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In Review: The Art of Non-Conformity by Chris Guillebeau

QAspire

That choice of living a remarkable life starts with waking up to our current realities, setting your terms for the unconventional life, challenging the status quo, undertaking contrarian adventures, building serious competence, organizing your personal finances, living in possibilities and thinking about your legacy now.

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Great Leaders Make Decisions | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Seth Godin calls it shipping, Mike Myatt calls it being an actionable leadership, and I will call it “mouthless [.] Now I have a question for you: when, in your estimation, is it appropriate for a c-level leader to take a step back and *not* take action? link] Your idea sucks « hour9 :: the learning leadership blog [.]

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Don't believe your own hype

Roundtable Talk

It doesn’t matter if you’re in HR, finance, IT, marketing… these new buddies will be everywhere. If you’re heading up any team that makes big purchase decisions, chances are you have vendors who are treating you like long-lost cousins. And, if you’re running an organization that has multiple interests, watch out.

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Political games in organizations: the ones other people play. Not.

Roundtable Talk

Here are the ones that sparked the most discussion within our group: Sponsorship game: hitch your wagon to an influential senior leaders’ star Lording game: lording (whatever little) power you have over a subordinate Expert game: inappropriately exploiting technical expertise and knowledge Empire building game: grabbing as much power-base as you (..)

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Top 30 Leadership Blogs 2010 | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I'm not sure Godin's work classifies as leadership…though I do read it every day, it's more for marketing tips and deep thoughts. Great work… [link] davidburkus Good list. I did notice two missing blogs: Positive Organizational Behavior at [link].

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The $300 House: A Hands-On Approach to a Wicked Problem

Harvard Business Review

Nearly every criticism the authors levy in their op-ed is answered in 12 blog posts , a magazine article from January/February 2011, a video interview , and a slideshow that integrated community and commentary, which were published between last October and this May. From the start we asked: What are the complexities of financing these homes?

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Possibility Maximizer: SelfGrowth.com

Sales Wolf Blog

  David describes SelfGrowth.com as a "Matching or Connecting Service for People who Want to Improve their Health, their Finances, their Relationships and their happiness" that helps to "Connect people who want to improve their lives with information, experts, products and services that can teach or show them how to do it. .

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