February, 2011

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Aaron Rodgers in his Own Words: 7 Secrets to Success, including Leadership, Teamwork, a Good Locker Room – and/but Don’t Forget Work Ethic

First Friday Book Synopsis

After a rather full 24 hours, which included winning a Super Bowl, the MVP award, and going to Disney World, Aaron Rodgers then flew to New York to finish the day on Letterman. I watched the segment, which included a completion from Rodgers to Letterman (and a lucky adience member getting the football). There were [.].

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The Muslim Brotherhood – The Hostility Goes Way Back (with insight from The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright)

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Here’s some serious background reading to recommend. Shortly after it came out, I read the book The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright. He won the Pulitzer Prize for this book (for General Nonfiction – 2007). As the Egypt situation unfolds, this might be a good book to put in [.].

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An Epidemic Of Belittling And Ridicule – Time To Stop!

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Let’s begin with the obvious. It is possible to treat someone in a belittling manner. Let’s acknowledge that we can speak with a tone, and words, of ridicule. And let’s acknowledge this: there is nothing positive about these practices. Nothing. It does not build anyone up, it does not bring out the best in people, [.].

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Arouse and Fulfill – Formula For Effective Presentations (wise counsel from Dr. Tom Hollihan, the USC Annenberg School)

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Tom Hollihan (a professor of communication at the USC Annenberg School), was one of my teachers at USC a couple of lifetimes ago. I was working toward the Ph.D. (never finished the dissertation – one of my regrets). He was a good teacher, a passionate communicator – able to explain complex ideas clearly. I ran [.].

Skills 159
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Women Don’t Make More Because They Still Don’t Ask – And Then, When They Do, They Are Penalized For It

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Women don’t ask. They don’t ask for raises and promotions and better job opportunities. They don’t ask for recognition for the good work they do. They don’t ask for more help at home. In other words, women are much less likely than men to use negotiation to get what they want. Linda Babcock and Sara [.].

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Natalie Portman Reminds Us Well – There Are No Little People

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Collaborators aren’t born, they’re made. Or, to be more precise, built, one day at a time, through practice, through attention, through discipline, through passion and commitment – and, most of all, through habit… Like creativity, collaboration is a habit – and one I encourage you to develop. Collaboration guarantees change because it makes us accommodate [.].

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How to Market Yourself

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It almost doesn’t matter. Seriously – it almost doesn’t matter. Market yourself any way you want to. Use social media, use the D-R-I-P method. Use the farming approach of a good real estate agent. Refine your elevator speech. Get serious about using Constant Contact. Yes, of course there are ways to do it that are [.

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