Nov

15

Book Summary: “Leadership & Self Deception”, by Arbinger Institute

November 15, 2009 | Comments Off on Book Summary: “Leadership & Self Deception”, by Arbinger Institute

This is a book summary I have written for “Leadership & Self Deception”, by Arbinger Institute. The book uses the fiction format to discuss two concepts: “In the box” and “out of the box”. “In the box” refers to when people see others as the source of problem. They see themselves as the center of […]

Nov

12

Book Summary: “Career Empowerment, Executive Recruiters on Leveraging Your Talents & Making The Right Decisions Around a Rewarding Career”, by Various Authors

November 12, 2009 | Comments Off on Book Summary: “Career Empowerment, Executive Recruiters on Leveraging Your Talents & Making The Right Decisions Around a Rewarding Career”, by Various Authors

This is a book summary I have written for “Career Empowerment, Executive Recruiters on Leveraging Your Talents & Making The Right Decisions Around a Rewarding Career”. The book was written by various experienced HR experts and recruiters, each contributed a chapter. Each chapter, although written by a different HR expert, touches on similar topics, therefore […]

Nov

8

Book Summary: “The Courage To Be Rich” by Suze Osman

November 8, 2009 | Comments Off on Book Summary: “The Courage To Be Rich” by Suze Osman

This is a book summary I have written for “The Courage To Be Rich”, by Suze Osman Part 1: Acts Of Courage Chapter 1. The Courage To Look Within The way we think and feel about money can affect how much we have, some thought patterns can be internal obstacles. Fear of investment, shame of […]

Sep

13

Book Summary: “Harvard Business Review on Bringing Your Whole Self to Work” (chapter 1-3)

September 13, 2009 | 1 Comment

This is a book summary I have written, by chapter, of an excellent peak performance book “Harvard Business Review on Bringing Your Whole Self to Work”. Chapter 1: Why smart people underperform Attention deficit trait is epidemic in organizations. Unlike ADD, ADT springs entirely from environmental factors, such as overloading information & orders. Frontal lobe […]

Nov

20

Seeing reality as it is: Why having an internal locus of control is important

November 20, 2008 | Comments Off on Seeing reality as it is: Why having an internal locus of control is important

One thing I find unbelievable is how far people will go to blind themselves and their children to the reality. As the old saying goes, the road to hell is paved with good intentions, by avoiding the tough questions in life, we cannot see problems and opportunities as they are. To live an authentic and […]

Oct

3

Article Summary: “How to Kill Creativity” by Amabile

October 3, 2008 | Comments Off on Article Summary: “How to Kill Creativity” by Amabile

This is a summary I have written for Amabile’s article “How to Kill Creativity”, originally as part of my Harvard Business Transformation class assignment. The pursuit of control, productivity and efficiency in a corporate environment can kill productivity. Creativity has three parts: expertise, the ability to think flexibly, and motivation. Extrinsic motivators are not very […]

Sep

27

Intelligence, human potential and life transformation (part 1)

September 27, 2008 | Comments Off on Intelligence, human potential and life transformation (part 1)

Developmental psychologist Dr Howard Gardner defined intelligence as “a biopsychological information-processing capacity to solve problems or fashion products that are valued in at least one community and culture.” According to him, different parts of the brain are responsible for different abilities: metaphoric, graphic, narrative, musical, graphic, calculation and the like. He argued that one’s sophistication […]