(Part 2) Best leadership training books according to redditors
We found 240 Reddit comments discussing the best leadership training books. We ranked the 76 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
>Tough to do positive reinforcement if they never act good.
I ready a whole book on this. The author argued that there are always ways that a kid can be "less bad," and the trick is to reward those.
He gave an example of a kid in class who would get up out of his seat, stand on the desk of another kid, and stomp his feet. One time he didn't stomp his feet, and the author praised him for that even though he was still out of his own seat and standing on somebody else's desk.
The goal is to give the kid the feeling of being praised for doing something right. Kids crave attention, and if the only way they can get it is by being bad and getting punished, then that's what they'll do. But they are even happier being praised for good things, which is why you want to find an excuse to do that and get them started on this healthier path.
I'm not saying it's easy, but I found that this style of thinking was helpful in raising my daughter.
/u/dolphin_slippers probably just means that they endorse riskier financing strategies than most on this sub would consider advisable. I'd have to agree there.
this book I found helpful in being sound and detailed without overcomplicating things. Assuming you're looking at buying rental properties the "normal" way. For anyone here that doesn't want to make real estate a full-time gig, that's probably the way to go. Many, many ways to make money in real estate, but almost all of them involve doing real estate full-time or close to it. Some will brag that they don't, and it's usually because they're already experts with years under their belts.
Rentals, anyone can do, but it's a lot of sweat all for eking out slightly more consistent returns than index funds.
My honest answer is a little airy. I suggest trying to piece together an analytical understanding of state as taught by NLP. This book is my favorite by a long shot, I've read a lot of them and just generally found that book to be the most comprehensive both in conveying the structure of understanding, as well as individual details.
Understanding state control and implementing it are kind of two separate things. I think the fastest road there is to combine NLP with a little bit of 'awareness meditation'. Similar to the previously mentioned 'meta-emotions' to master fibbing. You for a time add a level of metacognition to everything you think, not in order to analyze, just to be aware of the mental habits you've grown accustomed to having and no longer notice.
The problem with executive state control is that when you first start trying, you aren't aware of the cognitive behaviors that reinforce or even exacerbate the states you're trying to leave behind.
This is a really nice metaphor for what I mean to illustrate:
If your mind is a canvas on which you've painted all your life, your state is the set of colors you're using to paint. When people first start to learn state control they tend to try to paint the new state using the old colors. It's difficult to paint a happy rainbow picture with greyscale colors. Similarly it's difficult to paint a strong and capable employee using only fearful yellows. State control is not changing the subject of your painting, but the colors with which you paint it.
Intro Calculus, in American sense, could as well be renamed "Physics 101" or some such since it's not a very mathematical course. Since Intro Calculus won't teach you how to think you're gonna need a book like How to Solve Word Problems in Calculus by Eugene Don and Benay Don pretty soon.
Aside from that, try these:
Excursions In Calculus by Robert Young.
Calculus:A Liberal Art by William McGowen Priestley.
Calculus for the Ambitious by T. W. KORNER.
Calculus: Concepts and Methods by Ken Binmore and Joan Davies
You can also start with "Calculus proper" = Analysis. The Bible of not-quite-analysis is:
[Calculus by Michael Spivak] (http://www.amazon.com/Calculus-4th-Michael-Spivak/dp/0914098918/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1413311074&sr=1-1&keywords=spivak+calculus).
Also, Analysis is all about inequalities as opposed to Algebra(identities), so you want to be familiar with them:
Introduction to Inequalities by Edwin F. Beckenbach, R. Bellman.
Analytic Inequalities by Nicholas D. Kazarinoff.
As for Linear Algebra, this subject is all over the place. There is about a million books of all levels written every year on this subject, many of which is trash.
My plan would go like this:
1. Learn the geometry of LA and how to prove things in LA:
Linear Algebra Through Geometry by Thomas Banchoff and John Wermer.
Linear Algebra, Third Edition: Algorithms, Applications, and Techniques
by Richard Bronson and Gabriel B. Costa.
2. Getting a bit more sophisticated:
Linear Algebra Done Right by Sheldon Axler.
Linear Algebra: An Introduction to Abstract Mathematics by Robert J. Valenza.
Linear Algebra Done Wrong by Sergei Treil.
3. Turn into the LinAl's 1% :)
Advanced Linear Algebra by Steven Roman.
Good Luck.
Try very hard to get to wire an entire house from start to finish. It's the best experience possible.
For old work, see these:
Old Electrical Wiring
Your Old Wiring
Circuit Down: How to Solve That Household Electrical Mystery
Grab yourself a copy of Business Improv and/or this Second City book. There's enough in both of these to keep things fresh for a while if you keep doing this. Also, this book is intended for Agile teams but the games work (with some tweaks) for pretty much any corporate environment.
Bob Kulhan's book is supposed to be good but I haven't personally read it.
I'd like to make some book recommendations for you:
All of that looks great, but your budget means free is better? Dive into Don Clark's Big Dog and Little Dog website!
You should be more specific about what you're hoping to learn. There are thousands of resources out there in regards to entrepreneurship, marketing, website development & eCommerce. You could find pretty much anything you want if you phrase it correctly.
Example Searches
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You can just keep going from there.
The basics of what you'll need, assuming you know nothing (which I doubt) would be this.
Everything else you just figure out along the way based on how you want to monetize your audience and quite honestly, no book is going to help you figure that out.
You'll learn a lot more just hanging out on Reddit and watching YouTube videos on the subject matter that's next on your checklist. Books are almost purely inspirational at this point and I think we can agree there are plenty of Podcasts that will help you find inspiration (and skill), such as The Top (Nathan Latka) or Mixergy
If you study hustlers you'll get all the information and inspiration you could ever hope for. Read or watch anything from Noah Kagan (AppSumo). No one does it better than him. Ryan Holiday (not an affiliate link) is another favorite of mine. There are also some older Tim Ferriss articles that really talk about how you approach certain businesses.
Like I said, man. It's all out there. You don't need to pay $1 for information, you just have to know what to look for and if you listen to a few podcasts or read a few beginner articles you'll figure out pretty quickly the steps you need to take next.
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Some Books I Like (no affiliate links)
There is a great book: Old Electrical Wiring by David Shapiro that goes fully into what's safe and what's not, and how to upgrade sensibly for modern lifestyle in cost-efficient and safe way.
Knob and tube is inherently safe if:
• it hasn't been overloaded
• it hasn't had insulation stuffed around it
• it hasn't been extended/added to with stupid splices
• your electrical item is double-insulated
• etc. – lots of "ifs"
It is quite reasonable to put in a new 200A service for a house that size, connecting the old 2-wire circuits to GFCI breakers, and then by going up from the basement to the ground level and down from the attic to the upper level, put in new outlets on new circuits strategically so that bathrooms, kitchen, entertainment system, and office are on new wiring. The existing outlets on circuits that haven't been messed-with by hacks are fine for lighting and phone chargers, especially in the era of LED, and on later AC/MC/NM type cables the electrician can "megger" it to see whether it has degraded.
There are also some great resources on old windows. With functional restoration and the correct weatherstripping your (currently) drafty 1914 windows will perform just as well as modern windows in terms of air-infiltration, and with period-looking secondary glazing will have just as much insulative value as well. My family's oldies had an equinox ritual of changing screens for glass and vice-versa, but my family's not-so-oldies like their air conditioning, and the storm-window-props allow as much air circulation as is needed on the great spring days when the house must be "aired". For stopgap measures on old drafty windows that must be efficient right now the liberal use of rope-caulk will make all the difference in the short term.
You mean this book? Michael Allen's Guide to e-Learning: Building Interactive, Fun, and Effective Learning Programs for Any Company https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M1KU80Q/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_Ag8jDbAPV908N
Consider purchasing the 11th hour from Conrad. Here’s a link to the Kindle version, Eleventh Hour CISSP®: Study Guide. Skim it over two days prior to the test (ideally in your case Sunday and Monday).
Got to ask the questions that scare the shit out of you. Ask questions where you would get a no. Because once you get it you can move on. Also you dont wat to be too free with information, then you re an unpaid consultant. Grant Cardone books are shit. This is the book to read by people who can actually sell,you will thank me for it. https://www.amazon.com/Cant-Teach-Ride-Bike-Seminar-ebook/dp/B00TSPOA68/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1572268166&sr=8-3
Confessions of a Real Estate Entrepreneur - http://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Real-Estate-Entrepreneur-High-Stakes-ebook/dp/B001FWIJB4
Read a book, HOLD: How to Find, Buy, and Rent Houses for Wealth is a good one.
http://www.amazon.com/HOLD-Find-Rent-Houses-Wealth/dp/0071797041/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1377522043&sr=1-1&keywords=hold
I do some science writing in addition to academic scientific writing. The main part is to know what to leave out. Does it matter EXACTLY what experiments the researchers did? No. It matter's what they found (and that they actually found what they're saying they found).
Don't make long meandering sentences with a bunch of conjunctions and parenthetical phrases. Those are hard to read. Your readers are going to be reading very fast and if they get lost, they are going to stop and move on to something else. Don't lose your readers. You also have to know what they know. Can you just say polymers or do you have to explain what a polymer is? This is important.
Use active voice. None of that passive voice in science bullshit (unless that sentence calls for it). Use exciting verbs. Don't rely on a thesaurus. The reader will know.
If you like I'd be glad to read one of your pieces and give it a critique. Here are some good books to read if you're serious about getting into science writing.
Narrative Nonfiction--very popular now
Science Writer's Handbook
Fieldguide for science writing
Style book--not about science but needed for good writing, and it's funny
And I have these in my list on amazon. Would love to get some opinions on them:
 
How to Win Friends and Influence People
by Dale Carnegie
 
Secrets of a Freelance Writer: How to Make $100,000 a Year or More
by Robert Bly
 
Words that Sell
by Richard Bayan
 
Tested Advertising Methods
by Caples and Hahn
 
Writing That Works
by Kenneth Roman and Joel Raphaelson
 
Confessions of an Advertising Man
by David Ogilvy
 
The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing
by Al Ries and Jack Trout
 
The Robert Collier Letter Book
by Robert Collier
 
Nicely Said: Writing for the Web with Style and Purpose
by Nicole Fenton and Kate Kiefer Lee
 
Letting Go of the Words
by Janice (Ginny) Redish
 
Essential English for Journalists, Editors and Writers
by Harold Evans
 
Can I Change Your Mind?: The Craft and Art of Persuasive Writing
by Lindsay Camp
 
Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer
by Roy Peter Clark
 
Read Me: 10 Lessons for Writing Great Copy
by Roger Horberry and Gyles Lingwood
 
Hey, Whipple, Squeeze This: The Classic Guide to Creating Great Ads
by Luke Sullivan
 
WRITE IN STEPS: The super simple book writing method
by Ian Stables
 
On Writing Well
by William Zinsser
 
The Wealthy Freelancer
by Steve Slaunwhite, Pete Savage and Ed Gandia
 
Write Everything Right!
by Denny Hatch
 
The Secret of Selling Anything
by Harry Browne
 
The Marketing Gurus: Lessons from the Best Marketing Books of All Time
by Chris Murray
 
On Writing
by Stephen King
 
Writing for the Web
by Lynda Felder
 
Everybody Writes: Your Go-To Guide to Creating Ridiculously Good Content
by Ann Handley
 
This book will teach you how to write better
by Neville Medhora
Save you some time, this book relates to this thread, The Saber-Tooth Curriculum. Besides we are not teaching kids to liberate themselves from an oppressive economic system, we are teaching them to take part in a system that benefits the establishment and maintains the status quo. Education is not being taught for the individual to help them achieve their full potential (Aristotelian). The "ends" of education is for the establishment (the ruling class) and helps them make profit on their capital. A hierarchy class can only exist on the basis of ignorance and poverty.
They're making a case similar to that of the Glycemic Load Diet.
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I hate to refer you to Amazon, but there's a little book that walks you through such optimization problems: How to Solve Word Problems in Calculus by the Dons. I'd like to help you, but I am very rusty on this stuff, so I might end up misleading you.
I completely understand your point now.
My point(s) is/are (with the bullet points) is that after my 76 credit hours of post-grad, two master's degrees in teaching, then education, teaching credential, admin credential, ten years (12 really) of experience, and pirated learning lectures I have confirmed conclusions I reached at 15 years of age working at my grandfather's business. I essentially found more academic ways of expressing my conclusions.
But criticizing my bullet points for their superficiality on Reddit is like criticizing me for not being a well-rounded individual while we are paired during a speed-dating meet. Superficiality is the byproduct of the medium.
Now to address my second criticism:
To quote: <Moreover, it's this kind of thinking, i.e. that what I understand as good teaching based on my private practices is the same as universally good practice, is incredibly destructive to the efforts to reform schools.
So you say I am 'doing it wrong' while referring me to a source that is locked in the 'ivory towers' of academia. This is what is wrong with education. The flow of knowledge is not FREE. I would love to learn more about how to improve my pedagogy (which is part of the reason why I doubled down on a Masters). But how can do that when every critic I talk to tells me I do it wrong and I have to spend $10 to ingest their snake oil - and it is snake oil until proven otherwise. Solution? Forward your copy of the report you wanted me to read to [email protected]. I genuinely really appreciate it.
Now - I'm going to do to you what you did to me - if you want to discuss the merits of practice v. theory read this
I am willing to mail you my copy.
My main rule of thumb I like to follow when cold calling is "never ask a closed-ended question" (a question to which the answer is 'yes' or 'no'). Instead, intro yourself briefly, offer three quick benefits, and end with an open-ended question. Or better yet, a statement. A great book that focuses on this approach is The Customer Centric Selling Field Guide to Prospecting and Business Development
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0088NGVJK/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?ie=UTF8&amp;btkr=1
excellent book
as for just straight storytelling, theres too many to list here. go to a writing page and get a list. something like McKee's Story or Syd Field's Screenplay are good from my personal collection but theres so many on story alone
hi there!
i can't help with the medications, as i'm also only on birth control. i don't take any supplements, either. i try to get as much protein and as many nutrients from my diet as possible.
i eat 5 or 6 times a day. i never let myself get truly hungry. i lots of protein, lots of veggies, some fruit. yesterday was a pretty typical day for me. (edit: i just realized that this is only ~1400 cals, which is less than typical for me, but the types of food i ate were typical.) here's what i ate:
7 am:
1/3 cup all-bran bran buds (tastes better than it sounds) with whole milk
2 pieces of uncured bacon
cup of decaf with whole milk
9 am:
2 eggs with diced tomatoes and mild cheddar
cup of decaf with whole milk
12 pm:
one large red pear
with a hunk of freres cheese
4 pm:
salmon fillet with a habanero dry rub; cooked with corn, tomatoes, shallots, green beans, garlic, and lime.
8 pm:
bowl of sliced summer squash and corn with lemon and a tiny amount of butter.
all of this only added up to about 1400 calories, which is much less than i usually eat, but it was all extremely filling.
my advice is don't go too long without eating. it's terrible for people with PCOS/insulin resistance to let their blood sugar yo-yo that way. i used to do it and was constantly battling sugar crashes and mood swings because of it. now i carry snacks with me wherever i go so i don't get into a situation where i'm stuck somewhere without food. usually i carry cashews and some kind of veggie with me.
i really thought that going sugar-free would be impossible for me. i could not go a day without cookies, ice cream, bread, whatever. but after doing lots of research into PCOS and insulin resistance i couldn't deny that i was doing myself no favors by continuing to eat the way i was. all i'm saying is don't discount avoiding carbs. it really doesn't have to feel like punishment and deprivation. the first week i acted like a dirty hag to everyone, but since then, it's been pretty smooth sailing. and i still allow myself indulgences: i had pizza on friday (though i cut off the crusts) and some chocolate on saturday. i just make sure that i pair them with enough protein to help balance the sugar spike.
also, it's entirely possible that you are not eating enough. i don't know how much you weigh or how much you lift, but my basal metabolic rate is around 1800 cal/day, which means on hard exercise days i am eating 2200-2500 cal/day and still i am creating a calorie deficit.
weight lifting is great (i just started ... baby steps!), but don't forget to engage your slow-twitch muscles by going for walks. i used to hate walking, but this book convinced me that it's a pretty good thing to do for insulin resistance and weight loss, even though it doesn't feel like exercise.
i know you didn't want to just be told "stay away from carbs," but this is what is working for me! YMMV.
hey don't knock us lazy folk.
back in the day the book:
The Lazy Man's Way to Riches was on of my favs.
https://www.amazon.com/LAZY-MANS-WAY-RICHES/dp/B001GQGCD6/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_img_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;psc=1&amp;refRID=WZKYK7R6GWBS3C85Y4ZS
You might be better served by looking up book son business improv, like this one.
I'd suggest reading well-regarded and well-edited publications and pay attention to the structure of the language and the punctuation. How language is used in context is going to be your best guide. For more in-depth reading about actual language, I consider Garner's indispensable. Also a big fan of Steven Pinker, though it's a little heavy and can be controversial. Anything by Bill Walsh is worth reading if you're interested in writing well.