a lens: Dealing with the daily distractions and getting back to deep and focused work”

Cal Newport has some valuable advice about how to relearn the ability of deep work.
The thesis is that deep work is both rare and valuable in today´s world. A lot seems to be common sense but, as Harvard Professor Tal Ben Shahar says about common sense in one of his Ted Talks about “Happiness”, it may be common sense but it is evidently not „common“.

. . . About The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work

by Shawn Achor

Success follows Happiness! When we are happy, our brains become more engaged, creative, motivated, energetic, resilient, and productive at work. This discovery has been repeatedly shown by rigorous research in psychology and neuroscience, management studies, and the bottom lines of organizations around the globe. Shawn Achor wrote a compelling book . . . .

Changing Your Game Plan from Success to Significance

by Bob P. Buford

Have you ever consciously thought about your personal “Halftime”?

“Halftime” by Bob Buford is not a book about your arrival at success and how to apply it. It’s about giving back and finding meaning and purpose in life