Category: Reading/Books
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Trainers and reading
Here’s a great article from the Harvard Business Review which basically says that reading is good for you and has many business benefits apart from being just good entertainment. Now that should be good news for all those trainers who got books for Christmas. I have said many times in this blog and in my…
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Writing Training Programs
A lot of people ask me how do you get into writing training programs for other organisations. I don’t actually have a good answer to that questions. One day someone asked if I could do it and I said yes and I have been doing it ever since. I think that I do a pretty…
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And the resources just keep coming!
I found this resource the other day and I am still digging through it. It provides some great advice and assistance to people who just want to learn but don’t necessarily want to follow the accredited or traditional learning pathways. This would be great for any student and for that matter anyone who just wants…
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What’s Life Coaching all about?
Have you always been confused or curious about what Life Coaching is all about? Well here is a great little (free) read that might help you. Some great references at the back of the pdf which I found very interesting (more books to read) and some good points on what it isn’t and the process.…
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Make your own book and sell it
Here is another one of those simple but effective ideas. At this site, blurb, you can make your own book, share it or sell it. Great idea for classes, your kids or creating that special book for a special occasion. Try it out and let me know what you think.
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Keep your brain active
I have written a number of posts on creativity and it’s importance to the trainer. To be creative you do have to have a creative brain. Fortunately you can exercise your brain just like any muscle in your body. You can become more creative as well as increase you overall intelligence. Most of us now…
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Free Management Library
Just a quick post today. It is Sunday and I feel like being outside in this beautiful summer weather we are finally experiencing. When I get back from the beach I am going to have a good look around this free resource. Basically it is a free management library. The section on training looks very…
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Tim Ferris – The updated book
I read Tim Ferris’s book “The 4 – Hour work Week” somewhere back in 2009. I wrote a blog post referring to it as great book that I read that year. I have recently completed the expanded and updated edition and it is bigger and better> The concepts are the same but there is a…
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Ignore everybody
Just finished a great little book which you might be interested in. Its called Ignore Everybody – And 39 other keys to creativity. Very funny and insightful and just the sort of thing you should read if you have an idea and do not know whether you should try it out. It starts off with…