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Books on Leadership. Top Books for Todays Leaders. 15-Apr-2014 Read Books on Leadership: The Leadership Bookstore is much more than a short list of recommended books. The Leadership Bookstore is your personal gateway to higher levels of business knowledge and leadership insights Ask any top leader how many books on leadership they have read. "Too many to count" will most likely be their answer. Top performing leader’s read across many subjects.

Not just on the topic of leadership. Leaders are a rare breed of people that are pro-active in seeking knowledge; they're highly self motivated. The saying - “Knowledge is Power” is a timeless truth that all leaders understand. "The information-age we live in provides ever-increasing opportunities to learn and grow. " Leaders are connected; they are 'wired in' to current events, their market and industry news, trends and new leadership development tools and information. Are you connected? Leadership-tools.com has established our library of tools and resources for your personal use and enjoyment. What? Dan Ariely. Experimenting on humans In creative ways, author Dan Ariely puts rationality to the test Mar 20 Boston Globe By David MeheganGlobe Staff / March 18, 2008CAMBRIDGE – We love to be told we’re smarter than we thought we were, but a surprise bestseller by an MIT professor has a less happy message: We’re consistently irrational much of the time.

While there’s no cure, there’s hope – if we can learn to outsmart ourselves.more stories like thisThe writer is Dan Ariely, a behavioral economist at MIT and author of the new book “Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions.” It jumped onto The New York Times bestseller list at No. 5, where it remains this week. In worrisome times, we’re eager to understand what makes our economic selves tick. Read the rest of this entry » By DAVID BERREBY Published: March 16, 2008 Read the rest of this entry » Porno, Beer, Bible Share MIT Economist's Toolbox: Interview Interview by Robin D. By David Berreby Published: March 14, 2008 Mar 17 Mar 10. An Essay by Einstein: The World As I See It. "How strange is the lot of us mortals! Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose he knows not, though he sometimes thinks he senses it.

But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people -- first of all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our own happiness is wholly dependent, and then for the many, unknown to us, to whose destinies we are bound by the ties of sympathy. A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving...

"I have never looked upon ease and happiness as ends in themselves -- this critical basis I call the ideal of a pigsty. The ideals that have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth. "My political ideal is democracy. Stephen King. Dean Koontz.