Story Telling Manual – Speech 5 – Titanic The Ship of Dreams
Here is the toastmasters speech I gave today on “Titanic – The Ship Of Dreams” Audience : “Next Step” toastmasters, San Jose, CA Audience type: Advanced toastmaster club Speech goal : “Bringing History to Life” (7-9 mins) Speech goal : To use the storytelling skills to tell a story about a historical event or person.” My [...]
The Magic of Doing One Thing at a Time
By Tony Schwartz, Why is it that between 25 and 50 per cent of people report feeling overwhelmed or burned out at work? It’s not just the number of hours we’re working, but also the fact that we spend too many continuous hours juggling too many things at the same time. What we’ve lost, above all, [...]
Book Review : “Inside Apple” By Adam Laksinsky
Just finished reading the book “Inside Apple” by Adam Laksinsky. It was truly a fantastic read. There are many books on Apple and Steve Jobs, and the first question I asked myself is – Why another book ? What information will I get that I didn’t read/get in any other Apple/Jobs book. The content of [...]
8 Qualities of Remarkable Employees
By Jeff Haden, Forget good to great. Here’s what makes a great employee remarkable. Great employees are reliable, dependable, proactive, diligent, great leaders and great followers… they possess a wide range of easily-defined—but hard to find—qualities. A few hit the next level. Some employees are remarkable, possessing qualities that may not appear on performance appraisals but [...]
Lessons Learned from John Maxwell
Guest post by J.D. Meier “Success is not a destination thing, it’s a daily thing.”– John Maxwell When I think of leaders and leadership, I think of John Maxwell. He is a speaker and author, and leadership is his super skill. He leads by example but more importantly, he’s created an amazing knowledge base of leadership [...]
Habit Tracker Website Review : Rootein.com
Rootein is a really cool web app that lets you build habits and track progress as you go along. It keeps you motivated via reminders when you might have traditionally find yourself slacking. It’s the easiest way to build and track your habits and routines, having fun along the way. There are endless numbers of [...]
How To Think Like Bill Gates
- By J.D. Meier Over the years, I’ve asked various people at Microsoft about how Bill Gates thinks. I’ve asked people from his speech writers to people that have survived his executive reviews, where Bill is known for his grueling interrogations. I was always curious how somebody of that caliber flexed their mind and used [...]
Robin Sharma’s 73 Best Business and Success Lessons
1. You can really Lead Without a Title. 2. Knowing what to do and not doing it is the same as not knowing what to do. 3. Give away what you most wish to receive. 4. The antidote to stagnation is innovation. 5. The conversations you are most resisting are the conversations you most need [...]
Book Review: The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership
The “The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership” by John Maxwell has become a leadership classic, found on every leaders bookshelf. John Maxwell is the founder and chairman of The INJOY and a world renown author of more than 30 books, with more than 7 million copies sold. Many of his titles have landed on the [...]
