Perception is reality. That is the summary of the book. Seeing is active, not passive. What you decide to see determines your life. With the observer effect, you must be careful about what you see. You programme the quantum foam. The world and body we experience are always part construct: a product of our own […]
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When I work with #bookin8days clients, I get the question about “writer’s block” a lot. That is why I decided to pick up “Anatomy of a Breakthrough: How to get unstuck and unlock your potential”. Life quakes The good news is that whatever happens, you will get unstuck one way or the other. Life quakes
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For some reason, “Leading through Disruption: A Changemaker’s Guide to Twenty-First Century Leadership” reminds me of “No Ordinary Disruption: The Four Global Forces Breaking All the Trends”. “No Ordinary Disruption” is the hard-nosed business version of “The Big Pivot” and “Drawdown”. The rallying cry to examine your business model in a world where all the
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A while ago, I read “Observer: A novel” by Robert Lanza, a book about quantum foam, infinite universes, consciousness and observer effects. Your mind as a quantum machine. Blew my mind. So I decided to pick up another book by Lanza, “The Grand Biocentric Design: How Life Creates Reality”. We create the universe Life is
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Strategy and chess. Business, like chess, is a game of thinking several moves ahead. Patrick Bet-David, the author of “Your Next Five Moves: Master the Art of Business Strategy”, thinks that five moves are the sweet spot of thoughtful strategy and swift action. Five moves are enough to ensure you anticipate future outcomes and see
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One of my clients is AgilePoint. A codeless adaptive automation platform. They solve digital transformation problems for large enterprises with a particular focus on reducing complexity, removing technical debt (a software chokepoint) and making the operating system dynamic and adaptable, which means you only have to do it once. AgilePoint will grow with you. It
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“Scaling People: Tactics for Management and Company Building” came highly recommended, and rightly so. The author, Claire Hughes Johnson, worked for Google as a VP and was the COO of Stripe. The book is a perfect playbook, using the tools that Stripe uses. For that reason alone, it is worthwhile. Tools, templates and lessons. Nuggets
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When we work with start-ups and SMEs, we always ask the exit questions. Have you planned one? Should you? When? Whom? Etc. That is why I picked up “Exit Path: How to Win the Start-up End Game”. A business plan without an exit strategy is only half complete as it leaves unanswered many important strategic
Richard Rumelt is the author of “Good Strategy/Bad Strategy: The difference and why it matters“. An excellent book about strategy. Hence picking up “The Crux: How Leaders Become Strategists”. Focussing on the crux, understanding what is truly important and which is secondary. It is about judging the difficulties of dealing with these issues and the
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I bought this book based on the first word. “TomorrowMind: Thrive at Work with Resilience, Creativity and Connection, Now and in an Uncertain Future”. A tomorrow mind? Our minds are not fit for purpose The book starts by explaining that our mind, which evolved over millions of years, is not suitable for the world we
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