PBTO S2E9: Friend of a Friend: Understanding the Hidden Networks That Can Transform Your Life And Your Career

http://traffic.libsyn.com/pushingbeyondtheobvious/2-08_PBTO_S2E9__Friend_of_a_Friend__Understanding_the_Hidden_Networks_That_Can_Transform_Your_Life_and_Your_Career.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Email | RSSWho is on the show: David Burkus is a best-selling author, a sought-after speaker, an associate professor of leadership and innovation at Oral Roberts University. Why is he on the show: His forthcoming book, Friend of a Friend, offers readers a new perspective on how to grow their networks and build key connections—one based on the science of human behavior, not rote networking advice. He’s delivered keynotes to the leaders of Fortune 500 companies and the future leaders of the United States Naval Academy. His TED talk has been viewed over […]

PBTO S2E6: The Art of Standing Out & Reinventing Ourselves

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PBTO S2E5: Personal Knowledge Mastery with Harold Jarche

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4 Simple Ways to Get Lucky

4 Ways to Get Lucky by Mukesh Gupta In an experiment, social scientist Richard Wiseman, placed advertisements in national newspapers and magazines, asking for people who felt consistently lucky or unlucky to contact him. Over the years, 400 extraordinary men and women volunteered for his research from all walks of life: the youngest is an 18-year-old student, the oldest an 84-year-old retired accountant. He gave both lucky and unlucky people a newspaper, and asked them to look through it and count the number of photographs  in the newspaper. On average, the unlucky people took about two minutes to count the photographs, whereas the […]