Leadership Coaching Calgary

Losing My Virginity – Richard Branson (autobiography)

Posted ago by Matthew

“Ridiculous yachts and private planes and big limousines won’t make people enjoy life more, and it sends out terrible messages to the people who work for them. It would be so much better if that money was spent in Africa… …

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How to Start a Movement – Derek Sivers

Posted ago by Matthew

 With help from some surprising footage, Derek Sivers explains how movements really get started. (Hint: it takes two.) Recorded at TED2010, February 2010 in Long Beach, CA. Print or Share

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Think and Grow Rich – Napoleon Hill

Posted ago by Matthew

“Everything your mind can conceive, you can achieve” – Napoleon Hill Even if it is 70 years since the book Think and Grow Rich was written, it is still a highly respected and read book.  It has sold millions of …

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Phil Esposito

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Phil Esposito Born February 20, 1942 NHL Hall of Fame Inductee 1984 Stanley Cups – 1970, 1972 Phil Esposito’s morning routine as a child was layering sweaters and driving with his father in the morning darkness along empty roads to …

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Howard Schultz

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Born 19 July, 1953 Chairman and CEO, Starbucks In 1981, working as the General Manager of Hammarplast, a Swedish drip coffeemaker manufacturer, Schultz traveled from New York to Seattle to check out Starbucks, a popular coffee bean store that had …

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Soichiro Honda

Posted ago by Matthew

Historically people who have obtained tremendous success have been single-minded in their focus and determination to make their dreams come to fruition. The story of the Honda motorbike and Mister Soichiro Honda is about following through on a dream. Soichiro …

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Business Bibles

Posted ago by Matthew

I enjoy reading and getting recommendations of good business books to read.  I thought this was a useful list.  This is an article from Sean Wise.  Sean Wise is the Globe & Mail’s monthly entrepreneurship and venture capital columnist. Business …

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