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Reinforcement for that 10,000 hour rule and the Power of Deliberate Practice (from Coach Wooden, Gladwell, Colvin, and Levitt & Dubner)
I first learned of the 10,000 hour rule — it takes 10,000 hours to get really good at/to truly master any skill –from reading Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. Then I learned more about how t… more →
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Reinforcement for that 10,000 hour rule and the Power of Deliberate Practice (from Coach Wooden, Gladwell, Colvin, and Levitt & Dubner)
Randy Mayeux wrote 4 hours ago: I first learned of the 10,000 hour rule — it takes 10,000 hours to get really good at/to truly … more →
First Friday Book Synopsis Update - The Tyranny of E-mail and Trade Off, Coming in January
Randy Mayeux wrote 4 hours ago: We closed 2009 with over 90 people gathered for the December First Friday Book Synopsis. My colleag … more →
A 7-step process for reading a business book
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Randy Mayeux wrote 2 days ago: So many books, so little time. I assume that you are convinced that it a good thing to read busines … more →
Is the Middle Class on the Endangered Species List?
Randy Mayeux wrote 2 days ago: The problem is big. The reasons are many, varied, complex (what M. Scott Peck would call it “overde … more →
Stand Out in a Crowd -- Wisdom from Dan Heath
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Randy Mayeux wrote 3 days ago: (From Guy Kawasaki, from Twitter, a link to a terrific video featuring Dan Heath — one of the … more →
"Nobody who works hard should be poor in America" writes David Shipler
Randy Mayeux wrote 3 days ago: Most of the people I write about in this book do not have the luxury of rage. They are caught in ex … more →
Rod Dreher tackles a new role in pursuit of learning -- a noble goal
Randy Mayeux wrote 5 days ago: Rod Dreher Rod Dreher has become a significant voice –I think an honest voice (with whom I frequentl … more →
What I’m Not Reading – and why I’m bothered by it (should companies focus, much more, on nurturing jobs?)
Randy Mayeux wrote 5 days ago: From today… …l’m making it the responsibility of this government… …to … more →
About that multi-tasking expertise…
Randy Mayeux wrote 5 days ago: A person using a computer experiences “cognitive drift” if more than one second elapses between clic … more →
News item – Mac Users are (or, at least consider themselves) more creative than other people
Randy Mayeux wrote 1 week ago: in the beginning... iPhone users are happier to pay for digital content than the wider online popula … more →
Some Places To Keep Current With The Folks At First Friday Book Synopsis
Randy Mayeux wrote 1 week ago: Doug Caldwell keeps telling me that I’ve got to get better at all this social networking. It … more →
Curiosity and the Successful -- Wisdom from Seth Godin
Randy Mayeux wrote 1 week ago: There are times when there should no elaboration, no commentary… You just let the great write … more →
Peter Drucker; Warren Bennis; Tom Peters; Jim Collins; Malcolm Gladwell – Makers of the Business Universe
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Randy Mayeux wrote 1 week ago: My blogging colleague, Bob Morris, is more able to tackle this post than I am — but here’s my … more →
The Long Tail at Work -- Al Franken's win, a brief case study
Randy Mayeux wrote 1 week ago: News item: we now know that Al Franken used the wisdom gleaned from Chris Anderson’s idea about the … more →
Entrepreneurship means You Don’t Always Get What you Want -- You Have To Learn To Let Go
Randy Mayeux wrote 1 week ago: “I asked Jeroo what she had learned from her work with Childline in India. She thought for a moment … more →
Man, it’s competitive out there!
Randy Mayeux wrote 1 week ago: News Item: Motivated by a recession putting private schools out of reach and concern about the state … more →
"optimism" – a short post, maybe a big lesson
Randy Mayeux wrote 2 weeks ago: News Item – New York’s MetroCards have the word “optimism” printed on the back of the card. Ar … more →
KEEP LEARNING -- there’s always the next new thing to learn
Randy Mayeux wrote 2 weeks ago: Peter Drucker -- The Man Who Invented Management “The only job security is found in your own a … more →
What Seth Godin is reading
Randy Mayeux wrote 2 weeks ago: On Seth Godin’s blog, he just pointed to his current reading list. He has now done this twice. I r … more →
