Archive Monthly Archives: February 2015
3 Top Performance And Entrepreneurial Articles Week Of February 23 2015
Each week I read a number of peak performance and entrepreneurial articles from various online resources. Here are my top three picks this week. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too.
Achieving ‘The Champion Mindset’: The Psychology of Leadership
By: Hult News
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What’s inside the mind of a great leader? In her latest Global Webinar ‘10 things business leaders should do’ Professor Hannah Greenwood – leadership coach, former psychotherapist, and Professor of Leadership at Hult – looks at the psychological aspects leadership, and how to achieve ‘the champion mindset’ required to be a great business leader. Read More
My Comment: Thought provoking article on leadership
5 Steps to Reset Your Mood for More Power
By: Raj Setty
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Have you created a mess for yourself as a result of being in a bad mood?
Don’t worry.
Everybody has.
You are not alone.
Bad moods suck.
Yet, you and I get into bad moods often BECAUSE others in our life push our buttons.
It happens.
I admit that don’t have a recipe to stop others pushing your buttons.
I do have a simple approach to reset your mood back so that you have more power.
The five-step approach is simple – you can internalize it by practicing it for a few items consciously until it becomes part of how you react to “someone or something pushing the buttons.” Read More
My Comment: Excellent article… If in a bad mood, it needs to produce better outcomes not hurtful outcomes.
Unity and Great Teamwork
By: Jon Gordon
Before I spoke to the Atlanta Falcons during pre-season I had the opportunity to spend some time with Mike Smith, the head football coach. Coach Smith had been on the coaching staff of the Baltimore Ravens when they won the super bowl in 2001 and he has coached other teams since. Knowing he would have a unique perspective on what makes a team, a great team I asked him what he thought was the difference between a great football team that wins the super bowl and an average team that doesn’t. Read More
My Comment: Exceptional article on being a team.
3 Top Performance & Entrepreneurial Articles Week February 16 2015
Each week I read a number of peak performance and entrepreneurial articles from various online resources. Here are my top three picks this week. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too.
Instilling Pride: The Primary Motivator of Peak Performance
By: Jon Katzenbach
For an organization that seeks to lead in the 21st century, pride is a form of investment currency that is growing in importance. The challenge is to capture its value, deploy its power, and multiply its benefits throughout the organization. Read More
My Comment: Enable workplace success (get them excited)
How To Create The Mental State That Leads To Peak Performance?
By: Max Nisen
Personally and professionally, we often hope for moments of peak performance, periods of time when we’re incredibly productive, effective, and produce the best possible work. Read More
My Comment: Excellent article about accessing your zone to perform admirably.
30 Innovative Products You Did Not Know Exist But Are Too Awesome To Miss
By: Admin
In recent times we have come across some really innovative and cool products. These gadgets are a perfect novelty to own and sometimes needed to solve a dire problem. These can also be a good gift and will speak of your love for innovation and creativity when the lucky receiver of the gift sees them. We have tried to add sources where you can purchase these products. Let us know your favourite innovative product in the comments below. Read More
My Comment: What’s next?
3 Top Peak Performance and Entrepreneurial Articles Week of February 9, 2015
Each week I read a number of peak performance and entrepreneurial articles from various online resources. Here are my top three picks this week. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too.
What Is Motivation and How to Strengthen It
By: Remez Sasson
What is motivation? It is the inner power that pushes you toward taking action and toward achievement. Motivation is powered by desire and ambition, and therefore, if they are absent, motivation is absent too. Read More
My Comment: Article helps you do the work
Note to entrepreneurs: put yourself in the correct mindset
By: Manar Al Hinai
Change your perspective and your world changes.
I’ve heard various versions of that saying over the years, yet I never realised how true it was until a little while back. Sometimes it can be all about perspective. Read More
My Comment: Good article on thinking positively about your goals
3 Reasons Every Entrepreneur Needs to Take Vacation Time
By: Lorna Borenstein
There’s a very strong and common tendency for entrepreneurs to put in 18-hour days when starting a company, setting an ambitious pace with little thought given to rest. Even with a talented team in place, many entrepreneurs can feel uncomfortable stepping away for even a short time. Read More
My Comment: Use structure for better results and to reduce hours
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Each week I read a number of peak performance and entrepreneurial articles from various online resources. Here are my top three picks this week. I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too.
Super Bowl XLIX: Patriots beat Seahawks for Brady’s fourth title
By Ollie Williams, for CNN
Where Katy Perry needed a big cat, the New England Patriots were carried to a stunning comeback by the resilience of Tom Brady. Read More
My Comment: Congratulations Patriots!
Managing Emotions in the Workplace: Do Positive and Negative Attitudes Drive Performance?
You know the type: coworkers who never have anything positive to say, whether at the weekly staff meeting or in the cafeteria line. They can suck the energy from a brainstorming session with a few choice comments. Their bad mood frequently puts others in one, too. Their negativity can contaminate even good news. “We engage in emotional contagion,” says Sigal Barsade, a Wharton management professor who studies the influence of emotions on the workplace. “Emotions travel from person to person like a virus.” Read More
My Comment: Excellent article on communication
What Are the 10 Greatest Inventions of Our Time?
By: Daniel Schlenoff
A competition sponsored in 1913 by Scientific American asked for essays on the 10 greatest inventions. The rules: “our time” meant the previous quarter century, 1888 to 1913; the invention had to be patentable and was considered to date from its “commercial introduction.” Read More
My Comment: Innovation is essential to progress.