By Melissa Carter on February 24, 2012
Information is infinite and time is very finite. We are all looking for little poker “tells” that will give us an accurate appraisal of another’s character and motivations in the shortest amount of time.
Posted in Career Success | Tagged Brands, Business, Employment, Graffiti, Henry David Thoreau, Leadership, New York City, Nonverbal communication, Signals, Silicon Valley, Success, Wall Street Journal, Wicked Witch of the East
By Melissa Carter on February 17, 2012
Your work profoundly moves me. In fact, it has motivated me to try and guest work at a Trappist monastery next year as you did. Thanks for putting such good idea out there!
Posted in Ask Turak, Personal Transformation | Tagged Ask Turak, Austin TX, Business Secrets of the Trappists, Correspondence, Educational System, Forbes, Geoff Colvin, Motivation, Ryan McElroy, Thunderbird Coffee
By Melissa Carter on February 15, 2012
I’m a fan of Steve Denning and this column has repeatedly praised Steve Jobs. I religiously read Peggy Noonan in the Wall Street Journal. But as another hero of mine, Popeye, would say, I’ve had all I can stands ‘cause I can’t stands no more. It’s time to right some wrongheaded thinking about why great companies die.
Posted in Transformational Organizations | Tagged ACS, Action figure, Applied Control Systems, Business, Cash register, IBM, NCR, NCR Corporation, Peggy Noonan, Point of sale, Steve Denning, Steve Jobs, Wall Street Journal
By jenniferpeeler on February 3, 2012
What do I do? It’s always better to manage culture, not people. Start today by being the person who shows a dedication to hard work, selflessness, and your customers. Your colleagues will follow suit. Don’t figure it out, find out: Make a commitment to excellence and keep it. Find out what Turak is really offering [...]
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By Melissa Carter on February 2, 2012
The North Carolina State University Self Knowledge Symposium presents August Turak and Five Years with a Zen Master. This is the talk that has been most widely requested at AugustTurak.com and this fall we are dusting off the posters and preparing to bring back this fan favorite.
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By Melissa Carter on January 29, 2012
The Duke University Self Knowledge Symposium presents August Turak and Five Years with a Zen Master. This is the talk that has been most widely requested at AugustTurak.com and this fall we are dusting off the posters and preparing to bring back this fan favorite.
Posted in Events, Personal Transformation
By Melissa Carter on January 24, 2012
Successful entrepreneurs come in all shapes and sizes, but they all share one essential trait. Find out how to make your own entrepreneurial dreams come true.
Posted in Career Success | Tagged Entrepreneur, IBM, LinkedIn, Mark Zuckerberg, New York City, Research Triangle Park, Silicon Valley, Steve Jobs
By Melissa Carter on January 20, 2012
Turak is consulting with Mobile Reach’s president, Nasrin Azari on sales and business development. Turak will provide recommendations for moving the business forward in all aspects including overall business, revenue model, and sales structure.
Posted in Events, Transformational Organizations
By August Turak on January 17, 2012
Whether God exists is a legitimate question. That man needs a God is an incontrovertible fact. – Carl Jung One day at Mepkin Abbey monastery, Father Christian and I were in the breezeway that separates the monastic offices from the refectory. While chatting we were approached by a self-professed atheist who said he was visiting [...]
Posted in Personal Transformation, Writings | Tagged Carl Jung, Doubt, Dread, Faith, Mepkin Abbey, Michael Washburn, Monks, T.S. Elliot, Thomas Merton
By Melissa Carter on January 12, 2012
Sooner or later every leader realizes that most of the people he needs to be successful don’t report to him. Business success as well as personal success relies on ‘persuasion’. Here are the 8 persuasive secrets from the most persuasive person I’ve ever met.
Posted in Career Success, Featured | Tagged Duke University, Leadership Lessons, Meredith Parker, North Carolina, North Carolina State University, Self Knowledge Symposium, Self Knowledge Symposium Foundation, SKS, SKSF, United States, University Scholars Program, Wal-Mart, WalMart
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