#Food4Thought ... There are times where we might feel we stumbled upon something by "accident" ... David Niven suggests our "accident" is instead an outgrowth of the effort we put in in the exploration. No exploration ... no discovery.#NoAccident

No Accident

What are the keys to success? Scientists have studied the traits, beliefs, and practices of successful people in all walks of life. But the answers they find wind up in stuffy academic journals aimed at other scientists. The 100 Simple Secrets of Successful People takes the best and most important research results from over a thousand studies and spells out the key findings in ways we can all understand. Each entry contains advice based on those findings, a real life example of what to do or not to do, and a telling statistic based on scientific research.

Books

The 100 Simple Secrets of Successful People

#Food4Thought ... Your best is not set in stone. There are times it is possible to "better" your best. So, think about ways you can make a "best" better and go try it out. See what happens.&nbsp;

Making Your Best Better

The ultimate strategy for succeeding in your personal and professional life. Are you living up to your true potential? Do you feel like you have more potential? You may be the best in your field—the best athlete, scholar, CEO, parent, mathematician, teacher, or mechanic. But that doesn’t mean you can’t still be better; you haven’t maximized your potential. Leadership expert and international bestselling author of The Fred Factor and You Don’t Need a Title to Be a Leader, Mark Sanborn invites you to get better and close the gap between how good you are and how good you can be. Teaching you to employ Sanborn’s uniquely designed “Potential Matrix” to specific areas of your life, The Potential Principle provides you with the tools you need to see breakthrough improvement in key areas of your life. One of the most exciting opportunities is right in front of you every day: pursuing your true potential. You’re on your way. You can make your best second-best. You can be better.

The Potential Principle

#Food4Thought ... Feedforward helps move your "feet forward" Feedforward refers to improvement ideas you hear from others about something you are seeking to get better at.

Try Feedforward to move forward

Coaching

Try Feedforward Instead of Feedback – Marshall Goldsmith

Backronyms are an acronym deliberately formed from a phrase whose initial letters spell out a particular word or words. IDEA:Insights ...&nbsp;Designed to …&nbsp;Elicit ...Action#Backronyms #Food4Thought ... An IDEA makes a difference when it is incorporated into actions.

Backronyms - IDEA

Productivity

David Brand on Nov 03

#Food4Thought ... I buy into the notion that we are what we habitually do. I see this as aligning with Brandon Nankivell's assertion.&nbsp; To bring about life changes we have to bring about habit changes ... this is what helps promote lasting change and not fleeting change.&nbsp;&nbsp; Your thoughts?&nbsp;Source:1% Success Habits: 10 Daily Habits to Crush Your Day by Brandon Nankivell

Life Changes require Habit Changes

David Brand on Nov 01

Backronyms are an acronym deliberately formed from a phrase whose initial letters spell out a particular word or words.&nbsp; FLY:FindLife'sYearnings#Backronyms #Food4Thought ... if you want to truly FLY, connect your yearnings to your actions.

Backronyms - FLY

Food4Thought

David Brand on Oct 29

Be Present in the Present … it's where you have your impact. We can learn from the past and we can point to the future, yet where we can actually impact change is in the present.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Be Present in the Present

David Brand on Oct 28

#Food4Thought ... Attention is a "scarce" commodity, there is only so much you have available at any time. Spread it too thin &amp; you can flounder. Pay attention to your attention and see the impact focus can have on what you accomplish.

Pay attention to your attention

Discover the revolutionary antidote to overload and exhaustion Have you tried everything to become more productive—but you're still too busy and stressed? That's because the old approaches to productivity just don't work in today's fast-paced, tech-driven workplaces. What does work? Time management is outdated. Attention management is the solution you need. Attention management is the most essential skill you need to live a life of choice rather than a life of reaction and distraction. It's a collection of behaviors, including focus, mindfulness, control, presence, flow, and other skills, that will support your success. Productivity speaker, trainer, and author Maura Nevel Thomas shows you how to master attention management with practical strategies that make an immediate impact.

Attention Management

#Food4Thought ... Singular focus may seem the default course of action that will get us the best results when it comes to business. However, there is value in being more well rounded. The added insights &amp; experience can provide fresh perspective and help generate new ideas.

Being Well Rounded

Empowered

<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=food4thought&amp;highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6854911151340339200">#Food4Thought</a> ... I buy into this notion provided by Peter Hollins, that experts are made, not born. <ul><li>For me, being an expert is not just due to having natural intelligence. </li><li>It takes time to learn and master a topic/field and experts, I suggest, know you never stop learning.</li></ul>

Experts are Made, Not Born

A deconstruction of the elements of expertise, and practical step-by-step methods to reach it ASAP. Expertise - we all want it, and traditionally it would take years of intense study and practice. But just because it’s always been that way doesn’t mean you have to follow that path. It’s time to use all the resources at your disposal and learn a new approach. Learn a plethora of scientifically-validated methods. BUILD RAPID EXPERTISE has a simple goal. Let’s help you get from Point A to Point B, where Point B is an extremely high level of expertise in your desired area or topic. You’ll learn how to learn effectively, and what steps you must take to gain a respectable and enviable knowledge base. Understand what the industry leaders know, and how to make sense of completely foreign topics. Think outside the box and strategically accelerate your expertise. Peter Hollins has studied psychology and peak human performance for over a dozen years and is a bestselling author. He has worked with a multitude of individuals to unlock their potential and path towards success. His writing draws on his academic, coaching, and research experience. Make learning easier, more efficient, and more organized. •Learning myths, the biology of learning of expertise, and the most important mindsets for expertise. •Information: how to collect it, filter it, organize it, understand it, and master it. •Easy tactics to exponentially improve your memory. •Multiple models and paths to expertise, including using exemplars and finding knowledge gaps. •What language acquisition and learning an instrument can teach us about expertise. 1% world-class expertise opens the door to the life you want. Expertise is always the goal, whether in the office or in our personal lives. They can mean very different things in each context, but the end result is greater happiness and fulfillment. All you need is a clearer and deeper understanding of what expertise really is, and how you can attain it. Begin the journey to the best phase of your life with this book.

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