Sticktoitiveness, grit, persistence – whatever you call it, it predicts future success better than raw talent alone. I came across a story on Boston.com last week that got me thinking about this. In it, Jonah Lehrer, reviewing a recent study on grit, points out: “While researchers have long focused on measurements of intelligence, such as [...]
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I’ve had a copy of Scott Berkun’s Making Things Happen: Mastering Project Management for somewhere out past six months now. I cracked it open when it first came in the mail and avidly devoured the first chapter (theory, history and introduction). Then, perhaps as a testament to the incredible number of projects cooking in my [...]
I've been intrigued by (and using on and off) idea mapping techniques since I picked up a book called Idea Mapping by Jamie Nast a couple of years ago in yet another attempt to corral all the stuff jostling around in my head at any given moment. I've often found that my best (only?) ideas [...]
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