From Chapter 5, "Communication- A Lost Art" in Ingredients of Outliers Dropping the Ball So far in this chapter, most of what we've written deals with just one side of the communication process. The reason for what George Bernard Shaw called, "the illusion that has taken place" is because most of what's defined as communication is really one-directional activity, with no awareness of what's missing. The individual who's speaking or writing isn't communicating until and unless there's a recipient to whom he or she is speaking orwriting. The missing link in the … [Read more...]
Ingredients of Outliers Summary, by Dr. Douglas Winslow Cooper
What better way to look at your own work than through a fresh set of eyes? We found a summary of the foundational book in the Outlier Series, Ingredients of Outliers, not written by the author, Dr. John Shufeldt, but by another doctor, Douglas Winslow Cooper, PhD. He put the summary together for Asiance magazine, in an article titled, "How to be Outstanding". Check out his synopsis with a few of our instagram photos (follow us at @outlier_series) here: In his recently published The Ingredients of Outliers, physician-lawyer-businessman John Shufeldt, MD, JD, MBA, has written a succinct … [Read more...]