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Duke University Fall Self Knowledge Symposium
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.
The Essential Entrepreneur: What Is Stopping You From Being an Entrepreneur?
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.
Mobile Reach Sales and Business Development
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.
8 Steps to Winning Friends, Influencing People, and Getting Any Damn Thing You Want
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.
Change Everything
What do I do? Begin to practice detachment by looking at your situations realistically and objectively. Try to separate your emotions when you take an honest look at yourself. What things need to change and how do your actions affect others. Write down 3 things you can do to improve yourself and your relationships. Ask [...]
The Magical Umbrella: How a Monk’s Christmas Present Changed My Life
Christmas is rapidly approaching and each year my thoughts return to the Trappist monks of Mepkin Abbey. For many years I religiously spent several weeks over Christmas living and working alongside the monks, but unfortunately the last couple have been so busy that I’ve been unable to get away. But of all my wonderful memories, [...]
Steve Jobs and the One Trait All Innovative Leaders Share
Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that curiosity killed the cat, I say only the cat died nobly. ― Arnold Edinborough
