Results for Tag: Book Review

Mistakes Were Made

Rachel Smith

October 11, 2023

Sometimes everything lines up perfectly for a colossal error.

You, of All People, Need to Read This Book

Rachel Smith

September 27, 2023

Maestro’s own Travis Janko’s first book is a must-read for anyone with an interest in SaaS sales recruiting and hiring.

Still Selling With Stories

Rachel Smith

August 30, 2023

“A story is the shortest distance between being a stranger and a friend.” – Paul Smith

Just Looking for a Little Cognitive Empathy

Rachel Smith

May 31, 2023

You’ve probably been responding to those who disagree with you in the exact opposite way of how you should be. When debate doesn’t work, and your “convincing” data hits a brick wall, what’s the alternative?

This Is Your Mind on Epiphany

Sandra Beasley

May 24, 2023

How one person’s rabbit is another person’s duck—and other mysteries of how our brains decide, persuade, and change.

Personality Testing—the Good, the Bad, and the Drug-Induced

Rachel Smith

January 25, 2023

Personality characteristics can only predict about 20 percent of behavior. That’s because most people act different ways in different situations.

All an Illusion

Rachel Smith

January 18, 2023

Small simile update: our brain’s visual system is less “like a camera” and more like a card-counting, crystal-ball-wielding stoner who’s high on mushrooms.

Forget Everything You Thought You Knew About the Brain

Rachel Smith

January 11, 2023

The brain is a strange, complex structure with one critical role: allostasis. We don’t fully understand them, but having one is a serious upgrade from the “stomach on a stick” phase.

Sometimes You Wanna Go Where Everybody Knows You’re Networking

Adam Rosa

September 14, 2022

Do you approach conferences with dread? Get over it! Eating those tiny hot dogs may seem like a good way to hide, but they’ll run out eventually (if only because the waiters will start avoiding you).