Kiss That Frog! January 9, 2012
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Kiss That Frog!
12 Great Ways to Turn Negatives into Positives in Your Life and Work
Authors: Brian Tracy, Christina Tracy Stein
ISBN: 9781609942809 / 1609942809
©2012 | 1st Edition | 192 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: MAR-12
Price: US$22.95
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“You are here on this earth to do something wonderful with your life, to experience happiness and joy, wonderful relationships, excellent health, complete prosperity, and total fulfillment,” write bestselling author and speaker Brian Tracy and his daughter Christina Tracy Stein. Most important, they say, all of that and more is within your grasp.
Just like the lonely princess in the fairy tale who was reluctant to lock lips with a warty frog and transform him into a handsome prince, something stops many of us short of attaining our dreams. Our negative thoughts, emotions, and attitudes can threaten to keep us from achieving all that we’re capable of. Here bestselling author and speaker Brian Tracy and his daughter, therapist Christina Tracy Stein, provide a set of practical, proven strategies anyone can use to turn those negative frogs into positive princes.
Tracy and Stein present a step-by-step plan that addresses the root causes of negativity, helps you uncover blocks that have become mental obstacles, and shows how you can transform them into stepping-stones to achieve your fullest potential. The book distills, in an accessible and immediately useful form, what Tracy has presented in more than 5,000 talks and seminars with more than five million people in fifty-eight countries and what Stein has learned through thousands of hours of counseling people from all walks of life.
“There is nothing good or bad, but thinking makes it so,” the authors quote Shakespeare. The many powerful techniques and exercises in this book will help you change your mindset so that you discover something worthwhile in every person and experience, however difficult and challenging they might seem at first. You’ll learn how to develop unshakable self-confidence, become your best self, and begin living an extraordinary life.
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Authors wrote 2 articles “Kiss That Frog” on Beliefnet.com and ”Kiss That Frog! 12 great ways to turn negatives into positives” on Examiner.com respectively.
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Book Review on Technorati.com
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Book Review on Eric Jacobson On Management And Leadership Blog
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Book Review on Bestofyoutoday.com
About the Authors
Brian Tracy is one of America’s leading authorities on the development of human potential and personal effectiveness. A dynamic and inspiring speaker, he addresses thousands of people each year on the subjects of personal and professional development, including the executives and staff of such firms as IBM, Arthur Andersen, McDonnell Douglas, and The Million Dollar Round Table. Prior to founding his own firm, Brian Tracy International, he had successful careers in sales and marketing, investments, real estate development, distribution, and management consulting. Tracy is the author of thirteen previous books including the bestselling book Maximum Achievement. He is also the author/narrator of numerous bestselling audiocassette programs, including The Psychology of Achievement and How to Start and Succeed in Your Own Business. For more information about Brian Tracy, please visit www.briantracy.com.
Kiss That Frog!
Stepping Up December 6, 2011
Posted by McGraw-Hill Education (Asia) in Highlights, Self-Improvement.Tags: happiness, john izzo, life, mentors, personal transformation, self-help, wisdom
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Stepping Up
How Taking Responsibility Changes Everything
Author: John Izzo
ISBN: 9781609940577 / 1609940571
©2012 | 1st Edition | 192 pages | Paperback
Pub Date: JAN-12
Price: US$ 16.95
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More people need to step up. When we take responsibility for making change wherever we can, not only does it make our companies, communities, and the world better, but we are happier and more successful and have more fulfilling relationships. But all too often, we stop ourselves before we start. The problems seem too daunting, it’s another department’s responsibility, other people are the issue and we can’t change them, and so on. And so nothing ever changes.
With his distinctive mix of inspiring storytelling and practical advice, John Izzo compassionately demolishes the most typical excuses, helps us see a way through common roadblocks, and enables anyone, anywhere, anytime to effectively bring about positive change by simply stepping up.
Through numerous examples, Izzo shows that when one person steps up, it creates a wave of energy that encourages others to join in. Take Silvana Fucito, the middle-aged shopkeeper who fought back against the Italian Mafia, leading her neighbors, and eventually the national government, to do the same. Or the teenagers in Nova Scotia who decided to stand up to bullying when a classmate was beaten for wearing a pink shirt, ultimately spawning “pink shirt” days around the world. Or Joanne Beaton, who took over a business division in danger of being outsourced away and, by challenging her people to step up, turned it into a service provider other companies outsourced to.
Rather than regaling us with stories of extraordinary people and extraordinary deeds, Izzo tells us about regular people who see problems and decide—sometimes hesitantly, often uncertainly—to take that first step. Like them, each one of us can claim our power to change the world.
About the Author
John Izzo is a bestselling author who has spoken to over one million people and advised over six hundred companies worldwide. He is the author of The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die, Second Innocence, and Awakening Corporate Soul.
Creating Personal Presence September 12, 2011
Posted by McGraw-Hill Education (Asia) in Leadership.Tags: Business, Leaders, management, personal management, personal presence, self-empowerment, self-help
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Creating Personal Presence
Look, Talk, Think, and Act Like a Leader
Author: Dianna Booher
ISBN: 9781609940119 / 1609940113
©2011 | 1st Edition | 216 pages | Paperback
Pub Date: OCT-11
Price: US$ 15.95
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It may be difficult to define, but we all know presence when we encounter it. Someone walks into the room and people step aside. Heads turn. When those with presence speak, people listen. When they ask, people answer. When they lead, people follow. People with presence look confident and comfortable, speak persuasively, think clearly even under pressure, and act with intention and integrity.
Presence is not something you have to be born with. It’s not about status symbols or position. It’s not about who you are but about how you are. And it’s something anyone can learn. Award-winning speaker and consultant Dianna Booher provides scores of practical tips on the physical qualities, communication techniques, thought processes, and attitudes that underlie powerful personal presence. This comprehen- sive guide will enable readers to become compelling leaders no matter what their current position.
Booher shows how to master the dozens of small and significant things that work together to convey personal presence. She details how dress, body language, manners, and even your surroundings enhance credibility and build rapport. You’ll learn to use voice and language to demonstrate competence and deliver clear and memorable messages, think strategically and organize ideas coherently, and relate to others in ways that convey genuine interest, respect, good humor, and reliability.
Personal presence can help you get a date, a mate, a job, or a sale. It can help you lead a meeting, a movement, an organization, or a nation. Presence can take you wherever you want to go. With Dianna Booher’s expert, entertaining advice, you can have the same kind of influence as the most successful CEOs, celebrities, and civic leaders.
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Article on USA Today- “Appearance, body language make a difference to your boss“, Nov. 11
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Article on Investor.com – “Inspire People To Listen” , Nov. 1
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Article on CNN.com, “Want to be a leader? Act like one“, Feb. 7
About the Author
Dianna Booher is CEO of Booher Consultants. Her clients include 9 of the 10 largest corporations in America and 140 of the Fortune 500 companies. She has won several awards including the Star Quality Award from IBM, the Lifetime Achievement Award from ASTD, and she was inducted into the National Speakers Association Hall of Fame. She was featured on Successful Meeting Magazine’s list of “21 Top Speakers for the 21st Century” and named one of the “Top 100 Thought Leaders in America” in 2007 and 2008 by Executive Excellence.
Book Trailer: Creating Personal Presence
I Moved Your Cheese August 24, 2011
Posted by McGraw-Hill Education (Asia) in Highlights, Leadership.Tags: Business, Investing, Leadership, management, Motivational, Psychology & Counseling, self-help, success
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I Moved Your Cheese
Author: Deepak Malhotra
ISBN: 9781609940652 / 1609940652
©2011 | 1st Edition | 120 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: SEP-11
Price: US$ 17.00
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With more than twenty-five million copies in print, Who Moved My Cheese? has become a phenomenon. It does offer some reasonable advice about adapting to change. It’s certainly true that some of the events shaping our lives are beyond our control, and instead of struggling against them we must adapt and move on. But for all its good intentions, it ultimately advises us to unquestioningly accept our circumstances without exploring any possible alternatives—like mice in a maze mindlessly chasing after cheese.
I Moved Your Cheese takes a different point of view and offers an alternative approach. Harvard Business School professor and bestselling author Deepak Malhotra tells an inspiring story about a new generation of mice who begin to challenge assumptions and ask important questions. Rather than just accepting their situation and dutifully chasing the cheese, Max, Zed, and Big begin looking deeper, examining and reassessing what they’ve been told are their limitations, and set out to chart a new course.
Innovation, entrepreneurship, creativity, problem solving, and business growth —as well as personal growth— depend on the ability to challenge accepted notions, reshape the environment, and play by a different set of rules: our own. We are not powerless to change our circumstances. We can control our destiny. By analyzing our assumptions about the limitations we seem to face, we can, like Max, Zed, and Big, discover how to overcome them. But first we need to understand the ways we unknowingly hold ourselves back. As Zed explains to Max, “The problem is not that the mouse is in the maze but that the maze is in the mouse.”
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The Star - Bizbooks, Nov. 12.
About the Author
Deepak Malhotra is a Professor in the Negotiations, Organizations and Markets Unit at theHarvardBusinessSchool. He teaches courses on negotiation strategy to MBA students, as well as in a variety of executive programs. Deepak has won numerous awards for his teaching, including Harvard Business School’s MBA Class of 2011 Faculty Award.
Deepak is the coauthor (with Max Bazerman) of Negotiation Genius: How to Overcome Obstacles and Achieve Brilliant Results at the Bargaining Table and Beyond. Negotiation Genius was awarded the 2008 Outstanding Book Award by the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution.
Deepak’s research has been published in top journals in the fields of management, psychology, conflict resolution and foreign policy. His work has also received considerable media attention, including multiple appearances by Deepak on CNBC.
Deepak’s professional activities include training, consulting, and advisory work for firms across the globe in dozens of industries. He is also a frequently invited speaker to executive groups such as the Young Presidents Organization (YPO) and the Entrepreneurs Organization (EO).
You can follow Deepak on Twitter at www.twitter.com/Prof_Malhotra
Visit Deepak’s official webpage at www.DeepakMalhotra.com
The Progress Principle August 24, 2011
Posted by McGraw-Hill Education (Asia) in Management & Organization.Tags: creativity, Leadership, management, Mind & Body, Motivational, Organizational Behavior, self-help, workplace
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The Progress Principle
Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work
Authors: Teresa Amabile, Steven Kramer
ISBN: 9781422198575 / 142219857X
©2011 | 1st Edition | 256 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: AUG-11
Price: US$ 25.00
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Not for Sale in India, Sub-Continent & Nepal
What really sets the best managers above the rest? It’s their power to build a cadre of employees who have great inner work lives-consistently positive emotions; strong motivation; and favorable perceptions of the organization, their work, and their colleagues. The worst managers undermine inner work life, often unwittingly.
As Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer explain in “The Progress Principle”, seemingly mundane workday events can make or break employees’ inner work lives. But it’s forward momentum in meaningful work-progress-that creates the best inner work lives. Through rigorous analysis of nearly 12,000 diary entries provided by 238 employees in 7 companies, the authors explain how managers can foster progress and enhance inner work life every day.
The book shows how to remove obstacles to progress, including meaningless tasks and toxic relationships. It also explains how to activate two forces that enable progress: (1) catalysts-events that directly facilitate project work, such as clear goals and autonomy-and (2) nourishers-interpersonal events that uplift workers, including encouragement and demonstrations of respect and collegiality.
Brimming with honest examples from the companies studied, “The Progress Principle” equips aspiring and seasoned leaders alike with the insights they need to maximize their people’s performance.
About the Authors
Teresa M. Amabile is a professor of Business Administration and a Director of Research at Harvard Business School. The author of numerous articles and books, she has long studied creativity, motivation, and performance in the workplace.
Steven J. Kramer is a developmental psychologist and has co-authored a number of articles in leading management periodicals, including Harvard Business Review and the Academy of Management Journal.
Other books you might be interested:
- 9781422170014 What to Ask the Person in the Mirror
- 9781422134818 The Innovator’s DNA
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Scenes from the Organizational Trenches
2. The Dynamics of Inner Work Life
3. Inner Work Life Drives Performance
4. The Progress Principle: The Power of Meaningful Accomplishment
5. How the Progress Principle Works
6. The Catalyst Factor: The Power of Project Support
7. The Nourishment Factor: The Power of Interpersonal Support
8. At the End of the Day
9. Tending Your Own Inner Work Life
Appendix: About the Research
Harvard Business Review on Building Better Teams May 11, 2011
Posted by McGraw-Hill Education (Asia) in Management & Organization.Tags: Business Leaders, communication, emotional competency, Emotional Intelligence, Harvard Business Review, HBR, Leadership, leadership development, self-help
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Harvard Business Review on Building Better Teams
Author: HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
ISBN: 9781422162347 / 1422162346
©2011 | 1st Edition | 240 pages | Paperback
Pub Date: MAY-11
Price: US$ 22.00
Not for Sale in India, Sub-Continent & Nepal
Most teams underperform. Yours can beat the odds.
If you need the best practices and ideas for superior team building–but don’t have time to find them–this book is for you. Here are 10 inspiring and useful perspectives, all in one place. This collection of HBR articles will help you: boost team performance through mutual accountability, motivate large, diverse groups to tackle complex projects, increase groups’ emotional intelligence, reverse the fortunes of a struggling team, prevent decision deadlock, extract results from a bunch of touchy superstars, fight constructively with top-management colleagues, and ensure productivity in far-flung teams.
This collection of HBR articles will help you:
- Boost team performance through mutual accountability
- Motivate large, diverse groups to tackle complex projects
- Increase groups’ emotional intelligence
- Reverse the fortunes of a struggling team
- Prevent decision deadlock
- Extract results from a bunch of touchy superstars
- Fight constructively with top-management colleagues
- Ensure productivity in far-flung teams
Other books you might be interested:
- 9781422162477 HBR on Aligning Technology with Strategy
- 9781422162545 HBR on Finding & Keeping the Best People
- 9781422172391 HBR on Making Smart Decisions
- 9781422162514 HBR on Communicating Effectively
- 9781422162521 HBR on Increasing Customer Loyalty
- 9781422162552 HBR on Reinventing Your Marketing
- 9781422172230 HBR on Advancing Your Career
- 9781422162583 HBR on Fixing Health Care from Inside & Out
- 9781422162569 HBR on on Greening Your Business Profitably
- 9781422162576 HBR on Winning Negotiations
Being Happy: You Don’t Have to Be Perfect to Lead a Richer, Happier Life September 7, 2010
Posted by McGraw-Hill Education (Asia) in Highlights, Self-Improvement.Tags: bestseller, Exercises, fulfillment, happiness, happy, happy life, joy, meditations, New york times, perfect, personal growth, pursuit of perfect, self-help, serenity, Tal Ben-Shahar, time-ins
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Being Happy
You Don’t Have to Be Perfect to Lead a Richer, Happier Life
Authors: Ben-Shahar, Tal
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-174661-8
ISBN-10: 0071746617
©2011 | 1st Edition | 272 pages , Softcover
Pub Date:October 2010
Price: US$ 16.95
Interview on Big Think | Learn More
For the first time in paperback, the New York Times bestselling author of Happier explains how the science of positive psychology—along with the virtue of acceptance—can help readers escape the rat race and begin living lives of serenity, happiness, and fulfillment.
In Being Happy, New York Times bestselling author Tal Ben-Shahar draws upon the latest science of positive psychology, as well as principal texts in philosophy, ethics and theology to prove how practicing the virtue of acceptance will lead readers to a life of fulfillment and serenity. By learning how to acknowledge our weaknesses and unpleasant feelings, let go of our unrealistic expectations, and truly accept and experience our emotions, we become fully human, more appreciative of life in general, and more serene on a day-to-day basis. In Serenity, Ben-Shahar not only gives us the theory, but the tools to help us learn how to live life on life’s terms and to accept life as it actually is instead of what should be.
Filled with the same “Time-Ins,” meditations, and exercises that made Happier such a hands-on, actionable book, Being Happy will give readers practical strategies and exercises to get off the rat-race, get in touch with their emotions, and start living a more serene and fulfilling life today.
Originally published in hardcover as The Pursuit of Perfect (0-07-160882-6 * 978-0-07-160882-4).
Praise for Ben-Shahar:
“[Tal Ben-Shahar has] a rare brand of good sense that is embedded in scientific knowledge about how to increase happiness.” — Martin E. P. Seligman, author of Authentic Happiness
“Ben-Shahar teaches that happiness isn’t as elusive as people think.” — Publishers Weekly
“One of the most popular teachers in Harvard’s recent history.” — Ellen J. Langer, author of Mindfulness and On Becoming an Artist
About the Author
Tal Ben-Shahar is the New York Times Bestselling Author of Happier. Tal consults and lectures around the world to executives in multi-national corporation, the general public, and at-risk populations. Topics include happiness, self-esteem, resilience, goal setting, mindfulness, and leadership.
Titles by Tal Ben-Shahar
- 9780071492393 Happier
- 9780071608824 The Pursuit of Perfect
- 9780071638036 Even Happier
Happiness at Work: Be Resilient, Motivated, and Successful – No Matter What April 26, 2010
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Happiness at Work
Be Resilient, Motivated, and Successful – No Matter What
Author: Rao, Srikumar
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-166432-5
ISBN-10: 0071664327
©2010 | 1st Edition | 256 pages , Hardcover
Pub Date: March 2010
Price: US$ 22.95
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Learn to create resilience and happiness no matter what’s going on in your life
In these tough times, there are few people who are completely happy with the current conditions. From business executives to the everyday Joe or Jane, everyone seems to be going through a rough economic and personal crunch. But acclaimed business school Professor Srikumar Rao says that we can learn to create joy no matter what else may be going on around us.
Rao shows you that it isn’t the negative thing that happens to you that causes your unhappiness, it’s how you see it. Happiness at Work is a thought-provoking new title that moves the mind away from negativity and forces you to resist labeling situations as “bad”, but rather seeing them as neutral.
Happiness at Work provides:
- Surprising ways of looking at change and problem-solving
- Exercises that shift one’s perspective
Learn the vital wisdom necessary to achieving a joyful, successful life as you define it through greater resilience and a strong inner core. Get it now with The Happiness Choice.
About the Author
Srikumar Rao, Ph.D. (Commack, NY) is currently an adjunct professor at London Business School and the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley. He received his Ph.D. in Marketing from the Graduate School of Business, Columbia University. He has a M. Phil. in Marketing from the same school in addition to an M.B.A. from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. His undergraduate training was in Physics at St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University. He conceived the pioneering course, Creativity and Personal Mastery, the only business school course that has its own alumni association. He and the course have been extensively covered in the media including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the London Times, the Independent, Time, the Financial Times, Fortune, the Guardian, Business Week and dozens of other publications. These articles can be found at http://www.areyoureadytosucceed.com. He has done pioneering work in motivation and helps senior executives as well as teams and groups become more engaged in work and discover deep meaning in it. Many who have been through his program report quantum leaps in professional and personal effectiveness
Dr. Rao’s previous book, Are You Ready to Succeed, has sold well internationally and has been translated into many languages. He has conducted workshops for and spoken before executives of Microsoft, Google, Lehman Brothers, McDonald’s, Chubb, IBM, United Airlines, Allstate, Johnson & Johnson and dozens of others. He has served as a marketing advisor to the national board of MENSA. He has been a contributing editor for Forbes and writes regularly on management practices, leadership and about the impact of technology on business processes. He also writes for other national magazines such as Inc., Business 2.0, Hemispheres, Beyond Computing and Training and was a contributing editor for both Financial World and Success.
Dr. Rao was an executive with Warner Communications, Continental Group, Data Resources and McGraw-Hill, and has consulted with such companies as RCA, Reuters, Citicorp, GTE, Pan Am and Diner’s Club. He has been a seminar leader with the Institute for Management Studies and the American Management Association. He is an expert on marketing strategy and has taught in the corporate programs of companies such as Verizon, Northrop-Grumman, Symbol Technologies and General Instruments as well as in the executive programs of London Business School, Columbia Business School and the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley.
Publicities
(1) Book review on MediaCorp Radio 93.8 Live – Talking Books on 27 April (Tue) 6.40pm / 8.45pm (Encore). For more detail, please click HERE
(2) Author interview on MediaCorp Radio 93.8 Live - Passion People on 28 April (Wed) 2.20pm / 9.20pm (Encore) and encore on Saturday, 1 May at 8.40a.m. For more detail, please click HERE
(3) Author Srikumar Rao was mentioned on CNN Money.com’s popular “Ask Annie” column on 20 April. To read, pleaase click HERE
(4) Huffington Post ran Rao’s bylined column, which went live on Friday, April 16. To read, please click HERE
(5) LocalTechWire posted an article on “How to be happy at work – And to deal with that jerk boss” on April 10. To read, please click HERE
(6) TechCrunch posted an article about jerky bosses which went up on this popular website on April 10 and in a day it was retweeted over 560 times and reposted on Facebook over 190 times. To read, please click HERE
Endorsements
“Follow Srikumar Rao’s instructions and you will enjoy the journey to more happiness and meaning in your life, no matter what!”
–Marshall Goldsmith, author of What Got You Here Won’t Get You There
“Happiness at Work brings new understanding of the essential role happiness plays in workplace learning and performance. Srikumar Rao’s guidelines for our journey to leadership include aspects rarely explored and newly significant.”
–Frances Hesselbein, chairman and founding president, Leader to Leader Institute/Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management
“This book is a treasure chest full of wisdom. Each and every one of its 34 chapters introduced me to or reminded me of a very important principle for living a happy and successful life.”
–Jack Canfield, co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul® series and coauthor of The Success Principles
Book Review
– By blogger Wilfrid Wong
By now, I have joined the workforce for a decade and a half and I consider myself – after years of learning and finding my way - pretty happy at work. I manage to maintain a good level of work life balance, I have built good rapport with my colleagues, and I take pride in my daily work that contributes at an organisational level. OK, there are ups and downs. But overall, I am contented. So what can “Happiness at Work” possibly teach me? It turns out that there are more than I have anticipated. And throughout my working life thus far, I have met friends who are more prone to feeling angry, envious, afraid, exhausted, disgusted, drained, anxious, betrayed, confused, cheated, frustrated, guilty, humiliated, impatient, inadequate, vulnerable, manipulated, embarrassed, neglected, heartbroken, trapped, fatigue, victimized, resentful, or worn out – borrowing the descriptions from the book. I sincerely wish that they could take some time, read this book, and make a positive change to their lives
Reading “Happiness at Work” is a journey. The author has divided the book into bite-size chapters filled with parables and advice. The materials are largely derived from his experience of conducting workshops to corporate executives on this very topic. Some of the parables and ideas, I observe, are based on Indian tradition or Buddhism so they could be familiar to some, intriguingly foreign to others. Depending on your background and level of experience (or shall I say how unhappy you are at work in reality?), be prepared to be confronted and you may find yourself denying or not wanting to accept what the author says……. Read MORE
Author’s Interview
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In these tough times, there are few people who are completely happy with the current conditions. From business executives to the everyday Joe or Jane, everyone seems to be going through a rough economic and personal crunch. But acclaimed business school Professor Srikumar Rao says that we can learn to create joy no matter what else may be going on around us.
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