THE POWER OF SMALL
A USA TODAY, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal bestseller
In a follow-up to their national bestseller, THE POWER OF NICE, co-authors Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval once again tackle conventional wisdom with a provocative and counterintuitive book on the importance of sweating the small stuff in our lives and in our careers. They call it THE POWER OF SMALL.
Our smallest actions and gestures often have outsize impact on our biggest goals, from getting the dream job to finishing the marathon with a personal best. Did you double-check that presentation one last time, or hold the elevator for a stranger? Going that extra inch — whether with a client, customer, family member or friend — speaks volumes to others about our talent, personality and motivations. After all, if we can’t take care of the small details, how can we be counted on to deliver when it really matters?
Bigger isn’t always better, especially when dealing with today’s challenges. In fact, it’s often the baby steps that put us on the path to delivering a true competitive advantage. The real secret to getting ahead in life and in our careers is to refocus our attention on the small details that, if disregarded, can sabotage a multimillion-dollar ad campaign or undermine your most important relationships.
Written in the same entertaining, story-driven style that made THE POWER OF NICE the go-to book for finishing first, THE POWER OF SMALL demonstrates how all of us can harness the power of small to improve and reinvent our lives. It’s the ultimate guide to shrinking your outlook to broaden your horizons.
So get SMALL and get going!
Sun, March 07, 2010 - 10:55:53
A Small Investment
Grace Groner was, by all accounts, an everyday woman. Having never married, she lived a modest life, alone in a small cottage in Illinois and worked for many years as an administrator at a local technology company. But Groner had one big secret—and it had more than a little to do with the power of small.
After Groner passed away in January at the age of 100, her alma mater, Lake Forest University received the surprise of a century. Grace Groner had bequeathed them $7 million.
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Fri, March 05, 2010 - 10:10:05
Operation NiCE Highlights the Power of Small Talk
One of the things we love most about social media is its uncanny ability to connect us with other NICE- and SMALL-minded folks simply by pressing a button and this week we’ve come across quite a number of amazing bloggers with kindness and simplicity at the core of what they do. But, it was a post from one of our old favorites, Melissa Morris Ivone of Operation NiCE, which really got our attention. In her post, “The Power of Small Talk” she tells the story of one of her readers, Julie B., who discovered for the first time that a little seemingly insignificant chit-chat can make a positive difference in the lives of others. In other words, there’s nothing small about small talk.
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