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!
Fri, January 27, 2012 - 6:00:00
Small Can Stall A Campaign
In this year’s hotly contested race for the Republican presidential nomination, little details are already proving to make a big difference. In fact, something as seemingly insignificant as a candidate’s facial tic can speak volumes to potential voters and, in the worst cases, even stall a campaign.
Recently, when Newt Gingrich asked opponent and Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney to disclose his tax return, Romney replied with a hint of a smile: “maybe.” And as we’ve seen over the course of the past week, that one little word had quite the fallout.
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Wed, January 25, 2012 - 12:30:18
Meet Smarter
In a recent piece for the Harvard Business Review Blog, Paul Hammerness and Margaret Moore, authors of Organize Your Life, Organize Your Mind, discuss why focusing on one task (a practice we call “minitasking”) rather than multi-tasking, is the most effective way to get things done. As two passionate practitioners of mini-tasking, we’re in full agreement with their philosophy—and, as you know, it’s easy to make minitasking a part of your everyday routine.
But, in a modern workplace filled with distractions—from binging BlackBerries to dinging Twitter alerts and the occasional phone call or two—getting your fellow coworkers together to really focus on one issue can be a challenge. In fact, it’s one of the biggest problems we see in meetings today.
So, what do you do?
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