My library has a leadership program and we were asked to recommend

• books,
• journals
• articles
• blogs
• blogposts
• podcasts
• whatever

with an annotation preferably, on any topic relevant to leadership, management, customers service or other topic we think would be helpful to participants.  I went through my favorites of the last couple of years and came up with these:

• Predictably Irrational, The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
• Outliers: The Story of Success
• Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
• Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
• Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations
• The Big Moo: Stop Trying to Be Perfect and Start Being Remarkable
• The Myth of Multitasking: How

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Use the library. Your taxes are paying for it, so take advantage of the free books and movies. Austin says that even her small library in Maryland’s rural Kent County offers DVDs, audio books, and free Internet service.

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