A colleague suggested I do a roundup of my posts. I thought this was a great idea, and timely, since I’ve been trying to find a better way to get to some of my older posts. I still need to improve this, but I like having a post that makes it easy to browse my 2007 posts.
I’ve changed my style over the past year, based on reader feedback. At the end of the day, I want each post to be a nugget of insight and action that you can quickly consume.
When I started the year, my early posts were more like book summaries, and they weren’t very actionable. What I try to do now is summarize the insight, share relevant quotes from the book, then summarize my key take aways.
I’ll experiment with more post patterns this year, measure effectiveness, and adapt based on your feedback.
Post Roundup
I’ve organized my posts by book title. Enjoy!
The 3 Keys to Empowerment
The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding
Brilliant NLP
- Beliefs on Which NLP is Based
- Eliciting a Strategy
- Generalization, Deletion, and Distortion
- Meta-Programs and Intrinsic Values in NLP
- PRIEST for Well-Formed Outcomes
- Satir Categories
- Step Into Your Future
businessThink
Coping with Difficult Bosses
- Coping with Bulldozing Expert Know-It-Alls
- Coping with Power-Clutchers, Paranoids and Perfectionists
- Coping with Super-Delegators
- Coping with Wafflers
- Coping with Stallers
- Coping with Fire Eaters
- Coping with Ogres
- Five Thinking Styles
- How To Repair a Broken Work Relationship
- Seven Planning Questions for Coping with a Difficult Boss
- Understanding From the Inside
- When Good Bosses Turn Bad
Crucial Conversations
- Crucial Conversations
- Learn to Look
- Make It Safe
- Master My Stories
- Mutual Purpose
- Six Styles Under Stress
- Start With Heart
- Work On Me First
Dealing with People You Can’t Stand
- Five Ways to Strengthen a Relationship
- Five Ways to Ensure Commitment and Follow-through
- Grenade Person
- Know-It-Alls
- The Lens of Human Understanding
- Maybe Person
- No Person
- Nothing Person
- Snipers
- Tanks
- Ten Types of Difficult People
- Think-They-Know-It-Alls
- What Determines Focus and Assertiveness
- Whiners
- Yes Person
The EMyth
- The Entrepreneur, The Manager, and The Technician
- The Fat Guy and The Skinny Guy
- The Fatal Assumption
- Why Some Small Businesses Fail
Feeling Good
- 10 Distorted Thinking Patterns
- 13 Negative Motivation Patterns
- 3 Principles of Cognitive Therapy
- Antiheckler Technique
- “Can’t Lose” System
- Chemical Imbalance May Not Be the Cause of Depression
- Coercion is a Deadly Enemy of Motivation
- Count What Counts
- Disarming Technique
- How To: Boost Self Esteem
- How To Deal With Criticism
- How To Use an Antiprocrastination Sheet
- How To Use the But-Rebuttal Method
- How To Use a Daily Activity Schedule
- How To Use a Daily Record of Dysfunctional Thoughts
- How To Use a Pleasure-Predicting Sheet
- How To Use the TIC-TOC Technique
- How To: Use the Triple Column Technique
- How To Visualize Success
- Intelligence Doesn’t Determine Happiness
- Learn to Endorse Yourself
- Lethargy Cycle
- Little Steps for Housework
- Little Steps for Little Feet
- Little Steps for Meetings
- Low Frustration Tolerance
- Motivation or Action First?
- Motivation without Coercion
- Process Over Product Orientation
- Secrets of Self-Esteem
- Test Your Can’ts
- Use Meaningful Activity to Brighten Your Mood
- Why It’s Great to Be Able to Make Mistakes
- Your Thoughts Create Your Feelings
The First 90 Days
- Action-Forcing Events
- Avoiding Vicious Cycles
- Building Your Advice-and-Counsel Network
- Checking Whether You’re on Track
- Diagnosing Your Portfolio
- Five Conversations to Have with Your Boss
- Framing Compelling Arguments
- Fundamental Do’s and Don’ts for a Productive Relationship with Your Boss
- Guidelines for Structured Reflection
- Sequencing to Build Momentum
- Securing Early Wins
- Start-ups, Turnarounds, Realignments and Sustaining-Success
- STARS Model of Business Evolution
- Ten Key Success Strategies
- Three Pillars for Building Self-Efficacy
- Yerkes-Dodson Human Performance Curve
Five Dysfunctions of a Team
Flawless Execution
- How To Avoid Task Saturation
- How To Paint a Future Picture
- Planning a Mission
- Sharing Lessons Learned
- STEALTH Debrief
Get Them On Your Side
- Counter-Coalitions
- Political Competence
- The Politically Competent Leader, The Political Analyst, and the Consensus Builder
- Putting Good Ideas in Place
It’s not the BIG that eat the SMALL
The Leadership Challenge
The Power of Focus
Scenarios Stories and Use Cases
A Simple Statement
- Corporate Culture
- Management is Doing Things Right, Leadership is Doing the Right Things
- Measure of Success
- Mission Statement
- Organizational Values
- Vision, Mission, and Values
Simple Zen
Six Thinking Hats
Social Psychology
- Cooperative Controversy Over Competitive Controversy
- Improving Job Satisfaction
- Superordinate Goals
- Personal Space
Software Architect Bootcamp
- Expectation Management
- Why We Don’t Take Advice
- Learning from Other People
- The Management Trap
- Seven Habits of Highly Successful Software Architects
Sources of Power
Think and Grow Rich
THINKERTOYS
- Idea Techniques (Group A)
- Idea Techniques (Group B)
- Idea Techniques (Group C)
- Idea Techniques (Intuitive)
- Personal Invention Quotas
- Storyboarding the Disney Way
Unlimited Power
The War of Art
Well-Read Life
- Proven Techniques for Remembering
- Reading is an Investment
- The Truth About Speed Reading
- Why You Should Write in Books
Work From the Inside Out
Your Road Map for Success
How To Build Vulnerability-Based Trust on Your Team