by Donald Miller Summary Notes by Doug Smith Nobody cries at the end of a movie about a guy who wants a Volvo. But we spend years living those stories and expect our lives to feel meaningful. The truth is,…
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Leadership and Happiness Newsletter
Friends, Welcome to my second quarterly newsletter. In the last newsletter, I dealt with the role that being altruistic/kind plays in effective leadership. I would like to stay with the leadership subject in this newsletter by providing a definition and…
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The Emotional Intelligence Quick Book
Everything You Need to Know to Put Your EQ to Work By Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves (Notes from the journal of Douglas A Smith) “Our civilization is still in the middle stage, scarcely beast in that it is…
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Crucial Conversations: Tools For Talking When Stakes Are High
Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillian and Al Switzer Forward by Stephen Covey This is a breakthrough book There are a few defining moments in our life that make all the difference. Many of these moments come from “crucial conversations”…
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The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
by Patrick Lencioni Summary Notes by Doug Smith [Words in this type of parenthesis are my thoughts, not necessarily the authors.] Teamwork begins with trust and trust requires overcoming our desire for “invulnerability”. Trust occurs when people feel they can…
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Altruistic Leadership Newsletter
Friends, Welcome to my first quarterly newsletter from White Pine Mountain, LLC. Below are the 13 skills that lead to happiness, that lead to a meaningful, joyful life. In this post, I want to deal with only one of these…
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