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References Grant, Adam. “The Surprising Habits of Original Thinkers.” TED. April. 2016. Lecture. “Adam Grant: Books, Podcast, TED Talks, Newsletter, Articles.” Adam, https://www.adamgrant.net/. Duan, Crystal. “This Is How You Show Your Creativity, Based on Your Myers-Briggs Type.” Bustle, 27 Mar. 2018. https://www.bustle.com/p/these-myers-briggs-types-are-the-most-creative-in-the-conventional-unconventional-sense-8546249 Grant, Adam. “Why I Taught Myself to Procrastinate.” The New York Times, TheContinue reading “Procrastination Podcast”

The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Harowitz This weeks reading started with the fact that companies justify their employees leaving by saying that they were going to fire them anyway. The company hired them and they were great. How did they suddenly become a bad employee? Most times they do not. Many timesContinue reading “Week 5 Book Review”

The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Harowitz This weeks reading included the difficult things that a CEO or Entrepreneur may go through. These include the struggles, having to tell it like it is, laying employees off, firing an executive, and demoting employees when things fall apart. Horowitz’s answers to overcoming the “Struggle” includeContinue reading “Week 4 Book Reflection”

The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz The book continues with Ben getting hired by Netscape. You get a good feel of Ben’s relationship with his boss Marc Andreesen. He admits that they do not see eye to eye, but in the end it works. Netscape sells to America Online(AOL). They invented JavaScript,Continue reading “Week 3 Reflection Book Review”

The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz I chose this book because I liked the title.  You know they say do not judge a book by its cover.  As I eagerly awaited the delivery of my Amazon purchase, I had no idea what the book was about.  Imagine my surprise upon opening theContinue reading “Discovering Innovation through my WCU class ENT601”