Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High
The key skill of effective leaders, teammates, parents, and loved ones is the capacity to skillfully address emotional, and politically risky issues.
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What Every Body is Saying
by Joe Navarro 8/10Rating R RichAugust 31, 2024 · 19 min read In this note 01Mastering the Secrets of Nonverbal Communication 02Living Our Limbic Legacy 03Getting a Leg Up on Body Language: Nonverbals of the Feet and Legs 04Torso Tips: Nonverbals of the Torso, Hips, Chest, and Shoulders 05Knowledge Within Reach: Nonverbals of the Arms…
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Range
by David Epstein 9/10Rating R RichJuly 31, 2024 · 14 min read In this note Roger vs. Tiger 01The Cult of the Head Start 02How the Wicked World Was Made 03When Less of the Same Is More 04Learning, Fast and Slow 05Thinking Outside Experience 06The Trouble with Too Much Grit 07Flirting with Your Possible Selves…
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French Kids Eat Everything
by Karen Le Billon 8/10Rating R RichMay 31, 2024 · 14 min read In this note 01Parents: You are in charge of your children’s food education. 02Avoid emotional eating 03Parents schedule meals and menus 04Food is social 05Eat vegetables of all colors of the rainbow 6aFor picky eaters: You don’t have to like it, but…
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Good Strategy Bad Strategy
by Richard Rumelt 9/10Rating R RichApril 30, 2024 · 20 min read In this note Overwhelming Obstacles 01Good Strategy is Unexpected 02Discovering Power 03Bad Strategy 04Why So Much Bad Strategy? 05The Kernel of Good Strategy 06Using Leverage 07Proximate Objectives 08Chain-Link Systems 09Using Design 10Focus 11Growth 12Using Advantage 13Using Dynamics 14Inertia and Entropy 16The Science of…
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Inner Game of Tennis
by W. Timothy Gallwey 8/10Rating R RichMarch 31, 2024 · 8 min read In this note Introduction 01Reflections on the Mental Side of Tennis 02The Discovery of the Two Selves 03Quieting Self 1 04Getting it Together 05Discovering Technique 06Changing Habits 07Concentration 08Games People Play on the Court 09The Meaning of Competition 10The Inner Game Off…
