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10 Books You Should Read This Summer 2023

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The Creative Act : A Way of Being by Rick Rubin - (January 2023) Finding the Way : The Entrepreneur's Tale by Cap Treeger - (January 2023) Good Power : Leading Positive Change in Our Lives, Work, and World by Ginni Rometty - (March 2023) An Ordinary Man : The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R.

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LeadershipNow 140: June 2023 Compilation

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Podcast: @jamesstrock interviews Richard Norton Smith author of An Ordinary Man: The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford If AI Is Reading Your Mind, What Will It Learn?

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On Stupid Ideas

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Seth Godin, Tribes I recently completed The Power of Starting Something Stupid by Richie Norton with Natalie Norton. Posted in Community Involvement Self Leadership In a battle between two ideas… the idea that wins is the one with the most fearless heretic behind it.

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Book Review: The Power Of Starting Something Stupid

Tim Milburn

I was given a copy of Richie Norton’s book, The Power of Starting Something Stupid. I was intrigued by the title and the fact that Norton had written this book with his wife. But it’s out of this experience that Norton offers his most poignant challenge (which he calls Gavin’s law): Live to start.

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Booknotes: 14 Ideas from The Power of Something Stupid

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The Power of Starting Something Stupid is about finding the courage to do the things you don’t feel you are ready to do. Author Richie Norton explains that life-changing ideas are often tragically mislabeled stupid. What if the key to success, creativity, and fulfillment in your life lies in the potential of those stupid ideas?

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Richie Norton on The Power of Starting Something Stupid

Rajesh Setty

It was great way to start the second half of 2013 with a phone conversation with Richie Norton , the author of The Power of Starting Something Stupid. entrepreneurship Leadership Main Page fear interview pride procrastination richie norton starting something stupid' Have a great week ahead.

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4 Ways To End Destructive Pride

Tanveer Naseer

The following is a guest piece by Ritchie Norton. Arguably, all other vices could fall under the umbrella called pride, and if pride really is at the heart of humanity’s greatest ills, then it is, by that measure, the most destructive power in the world. This excerpt is adapted from his book, “ The Power of Starting Something Stupid ”.

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