Collaborative Competition(TM): A Woman’s Guide to Succeeding by Competing
by Kathryn Mayer
I recommend this book (not only because I wrote it!) but I believe that mastering competition is the key to success. I have developed a proprietary leadership model, Collaborative CompetitionTM, which harnesses the positive side of competition to promote strategic win-win collaboration. The book provides [...]
I’ve updated my new Facebook page and if you like it, please hit the ”LIKE” button! For those of you that do so and are interested, I am very excited to announce that I will be doing my first giveaway here, where TWO lucky winners will be randomly drawn. Not only could you win this month’s recommended reading [...]
I never knew that 3 year olds had so much to offer! Recently, I attended a presentation by Frans Johansson, the author of the Medici Effect, a fascinating book about the sources of innovation. The speaker said research shows that our ability to see and find new connections decreases as we get older. It [...]
I always thought that being a beginner was a stage that you wanted to pass through as quickly as possible unless you are a child. Being a beginner has always been a challenge for me because I think about it from the vantage point of being a competitive athlete. I was a top [...]
Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind
by Shunryu Suzuki
I recommend this book because it is short, simple, and brilliant. It is one of those books that you can go back to again and again to read. You can gain nuggets of simple ideas for how to adopt a beginner’s mindset. You can also [...]
As January approaches, that heavy feeling of the need to set challenging and meaningful goals takes over. I have been setting goals for myself since I was a little girl. My childhood goals focused on winning tennis tournaments and improving my serve. My whole life has been about improving performance, finding and riding my [...]
In the Yikes! Zone. A conversation with Fear
by Mermer Blakeslee
I highly recommend this book to all levels of skiers and nonskiers. It is one of my favorite books. I love to read it every year before ski season. Why? Because Mermer is a beautiful and award winning fiction writer. This [...]
The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance
by Elna Baker
The book is a wonderful memoir about a young Mormon woman’s experience in New York who is caught between two incompatible worlds: New York City and the Mormon religion. It is a heartfelt and hilarious account [...]
Sheryl Sandberg, the COO of Facebook, gave the 2011 commencement address at Barnard women’s college. She had two key messages for the young women: lean in and don’t leave until you leave. Cheryl defines lean in as asserting yourself with strong language and body posture. And, don’t leave until you leave [...]
One Small Step Can Change Your Life
by Robert Maurer, Ph.D
“The philosophy is simple: Great change is made through small steps. The techniques, easy, yet all-encompassing: ask small questions; think small thoughts; take small actions; solve small problems. The science, irrefutable: small steps circumvent the [...]
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