Do you need to hire a slapper?

Have trouble achieving your goals in life? Having trouble achieving the level of success you desire? Not as productive as you wish?  This short piece from NPR yesterday put a smile on my face for the rest of the day.

It is an interview under 2 minutes.  I don't want to give away the story.  Trust me, if you have every had trouble achieving a goal in your life, this is a vision you should hold.  Or maybe hire?

http://www.npr.org/2012/10/29/163845754/man-hires-someone-to-slap-him-for-goofing-off

Maneesh Sethi, thank you for making me smile (even if I may not have been as productive the moment I was listening to your interview!) 

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Happines Questioned Part 2

2.     How much unhappiness should I have?

Feelings of sadness, guilt, and anger act like radar, scanning and providing information about the quality of our lives. Negative feelings can signal that problems are occurring and that action must be taken to change courses. It wouldn't be sensible to try to eliminate negative feelings entirely. How frequently do you experience negative feelings, and how frequently do you think you ideally would like to?

To learn more about the authors of these questions and their work:

Robert Biswar-Diener

Mathieu Ricard

John Helliwell

Project Plus

And Dr. Biswar-Diener’s most current training for coaches starting October 29, 2012

Thank you, Andrea Goeglein

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Unexpected Gifts

When I created the Random Acts of Kindle Kindness to celebrate the one year anniversary of the events that became Don't Die with Your Song Unsung, I had some strategic goals for the book and the campaign. 

I did not achieve those goals.

Instead, the campaign is achieving goals I could never have planned to achieve -- that is why success is so difficult to define.  This is a note I received today:

Hi Andrea . I wanted to share with you what fun we had today at school.  In keeping with our delivering happiness core value, I was sharing with my students our chance meeting, synchronicity, Gary's video and about the book.  

We had a few guests visiting and decided to give them a wow experience by telling them the story and gifting them with the electronic book that you were so kind to donate.  I even ironed the dollar bills so they would look nice and crisp!!  We then asked them to pay it forward and deliver a smile to someone else.   

They loved the experience!  It was a great day!  Thank you Thank you Thank you a hundred (or two :) times over!

May God Bless You have blessed us and more.

What can I say to such a note but bach at you with a bigger Thank You!  Andrea T. Goeglein, PhD
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Finding My Voice Part II

The difficult part of finding my voice is that I feel called to lovingly communicate differences (generally more than others wish I would – and I know that). 

Our current political cycle has allowed me ample opportunity to practice communicating my opinion in a respectful way to someone or some institute that I feel is potentially using their position of power to inflame emotion instead of build resolution.  I am not big into 50/50 thinking, or consensus thinking.  I am big into working on resolutions that give a place to begin the real work.  Some of the time that means I get more than I give – other times that means I give up or contribute more than I get. 

What follows is an excerpt from an email I wrote a local business leader after observing the content of Facebook comments, cartoons and jokes he posted.  I felt they left no doubt how he was voting, and I additionally felt they left no room for solution building.  I wrote this note privately and share parts of the content to give you an example how you might approach a difficult conversation. 

“Dear Person,

I wanted to take this conversation off line. I have been surprised how you have been using this political cycle to lead your XXXXXX through posts on FB. I take it from your posts, that you would not allow a non-RNC member to work for or with you. That surprised me. You know I led a successful business before.  My employee base was a very diverse group – especially during our last election when the hotels Richard and I owned were in Arizona.  I think it would be fair to say that most of our employees differed on their opinion of not only who should be President, but on how to resolve the great concerns that faced our nation in 2008.  I also think none of them felt isolated by or from us for our differences.

I saw my role as teaching them to stay in conversation long enough to hear where they shared values and to build a solution from that point. A chapter heading from a book I was reading today says it all: Walking Our Talk -- What We Allow We Teach. I am deeply devoted to life success. I have vowed during this season to not work to convince others to vote as I might -- but to listen with care, hear what they want fixed, and finds ways to work together to fix it. My RNC friends (to which I have many as you would expect) are amazed how calm I remain when we have coffee and discuss politics.

They know we want only great things for our country and my response allows them to see how they could be heard better (that is what they have told me). You are in an important leadership position in our community. I hope you will consider facilitating conversations aimed at solution. Wishing you continued success…”

P.S. I just took the photo on this blog.  As my Facebook page showed, I attended my first ever political rally when President Obama was in Las Vegas.  I kept wondering where to put the ticket I saved as a memento.  As I was cleaning up my bookshelf in my office this last week I found what I thought was the perfect place:  In the souvenir box from the only other political event I attended – the second inaugural of President Ronald Reagan.  Both experiences are ones I will cherish forever.  

I hope you join me in thanking the men and women who serve so that I/we can share deep differences and yet know that the most I will suffer is a hurt feeling -- not be killed for what I shared.  That is true freedom.  All we are missing is a bit more courtesy. 

Thank you and may Peace be with us all, Andrea T. Goeglein, PhD

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Yeah, But It Won't Last!

Today is a “weather perfect day” in Las Vegas.  This day followed a record breaking rainfall for any day since records have been kept for Las Vegas.  As I began my 7 a.m. walk, the air was crisp, the birds were singing, and the leaves on the trees gave enough cover to feel a bit cool. 

Then it happened.  The moment-by-moment beauty of the day was haltingly disrupted as a greeted a follow female walker, “This is a glorious reward for all that rain yesterday,” I cheerfully espoused.  Her response?  “Huh? Oh, yeah. But it’s not going to last.”

Lucky for me, I walk very fast and was able to escape the pending doom radiating from this woman.  I was smiling from ear-to-ear knowing that I had just experienced a real time example of how the mind – when untrained and unmonitored – can destroy the present moment’s glory by anticipating the natural evolution of life. 

Do things change?  Heck, yes!  Does knowing that mean you should not appreciate the good times.  Heck, no!  Beautiful flowers can grow through rocks.

Dr. Success Challenge:  How would you act (or what decision would you make today) if you believed good was going to last…at least for the moment?

Optimism and pessimism start in the mind.  Success and happiness start and end in the mind.  Period.  You choose.

Thank you, Andrea T. Goeglein
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Urgent and Unimportant

Want to share a 4x4 that Ben Dean of Mentor Coach used in our Blue Sky Thinking class last week.  This 4x4 is known as the Covey Time Management Matrix.  See https://www.stephencovey.com/  for more about work Stephen Covey and his company has developed.

The question I will put to you is simple:  How much of your life is spent doing things that are urgent and unimportant or not urgent and not important?

Cannot help but then ask:  Is that serving your desire to achieve your goals?

Oh, it is Monday...Peace, Andrea
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Action, Synchronicity and Freedom

Dr. Carlos Letelier did not wait for magic to happen to create his successful oral surgery practice.  He continually took action, so he was prepared when synchronistic opportunities presented themselves.  The result -- he created a life of freedom for, and with, his family. 

As a young man, Carlos traveled the world with a backpack and as little as $50 in his wallet.  He took action to follow his dream to travel, and believed, and did find, odd jobs everywhere he traveled to support his dream.  He continually sought opportunities to learn.  He used those opportunities to continue his education (where he meet his wife and business partner). As a young man, those opportunities looked like medical training.  As a young doctor, those opportunities looked like securing the assistance of a first rate consulting firm to build the foundation of his practice.  He is reserved, yet adventurous.  He is a risk taker, yet grounds his optimism with preparedness.  He feels fear, yet never allowed fear to stop him from taking a risk. 

By stepping out of his comfort zone – leaving his native country Chili, where his entire family of origin, including his identical twin remain today – he allowed unrelated events to come together to pave the stepping stones of his life.  He did not dream of being an oral surgeon as a little boy.  He did not dream of living in Las Vegas.  He is doing both very successfully.

What Carlos did was follow his heart, informed by his head.   That is synchronicity in action. That is how magic happens.  That is how miracles occur.  That is the energy your dreams need to become reality.  When grounded optimism meets prepardness, synchronicity is in action.

Dr. Success Challenge:  In the United States this is what I call Freedom Week.  What action are you willing to take to free yourself from your fear of clarifying your passion and living a life on purpose? 

Thank you Sarah Stuart https://www.facebook.com/magic.sarah.stuart for the graphic used on this blog.

And in the words of Dr. Hew Len, "Wishing you peace beyond all understanding."

Andrea T. Goeglein, PhD

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Investment in Training and Development Works, Stupid!

There, I said it!  It is Friday.  This my blog and I can say and write what I want.  What I want today is for businesses, large and small, to stop making a short-term money decision about whether training and development is "worth it" and open their eyes to the lost potential for greater growth and financial gain.

Yet again I had the opportunity to meet a person -- one outstanding M.D., D.M.D and D.D.S. named Carlos Letelier who runs his oral surgery and dental implant practice (The Center for Oral Surgery)the way it should be run -- like a outstanding business, with outstanding people who have defined responsibilities, supported by both technical and human development training, with a structured marketing plan.

What make Carlos so unique was not that he is clearly smart -- just look at all those degrees -- but he identified and used his natural genius.  He knew to become the best of what he wanted to become he had to focus, take action, and delegate.  He also knew he could not do everything himself so he hired a specialized consulting team to help him execute his vision.  I will elaborate more in another post, but if you are in the dental business and care about your success, I suggest you check out The Levin Group. 

Thank you and Happy Friday, Andrea
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The Shadow Knows

"The shadow knows" is part of the infamous opening line of the radio late 1930's radio show, The Shadow.  I was reminded of the line, and its part in my life (my Mom's says it often), when reading a chapter in the book, Integral Christianity, in preparation for a meeting to discuss how to identify and resolved shadow issues*  in our own lives.

Then an everyday example came through a client encounter.  A client sent me the photo shown here after one of our sessions.  He commented on its meaning for him.  Part of his explanation included how grass can grow in cracks.  During our next call, he mentioned his observation how people were so technologically involved during their commutes, they were not noticing, nor were they connected to, nature.  This observation lead to a discussion about a business line he wanted to develop.  "His shadow (unconscious) knew"...and was pointing him in the direction of his idea all along.  His shadow was also showing him an area of his own life he wanted to explore - how he does not notice his surroundings, he rushed, potentially took beauty for granted.  Not major psychological challenges, yet attributes that can erode the quality of life.  Once the challenge is brought to light, the ability to see other areas more clearly is easier. 

*Shadow issues in Integral Christianity are described from the Jungian perspective.  Simplistically, shadow issues generally refer to ways of behaving or responding that we are unaware of in psychological development are defined as:  "the entirety of the unconscious, i.e., everything of which a person is not fully conscious" (Wikipedia, Jungian Shadow)

Dr. Success Challenge:  What does your shadow know that you are not paying attention to?  Sit for 10 minutes with no distractions and repeated ask yourself that question.  Do not expect to get an immediate answer.  Just become observant of what you begin to notice in your day to day life.

Thank you, Andrea Goeglein

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The Power of Willpower

Willpower has returned!  Thanks to the research of Roy F. Baumeister and John Tierney and the publication of their recent book, Willpower:  Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength, willpower is shaking its reputation as a character flaw and being studied as a strength to be developed. 
The transition from studying why people lack willpower to studying how willpower can be developed is yet another contribution from the field of Positive Psychology. This shift is not unlike the shift that grounded the field – from studying why depressed people are depressed to studying how people experience happiness and mental well-being in their lives.  It is also an excellent example how the perspective brought to a subject or experience changes the subject or experience.  Where you put your focus is where you get your result.

Baumeister and Tierney show how willpower is correlated to achieving goals, how motivation is tied to willpower, and how success in general is associated with being motivated to sustain your willpower to achieve your goals.  So how do you build willpower?  Take steps to keep yourself motivated PRIOR to depleting your power to stay motivated.  This tactic is similar to the evidence on how to become more resilient.  Build steps into your goal that do nothing but build and support your ability to stay motivated. 

Example Goal:  A real estate agent wants to sign five new listings.  The task requires lots of cold calling, attending meetings, making untold contacts.  Those tasks take a lot of physical and mental energy to complete. 
Tactic to build and strengthen ability to stay motivated:  20 minutes of meditation once or twice a day. 

The tactic may appear counter intuitive, yet the evidence is overwhelming.  At a minimum, some form of meditation break would stop the negative thoughts that may have crept in during a day of calls, meeting and greeting without a specific result for your efforts.  Stopping to calm your thoughts would actually feed your ability to stay motivated to keep doing the things you need to eventually reach your goal.

The real goal is avoiding what Baumeister and Tierney define as ‘ego-depletion’ which includes self-control.  The more decisions you make in a day, the greater the chance you will deplete your ability to maintain self-control (it is why you can feel tired after a networking event – you kept ‘deciding’ who to approach, who not to approach, who to avoid, who not to avoid – and why you may drink too much during or after the event!).

Ego-depletion in a business social setting for an introvert may look like withdrawal and lack of energy to engage new contacts.  Ego-depletion in an extrovert in the same situation may look like over-talking, too aggressive and lacking social filters (that might be the case for both introverts and extroverts.

Bottom line:  Build and nurture your willpower throughout the day to perform at your highest levels and increase your likelihood of achieving your goals.
 
Thank you, Andrea T. Goeglein, PhD
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Not sure this link is still active, but worth checking out.  You will get a recording of an interview with Roy Baumeister by Ben Dean of Mentor Coach.  http://www.mentorcoach.com/baumeister/ 

 

Size Matters

Almost 20 years ago, thanks to an international business class, I learned that India -- with over 1 billion people at that time -- already had a middle class the size of the entire US population (400 million).  That stat has stayed me with and guided my thinking about globalization and the impact of large population nations leading our global economic growth.  What does this all have to do with personal growth?  A lot.  How we communicate, and the impact of our communications, can change the course of our destiny and determine our success in life relationships. 
Enjoy watching the "Oprah" of China.  The stats about the impact of micro blogging (IE our version of Twitter) are very interesting. 

Do You Believe Part 2

So much of life success and achievement is based in what you choose to believe.

I was struck by this warning sign at the Louvre recently. The parable of Jesus assumes Jesus believed and trusted he could walk on water -- that was in part why he could walk on water.

That begs the question: What do you believe you are capable of doing or achieving?

Happy walking on water.  Thank you, Andrea Goeglein, PhD
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Imagine

I suggest you invest 8 minutes and just imagine.  Imagine what you are capable of that you have yet to attempt.  Imagine how you could change someone's life.  Imagine what the world filled with Emmanuel.


Thank you Minda for bringing this piece to my attention.  Andrea T. Goeglein, PhD
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Do you believe?

The handsome young man in the photo is my grandson Miles Goeglein on the occasion of his confirmation.  Like many his age, he has struggled with what to believe.  What he showed me was the power just one quote can have on a life. 

“If you are able! – All things can be done for the one who believes.”

-Mark 9:23

All my life I’ve been a performer and  I plan on being one for rest of my life. When I am stressed out for a show or a song that I have to perform in front of others, I always think about how I just need to believe in myself and anything can happen. This helps me feel less stressed. To be honest, I never knew about this bible verse until one H2H night when I started looking through my bible for confirmation verses and that’s when I came across it. In this verse Jesus is inviting me to believe in myself but to know I am not alone. I often get scared or frustrated and can only do so much but to believe and trust in Him helps me move on.  Knowing that I’ve been saying this in my head all these years made me think, well maybe this verse is my faith. I found it crazy that one verse, that’s not even fifteen words long could do so much and say so much, but now whenever I say this verse I feel like Jesus is telling me to go ahead and try something new even if it’s hard.  If you truly believe in yourself it can be accomplished.

Life gets stressful sometimes. You never know what door is going to open or close, but the more you feel the emotion in every word in this verse, the more you know God is giving you the opportunity to accomplish anything as long as you believe. Also in this verse, I feel like God is telling us to set our sights high, but when I say this I do not mean that you get everything you want, you can feel good about yourself and others by believing in yourself. Stuff happens, just because you do not get something you want when you are believing in yourself, does not mean this verse is not true. It just means that maybe you were not meant for it.

This verse is not only inspirational but it has a story behind it. It’s about a father who is worried about his demon-possessed son. The son attempts to destroy himself by throwing himself into fire and then into water. His father witnessing his sons attempt at death causes the father unknown grief. He comes to Jesus as his last resort, so he says to Jesus when he sees him, “If you are able, can you heal my son.” The father is uncertain if anything can be done for his son. Jesus speaks to his uncertainty-All things can be done for the one who believes. Jesus is telling the father to believe in Him (Jesus) as his Help. Jesus helps make the impossible – possible. Knowing this story really makes me think about who Jesus is talking too.  Yes, he is talking to a father with a demon-possessed son, but when he says this I feel as though he is talking to the whole world, not just this man. As a Christian I believe that everyone will interpret this verse differently, but I think Jesus is just speaking to our uncertainty; telling us that if we believe in him, he will help us believe we can get through anything.  

I know that friends or family or even that person that is a complete stranger to you, can read this and just keep moving on. I know if I had a friend or knew someone that had thoughts of hurting themselves in any way, I would show them this verse and I would tell them you do not have to hurt yourself. If you believe in yourself you will make it through this. I am a strong believer that if a person is having a bad day, all they need is that little reminder saying that you’re going to be fine. “If you are able! – All things can be done for the one who believes.” Believe in yourself and I promise you will get through any situation and you are never alone.  I will continue to perform and live my life with this verse in my head and all things can be done for me as one who believes.

Thank you for a beautiful lesson Miles. I love you. 

  

Dr. Success Challenge:  What quote has guided your life and why? 

Andrea T. Goeglein, PhD

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The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die, by John Izzo

John Izzo begins his book: The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die with a question we should form our entire life around: “Why do some people find wisdom and die happy?” This query is one that should sit quietly in the back of our minds from birth until death. When we sit with a question like this, we open ourselves to the endless possibilities of the answer.
John Izzo seeks to provide his audience with a roadmap to discovering our own answer to this. Through his book, he invites us to create lives of wisdom and happiness, no matter what our circumstance. Before beginning the five-step lesson, Izzo outlines the greatest challenge of all. He reminds us that time is passing. In our powelessness over that, we have huge opportunities. We can manage our priorities and our choices. We are the stars of this one-person, one-lifetime show.
This book was, in some ways, a collaboration. Four thousand people were nominated by friends or loved ones as being true pillars of wisdom and joy. The author then chose 235 of those candidates between 60 and 105 years old – the most knowledgeable section of our society. These subjects have experienced the most. They can separate the hard knocks from the great lessons. Through those subjects and their wisdom, Izzo came up with five tenets for a life worth living:

1. Be true to yourself.
2. Leave no regrets.
3. Become love.
4. Live in the moment.
5. Give more than you take.

Although each of these is vital and approached with great depth and focus in the book, one or two demand a moment’s inspection and are worth implementing this very moment.

· Living in the moment. If one of the five tenets to living a happy life is to live in the moment, we are literally behind the eightball before we even begin. We are taken out of the “moment” a thousand times each day through our own technology. (Can you say email?) The author recounts taking his dog for a walk one day. The dog was enjoying that walk so much more than Mr. Izzo himself. The dog paused to enthusiastically enjoy smells or the company of other dogs (friends). The author was simply busy timing himself to accomplish his daily speed walk.
· Become Love. Izzo asks us to recognize that love is not an idea, it is an action. It means choosing to spend time with friends. (Even dogs do that!) It means embodying thoughtfulness and a loving tone. We must not miss an opportunity or spend a day in human disappointment – there simply are no do-overs. You will pass through today only once, and love will sustain you.
· Leave no Regrets. The author’s grandfather offered him the idea, early in his life, to judge his days by how satisfying they are. Each day will pass, it is simply the law of time and space, but how we live and how fulfilled we are, will become the foundation of great choices. Quite simply, we get this one chance to create a life that leaves no regrets. Do what thrills you.
Like all great books on positive psychology, gratitude is the prevailing thought throughout this book. To be able to rebound every day (if necessary) and choose to live a joyous and meaningful life. To create time to be still and find the timeless beauty hidden behind to do lists and ever-full inboxes. To author our own sonata, our own academy-award winning existence. That is the good life, and John Izzo wants us to know it. The rewards of each of these five principles are limitless, and amazingly, they are free. It’s the free lottery ticket – your one true life.

To your success, Dr. Success (aka Andrea Goeglein, Ph.D.)
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Flourish

Marty Seligman delivered this TED speech in 2004.  I was completing his Authentic Happiness Coaching program at that time and he told us about this speech.  This segment covers Positive Psychology to that point in its young history.  It is a good primer for those interested in the subject. 

One part not covered in this video that Marty shared during the class stuck with me -- because it is something I generally do not care about -- and that was when he taught that when Florence was the center of economic commerce, the greatest decision the wealthy made was to invest in the arts. 

It was that investment that helped the society flourish and continue to proposer for centuries.  Today, the core of Florence's global attraction is art and architecture created during that time (well maybe food, fashion and weather have something to do it, too). 

I live in Las Vegas.  Tourists do not come to Las Vegas because of the art and culture.  Yet, several years ago the buzz about the Smith Center for the Performing Arts and its creation began to circulate.  In March, 2012 The Smith Center opened -- after having been constructed during the worst depression in Las Vegas history (because the population of Las Vegas was so small during the Great Depression most stories you hear about Las Vegas and that depression are associated with how Las Vegas prospered from government stimulus -- specifically the building of Hoover Dam).

As I sat in the Smith Center Reynolds Hall for the first time last night, I understood what the leaders of Florence understood and what Marty Seligman was attempting to teach me...investment in the arts creates community.  Every seat in the hall was filled, and filled with faces of every race, creed, color and generation.  I have lived in Las Vegas 15 years, I have never experienced the electrifying sense of community I experience in that hall. 

I always knew Las Vegas would survive the depression of 2008-2012.  It was not until last night that I could see how it was going to again thrive. 

The Reynolds Foundation legacy will become the legacy of a city. 

Thank you, Andrea T. Goeglein, PhD
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Goals: Committed or Convenient

Are your life goals ones that you are committed to, or ones that are convenient to hold?

Recently I became acquainted with a master brand strategist, Lou Rubin, Managing Partner of OutGrowth Consulting.  He told me he rode his bike to the office each day.  He lives in New York City.  A few days after our meeting, he sent me a photo of Central Park on a beautiful spring day. 

Upon receiving the photo I assumed Lou only rides on days when the weather cooperated. I know those are the only days I would ride my bike in New York City. I shared my assumption with Lou.  Lou’s response was to send me the photo on this blog! 

That caused me think about the different between goals we achieve and goals we do not achieve.  I suspect we achieve more of the goals we are committed to than those goals that are just goals of convenience. 

What do you think?  What has been your experience? 

Let me know.  Thank you, Andrea
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Meaningful Work Part II

I would like you to invest 4 minutes watching this clip.  Notice that the young man probably would not have been on the show had it not been for Charlotte. 

Think about a time you helped someone move further than they thought they could -- but your contribution was potentially not appreciated by others.  Did the person you helped show Jonathan's character?

Moment by moment remember that man cannot live by bread alone, Andrea

Positive Intelligence - Harvard Business Review

Positive Intelligence - Harvard Business Review

I will admit, this is my favorite article in the series.

How could I not like an article that states: In fact, it works the other way around: People who cultivate a positive mind-set perform better in the face of challenge. I call this the “happiness advantage”—every business outcome shows improvement when the brain is positive.

Might I add: Amen!

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Sheryl Sandberg: Why we have too few women leaders | Video on TED.com

Sheryl Sandberg: Why we have too few women leaders Video on TED.com

It is hard not to be following Sherly Sandberg, the COO of Facebook, given the pending IPO. I have been researching her since reading an article in the NY Times last week. Very gracious woman. Very sound advice. And I like that I don't feel an edge of resentment that I often sense in many mega successful women. For me, her style invites you into her way of thinking without judgement.

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