A look into the career trajectory and development of Hall of Fame baseball players, Mickey Mantle and Derek Jeter. The common pathway of development and the rigors it entails.
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How Mark Cuban went from a low-level employee to a future billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks. The power of reading and learning.
The negative components into comparison. How it differs from competition and how it doesn’t help us grow. Three ways to fight comparison in our lives.
In 1921, a young pioneer of educational psychology at Stanford University put his new test into action. Lewis Terman was the publisher of the world’s most trusted test of intelligence. The Stanford-Binet was created as a tool to measure Intelligence Quotient (IQ) in 1916 and quickly became a trusted source of evaluation. The Stanford-Binet IQ test featured a series of reasoning and knowledge questions ultimately measuring a person’s intelligence. In the education field it is still to this day one of the most reliable measuring tools for intelligence. Five years after it’s inception, the Stanford-Binet IQ test would be used to study a group of uniquely talented young minds.
The story of Ingvar Kamprad and the creation of the IKEA business dynasty. Big dreams start small. How to value consistency.
Five characteristics of people who lead in chaos. How great leaders are able to maintain influence in a crowd of empty noise.
Taking a look into the story of Tim Grover. How to move past the fear of embarrassment, the fear of rejection and the fear of failure.
A look into the theory of periodization. How to manage workload and stress. Strategies for better rest.
A look into Frank Darabont’s The Shawshank Redemption. How to define success and how to free our leadership from short term cheap outcomes by creating a long lasting legacy.
The rise of Jerry Seinfeld from obscure New York City comedy clubs to one of the biggest names in entertainment in history. How to develop strategies for developing soft-skills in our craft. Are leaders born or developed?