Leadership Book on College

Yesterday I wrote about public libraries carrying my books. Last night I received an email from a reader who purchased my book LEADING PEOPLE THE BLACK BELT WAY: CONQUERING THE FIVE CORE PROBLEMS FACING LEADERS TODAY at the bookstore at the University of California-Berkeley.

Leadership Books in Public Libraries

Public libraries across the nation continue to purchase my books.

I recently heard from an interested reader who found my book The Way of Leading People: Unlocking Your Integral Leadership Skills with the Tao Te Chingin a public library in San Marcos, Texas.

Holiday Blues ...

Wow. What a holiday season for businesses.

Toyota Motor Corps, one of the world's leading manufacturers of automobiles, is predicting a fairly significant loss ... it's first annual loss. Ever.

Retail sales are down. Significantly.

... and the U.S. government has no idea how banks are spending the $700 billion bailout we gave them.

Economically, this is shaping up to be a very difficult season, and 2009 will probably follow suite.

Unemployment Blogs

As more and more leaders are dealing with issues around unemployment, a number of unemployment blogs are cropping up.

I find Unemploymentality to have interesting perspectives.

Looking for a Motivational Leadership Speaker?

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Timothy H. Warneka, author of LEADING PEOPLE THE BLACK BELT WAY: CONQUERING THE FIVE CORE PROBLEMS FACING LEADERS TODAY and THE WAY OF LEADING PEOPLE: UNLOCKING YOUR INTEGERAL LEADERSHIP SKILLS WITH THE TAO TE CHING is an nationally recognized leadership expert and an in-demand speaker. An expert on Emotionally Intelligent leadership as well as the interconnection of spirituality and leadership, Timothy H. Warneka is an experienced inspirational speaker who provides powerful leadership insights to:

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Review from the HINDU Business Line

LEADING PEOPLE THE BLACK BELT WAY: CONQUERING THE FIVE CORE PROBLEMS FACING LEADERS TODAY continue to gain stature around the world.

This book review just came in from The HINDU Business Line:

"Start Listening

Unlike the ineffective leader, when a skilled leader hears something he doesn’t like, he stops talking and starts listening, even more so than he was previously, writes Timothy H. Warneka in Leading People the Black Belt Way: Conquering the five core problems facing leaders today.

You can’t learn anything about what’s going on in your organisation if you’re always talking, and trying to argue someone out of a perspective, Warneka advises. “If you ask a person whether or not he or she feels empowered and the answer is ‘no,’ then quietly ask ‘why’ and listen to what is said. You will inevitably learn something you did not know.” If, on the other hand, you become defensive and begin arguing how empowered the person should be feeling, then you were not ready to ask the question in the first place, the author avers.

Useful guidance."

Swallowing Economics

Economics was one of my least-favorite courses in college, and I've tended to shy away from economic books since then. Given the enormous financial upheavals of the past six months, I've decided I better brush up.

Economist Paul Krugman impressed me during several of the pre-elections debates I watch on the media, so I've decided to start with him. When I start reading an author, I try to start with their early work and come up to date.

Hence, my notes on:

THE AGE OF DIMINISHED EXPECTATIONS
By Paul Krugman (1990).


“The beginning of action must, however, lie in understanding.” (p. xii)

There are only three important factors for the US economy:
1. Productivity.
2. Income Distribution
3. Unemployment

“Indeed, for the median American worker there has been no increase in real take-home pay since the first inauguration of Richard Nixon.” (p. 1)

“When Ronald Reagan was elected, the supply-siders got a chance to try out their ideas. Unfortunately, they failed.” (p. 16)

"[During the '80's] The ranks of the extremely well-off were reinforced by the vast fortunes made by traders and investment bankers on Wall Street and by huge increases in executive compensation. Meanwhile, the amount of sheer misery in America has surely increased much faster than the official poverty rate, as homelessness and drug addiction have spread." (p. 20)

“The 1980’s have been an era in which fabulous fortunes have been made in corporate finance.” (p. 154)

“Americans no longer expect much from their economy or from the politicians who manage it.” (p. 169)

“Looking back from the year 2010, we will surely marvel at our stupidity in 1990.” (p. 170)