10 Big Business and Life Success Lessons from Rebecca Penna Never take no for an answer. Hard work pays off. Do not wear your heart on your sleeves. Patience and time are often the answer. Don’t try and push things before they are ready to happen. Total honesty is not always the best option. (Saying what you really think in business often does not get you very far – political savvy is key) Stick to what you know best but do not be afraid to take risks. Respect and work hard at having harmonious relationships Do not be afraid to try new things. It’s essential to be comfortable outside your comfort zone, as in be … [Read more...]
Booked for Mentoring: Review – Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
January 31, 2012 by
I have been reading Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell for over two months, and it’s the first time I have ever taken so long to read a book that I actually enjoyed. I have read at least 20 other books during the two months, but I needed a lot of time to digest and process what I was reading in Outliers. When you hear about Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers, the first thing that often comes to mind is that it takes 10,000 to master a subject. However the book is so much more than that. According to Gladwell, “This book is about outliers, about men and women who do things that are out of the ordinary....People don’t rise … [Read more...]
Make the Most of What You Have
November 28, 2011 by
Recently, I attended a book signing event at Indigo Books and Music where Walter Isaacson talked about his biography of Steve Jobs. Indigo’s CEO Heather Reisman did an excellent job interviewing Isaacson, and the audience got some deep insights into why Jobs was the way he was. Isaacson remarked that kindness was not among Jobs’ top 100 traits – words he used to describe him include: Petulant, artistic, emotional, genius, mean, dual-personality, intuitive, control freak, liked to have his own way, had the ability to engender loyalty. If someone were eulogizing you, what would your top 100 traits be? I’ve been thinking that I’m … [Read more...]
Review: American Sketches: Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, and Heroes of a Hurricane, Walter Isaacson
May 3, 2011 by
Walter Isaacson is a biographer, and he came on my radar because he is writing an authorized biography of Steve Jobs due in early 2012. Steve Jobs is someone who I’m very interested in, and would like to learn more about. I decided to check out Walter Isaacson’s writing to see if I liked his style. At the bookstore I had a few options, and narrowed it down to Benjamin Franklin: An American Life and American Sketches: Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, and Heroes of a Hurricane. Since I had read the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, I purchased my other option, American Sketches which is a collection of previously written essays by … [Read more...]
Or use email.