Category: Personal Development
Stillness is the Key
by Shannon Fox
Stillness is the Key by Ryan Holiday All great leaders, thinkers, artists, athletes, and visionaries share one indelible quality. It enables them to conquer their tempers. To avoid distraction and discover great insights. To achieve happiness and do the right thing. Ryan Holiday calls it stillness–to be steady while the world spins around you. In this book, he outlines a path for achieving this … Read More Stillness is the Key
Leapfrog
by Shannon Fox
Leapfrog: The New Revolution for Women Entrepreneurs by Nathalie Molina Niño Think the most critical factor for becoming a great entrepreneur is grit, risk-taking, or technical skills? Think again. Despite what every other business book might say, historical data show the real secret ingredients to getting ahead in business are being rich, white, and male. Until now. Leapfrog is the decades-overdue startup bible for the rest … Read More Leapfrog
2018 in Review
by Shannon Fox
It should come as no surprised to anyone who’s been paying attention that this year was incredibly BUSY! If you needed a marker to go by though, I read less than half as much as I did in 2017. I made my Goodreads goal, but only after I adjust it a time or two or six. Apologies in advance for a pretty boring book … Read More 2018 in Review
Mastering Fear
by Shannon Fox
Mastering Fear: A Navy SEAL’s Guide by Brandon Webb Brandon Webb has run life-threatening missions in the world’s worst trouble spots, whether that meant jumping out of airplanes, taking down hostile ships on the open sea, or rolling prisoners in the dead of night in the mountains of Afghanistan. As a Navy SEAL, he learned how to manage the natural impulse to panic in … Read More Mastering Fear
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S.H.E: Share Heal Empower Review and Interview With Author Shannon Hogan Cohen
by Shannon Fox
S.H.E. Share Heal Empower by Shannon Hogan Cohen S.H.E. Share Heal Empower unveils the stories of twenty-four women from around the globe and across all ages and cultures, who courageously reached within to overcome extraordinary obstacles. Author Shannon Hogan Cohen has carefully crafted each story into mini literary masterpieces and paired each with art from a female artist. Wow. Just wow. That’s what I … Read More S.H.E: Share Heal Empower Review and Interview With Author Shannon Hogan Cohen
Tribe of Mentors
by Shannon Fox
Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice By the Best in the World By Tim Ferriss Tim Ferriss, the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The 4-Hour Workweek, shares the ultimate choose-your-own-adventure book—a compilation of tools, tactics, and habits from 130+ of the world’s top performers. From iconic entrepreneurs to elite athletes, from artists to billionaire investors, their short profiles can help you answer life’s most challenging questions, … Read More Tribe of Mentors
Emotional Intelligence 2.0
by Shannon Fox
(Post originally appeared on my other site, www.MinMarketing.com) Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves In today’s fast-paced world of competitive workplaces and turbulent economic conditions, each of us is searching for effective tools that can help us to manage, adapt, and strike out ahead of the pack. By now, emotional intelligence (EQ) needs little introduction—it’s no secret that EQ is critical to … Read More Emotional Intelligence 2.0
The Storyteller’s Secret
by Shannon Fox
(Post originally appeared on my other site, www.MinMarketing.com) The Storyteller’s Secret: From TED Speakers to Business Legends, Why Some Ideas Catch On and Others Don’t by Carmine Gallo How did a Venice Beach T-shirt vendor become television’s most successful producer? How did an entrepreneur who started in a garage create the most iconic product launches in business history? How did a timid pastor’s son overcome a … Read More The Storyteller’s Secret
Captivate
by Shannon Fox
(Post originally appeared on my other site, http://www.MinMarketing.com) Captivate: The Science of Succeeding With People by Vanessa Van Edwards As a human behavior hacker, Vanessa Van Edwards created a research lab to study the hidden forces that drive us. And she’s cracked the code. In Captivate, she shares shortcuts, systems, and secrets for taking charge of your interactions at work, at home, and in any social … Read More Captivate
You Are a Badass
by Shannon Fox
You Are a Badass by Jen Sincero In this refreshingly entertaining how-to guide, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author and world-traveling success coach, Jen Sincero, serves up 27 bite-sized chapters full of hilariously inspiring stories, sage advice, easy exercises, and the occasional swear word. If you’re ready to make some serious changes around here, You Are a Badass will help you: Identify and change … Read More You Are a Badass
The Power of Habit
by Shannon Fox
The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg A young woman walks into a laboratory. Over the past two years, she has transformed almost every aspect of her life. She has quit smoking, run a marathon, and been promoted at work. The patterns inside her brain, neurologists discover, have fundamentally changed. Marketers at Procter & Gamble study videos of people making their beds. They … Read More The Power of Habit
Getting to Yes
by Shannon Fox
Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher and William Ury Since its original publication nearly thirty years ago, Getting to Yes has helped millions of people learn a better way to negotiate. One of the primary business texts of the modern era, it is based on the work of the Harvard Negotiation Project, a group that deals with all levels of negotiation and conflict resolution. … Read More Getting to Yes
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