Paradigm Shifting Books

A quick update at the start of 2023. Upcoming episodes outlook and my personal resolution for 2023!

The next book review episode won't be until later in 2022. Stephen explains the reasons behind this and the ultimate end in mind for this podcast ;)

Daniel H. Pink is the author of seven books, including the forthcoming The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward (Riverhead, 2022). His other books include the New York Times bestsellers When and A Whole New Mind — as well as the #1 New York Times bestsellers Drive and To Sell is Human. Dan’s books have won multiple awards, have been translated into 42 languages, and have sold millions of copies around the world. He lives in Washington, DC, with his family. For this episode, we specifically focus on Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, which draws on 50 years of behavioral science to overturn the conventional wisdom about human motivation. Along with being a Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and Publishers Weekly bestseller, Drive spent 159 weeks on the New York Times (main and extended) bestseller lists. A national bestseller in Japan and the United Kingdom, the book has been translated into 40 languages. Highlights: 00:00 - Intro 1:24 - Dan Pink background & career insight 5:18 - Why he wrote the book Drive 8:43 - Motivation 1.0 & 2.0 14:25 - What about money as motivation? 20:45 - Motivation 3.0 - Autonomy, Mastery & Purpose 37:09 - What is a practical action step to move to Motivation 3.0? 38:49 - What is success and how can I be successful? 40:25 - The Power of Regret - Preview of next book *** If you like this podcast and the books we discuss it would mean a lot if you left both a positive rating and review ;) Follow on: YouTube Instagram Facebook

Whitney Johnson is considered one of the top ten business thinkers in the world as named by Thinkers50, Whitney is an expert at smart growth leadership. Whitney has worked at FORTUNE 100 companies, and as an award-winning equity analyst on Wall Street. She co-founded the Disruptive Innovation Fund with Harvard Business School’s late Clayton Christensen. She has coached alongside the renowned Marshall Goldsmith, selected by Goldsmith in 2017 as a Top 15 Coach out of a pool of more than 17,000 candidates. Whitney understands how companies work, how investors think, and how the best coaches coach. An award-winning author, Johnson teaches the S Curve of Learning to managers and companies as both a keynote speaker and a frequent lecturer for Harvard Business School’s Corporate Learning. She is a LinkedIn Top Voice (2020) with 1.8 million followers. Her course Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship has been viewed more than 1 million times. An innovation and disruption theorist, Whitney is a frequent contributor to Harvard Business Review and MIT Sloan Management Review. Author of the bestselling Build an A Team (a Financial Times Book of the Month) and Disrupt Yourself, fittingly described by Publisher’s Weekly as “Savvy . . . often counterintuitive . . . superb.” She hosts the weekly Disrupt Yourself podcast with guests including Brené Brown, Adam Grant, Susan Cain, and General Stanley McChrystal. Disrupt Yourself Podcast: https://whitneyjohnson.com/disrupt-yourself-podcast/ Learn more about her book Disrupt Yourself and her other books including her upcoming book Smart Growth: https://whitneyjohnson.com/books/ Highlights: 00:00 - Introduction 1:04 - Clayton Christensen Impact 6:02 - Origin of the book Disrupt Yourself 10:47 - Personal disruption applies to all strong performers 15:04 - The S-Curve 21:37 - The 7 variables along the S-Curve & the two most important 26:02 - Give failure its due 34:42 - What is a practical action step to disrupt yourself? 36:39 - What is success and how can I be successful? *** If you like this podcast and the books we discuss it would mean a lot if you left both a positive rating and review ;) Follow on: YouTube Instagram Facebook

To learn more about Daniel Pink and his book 'Drive' visit: https://www.danpink.com/books/drive/ *** If you like this podcast and the books we discuss it would mean a lot if you left both a positive rating and review ;) Follow on: YouTube Instagram Facebook

To learn more about Whitney Johnson and Disrupt Yourself please visit: https://whitneyjohnson.com/ The full episode with Whitney will release in December 2021. *** If you like this podcast and the books we discuss it would mean a lot if you left both a positive rating and review ;) Follow on: YouTube Instagram Facebook

Michael Bungay Stanier is at the forefront of shaping how organizations see coaching as an essential leadership competency. His book The Coaching Habit is the best-selling coaching book of this century, with over a million copies sold. In 2019, he was named the #1 thought leader in coaching. The Advice Trap is his follow-up book that incorporates everything great about The Coaching Habit and expands it even further. Michael founded Box of Crayons, a learning and development company that helps organizations transform from advice-driven to curiosity-led. He currently leads MBS.works, a place where people find the clarify, confidence and community to be a force for change. To learn more about Michael Bungay Stanier and the advice trap you can visit: https://www.mbs.works/best-books-training-for-coaches-leaders-and-mentors/the-advice-trap/ Also check out his next upcoming book: https://www.mbs.works/how-to-begin/ From Michael: "I want you to think differently and boldly, about your goals, your ambition, and the difference you want to make in the world. My new book How to Begin: Start Doing Something that Matters will help you find, define and start your own Worthy Goal." Highlights: 00:00 - Intro 4:47 - Michael’s journey to becoming an author 11:24 - Who or what is the advice monster? 14:05 - Tell it, save it and control it 18:25 - Advice giving is overrated 23:14 - Advice giving motivated by superiority? 26:51 - Solving a problem and growing a person 29:01 - Easy change vs hard change 33:40 - Why is it so hard to truly listen to others? 37:46 - What is a practical action step to tame my advice monster? 39:02 - What is success and how can I be successful? *** If you like this podcast and the books we discuss it would mean a lot if you left both a positive rating and review ;) Follow on: YouTube Instagram Facebook

To learn more about Michael Bungay Stanier and the advice trap you can visit: https://www.mbs.works/best-books-training-for-coaches-leaders-and-mentors/the-advice-trap/ The full episode with Michael will release in November 2021. *** If you like this podcast and the books we discuss it would mean a lot if you left both a positive rating and review ;) Follow on: YouTube Instagram Facebook

In The Power of Habit, award-winning New York Times business reporter Charles Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed. With penetrating intelligence and an ability to distill vast amounts of information into engrossing narratives, Duhigg brings to life a whole new understanding of human nature and its potential for transformation. At its core, The Power of Habit contains an exhilarating argument: The key to exercising regularly, losing weight, raising exceptional children, becoming more productive, building revolutionary companies and social movements, and achieving success is understanding how habits work. Habits aren’t destiny. As Charles Duhigg shows, by harnessing this new science, we can transform our businesses, our communities, and our lives. To learn more visit: https://charlesduhigg.com/books/the-power-of-habit/ Highlights: 0:00 - Intro & origin of The Power of Habit 4:35 - What percentage of our actions come from habits? 7:10 - Basic makeup of a habit 13:06 - The golden rule of habit change 16:08 - Breaking the habit of procrastination 32:34 - What is a practical action step to change a habit? 33:19 - What is success and how can I be successful? *** If you like this podcast and the books we discuss it would mean a lot if you left both a positive rating and review ;) Follow on: YouTube Instagram Facebook

To learn more about The Power of Habit visit: https://charlesduhigg.com/books/the-power-of-habit/ The full episode with Charles Duhigg will release the beginning of October 2021. *** If you like this podcast and the books we discuss it would mean a lot if you left both a positive rating and review ;) Follow on: YouTube Instagram Facebook

Stephen M. R. Covey is co-founder of CoveyLink and of the FranklinCovey Global Speed of Trust Practice. A sought-after and compelling keynote speaker and advisor on trust, leadership, ethics, and high performance, he speaks to audiences around the world. He is the New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Speed of Trust, and coauthor of the #1 Amazon bestseller Smart Trust. He advocates that nothing is as fast as the speed of trust and that the ability to establish, grow, extend, and restore trust with all stakeholders is the critical leadership competency of the new global economy. To learn more visit: https://www.speedoftrust.com/ Highlights: 0:00 - Intro 4:54 - Stephen Covey imposter syndrome 7:35 - The Speed of Trust origin 11:58 - Trust Paradigms 14:14 - The 5 waves of trust & the inside out approach 22:31 - Wave 1 - Self-trust 27:57 - Can you fake trust? 31:19 - Wave 2 - Relationship trust 41:30 - The risk of trusting & the risk of not trusting 46:38 - Is it possible to restore trust? 56:07 - Trust & Inspire - New book preview 1:00:13 - How can I get better at trust? 1:02:04 - What is success and how can I be successful? *** If you like this podcast and the books we discuss it would mean a lot if you left both a positive rating and review ;) Follow on: YouTube Instagram Facebook

Previewing our next book: The Speed of Trust - The One Thing That Changes Everything by Stephen M.R. Covey The episode with Stephen M.R. Covey will release in August of 2021. Do you have a question about the Speed of Trust or a question about trust in general you'd like to ask Stephen M.R. Covey? Shoot an email to: paradigmshiftingbooks@gmail.com You can learn more about The Speed of Trust here. *** If you like this podcast and the books we discuss it would mean a lot if you left both a positive rating and review ;) Follow on: YouTube Instagram Facebook

We've all had experience with two dramatically different types of leaders. The first type drain intelligence, energy, and capability from the ones around them and always need to be the smartest ones in the room. These are the idea killers, the energy sappers, the diminishers of talent and commitment. On the other side of the spectrum are leaders who use their intelligence to amplify the smarts and capabilities of the people around them. When these leaders walk into a room, lightbulbs go off over people's heads, ideas flow, and problems get solved. These are the leaders who inspire employees to stretch themselves to deliver results that surpass expectations. These are the Multipliers. And the world needs more of them, especially now, when leaders are expected to do more with less. Liz Wiseman is a researcher and executive advisor who teaches leadership to executives around the world. Some of her recent clients include: Apple, AT&T, Disney, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Nike, Salesforce, Tesla, and Twitter. Liz has been listed on the Thinkers50 ranking and in 2019 was recognized as the top leadership thinker in the world. You can learn more about Multipliers & Liz Wiseman here. Highlights: 00:00 Intro & origin of the book Multipliers 09:44 Multipliers vs Diminishers 14:13 Multipliers & Synergy 21:22 Surprising findings of Multipliers 28:21 The Multiplier Paradigm 34:11 Can you be both a Multiplier & Diminisher? 39:43 Trust, Safety & Stretch 44:36 Multipliers see potential 50:26 Practical action step to be a Multiplier 54:33 What is success and how can I be successful? *** If you like this podcast and the books we discuss it would mean a lot if you left both a positive rating and review ;) Follow on: YouTube Instagram Facebook

Previewing our next book: Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter by Liz Wiseman The episode with Liz Wiseman will release in May of 2021. You can learn more about Multipliers here. *** If you like this podcast and the books we discuss it would mean a lot if you left both a positive rating and review ;) Follow on: YouTube Instagram Facebook

The 4 Disciplines of Execution is not theory. It is a proven set of practices that represents a new way of thinking essential to thriving in today’s competitive climate. The 4 Disciplines of Execution are used by more than 100,000 teams around the world in business, government, and education, and are changing how teams and organizations achieve their most important goals. The 4 Disciplines of Execution is a simple, repeatable, and proven formula for executing your most important strategic priorities in the midst of the whirlwind. By following the 4 Disciplines—Focus on the Wildly Important; Act on Lead Measures; Keep a Compelling Scoreboard; Create a Cadence of Accountability—leaders can produce breakthrough results, even when executing the strategy requires a significant change in behavior from their teams. Although written to a business audience the principles are just as effective for personal or family goals. Highlights: 00:00 - Intro 00:52 - Why a book on execution? 02:35 - 4DX is not theory 05:15 - Is this applicable to individuals or just companies? 06:42 - Is execution a people problem or a systems problem? 09:47 - What is the whirlwind? 13:49 - Discipline 1 - Focus on the Wildly Important 30:47 - Discipline 2 - Act on Lead Measures 36:55 - Discipline 3 - Keep a Compelling Scoreboard 40:39 - Discipline 4 - Create a Cadence of Accountability 44:37 - One practical action step to execute better 45:37 - What is success and how can I be successful? *** If you like this podcast and the books we discuss it would mean a lot if you left a positive rating and review on iTunes/Apple Podcasts ;) Follow on: YouTube Instagram Facebook

Previewing our next book: The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals The episode with Chris McChesney will release the first week of April. To learn more you can watch this five-minute overview. *** If you like this podcast and the books we discuss it would mean a lot if you left both a positive rating and review ;) Follow on: YouTube Instagram Facebook

Backed by thirty years of social science research, Crucial Conversations skills represent the standard in effective communication and the marker of high-performance individuals and organizations everywhere. Whenever you’re not getting the results you want, it’s likely an important conversation either hasn’t happened or hasn’t been handled well. In fact, success is largely determined by how quickly, directly, and effectively we speak up when it matters most. Joseph Grenny is a four-time New York Times bestselling author, dynamic keynote speaker, and leading social scientist for business performance. Over the past thirty years, Joseph has delivered engaging keynotes at major conferences including the HSM World Business Forum at Radio City Music Hall. Joseph’s work has been translated into 28 languages, is available in 36 countries, and has generated results for 300 of the Fortune 500. Highlights: 0:00 - Intro 2:31 - Crucial Conversations disproportionally impact everything 7:49 - Truth drives improvement 8:58 - How most people handle crucial conversations 10:54 - Can you be honest & keep friends? 14:11 - A new paradigm: The Pit vs. Staircase 17:23 - How the book is organized 20:01 - Overview of the 7 key principles 31:14 - How this work has impacted Joseph 33:05 - Practical action step to improve crucial conversations 35:22 - What is success and how can I be successful? If you are interested in learning more about Crucial Conversations you can visit: https://www.vitalsmarts.com/crucial-conversations-training/ *** If you like this podcast and the books we discuss it would mean a lot if you left a positive rating and review on iTunes/Apple Podcasts ;) Follow on: YouTube Instagram Facebook

Previewing our next book: Crucial Conversations: Tools For Talking When Stakes Are High The episode with Joseph Grenny will release the first week of March. You can read the first chapter for free here. *** If you like this podcast and the books we discuss it would mean a lot if you left both a positive rating and review ;) Follow on: YouTube Instagram Facebook

At the end of each interview, this question is posed: "Imagine you were sitting one on one with someone early on in their career and they asked you about success. Both what is success and how to be successful. How would you answer this question?" Hear answers from Sean Covey (The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People), Ken Blanchard (One Minute Manager), David Allen (Getting Things Done), Greg Mckeown (Essentialism) & Angela Duckworth (Grit). Highlights: 1:59 Sean Covey 7:33 Ken Blanchard 9:20 David Allen 12:58 Greg Mckeown 16:19 Angela Duckworth *** If you like this podcast and the books we discuss it would mean a lot if you left a positive rating and review on iTunes/Apple Podcasts ;) Follow on: YouTube Instagram Facebook

From Angela: "Grit is passion and perseverance for long-term goals. One way to think about grit is to consider what grit isn’t. Grit isn’t talent. Grit isn’t luck. Grit isn’t how intensely, for the moment, you want something. Instead, grit is about having what some researchers call an ”ultimate concern”–a goal you care about so much that it organizes and gives meaning to almost everything you do. And grit is holding steadfast to that goal. Even when you fall down. Even when you screw up. Even when progress toward that goal is halting or slow. Talent and luck matter to success. But talent and luck are no guarantee of grit. And in the very long run, I think grit may matter as least as much, if not more." Highlights: 03:23 - Why Angela wrote the book Grit 07:01 - What is Grit? 09:10 - The development of a passion 12:29 - Talent vs hard work 16:43 - Grit equations 23:05 - (1) Interest (2) Practice (3) Purpose (4) Hope 37:19 - Parenting tips for raising children with Grit 40:05 - Does more Grit = less happiness? 43:52 - Practical action step to have more Grit 46:00 - What is success and how can I be successful? If you are interested in learning more about Angela's work please visit https://angeladuckworth.com/ or listen to her podcast with Stephen Dubner: No Stupid Questions *** If you like this podcast and the books we discuss it would mean a lot if you left a positive rating and review on iTunes/Apple Podcasts ;) Follow on: YouTube Instagram Facebook