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  • “Presentation Zen” – Garr Reynolds

    From Amazon: Garr Reynolds is an internationally acclaimed communications expert, and the creator of the most popular Web site on presentation design and delivery on the net: presentationzen.com. A soughtafter speaker and consultant, his clients include many in the Fortune 500. A writer, designer, and musician, he currently holds the position of Associate Professor of…

    June 10, 2012
  • Srikumar Rao: Plug into your hard-wired happiness

    Ted bio: Srikumar Rao was an executive at Warner Communications and McGraw-Hill before he created his celebrated MBA course, “Creativity and Personal Mastery.” The course — the only business school course that has its own alumni association — shows students how to discover their unique purpose, creativity and happiness, through group work and a philosophical perspective.…

    June 10, 2012
  • Graham Hill: Less stuff, more happiness

    Bio from ted.com: Graham Hill (@GHill) founded the eco-blog and vlog TreeHugger.com, to help, as he says, “push sustainability into the mainstream,” with a design-forward style and an international, wide-ranging team committed to transforming complex issues into everyday concepts. It’s been called “the Green CNN.” The TreeHugger team was even asked to join the Discovery Communications…

    May 31, 2012
  • Beating the Anxiety of Online Reading – Leo Babauta

    Great inspiring post from Leo Babauta: Beating the Anxiety of Online Reading From the post: ….. It’s a matter of letting go, and realizing you can’t ever, ever possibly read 1% of the good stuff that’s out there. It’s absolutely impossible. And so you must let go, or the anxiety will never end. Trying to…

    May 30, 2012
  • Habit #4 – Learn to say: “Zorro Circle” or “One thing at a time”

    This is a very powerful way of reminding us to stay cool and effective when your brain starts to feel overwhelmed. Zorro Circle From Shawn Achor’s wonderful book: “The Happiness Advantage:  The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work” ‘When challenges loom and we get overwhelmed, our rational brains get hijacked by…

    May 20, 2012
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