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Este libro te enseña a llevar una vida creativa que armonice con éxito tu yo artístico con la cotidianidad. Con la lucidez y el buen humor que ya caracterizaron a su best seller precedente, Psicología para creativos, en este nuevo título Frank Berzbach te ofrece una serie de recursos y técnicas para recuperar la espiritualidad sin que el estrés, el pensamiento negativo y, en definitiva, el lado más tedioso del trabajo hundan en lo más profundo de tu ser el verdadero sentido que te llevó a tomar la decisión de dedicar tu vida a la creatividad. ¡Aprende a llevar una auténtica vida creativa!]]> 168 Frank Berzbach 8425230438 Josh 0 to-read 3.66 2013
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]]> 29496432 Ěý
NowĚý Find Your Why Ěýpicks up where Start With Why left off. ItĚýshows you how toĚýapply Simon Sinek’s powerfulĚýinsightsĚýso that you can find more inspiration at work -- and in turn inspire those around you.
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IĚýbelieveĚýfulfillment is aĚýright and not aĚýprivilege. We are all entitled to wake up in the morning inspired to go to work,Ěýfeel safe when we’re there and return home fulfilled at the end of the day.ĚýAchieving that fulfillment starts with understanding exactlyĚýWHYĚýwe do what we do.Ěý
Ěý
As Start With Why has spread around the world, countlessĚýreaders have asked me theĚýsameĚýquestion: HowĚýcan I applyĚý Start With Why ĚýtoĚýmyĚýcareer, team,ĚýcompanyĚýor nonprofit? Along with two of my colleagues, Peter Docker and David Mead, I createdĚýthisĚýhands-on, step-by-step guideĚýtoĚýhelp you findĚýyour WHY.

With detailedĚýexercises, illustrations, andĚýaction steps forĚýevery stageĚýof the process,Ěý Find Your Why Ěýcan help you address many important concerns, including:
Ěý
* What if my WHY soundsĚýjustĚýlike my competitor’s?
* CanĚýIĚýhave more than one WHY?
* If my work doesn’t match my WHY, whatĚýshouldĚýI do?
* What if my team can’t agree on our WHY?
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Whether you've just started your first job, are leading a team, or are CEO of your own company, the exercises in this book willĚýhelpĚýguideĚýyou on a path to long-term successĚýand fulfillment, forĚýboth you and your colleagues.Ěý
Ěý
Thank you for joiningĚýus as we work together toĚýbuild a world in which more peopleĚýstart with WHY.
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Inspire on!
--ĚýSimon]]> 256 Simon Sinek 0143111728 Josh 0 currently-reading 3.63 2017
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]]> 15843166 The #1 New York Times Bestseller You Are A Badass is the self-help book for people who desperately want to improve their lives but don't want to get busted doing it.

In this refreshingly entertaining how-to guide, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author and world-traveling success coach, Jen Sincero, serves up 27 bite-sized chapters full of hilariously inspiring stories, sage advice, easy exercises, and the occasional swear word. If you're ready to make some serious changes around here, You Are a Badass will help you: Identify and change the self-sabotaging beliefs and behaviors that stop you from getting what you want, blast past your fears so you can take big exciting risks, figure out how to make some damn money already, learn to love yourself and others, set big goals and reach them - it will basically show you how to create a life you totally love, and how to create it now.

By the end of You Are a Badass, you'll understand why you are how you are, how to love what you can't change, how to change what you don't love, and how to use The Force to kick some serious ass.]]> 254 Jen Sincero 0762447699 Josh 5 3.95 2013
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]]> 606185 176 VMSD Magazine 0823074943 Josh 0 to-read 2.67 2000
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]]> 29776935 Simon Sinek's recent video on 'The Millennial Question' went viral with over 150 million views and his TED Talk on the global bestseller Start with Why is the third most watched of all time.

Sinek's latest work, Together is Better, is a little book of inspiration for the modern world.

Most of us live our lives by accident - we live as it happens. Fulfilment comes when we live our lives on purpose.

'What are you going to do with your life? What are you doing with your life now?'

'Do you have goals? A vision? A clear sense of why you do what you do?'

Almost everyone knows someone who has grappled with at least one of these questions. The answers can often seem elusive or uncertain.

Though there are many paths to follow into the unknown future, there is one way that dramatically increases the chances we will enjoy the journey. To travel with someone we trust.

We can try to build a successful career or a happy life alone, but why would we?

Together is better.

This unique and delightful little book makes the point that together is better in a quite unexpected way. Simon Sinek, bestselling author of Start With Why and Leaders Eat Last, blends the wisdom he has gathered from around the world with a heartwarming, richly illustrated original fable.

Working hard for something we don't care about is called stress. Working hard for something we love is called passion.]]> 160 Simon Sinek 024118729X Josh 0 to-read 4.22 2016
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]]> 16144853 Why do only a few people get to say “I love my job�? It seems unfair that finding fulfillment at work is like winning a lottery; that only a few lucky ones get to feel valued by their organizations, to feel like they belong.

Imagine a world where almost everyone wakes up inspired to go to work, feels trusted and valued during the day, then returns home feeling fulfilled.

This is not a crazy, idealized notion. Today, in many successful organizations, great leaders are creating environments in which people naturally work together to do remarkable things.

In his travels around the world since the publication of his bestseller Start with Why, Simon Sinek noticed that some teams were able to trust each other so deeply that they would literally put their lives on the line for each other. Other teams, no matter what incentives were offered, were doomed to infighting, fragmentation and failure. Why?

The answer became clear during a conversation with a Marine Corps general.

“Officers eat last,� he said.

Sinek watched as the most junior Marines ate first while the most senior Marines took their place at the back of the line. What’s symbolic in the chow hall is deadly serious on the battlefield: great leaders sacrifice their own comfort—even their own survival—for the good of those in their care.

This principle has been true since the earliest tribes of hunters and gatherers. It’s not a management theory; it’s biology. Our brains and bodies evolved to help us find food, shelter, mates and especially safety. We’ve always lived in a dangerous world, facing predators and enemies at every turn. We thrived only when we felt safe among our group.


Our biology hasn’t changed in fifty thousand years, but our environment certainly has. Today’s workplaces tend to be full of cynicism, paranoia and self-interest. But the best organizations foster trust and cooperation because their leaders build what Sinek calls a Circle of Safety that separates the security inside the team from the challenges outside.

The Circle of Safety leads to stable, adaptive, confident teams, where everyone feels they belong and all energies are devoted to facing the common enemy and seizing big opportunities.

As he did in Start with Why, Sinek illustrates his ideas with fascinating true stories from a wide range of examples, from the military to manufacturing, from government to investment banking.

The biology is clear: when it matters most, leaders who are willing to eat last are rewarded with deeply loyal colleagues who will stop at nothing to
advance their leader’s vision and their organization’s interests. It’s amazing how well it works.
]]> 350 Simon Sinek 1591845327 Josh 0 to-read 4.09 2014
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]]> 7108725 Why do you do what you do?

Why are some people and organizations more innovative, more influential, and more profitable than others? Why do some command greater loyalty from customers and employees alike? Even among the successful, why are so few able to repeat their success over and over?

People like Martin Luther King Jr., Steve Jobs, and the Wright Brothers might have little in common, but they all started with why. It was their natural ability to start with why that enabled them to inspire those around them and to achieve remarkable things.

In studying the leaders who've had the greatest influence in the world, Simon Sinek discovered that they all think, act, and communicate in the exact same way—and it's the complete opposite of what everyone else does. Sinek calls this powerful idea The Golden Circle, and it provides a framework upon which organizations can be built, movements can be lead, and people can be inspired. And it all starts with WHY.

Any organization can explain what it does; some can explain how they do it; but very few can clearly articulate why. WHY is not money or profit—those are always results. WHY does your organization exist? WHY does it do the things it does? WHY do customers really buy from one company or another? WHY are people loyal to some leaders, but not others?

Starting with WHY works in big business and small business, in the nonprofit world and in politics. Those who start with WHY never manipulate, they inspire. And the people who follow them don't do so because they have to; they follow because they want to.

Drawing on a wide range of real-life stories, Sinek weaves together a clear vision of what it truly takes to lead and inspire. This book is for anyone who wants to inspire others or who wants to find someone to inspire them.]]> 256 Simon Sinek 1591842808 Josh 0 to-read 4.10 2009
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]]> 20733470
Los psicólogos definen la creatividad como “la producción de ideas novedosas y adecuadas en cualquier ámbito de la actividad humana�, pero la creatividad también es un oficio y, como tal, acarrea una serie de condiciones y situaciones laborales que no siempre son fáciles de llevar. En este libro, Frank Berzbach analiza con humor y lucidez los factores que condicionan el rendimiento y la capacidad creativa del profesional del diseño, y proporciona una serie de reflexiones y consejos prácticos para desenvolverse en el día a día laboral del estudio, la agencia o el aislamiento sin que decaigan los ánimos.

Desde los ilustradores que trabajan solos en su casa hasta los directores de arte publicitarios que tienen a su cargo un gran equipo multidisciplinar, cualquier perfil de creativo encontrará en estas páginas un iluminador retrato del mundo laboral y una guía práctica para adquirir buenos hábitos de trabajo y no bloquearse a lo largo de la trayectoria profesional.

Frank Berzbach (1971) es profesor de PsicologĂ­a y PedagogĂ­a de los Media en la Ecosign Academy for Design y en la facultad de Ciencias Aplicadas de la Universidad de Colonia.

Traducción por Susana Andrés]]> 184 Frank Berzbach 8425226007 Josh 0 to-read 3.83 2010
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]]> 43668441
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Survive the office apocalypse and triumph in work heaven. In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Then He brought forth green grass and created the marine creatures and other species, and finally He created man, in His image and likeness. Man and woman were created, they fell into sin, put on a gray suit and hung an ID badge on their waist like an albatross. And thus, the desk jockey was born. Whether you are in Genesis polishing your resume, or quitting in the midst of the Apocalypse, The Desk Jockey’s Bible will give you tons of useful recommendations to make your workplace a place full of great opportunities for your professional development. From the Ten Commandments of Professionalism like “Thou shalt honor company parties� and “Thou shalt not covet any man or woman in your cubicle,� or the Seven Deadly Sins of the Office like Gluttony, which brings on food comas, or Greed, which will help you ask for a raise and earn more money. The Desk Jockey’s Bible is an essential tool for those who want to ascend to professional heaven and become an office god. Among other things, you will learn -Prepare for a successful job interview. -Win over your bosses to rise up in the organization. -Behave efficiently in meetings and appointments. -Deal with jealousy, crises, and even office romances.]]> 288 Alvaro Gordoa 6073173822 Josh 0 to-read 3.78
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]]> 35570192 Aprende a comunicarte con los demás de manera asertiva y alcanza el éxito en tu vida.

El Método H.A.B.L.A. te permitirá capacitarte directamente con el principal maestro y especialista en el tema de la Imagen Verbal ®.

Hablar lo hace cualquiera. Penetrar en la mente del otro, necesita de un método. En este libro encontrarás un sencillo y divertido camino a seguir, con todas las claves para hablar en público y gozar de los beneficios de la comunicación de alto impacto. Con recomendaciones que podrás implementar de inmediato y sorprendentes revelaciones que desmitifican la dificultad de hablar en público.

Figuras pĂşblicas opinan sobre este

"El saber hablar en público es de las habilidades que más admiro y Alvaro ha hecho de esto algo sencillo y divertido. De primera mano les garantizo que este método les cambiará la vida. A partir de hoy simplemente ¡H.A.B.L.A.!" -Martha Debayle, empresaria y comunicadora, reconocida como una de las mujeres más influyentes de Latinoamérica-

"Hablar en público no es sólo para los políticos, hoy todos tenemos la necesidad de hacerlo bien y con claridad. Alvaro Gordoa, con El Método H.A.B.L.A., nos enseña cómo." -Fernando Lerdo de Tejada, ex vocero de la Presidencia de la República y experto en cabildeo y comunicación-

"De El Método H.A.B.L.A. aprendí muchas cosas que uso diariamente en mi vida profesional. Alvaro te enseña a disfrutarlo tanto, que hablar en público pasa de ser una preocupación a una adicción." -Yordi Rosado, conductor, productor, conferencista y autor bestseller-

"Con El Método H.A.B.L.A. los lectores entenderán muy fácilmente los principios de la oratoria y podrán enfrentar a un público y expresar sus ideas con claridad. Es un método que recomiendo ampliamente." -Antonio Asali, V.P. de Comunicación Verbal de la Asociación Mexicana de Consultores Políticos-]]> 267 Alvaro Gordoa 6073154798 Josh 0 currently-reading 4.32
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]]> 40591677
In his previous books Steal Like an Artist and Show Your Work! , both New York Times bestsellers, Austin Kleon gave readers the keys to unlock their creativity and showed them how to become known. Now he offers his most inspiring work yet, with ten simple rules for how to stay creative, focused, and true to yourself—for life.

The creative life is not a linear journey to a finish line, it’s a loop—so find a daily routine, because today is the only day that matters. Disconnect from the world to connect with yourself—sometimes you just have to switch into airplane mode. Keep Going celebrates getting outdoors and taking a walk (as director Ingmar Bergman told his daughter, ”The demons hate fresh air�). Pay attention, and especially pay attention to what you pay attention to. Worry less about getting things done, and more about the worth of what you’re doing. Instead of focusing on making your mark, work to leave things better than you found them.

Keep Going and its timeless, practical, and ethical principles are for anyone trying to sustain a meaningful and productive life.
Ěý]]> 224 Austin Kleon 1523506644 Josh 0 to-read 4.26 2019
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]]> 24693052 The next step in your creative journey.

How to use this journal
1.ĚýCarry it with you wherever you go.
2.ĚýDo at least one exercise every day.
3.ĚýRepeat the first two steps until the pages are full.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Steal Like an Artist,ĚýShow Your Work!. andĚýKeep Going, anĚýinteractive journal and all-in-one logbook to get your creative juices flowing, and keep a record of your ideas and discoveries.

The Steal Like an Artist JournalĚýincludes page after page of ideas, prompts, quotes, and exercises are like a daily course in creativity. There are lists to fill inâ€�Ten Things I Want to Learn, Ten Things I Probably Think About More Than the Average Person. Challenges to take. Illustrated creative exercisesâ€�Make a Mixtape (for someone who doesn’t know you) and Fill in the Speech Balloons. Pro and con chartsâ€�What Excites You?/What Drains You?

Includes an elastic band for place-marking and a special pocket in the back—a “swipe file� to store bits and pieces of inspiration. Because if you want to steal like an artist, you need a place to keep your loot.]]> 224 Austin Kleon 0761185682 Josh 0 to-read 4.20 2015
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]]> 18290401 In his New York Times bestseller Steal Like an Artist, Austin Kleon showed readers how to unlock their creativity by “stealing� from the community of other movers and shakers. Now, in an even more forward-thinking and necessary book, he shows how to take that critical next step on a creative journey—getting known.

Show Your Work! is about why generosity trumps genius. It’s about getting findable, about using the network instead of wasting time “networking.� It’s not self-promotion, it’s self-discovery—let others into your process, then let them steal from you. Filled with illustrations, quotes, stories, and examples, Show Your Work! offers ten transformative rules for being open, generous, brave, productive.

In chapters such as You Don’t Have to Be a Genius; Share Something Small Every Day; and Stick Around, Kleon creates a user’s manual for embracing the communal nature of creativity� what he calls the “ecology of talent.� From broader life lessons about work (you can’t find your voice if you don’t use it) to the etiquette of sharing—and the dangers of oversharing—to the practicalities of Internet life (build a good domain name; give credit when credit is due), it’s an inspiring manifesto for succeeding as any kind of artist or entrepreneur in the digital age.

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]]> 13099738 160 Austin Kleon 0761169253 Josh 0 currently-reading 3.95 2012
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]]> 37502596
ĚýĚýĚýĚýĚý Now, in this life-changing book, handcrafted by the author over a rigorous four-year period, you will discover the early-rising habit that has helped so many accomplish epic results while upgrading their happiness, helpfulness and feelings of aliveness.

ĚýĚýĚýĚýĚý Through an enchanting—and often amusing—story about two struggling strangers who meet an eccentric tycoon who becomes their secret mentor, The 5am Club will walk you through:


How great geniuses, business titans and the world’s wisest people start their mornings to produce astonishing achievements
AĚýlittle-known formula you can use instantly to wake up early feeling inspired, focused and flooded with a fiery drive to get the most out of each day
A step-by-step method to protect the quietest hours of daybreak so you have time for exercise, self-renewal and personal growth
A neuroscience-based practice proven to help make it easy to rise while most people are sleeping, giving you precious time for yourself to think, express your creativity and begin the day peacefully instead of being rushed
“Insider-only� tactics to defend your gifts, talents and dreams against digital distraction and trivial diversions so you enjoy fortune, influence and a magnificent impact on the world
Part manifesto for mastery, part playbook for genius-grade productivity and part companion for a life lived beautifully, The 5am Club is a work that will transform your life. Forever.]]> 336 Robin Sharma 1443456632 Josh 0 to-read 3.76 2018
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]]> 16158498 Give and Take highlights what effective networking, collaboration, influence, negotiation, and leadership skills have in common.

For generations, we have focused on the individual drivers of success: passion, hard work, talent, and luck. But today, success is increasingly dependent on how we interact with others. It turns out that at work, most people operate as either takers, matchers, or givers. Whereas takers strive to get as much as possible from others and matchers aim to trade evenly, givers are the rare breed of people who contribute to others without expecting anything in return.

Using his own pioneering research as Wharton's youngest tenured professor, Grant shows that these styles have a surprising impact on success. Although some givers get exploited and burn out, the rest achieve extraordinary results across a wide range of industries. Combining cutting-edge evidence with captivating stories, this landmark book shows how one of America's best networkers developed his connections, why the creative genius behind one of the most popular shows in television history toiled for years in anonymity, how a basketball executive responsible for multiple draft busts transformed his franchise into a winner, and how we could have anticipated Enron's demise four years before the company collapsed - without ever looking at a single number.

Praised by bestselling authors such as Dan Pink, Tony Hsieh, Dan Ariely, Susan Cain, Dan Gilbert, Gretchen Rubin, Bob Sutton, David Allen, Robert Cialdini, and Seth Godin-as well as senior leaders from Google, McKinsey, Merck, Estee Lauder, Nike, and NASA - Give and Take highlights what effective networking, collaboration, influence, negotiation, and leadership skills have in common. This landmark book opens up an approach to success that has the power to transform not just individuals and groups, but entire organizations and communities.]]> 320 Adam M. Grant 0670026557 Josh 0 to-read 4.05 2013
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]]> 35129291 256 Kyle Gray Josh 0 to-read 3.64
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]]> 23271418 New York Times bestselling memoirist Donald Miller takes readers on his year-long journey to learn to abandon performance-based relationships and find real intimacy.

After decades of failed relationships and painful drama, Donald Miller decided he'd had enough. Impressing people wasn't helping him connect with anyone. He'd built a life of public isolation, yet he dreamed of meaningful relationships. So at forty years old he made a scary decision: to be himself no matter what it cost.

Scary Close is an audiobook about the risk involved in choosing to impress fewer people and connect with more, about the freedom that comes when we stop acting and start loving. It is a story about knocking down old walls to create a healthy mind, a strong family, and a satisfying career. And it all feels like a conversation with the best kind of friend: smart, funny, true, important.

Scary Close is Donald Miller at his best.]]> 5 Donald Miller 1501222325 Josh 0 to-read 4.04 2015
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]]> 17331349
Now, with Think Like a Freak, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner have written their most revolutionary book yet. With their trademark blend of captivating storytelling and unconventional analysis, they take us inside their thought process and teach us all to think a bit more productively, more creatively, more rationally—to think, that is, like a Freak.

Levitt and Dubner offer a blueprint for an entirely new way to solve problems, whether your interest lies in minor lifehacks or major global reforms. As always, no topic is off-limits. They range from business to philanthropy to sports to politics, all with the goal of retraining your brain. Along the way, you’ll learn the secrets of a Japanese hot-dog-eating champion, the reason an Australian doctor swallowed a batch of dangerous bacteria, and why Nigerian e-mail scammers make a point of saying they’re from Nigeria.

Some of the steps toward thinking like a

First, put away your moral compass—because it’s hard to see a problem clearly if you’ve already decided what to do about it. Learn to say “I don’t know”—for until you can admit what you don’t yet know, it’s virtually impossible to learn what you need to. Think like a child—because you’ll come up with better ideas and ask better questions. Take a master class in incentives—because for better or worse, incentives rule our world. Learn to persuade people who don’t want to be persuaded—because being right is rarely enough to carry the day. Learn to appreciate the upside of quitting—because you can’t solve tomorrow’s problem if you aren’t willing to abandon today’s dud.Levitt and Dubner plainly see the world like no one else. Now you can too. Never before have such iconoclastic thinkers been so revealing—and so much fun to read.]]> 0 Steven D. Levitt 0062218360 Josh 4 to-read 3.83 2014
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]]> 10822774 Based on deep and extensive research, including more than 200 interviews with leading innovators, Sims discovered that productive, creative thinkers and doers—from Ludwig van Beethoven to Thomas Edison and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos—practice a key set of simple but ingenious experimental methods—such as failing quickly to learn fast, tapping into the genius of play, and engaging in highly immersed observation—that free their minds, opening them up to making unexpected connections and perceiving invaluable insights. These methods also unshackle them from the constraints of overly analytical thinking and linear problem solving that our education places so much emphasis on, as well as from the fear of failure, all of which thwart so many of us in trying to be more innovative.
Reporting on a fascinating range of research, from the psychology of creative blocks to the influential Silicon Valley–based field of design thinking, Sims offers engaging and wonderfully illuminating accounts of breakthrough innovators at work, including how Hewlett-Packard stumbled onto the breakaway success of the first hand-held calculator; the remarkable storyboarding process at Pixar films that has been the key to their unbroken streak of box office successes; the playful discovery process by which Frank Gehry arrived at his critically acclaimed design for Disney Hall; the aha revelation that led Amazon to pursue its wildly successful affiliates program; and the U.S. Army’s ingenious approach to counterinsurgency operations that led to the dramatic turnaround in Iraq.
Fast paced and as entertaining as it is illuminating, Little Bets offers a whole new way of thinking about how to break away from the narrow strictures of the methods of analyzing and problem solving we were all taught in school and unleash our untapped creative powers.]]> 224 Peter Sims 1439170428 Josh 4 to-read 3.76 2011
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]]> 2420301 A bold new way to tackle tough business problems—even if you draw like a second grader

When Herb Kelleher was brainstorming about how to beat the traditional hub-and- spoke airlines, he grabbed a bar napkin and a pen. Three dots to represent Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. Three arrows to show direct flights. Problem solved, and the picture made it easy to sell Southwest Airlines to investors and customers.

Used properly, a simple drawing on a humble napkin is more powerful than Excel or PowerPoint. It can help crystallize ideas, think outside the box, and communicate in a way that people simply “get�. In this book Dan Roam argues that everyone is born with a talent for visual thinking, even those who swear they can’t draw.

Drawing on twenty years of visual problem solving combined with the recent discoveries of vision science, this book shows anyone how to clarify a problem or sell an idea by visually breaking it down using a simple set of visual thinking tools � tools that take advantage of everyone’s innate ability to look, see, imagine, and show.

THE BACK OF THE NAPKIN proves that thinking with pictures can help anyone discover and develop new ideas, solve problems in unexpected ways, and dramatically improve their ability to share their insights. This book will help readers literally see the world in a new way.]]> 278 Dan Roam 1591841992 Josh 0 to-read 3.97 2008
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Two are mice named Sniff and Scurry. And two are "Littlepeople" � beings the size of mice who look and act a lot like people. Their names are Hem and Haw.

"Cheese" is a metaphor for what you want to have in life � whether it's a good job, a loving relationship, money, a possession, health, or spiritual peace of mind.

And the "Maze" is where you look for what you want � the organisation you work in or the family or community you live in.

In the story, the characters are faced with unexpected change. Eventually, one of them deals with it successfully, and writes what he has learned from his experience on the Maze walls.

When you come to see "The Handwriting on the Wall," you can discover for yourself how to deal with change, so that you can enjoy less stress and more success (however you define it) in your work and in your life.

Written for all ages, the story takes less than an hour to read, but its unique insights can last for a lifetime.]]> 98 Spencer Johnson 0091883768 Josh 0 to-read 3.88 1999
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]]> 40102 The Tipping Point a classic, Blink changes the way you'll understand every decision you make. Never again will you think about thinking the same way.

Malcolm Gladwell redefined how we understand the world around us. Now, in Blink, he revolutionizes the way we understand the world within. Blink is a book about how we think without thinking, about choices that seem to be made in an instant - in the blink of an eye - that actually aren't as simple as they seem. Why are some people brilliant decision makers, while others are consistently inept? Why do some people follow their instincts and win, while others end up stumbling into error? How do our brains really work - in the office, in the classroom, in the kitchen, and in the bedroom? And why are the best decisions often those that are impossible to explain to others?

In Blink we meet the psychologist who has learned to predict whether a marriage will last, based on a few minutes of observing a couple; the tennis coach who knows when a player will double-fault before the racket even makes contact with the ball; the antiquities experts who recognize a fake at a glance. Here, too, are great failures of "blink": the election of Warren Harding; "New Coke"; and the shooting of Amadou Diallo by police. Blink reveals that great decision makers aren't those who process the most information or spend the most time deliberating, but those who have perfected the art of "thin-slicing" - filtering the very few factors that matter from an overwhelming number of variables.]]> 296 Malcolm Gladwell 0316010669 Josh 0 to-read 3.97 2005
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Rework shows you a better, faster, easier way to succeed in business. Read it and you'll know why plans are actually harmful, why you don't need outside investors, and why you're better off ignoring the competition.ĚýThe truth is, you need less than you think. You don't need to be a workaholic. You don't need to staff up. You don't need to waste time on paperwork or meetings. You don't even need an office. Those are all just excuses.Ěý

What you really need to do is stop talking and start working. This book shows you the way. You'll learn how to be more productive, how to get exposure without breaking the bank, and tons more counterintuitive ideas that will inspire and provoke you.

With its straightforward language and easy-is-better approach, Rework is the perfect playbook for anyone who’s ever dreamed of doing it on their own. Hardcore entrepreneurs, small-business owners, people stuck in day jobs they hate, victims of "downsizing," and artists who don’t want to starve anymore will all find valuable guidance in these pages.]]> 279 Jason Fried 0307463745 Josh 0 to-read 3.97 2010
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