Daughter of the Cloud – Alden Globe

Daughter of the cloud – a maps private value thriller is the latest book of Alden Globe. Alden Globe is a colleague value engineer based in the USA, but we’ve worked together on multiple projects and initiatives at BMC Software. That’s why I was fortunate review an early manuscript and contribute to the book writing process.

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The 6 Habits of Growth – Audible Book of Brendon Burchard

In this article I will review the 6 habits of growth audible book of Brendon Burchard. However, I won’t spoil all the details that Brendon shares around the growth habits motivation, focus, confidence, energy, purpose and leadership.

In addition, I will try to link this audible book with the learnings from High Performance Habits.

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The Secret of Running – Van Megen & Van Dijk

In this article I will review the book The Secret of Running, a book from Ron van Megen and Hans van Dijk. Both authors are engineers by profession and enthusiastic sportsmen.

These authors also wrote The Secret of Cycling and two interesting book in Dutch “Het Geheim van Wielrennen” and “Hardlopen met Power!” that discuss training methodology and scientific models which estimate performance for cycling and running.

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FitCEO Be the leader of your life. Rebecca Macieira-Kaufmann, Lillian So

In this article I will review the book FitCEO Be the leader of your life, the latest book from Rebecca Macieira-Kaufmann and Lillian So. I was fortunate to speak with Rebecca and reflect on the book and my High Performance Habits Coaching results.

So let’s have a look at the book and how I’ve used it.

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Business Model Shifts – Patrick van der Pijl, Justin Lokitz, Roland Wijnen and Maarten van Lieshout

In this article I will review the book Business Model Shifts with subtitle “Six ways to create new value for customers”. It is the latest book from the Business Models Inc. team Patrick van der Pijl, Justin Lokitz, Roland Wijnen and Maarten van Lieshout.

You’ve also seen these names in the publication of Design a Better Business.

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Headspace Guide to Mindfulness & Meditation – Andy Puddicombe

In this article I will share my thoughts on the book “The Headspace Guide to Meditation and Mindfulness” by Andy Puddicombe. I also an active user of the headspace service and make the daily investment of 10 minutes a day to meditate.

The Headspace Guide was listed by Bill Gates in the article “5 summer books and other things to do at home” on gatesnotes.com Summer Books for 2020.

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The Disruption Mindset – Charlene Li

In this article I will review The Disruption Mindset which is the latest book from Charlene Li. While in the field of open innovation the term disruption is a common term I was pretty excited to learn how a disruptive mindset and a disruptive company culture can be developed.

So I will start by going through the book structure and highlight a couple of sections and paragraphs that were most exciting or relevant to my in my current state of personal- and professional development.

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Sebastiaan Hooft – APK voor ondernemers

APK voor ondernemers is the latest book of Sebastiaan Hooft, a highly successful dutch serial entrepreneur, DJ and producer. The book is aimed at entrepreneurs and written in Dutch, so it’s funny to see a book review in English from a non-entrepreneur. 🙂

APK voor ondernemers” has some valuable life lessons and has useful takeaways for every professional, who is trying to balance the various roles in work- and personal life.

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