Archive for December, 2009

What is ‘Leadership’ really?

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I just read an article from Forbes.com which discusses the new Center for Leadership at Dartmouth’s business school. The idea is that leadership can be taught and that an important component of leadership is knowing yourself. If you don’t know [...]

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Book review of David Allen’s ‘Ready for Anything’

Do you feel like you need some inspiration get more productive? Well I just finished reading David Allen‘s book ‘Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Work & Life‘ and this book contains a lot of short bits of useful knowledge. The book is organized based on the 52 principals. Each part reveals some piece [...]

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6 Steps to a More Productive Day

Ever feel like you have been at work all day and haven’t gotten anything done? And have you wondered where all your time went? And why you have so little to show for at the end of the day? I know the feeling very well since this is something I struggle with constantly. Since I [...]

Obama’s Speech at Westpoint or How to be an Effective Speaker

Regardless of your political leanings, everyone should admit that Obama’s speech about the situation in Afghanistan last night was well delivered. He spoke to the issues, explained the history of the situation and outlined his vision going forward. He was clear, cogent and spoke intelligently. He also kept his calm in a situation where many [...]

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Why People Hoard Information?

It was not a surprise to me to read this article from the PsyBlog which argues that people in groups tend not to make the best decisions because they don’t share information. From my experience in the money management world I know that people tend to tell you what you want to hear rather than [...]

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