Carol S. Dweck
Jedi power: growth mindset
Carol S. Dweck reveals the power of our mindset. And the power of “yet“. Changing our beliefs can have a powerful impact. The growth mindset creates a powerful passion for learning.
“Why waste time proving over and over how great you are,” Dweck writes, “when you could be getting better?”
Seth Godin
Jedi power: the teachings of the linchpin
Seth Godin has been able to motivate and inspire many around the universe. The teachings of the linchpin can profoundly change you. His blogs, seminars and videos will speak to the teacher in you. Seth is above all a Jedi teacher himself.
Malcolm Gladwell
Jedi power: the tipping point
Malcolm Gladwell shares with us how little things can make a big difference in The Tipping Point and how to think without thinking in Blink. His teachings are champagne for the brain for future Jedis.
Steve Blank
Jedi power: launchpad for start-ups
With The Four Steps to the Epiphany Steve Blank laid the groundwork for the Lean Startup methodology. Steve shares his Jedi powers in the Lean Launchpad class at Stanford.
Andrés Iniesta
Jedi power: elegance
His elegance on and off the pitch made Andrés Iniesta into one of the worlds best and most respected players in modern football. His magic touch and insight brought a lightness to the game that made rivals applaud and respectfully bow on many occasions.
James Clear
Jedi power: friendship
Galbraith, Tolstoy, Pinker, de Botton, Cowen, Murakami combined in one insightful piece.
Facts Don’t Change Our Minds. Friendship Does.
A case for tolerance, listening, learning, books, dining, and relationships…(and why complaining is counter-productive…).
Daniel Pink
Jedi power: instrinsic motivation
In Drive (book & TED talk), Pink reveals to us that the secret to performance and satisfaction is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things and to do better by ourselves and the world.