Originally posted 10/3/2017.
I took the first two weeks of August for a trip to Europe with my wife, Tammy. Tammy joined one of Berkshire Choral International’s groups which rehearsed and sang in Budapest, Hungary. While she was in rehearsals I toured Budapest and caught up on my reading, both business and pleasure. Following are comments about and links to a few of the articles that struck a chord.
Another concept applicable to business revolves around Stanford psychology professor Carol Dweck’s division of our mind-sets into two categories:
The final concept that jumped off the page also came from Dr. Pirozzolo – “Don’t believe the hype.” During my career in the fashion industry, I was aware of countless fashion designers who crashed and burned because they believed the hype and were unable to adjust to changing market and business realities.
“Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Improve them, and they will become the brightest gems.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
These are just a few of the ideas I gleaned during my vacation reading, I hope you will find them useful.