Sentences with phrase «big idea book»

From Daniel H. Pink, the author of the groundbreaking bestseller, A Whole New Mind, comes his next big idea book: a paradigm - changing examination of what truly motivates us and how to harness that knowledge to find greater satisfaction in our lives and our work.

For non-fiction, he loves popular science, narrative nonfiction, and big idea books.

Not exact matches

For me, there were three books that made the biggest impact: The Spirit of St. Louis by Charles A. Lindbergh gave me the idea to start the XPrize Foundation.

Luckily, Gilbert has elaborated on the idea, sharing more details in a Fast Company article that discusses her new book, a sort of self - help guide for those bitten by the creativity bug titled Big Magic.

(Apparently, he wasn't sold on the idea that the internet would be a big deal at the time the book was initially published in 1995.)

While the book is stuffed with helpful big picture observations, it doesn't offer much in the way of specific on - the - ground ideas — though Keen does call for reforms to data privacy and gig economy labor laws, and for a serious discussion of a universal basic income.

According to Seth Godin, author of 13 bestselling business books, the job of a CEO is to think of big ideas rather than micro-communicating.

If we can take a page out of my grandfather's book and change the way we recruit entrepreneurs, then we can create an environment where everyone with the potential to create the next big idea will have what they need to succeed.

Just as every story needs a headline and every book needs a title, a good storyteller will start with the one big idea before expanding on the details.

-- based psychologist and author of the 2008 book Introvert Power, believes that introverts have a leadership advantage in their ability to delve into the big ideas and not be distracted by frivolous social preoccupations.

The process, outlined in his upcoming book, Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days, takes teams from identifying a problem on Monday to testing a prototype with customers on Friday.

Those books are big, heavy reads, full of incredibly scary and complex ideas, but they're full of hope and potential for an incredibly changed but better world.

The same dualism — the need for safety and excitement — in the bedroom that she talks about in her book and in her TED talk has relevance for entrepreneurs looking to launch the next big company, the next great idea, the next billion - dollar startup.

This is not a book about social good or business excellence or broad, big, sweeping ideas.

«It's a sound idea, but it gets a lot harder to do the bigger the company gets,» says Bruce Ellig, former worldwide head of human resources at Pfizer Inc. and author of several books on compensation.

But the ideas industry is much bigger and much more diverse than presented in this book.

Beyond knowing the value they place on books written by other people, one of the biggest upsides for us is that many of the Investment Masters have also put those same ideas into one of more of their own books.

Perhaps he oversimplifies the idea of human will: the «Big Book» of AA indicts the alcoholic as «an extreme example of self - will run riot,» the first requirement for recovery being that he becomes «convinced that any life run on self - will can hardly be a success.»

Finally: I'd like to issue a big thank - you to our friend, Matthew Vines, who not only wrote a great book for discussion, but who has jumped into the comment section several times to respond to your questions and ideas.

For decades, Wonder Woman has been one of the comic book world's smartest characters, blending ideas about feminism and gender roles with big action sequences and compelling storylines.

Then, once you have the big picture of the book, begin making an outline of the book, find the general ideas of each section and chapter, and then maybe of each paragraph.

One couple joined a Great Books discussion group to find stimulation in the realm of big ideas.

Bob's wife) who were close to Bill Wilson in the pre-publication years and who had been expressing this idea five to ten years before AA's Big Book was first published.

So I'm reading Tribes by Seth Godin, which is a fantastic book on leadership that I highly recommend to those of you who like to think outside the box, pursue big ideas, or quit your job and stick it to The Man.

You have no idea how big it is, probably because the only book you've ever read is a 2,000 year old text written by cave people.

If you are a writer or a creative of any sort, you need to go right now to iTunes and subscribe to Elizabeth Gilbert's new podcast «Magic Lessons» based off the ideas in her new book, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear (which will likely be on my Fall What I'm Into, already pre-ordered, amen).

The big idea: Perhaps Gladwell's most dangerous book due to the ease of its misapplication, Blink explores the brain» sremarkable aptitude for lightning - fast processing.

Most of his books contain more big ideas in one volume than most of us originate in a lifetime.

Nothing better than curling up with a big slice of cake and a cup of tea with a good book, my idea of perfect.

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the whole idea o competativ sport is the «Competition» and winning if we were to have the one big spend on the three we need then we as aclub would not need to spend again for seberal seasons, if financial prudence is what is all about why on earth do we still have Diaby on the books when its clear to all he will never play competitive football at top level again?

Then the book goes more in - depth to introduce the idea of emotional projects; those big issues that can be a struggle for children because of their emotional charge.

How Children Succeed is really a book for innovative educators and parents interested in «big ideas» and real change.

So far, the project is a big book of grand ideas, without detailed plans, fleshed - out financing or the approval of several other government...

(It's a book, but essentially the idea is that people experience feeling loved through different modalities, which is why sometimes you do something you think is super-loving but the other person receives it as if it's no big deal and vice versa.

WHAT GREAT PARENTS DO: The small Book of BIG Parenting Ideas began as a workshop in local schools and soon grew into a class attended by thousands of parents at schools and organizations, including Habitot Children's Museum, University of California Berkeley, UCSF Benioff / Children's Hospital, and San Francisco Zen Center.

LEGO Play Book: Ideas to Bring Your Bricks to Life: TONS of inspiration here — including both the big creations we enjoy pouring over in books like The Lego Ideas Book, as well as simple «10

BILL SANNWALD: And then personally I've seen in libraries, the big thing is it's not just books, not just programs, it's just a forum for information and ideas.

The «what» and «how» of room mockups is a big part of my book, Your Home, Your Style, but the basic gist is this: Having an electronic or paper version of your room where you can play around with your ideas and choices can take the urgency and anxiety out of buying furniture and décor — especially if there are two decision - makers involved.

Nina Tiecholz stated in her book, The Big Fat Surprise, «The idea that fat and saturated fat are unhealthy has been so ingrained in our national conversation for so long that we tend to think of it more as «common sense» than scientific hypothesis.

If you like these ideas, you may also want to check out The Big Book of 30 Day Challenges.

But if the idea of running until your big toe nail falls off (which mine did on my first marathon) doesn't appeal to you, check out Volek's other book: The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living which is for everyone, not just athletes.

The BIG BOOK OF OUTFIT FORMULAS has over 300 classic mix and match outfit ideas to create year - round easy style.

I did have a minor issue with the idea of moving to a big city, only because of how many competitors you gain when you do, but otherwise this book is flawless.

From the smallest detail of the next book idea, to the big picture of the writer's lifelong dreams, we work strategically to help each author reach his or her writing and publishing goals.

Good sci - fi has all these things, of course, but «bigger» isn't better, and most of the «big» idea movies use «the future» as a setting for action and adventure, whereas true sci - fi films (and books) use that setting to tell human stories in new ways; human relationships (with others, with self, with the environment, etc...) are are the core of the best sci - fi movies we've seen.

It was too short, the lead character Prince Caspian (Ben Barnes) was a whiney little # $ ## who didn't do much in it, but the book's biggest sin was it didn't really delve into what it must of been like for the Pevensie kids — High King Peter Pevensie (William Moseley), Edmund Pevensie The Just (Skandar Keynes), Lucy Pevensie — The Valiant (Georgie Henley) and Susan Pevensie (Anna Popplewell) adjusted to the idea that they were adult Kings and Queens trapped as powerless 13 — 16 year old children.

Garland, who adapted the screenplay, takes the premise, characters and larger ideas of VanderMeer's book, and interprets them in his own story to bring an almost unfilmable novel to the big screen as a sci - fi epic.

Marvel is borrowing some of Infinity Gauntlet's ideas for Infinity War, and appears to be combining them with bigger elements from a 2013 comic book crossover arc called Infinity.

The ending of this film is perhaps the biggest botch - up job, as if they had no idea how to tie it up, except to give us half - baked conspiracy notions, and unlike the Lemony Snicket books, an attempt at a happy ending, which sort of goes against the premise of these children never really finding happiness.