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Thought for the day

Although here at MeetingWorld we have a section relating to romantic meetings, until now we’ve not found a book on the subject we’d like to draw your attention to. Anyway, here is one that might be good. I haven’t read it ‘cos I’m already with a wonderful long-term partner. But for those of you who aren’t, this might be worth the modest purchase price. Anyway – Meeting Your Half-Orange: An Utterly Upbeat Guide to Using Dating Optimism to Find Your Perfect Match""” target=”_blank”>(Kindle version)

This is what Amazon say: “Discover the power of positive dating! ‘Half-orange’ refers to the Spanish term ‘mi media naranja’, which is used to describe one’s beautiful, sweet, perfect other half. Now relationship expert Amy Spencer provides women with a step-by-step programme on how to grow one’s ‘half-orange’ from soil, seed, to ‘fruit-ion’ – by harnessing ‘Dating Optimism’. Rather than admonishing readers to make themselves more available, or turn dating into a full-time job,
“Meeting Your Half-Orange” teaches how to focus on the relationship they want with such intensity, the right person will come within a short period of time after completing the following phases: phase one – get your soil ready: believe you can have it; phase two – hit the garden shop: admit you want it; phase three – how to choose your seed: what do you want?; phase four – how to plant the seed: focus and imagine feeling it; phase five – dream of the perfect fruit: openly hope for it, like you’ve never hoped for anything before; phase six – nurture your sapling to bloom: live a happy life; and, phase seven – know when to pluck: how to recognize your half-orange.”

Thought for the day

This suggestion is for those with a somewhat more than usual level of interest in advanced communication in business meetings. The Language of Business Meetings (Cambridge Applied Linguistics)""” target=”_blank”>Kindle edition.

Thought for the day

Right then, another of our occasional detours away from the main themes of the MeetingWorld site, albeit with the focus on meetings, and in this instance, a strange one. The title gives you some idea:
Meetings with Remarkable Men: All and everything. 2nd Series""” target=”_blank”>Meetings With Remarkable Men Gurdjieff introduces us to some of the companions he encountered in his travels to the most remote regions of Central Asia. With colorful episodes from his adventures, he brings to life the story of his own relentless search for a real and universal knowledge. The book can be read as a colorful narrative or psychological autobiography, but the meaning of its contents can be better appreciated in relation to the expositions of his previously published ideas.”

Building Your Network Marketing Business [Audio CD]

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America’s foremost business philosopher. Hailed as one of the most influential thinkers of our time, Jim Rohn has shared his successful philosophies with millions worldwide. For more than 40 years, he has devoted his life to the study of human attitudes and behaviour patterns associated with the creation of wealth. Let Jim help motivate and train you as he has with hundreds of top executives from premier companies around the globe.

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Managing Your Sales Team: A Practical Guide to Sales Leadership That Will Get the Best Results (How to) [Paperback]

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“A practical handbook for any sales team manager, in one volume this guide covers all the key areas, from initial planning, recruitment, sales training, motivation and supervision, to successfully managing the sales function within the organization as a whole.”

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The Leader’s Guide to Lateral Thinking Skills: Unlocking the Creativity and Innovation in You and Your Team [Paperback]

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“At times when management literature abides with dos and donts based on conventional wisdom, here is a powerful defender of the values of unconventional wisdom. Paul Sloane makes a strong case for innovation and lateral thinking in business, where doing new, different things in new, different ways is more important than doing the same things more efficiently.

The book is rich with examples from the real world where creative thinking and action have led to astonishing successes (even after numerous failed attempts)and examples where conservatism and conventional thinking have led to obsolescence or catastrophe.

The author argues that creative skills can and should be developed at the individual level, the team level and the company level and the book abounds with tips and techniques to help people and organizations expand their potential for innovation. Lateral thinking puzzles placed at the end of each chapter, help reinforce the fact that we all think ‘in boxes’ with assumptions and preconceptions that do not always correspond to reality. An excellent book.”

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http://www.amazon.co.uk/Leaders-Guide-Lateral-Thinking-Skills/dp/0749447974/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1319826673&sr=1-1

Tip of the day

One to check out – if and only if you are prepared to place intellect above aggression as the most effective meeting strategy: “Thinking, Fast and Slow”

Daniel Kahneman is among the most influential psychologists in history and certainly the most important psychologist alive today. The appearance of ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ is a major event (Steven Pinker, Author Of The Language Instinct )

This is a landmark book in social thought, in the same league as ‘The Wealth of Nations’ by Adam Smith and ‘The Interpretation of Dreams’ by Sigmund Freud (Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Author Of ‘the Black Swan’ )
Daniel Kahneman is one of the most original and interesting thinkers of our time. There may be no other person on the planet who better understands how and why we make the choices we make. In this absolutely amazing book, he shares a lifetime’s worth of wisdom presented in a manner that is simple and engaging, but nonetheless stunningly profound. This book is a must read for anyone with a curious mind (Steven D. Levitt, Co-Author Of ‘Freakonomics’ )

Meetings – the word makes most of us cringe, and with good reason

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… “meetings poorly done can be crippling to your organization. However, good meetings can propel you forward, the problem is, most of us don’t know what a good meeting looks like!”

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http://bgallen.com/tag/meetings/