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2025 Reading Booster
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.
Gonzalo Cordova
Jun 34 min read
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Making Time to Read and the Best Books I Read in 2024
I just finished reading, marking, and summarizing the last book of 2024. Every book I had the privilege of reading this year delivered a...
Gonzalo Cordova
Dec 31, 20243 min read
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Fuel Your Journey to Excellence: Best Developmental Resources Of 2023
The most impactful developmental resources across different categories that I encountered in 2023 for personal and professional development
Gonzalo Cordova
Dec 26, 20232 min read
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The Tale of the Overflowing Jar
I vividly recall S. Covey explaining the metaphor of the rock, pebble, and sand. If one starts with the big rocks, follows with the...
Gonzalo Cordova
Oct 22, 20222 min read
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Habits Make You Or Break You
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...
Gonzalo Cordova
Mar 23, 20214 min read
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Not All Goals Are Created Equal
We set goals with the expectation of achieving something that will bring value to ourselves or others. We pour our hearts and souls into...
Gonzalo Cordova
Feb 7, 20214 min read
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Screen Time: Friend or Foe?
By Gonzalo Cordova December 2020 Review the time you spent last week checking email, texting, surfing the web, engaging in social media,...
Gonzalo Cordova
Dec 5, 20205 min read
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Tips for Job Transitioning
By Gonzalo Cordova November 2020 I always thought of high performance and competence as traits that would prevent me from ever having...
Gonzalo Cordova
Nov 15, 20202 min read
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Working From Home Does Not Have to Hinder Your Productivity
Some of us abruptly left the office and started working from home when the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the world. This change brought a...
Gonzalo Cordova
Nov 2, 20203 min read
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Make Feedback A Meaningful Gift
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,...
Gonzalo Cordova
Jun 21, 20203 min read
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Success Is the Result Of…
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...
Gonzalo Cordova
Jun 6, 20202 min read
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To Lead Is To Serve
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...
Gonzalo Cordova
May 23, 20203 min read
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The Right Method to the Madness
By Gonzalo Cordova May 2020 Imagine you have been invited to a new restaurant featuring your favorite cuisine, but you are not familiar...
Gonzalo Cordova
May 16, 20203 min read
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