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The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb – Book Summary & Review

Mar 30, 2022 | Book Review | 0 comments

Understanding Black Swan Events Often, humans lack the ability to define or understand randomness and give in to decision-making methods that heavily rely on intuition. The human perception of randomness and intuitions while making predictions and decisions can result...

Issue #49, 29 Mar 2022 – Do you have a best friend at work?

Mar 29, 2022 | Newsletter | 0 comments

Welcome to the Deploy Yourself Newsletter, where I share what impactful leadership looks like to show your own power. I also share the most insightful lessons and stories I encountered in the last two weeks. You can also read this issue online. Hey, Do you have a best...
Leadership Journeys [13] – John Featherby – “What I’m doing with my time is why I’m here!”

Leadership Journeys [13] – John Featherby – “What I’m doing with my time is why I’m here!”

Mar 28, 2022 | Podcast | 0 comments

This is the Leadership Journey series on the Choosing Leadership Podcast. I believe we all have a lot to learn from each other’s stories – of where we started, where we are now, and our successes and struggles on the way. With this series of interviews, my...

Wired for Story by Lisa Cron – Book Summary & Review

Mar 23, 2022 | Book Review | 0 comments

Writing To Attract The Brain Storytelling is an art. Moreover, writing compelling stories that appeal to an audience, intrigue them, and keep them coming back for more, is a science. Writers today, have a clear advantage over the writers of the past. They have science...

Issue #48.5, 22 Mar 2022 – “With very little, you can do so much”

Mar 22, 2022 | Newsletter | 0 comments

Dear reader, click here to view this leadership update on your browser. “With very little, you can do so much” – Catherine Nakalembe ​Dr. Catherine is an Associate Research Professor at the University of Maryland and the NASA Harvest Africa Program Director. She was...
Leadership Journeys [12] – Roei Samuel – “You should never get too high when you win and never get too low when you lose”

Leadership Journeys [12] – Roei Samuel – “You should never get too high when you win and never get too low when you lose”

Mar 21, 2022 | Podcast | 0 comments

This is the Leadership Journey series on the Choosing Leadership Podcast. I believe we all have a lot to learn from each other’s stories – of where we started, where we are now, and our successes and struggles on the way. With this series of interviews, my...

Radical Candor by Kim Scott – Book Review & Summary

Mar 16, 2022 | Book Review | 0 comments

Candid Leader A leader is expected to have many virtues. Being candid is possibly one of the most important ones. While different people respond to different types of leaders, it is the boss who can combine bluntness with empathy and be direct and caring at the same...

Issue #48, 15 Mar 2022 – Identifying the Putin and Zelensky within us

Mar 15, 2022 | Newsletter | 0 comments

Welcome to the Deploy Yourself Newsletter, where I share what impactful leadership looks like to show your own power. I also share the most insightful lessons and stories I encountered in the last two weeks. You can also read this issue...
Leadership Journeys [11] – Catherine Nakalembe – “With very little, you can do so much”

Leadership Journeys [11] – Catherine Nakalembe – “With very little, you can do so much”

Mar 14, 2022 | Podcast | 0 comments

This is the Leadership Journey series on the Choosing Leadership Podcast. I believe we all have a lot to learn from each other’s stories – of where we started, where we are now, and our successes and struggles on the way. With this series of interviews, my...

Work Rules! by Laszlo Bock – Book Review & Summary

Mar 10, 2022 | Book Review | 0 comments

Being The Best Employer There Ever Was Workplace to some of the world’s brightest minds, Google is one of the worlds most successful and powerful companies. It is a dream job for many.  But what makes Google the best place to work? Google’s consistent ranking at...

Issue #47.5, 8 Mar 2022 – “It is actually the stories that change people, not facts.”

Mar 8, 2022 | Newsletter | 0 comments

Dear reader, click here to view this leadership update on your browser. “You can present all the facts, but it’s actually the stories that change people” – Moky Makura Moky Makura is the executive director of Africa No Filter which is working to shift the...

Ikigai by Hector Garcia Puigcerver and Francesc Miralles

Mar 4, 2022 | Book Review | 0 comments

Achieving Longevity Through Ikigai Okinawa, an island in Japan, has the highest concentration of centenarians. They practice, and believe in the concept of Ikigai – roughly translated to ‘the reason for living’. Ikigai is their secret to longevity, in addition to...

Issue #47, 1 Mar 2022 – Who is your climbing buddy?

Mar 1, 2022 | Newsletter | 0 comments

Welcome to the Deploy Yourself Newsletter, where I share what impactful leadership looks like to show your own power. I also share the most insightful lessons and stories I encountered in the last two weeks. You can also read this issue...

What I Wrote

  • November 2022 (13)
  • October 2022 (13)
  • September 2022 (11)
  • August 2022 (9)
  • July 2022 (6)
  • June 2022 (9)
  • May 2022 (10)
  • April 2022 (7)
  • March 2022 (13)
  • February 2022 (12)
  • January 2022 (13)
  • December 2021 (14)
  • November 2021 (17)
  • October 2021 (12)
  • September 2021 (9)
  • August 2021 (13)
  • July 2021 (8)
  • June 2021 (8)
  • May 2021 (7)
  • April 2021 (10)
  • March 2021 (7)
  • February 2021 (7)
  • January 2021 (7)
  • December 2020 (8)
  • November 2020 (9)
  • October 2020 (10)
  • September 2020 (7)
  • August 2020 (9)
  • July 2020 (8)
  • June 2020 (13)
  • May 2020 (5)
  • March 2020 (6)
  • February 2020 (4)
  • January 2020 (5)
  • December 2019 (4)
  • November 2019 (4)
  • October 2019 (4)
  • September 2019 (4)
  • July 2019 (4)
  • June 2019 (4)
  • May 2019 (4)
  • April 2019 (4)
  • March 2019 (4)
  • January 2019 (4)
  • July 2018 (3)
  • June 2018 (2)
  • April 2018 (2)
  • January 2018 (1)
  • November 2017 (5)
  • October 2017 (1)
  • June 2017 (1)
  • April 2017 (2)
  • March 2017 (4)
  • February 2017 (1)
  • January 2017 (1)
  • November 2016 (2)
  • July 2012 (1)
  • January 2012 (1)

Recent Articles

  • Leadership Journeys [43] – Radmila Blazheska – “Leadership is the combination of determination and openness to listen to others.”
  • Leadership Journeys [42] – David Jayatillake – “As a Leader, If you’re not involved with your team, you will be isolated.”
  • Leadership Journeys [41] – Jami Kiran – “Having clarity as a leader helps us understand who we are while making choices.”
  • Leadership Journeys [40] – Kevin O’Loughlin – “Possessions and things don’t amend happiness, but people around us do”
  • Issue #66, 22 Nov 2022
  • Leadership Journeys [39] – Nermeen Ghoniem – “I cannot dictate how people feel about me, but I can dictate how I react to it.”
  • Leadership Journeys [38] – Ennio R. Neumann Senese – “I recommend people who work with me to do a couple of days retreat in complete silence”
  • Leadership Journeys [37] – Natalie Kaminski- ”You can accomplish a lot more by being an empathetic leader rather than being a demanding manager.”
  • Issue #65, 8 Nov 2022 – Do you talk yourself out of your own dreams?
  • Leadership Journeys [36] – Tauseef Ahmad – “Capital deprived? Yes, we are. Are we worried? No, we are not”
  • Blueprint for Revolution by Srdja Popovic – Book Summary & Review
  • Leadership Journeys [35] – Shahram Maralani- “As a leader you need to be a good simulator of the situations your people are in.”
  • Don’t Make Me Think by Steve Krug – Book Summary & Review
  • Leadership Journeys [34] – Vinod Kumar- “An entrepreneur needs to be comfortable with ambiguity and things going wrong”
  • Do The Work by Steven Pressfield – Book Summary & Review
  • Leadership Journeys [33] – Raymond Aaron- “It’s wonderful to have goals and intentions because that’s the fuel of the soul.”
  • Issue #64, 25 Oct 2022 – 5 Reminders for You – for when you forget
  • Leadership Journeys [32] – Silvia Hecher- “Get a coach way before there are conflicts/struggles or things are falling apart.”
  • Great Mental Models by Shane Parrish and Rhiannon Beaubien – Book Summary and Review
  • Leadership Journeys [31] – Chris Federspiel – “This is about the journey and not about achieving the thing at the end”
  • Dream Teams by Shane Snow – Book Summary and Review
  • Issue #63, 11 Oct 2022 – Doing nothing could be the best thing you do
  • Leadership Journeys [30] – Brian Curtis – “When people become more and more separated and the less time we spend around one another, our relationships suffer”
  • The Body Is Not An Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor – Book Summary and Review
  • Leadership Journeys [29] – Yasmina Kazitani – “As a leader, do not fear being wrong or not knowing everything”

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