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• Books, communication, motivation

  The One Minute Manager

  03.29.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  I read The One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson. It’s a classic management book.

  Some things I learned:

  Be specific and compact in the goals you set for others.
  Learn how to delegate correctly.
  Take a step back, see if your behavior matches your goals.
  Let people know up front that you are going to evaluate their [...]

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  Blink, how experts are thinking

  01.03.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  I just finished the book Blink, The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
  by Malcolm Gladwell.

  A few important lessons here:

  Truly successful decision making relies on a good balance between deliberate thinking and instinctive thinking.
  Don’t make important decision when you have a high heart rate. Once above a certain point the brain just shuts down the parts [...]

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