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"The essence of the independent mind lies not
in what it thinks, but in how in thinks."
- Christopher Hitchens

Friday, February 27, 2009

Career Advice, Part 5: Self-Development

Big post today, and perhaps the most important of this series on "career advice" (and once again, 23 article recommendations - like Michael Jordan's jersey number... Coïcidence?):
  1. What Got You Here Won’t Get You There
  2. Why Do We Keep Making the Same Mistakes?
  3. The Eight Most Common Reasons Why People Fail
  4. Growth: Moving to the Next Level
  5. Leaders think differently…
  6. Leadership Development Questions
  7. Our Strengths Are Not to Be Indulged, But Managed
  8. On Learning From Mistakes
  9. Top Ten Daily Habits for Developing the Art of Leadership
  10. Why Do Seemingly Smart People Make Such Blunders?
  11. Herb Kelleher: My Best Lesson in Leadership
  12. Dealing with rejection
  13. Use Balance to Help Overcome Your Fears
  14. Security is an Illusion
  15. The one you feed
  16. Five Questions That Can Save You From Messing Up
  17. I Think, Therefore I Am . . . or Maybe Not
  18. Searching For The Ego’s Magic Pill
  19. Resilience: How to Build a Personal Strategy for Survival
  20. The Secret to Coping Better With Bad Times
  21. To Lead, Let Go of the Past
  22. What Will You Regret?
  23. Choices versus Obligations
Posted by Etienne Laliberté at 1:37 am
Labels: career advice, civil service, Contrarian Thinking, Etienne Laliberté, PS Renewal, public service of Canada, Public Service Renewal

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