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“If you can raise somebody’s level of positivity in the present, then their brain experiences what we now call a happiness advantage, which is your brain at positive performs significantly better than at negative, neutral or stressed. Your intelligence rises, your creativity rises, your energy levels rise” Shawn Achor, as per Wiki, is ‘an American happiness researcher, author, and …
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#ReviewswithRanjani #PODSHORTS Genre – NonFiction – Work, Management Book 29/52 Book – Dip, Seth Godin “If you are not going to get to #1, you may as well quit now” “Average is for losers” Never quit, he says is bad advice. Winners quit all the time – they just quit the right stuff at the …
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#ReviewswithRanjani #PODSHORTS Genre – NonFiction – Management Book 30/52 Book – Decisive, Chip and Dan Heath Should I resign from this job or not? Vs.What do I enjoy doing for my career and how do I get to it? Today at PODSHORTS, we’ll talk about one of the villains of decision making – Avoiding a …
Episode 16 – Avoiding a narrow frame – Should I resign from this job or not? Read More »
#ReviewswithRanjani #PODSHORTS Genre – Fiction, Sci-Fi Book 25/52 and 28/52 Book 1 – The Old Man’s War Book 2 – Ghost Brigades Book 3 – The Last Colony “I did two things on my seventy-fifth birthday. I visited my wife’s grave. Then I joined the army. Visiting Kathy’s grave was the less dramatic of …
#ReviewswithRanjani #PODSHORTS Genre – NonFiction – Work, Management Book 30/52 Book – Decisive, Chip and Dan Heath “Always ooch before you leap!” Think about a student, Steve who has decided to go to pharmacy school. He thinks he likes working in healthcare and he enjoys chemistry. This is thin evidence for such an important decision. …
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#ReviewswithRanjani #PODSHORTS Genre – NonFiction – Memoir Book 17/52 Book – The Choice – Embrace the possible This can be a life changing read – this beautifully written memoir is not just fitting for the time we are in today but personally has been helpful in releasing the pent up anger and frustration I have …
#ReviewswithRanjani #PODSHORTS Genre – NonFiction – Memoir Book 16/52 Book – I can’t make this up, Kevin Hart I had zero interest in this book when I picked it up on an audible recommendation. I haven’t really heard of Kevin Hart. Or seen his comedy. As the cost of sounding snobbish, my previous three memoirs …
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#ReviewswithRanjani #PODSHORTS Genre – Non-Fiction – Work/Management Book 15/52 Book – Super Thinking: Upgrade Your Reasoning and Make Better Decisions with Mental Models So you sent a message and have received an single ‘OK’ in response. Or worse still haven’t got a response at all for your proposal. Before you fume in anger and conclude that …
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#ReviewswithRanjani #PODSHORTS Genre – Non-Fiction – Work/Management Book 14/52 Book – Think like a rocket scientist, Ozan Varol On working with uncertainty, first principles and moonshot thinking A former rocket scientist reveals the habits, ideas, and simple strategies you can use to make giant leaps in work and in life. You do not need to …
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#ReviewswithRanjani #PODSHORTS Genre – Non-Fiction – Work/Management Book 13/52 Book – What got you here, won’t get you there What got you here, won’t get you there – 20 habits that hold you back. “The higher you go the more your problems are behavioral. Interpersonal behavior is the difference between being great and near great”. …
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