Tag Archives: courage
Dan Coyle The Talent Code
One of the best books I’ve read in the last year is Dan Coyle’s, The Talent Code:Greatness Isn’t Born, It’s Grown Here’s How. It dances on the same space as Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers, in that it really looks deeply at … Continue reading
“The new always carries with it the sense of violation…” (Great Work quote)
Photo from Creative Commons, Flickr The new always carries with it the sense of violation, of sacrilege. What is dead is sacred; what is new, that is different, is evil, dangerous, or subversive. ~ Henry Miller New means broken. (What … Continue reading
Mark Dowds, Brainpark
Mark Dowds had a comfortable job as a consultant when he decided to pursue his dream of creating software tools to foster collaboration and efficiency in the workplace. Friends thought he was crazy. It was a little crazy. So why … Continue reading
Mike Robbins, Be Yourself
Some of us were sort of born into the world of self-development and coaching. But for Mike Robbins, his first calling was baseball. He was the standup pitcher at Stanford University, and led the team to a Pac-10 Conference Championship. … Continue reading
Brian Hofland. Atlantic Philanthropies
Brian Hofland is working in his dream job as the Director of the Ageing Programme at Atlantic Philanthropies, an international foundation devoted to bringing about lasting change in the lives of disadvantaged and vulnerable people, focusing on the areas of … Continue reading
