It is summer already, which hopefully means a little bit more time to read and learn. If you need some ideas to get your summer reading started, see below for the best books I have read this year so far. Also, see my past postings for the 2023 and 2024 end-of-year recommendations.

I just finished reading, marking, and summarizing the last book of 2024. Every book I had the privilege of reading this year delivered a...

The most impactful developmental resources across different categories that I encountered in 2023 for personal and professional development

I vividly recall S. Covey explaining the metaphor of the rock, pebble, and sand. If one starts with the big rocks, follows with the...

Our daily lives are full of habits for a reason. Picture a world in which brushing our teeth or tying our shoelaces would require the...

We set goals with the expectation of achieving something that will bring value to ourselves or others. We pour our hearts and souls into...

By Gonzalo Cordova December 2020 Review the time you spent last week checking email, texting, surfing the web, engaging in social media,...

By Gonzalo Cordova November 2020 I always thought of high performance and competence as traits that would prevent me from ever having...

Some of us abruptly left the office and started working from home when the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the world. This change brought a...

By Gonzalo Cordova June 2020 I am sure you have heard that feedback is a gift. We all are in positions to give and to receive feedback,...

By Gonzalo Cordova June 2020 What word(s) did you use complete the title of this article? One of my favorite quotes is “success is the...

By Gonzalo Cordova May 2020 I invite you to think about your two favorite definitions of what it means to lead. Most likely they include...

By Gonzalo Cordova May 2020 Imagine you have been invited to a new restaurant featuring your favorite cuisine, but you are not familiar...