Learnings and lessons: on various topics that I’ve read.
Khi nghiệm lại về điểu gì thật sự quan trọng để giúp một người phát triển về bất kì điều gì họ muốn, tôi thấy việc “xem lại trận đấu” là một kỹ năng thiết yếu hàng đầu.
Tất nhiên, trận đấu ở đây không phải là trận đấu bóng, là World cup vừa kết thúc, mà là trận đấu của mỗi chúng ta trong cuộc sống và trong công việc từng ngày.
This is a story about an encounter of a guest with Itzhak Perlman, as told by Matthew Kelly in his book The Rhythm of Life.
The story begins:
Continue reading “Yes, I have”: a story about an encounter with Itzhak Perlman
Below are some of my learning points from the book “Multipliers: How the best leaders make everyone smarter” by Lize Wiseman.
In the book Wiseman introduces 2 types of leaders: Multipliers and Diminishers. As the names suggest, Multipliers are leaders who can “multiply” the smartness of the organization they manage, while Diminishers do the reverse.
Continue reading Lessons from “Multipliers” – How the best leaders make everyone smarter
2016 is coming to an end and as usual, I think I should write some thing as I reflect over my actions and results of 2016.
But that would be too broad a topic to write about and would make this post unfocused. So instead, I’d share with you about one of the most important points I’ve learned over the past year about the growth rate of entrepreneurs.
I’ve been a book enthusiast for a long time and that means I’ve read, say, for average 7 books a year for the past 10 years or so. Before doing startups, most of the books I read are about personal development and for the past 3 years or so, they’re all about business and startups.
7 books a year used to seem like a big deal for me. I’m an action-all-the-time person so to finish a book it would spread over a few weeks. And from time to time, I got distracted by other things and this prolonged the reading time even more.
Then one day I got curious as to how many books other entrepreneurs read. And here is a startling stats:
Continue reading Your business and your growth as an entrepreneur
The life story of Perelman:
has left me with some realizations that I think you may find useful or otherwise thought-provoking.
If you don’t know about him, you can read my summary about Perelman story here.
Below are the main lessons I’ve learned:
Grigory Perelman is:
Continue reading Perelman – The Math Genius Who rejected the Fields Prize
