Notes

Chapter 2

1.   Carmine Gallo, “What the Best Presenters Do Differently,” Harvard Business Review, April 27, 2022.

2.   John Maxwell Podcast, “Alan Mulally: Driving Ford Through Crisis,” September 16, 2020, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/alan-mulally-driving-ford-through-crisis/id1416206538?i=1000491420491.

Chapter 3

1.   James Clear, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (New York: Avery, 2018).

2.   Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson, The New One Minute Manager (New York: William Morrow, 1982); Ken Blanchard and Claire Diaz-Ortiz, One Minute Mentoring: How to Find and Work With a Mentor—And Why You’ll Benefit from Being One (New York: William Morrow, 2017); and Ken Blanchard, Gung Ho! Turn On the People in Any Organization (New York: William Morrow, 1998).

3.   Tony Buzan and Barry Buzan, The Mind Map Book: How to Use Radiant Thinking to Maximize Your Brain’s Untapped Potential (New York: PLUME/Penguin Books, 1996).

Chapter 4

1.   Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, and Rebecca R. Merrill, First Things First (New York: Free Press, 1996).

2.   Nancy Duarte, Resonate—Present Visual Stories That Transform Audiences (Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2010), xviii.

3.   Merriam-Webster, s.v. “novel,” https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/novel.

4.   Jack Canfield, The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be (New York: HarperCollins, 2005), 131.

Chapter 5

1.   Tamsen Webster, Find Your Red Thread. Make Your Big Ideas Irresistible (Vancouver, BC: Page Two Books, 2021), 13, 9.

2.   Ibid, 95.

Chapter 6

1.   Sir Ken Robinson, “Do schools kill creativity?” TED2006, https://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_do_schools_kill_creativity.

2.   Jeffrey Gitomer, Quotefancy, https://quotefancy.com/quote/2278768/David-Nihill-The-end-of-laughter-is-followed-by-the-height-of-listening-Jeffrey-Gitomer.

3.   MADD Statistics https://www.madd.org/statistics.

4.   Aaron De Smet, Bonnie Dowling, Marino Mugayar, and Bill Schaninger, Great Attrition or Great Attraction? The Choice Is Yours, McKinsey and Company, September 8, 2021.

5.   Leigh Branham, The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave: How to Recognize Subtle Signs Before It’s Too Late (New York: Amacom Books, 2005).

6.   Marilee Adams, Change Your Questions, Change Your Life (Oakland, CA: Berrett-Koehler, 2016).

7.   David Nihill, “23 Tips from Comedians to Be Funnier in Your Next Presentation (via the book Do You Talk Funny?),” SlideShare, December 21, 2015 , https://www.slideshare.net/daithin/23-tips-from-comedians-to-be-funnier-in-your-next-presentation.

8.   Lea Growth, “These Are the Most Common Passwords—Do Yours Make the List?” Reader’s Digest, May 18, 2022, https://www.rd.com/article/passwords-hackers-guess-first.

9.   We Choose to Go to the Moon, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_choose_to_go_to_the_Moon.

Chapter 7

1.   Color Wheel, Canva, https://www.canva.com/colors/color-wheel/.

2.   HubSpot, https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/free-visual-content-creation-templates-li.

Chapter 8

1.   Mark Forsyth, The Elements of Eloquence (New York: Berkley Books, 2014).

2.   John Maxwell, John Maxwell Leadership Podcast, “How to Gain Influence—Part 1,” February 9, 2022, https://johnmaxwellleadershippodcast.com/episodes/john-maxwell-how-to-gain-influence-1.

3.   John Maxwell, John Maxwell Leadership Podcast, “Leader Vision—How to See More and See Before,” August 22, 2018, https://johnmaxwellleadershippodcast.com/episodes/leadership-vision-how-to-see-more-and-see-before.

4.   John Maxwell, John Maxwell Leadership Podcast, “Leader Vision—How to See and Sculpt the Future,” November 17, 2021, https://johnmaxwellleadershippodcast.com/episodes/john-maxwell-leader-vision-how-to-see-and-sculpt-the-future.

5.   John Maxwell, John Maxwell Team Podcast Series, “7.2: Who Are the Make a Difference People.” (Original podcast was provided on tape to Sardék Love and is not available online.)

6.   John Maxwell, John Maxwell Leadership Podcast, “How to Gain Influence—Part 1,” February 9, 2022, https://johnmaxwellleadershippodcast.com/episodes/john-maxwell-how-to-gain-influence-1.

7.   Craig Groeschel, Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast, “75: Becoming a Leader Who Anticipates,” February 9, 2022, https://www.life.church/leadershippodcast/becoming-a-leader-who-anticipates/.

8.   Craig Groeschel, Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast, “104: High Impact Habits for Successful Leaders”, February 9, 2022, https://www.life.church/leadershippodcast/high-impact-habits-for-successful-leaders/.

9.   Ibid.

10.   Ibid.

11.   James Clear, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (New York: Avery, 2018).

12.   Simon Sinek, Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action (New York: Portfolio/Penguin, 2009).

13.   Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler, Influencer: The New Science of Leading Change, 2nd ed. (New York: McGraw Hill, 2013).

14.   John F. Kennedy, “President John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address (1961),” National Archives, January 20, 1961, https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/president-john-f-kennedys-inaugural-address.

Chapter 9

1.   Brené Brown, The Price of Invulnerability, TEDx KC, October 12, 2010, https://youtu.be/_UoMXF73j0c.

2.   Simon Sinek, The Price of Invulnerability, TEDx KC, October 12, 2010, https://youtu.be/_UoMXF73j0c.

3.   Ed Mylett, Performance and Mastery in Sports and Life—Interview with Alan Stein, Jr on How to Crush the Game, YouTube, June 14, 2022, https://youtu.be/DU6ncc8hM6w.

Chapter 12

1.   Simon Sinek, How Great Leaders Inspire Action, TEDxPuget Sound, September 29, 2009, https://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action.

2.   Lynda Katz Wilner, Do You Speak Too Fast or Too S-L-O-W-L-Y?, July 4, 2016, https://successfully-speaking.com/blog/2016/6/27/do-you-speak-toofast-or-toooo-s-l-o-w-l-y.

3.   Vanessa Van Edwards, Cues: Master the Secret Language of Charismatic Communication (New York: Portfolio/Penguin, 2022).