The Ant and the Elephant is an entertaining parable to help you unleash the massive power of human potential. It’s goal is to demonstrate how we can unite the powerful forces of conscious and subconscious thought to reach our peak performance levels as individuals and as leaders. In this book, renowned business consultant and Olympian, Vincent Poscente, weaves a cleaver parable around profound concepts that can have an immediate impact on your life and the life of those around you. Using a mix of wit and wisdom, Poscente shows us how to focus on and re-direct our subconscious mind in order to accomplish the goals we strive to achieve. In order to explain the relationship between the conscious and sub-conscious mind in an entertaining fashion, Poscente uses the story of Adir the ant and Elgo the Elephant. The story itself is fun to read, and the wisdom he wishes to impart is woven into the story. There is a pause after each chapter, with bullet points to to help you understand the principles covered within the chapter and realize how they apply to you and how they can transform your life. Using the lessons of Adir the ant, you will learn how to : * Clarify your vision. * Commit to cultivating positive dominant thoughts. * Consistently focus on performance. * Strengthen confidence. * Control the response to any situation. Although the story is simple and enjoyable reading, it stays on in your mind and the concepts taught in the book, when applied, will change your life forever. This book will have an immediate impact on your life.

Of all the animals the elephant rescues, only the tiny ant returns the favor.

The Ant and the Elephant is an entertaining parable to help you unleash the massive power of human potential. It's goal is to demonstrate how we can unite the powerful forces of conscious and subconscious thought to reach our peak performance levels as individuals and as leaders. In this book, renowned business consultant and Olympian, Vincent Poscente, weaves a cleaver parable around profound concepts that can have an immediate impact on your life and the life of those around you. Using a mix of wit and wisdom, Poscente shows us how to focus on and re-direct our subconscious mind in order to accomplish the goals we strive to achieve. In order to explain the relationship between the conscious and sub-conscious mind in an entertaining fashion, Poscente uses the story of Adir the ant and Elgo the Elephant. The story itself is fun to read, and the wisdom he wishes to impart is woven into the story. There is a pause after each chapter, with bullet points to to help you understand the principles covered within the chapter and realize how they apply to you and how they can transform your life.

A renowned speaker, business consultant, record-setting speed skier and Olympian, the author believes in the enormous potential of the unconscious mind. He likens the dynamic between the conscious and subconscious minds to an ant and an elephant: Our minds are separated into two distinct functions - the conscious and subconscious elements.

To succeed in today’s ever-accelerating world, speed is the name of the game. Forget “slow and steady wins the race.” The key to getting ahead is not fighting or hiding from speed, but embracing speed and using its power to your advantage. As Vince Poscente demonstrates in this rewarding and, yes, fast-paced book, speed has a unique ability to enrich your life. He empowers you to take control of your time, your tasks, your priorities, and your talents, and start making life everything you want it to be. Twenty new tips–exclusive to this paperback edition–show you how to: • recognize the difference between repetitive chores and passionate pursuits, and assign the appropriate amount of time and energy to each • mentally shatter the outdated idea that work, home, and leisure should be completely separate, and create a new, purpose-driven model of organizing your time • discover how to control interruptions, including how and when to accept them–by learning when to multitask and when to focus Speed provides amazing benefits–you become more conscious of how you spend your time, understand your authentic purpose, and find yourself more flexible and open to new opportunities. When you harness the power of speed, your life and work become less stressful, less busy, and more balanced. What are you waiting for? Praise for The Age of Speed: “The Age of Speed is your bible to surf the speed tsunami that’s overtaking business and life.” –Scott Cook, chairman and co-founder, Intuit “Thought-provoking . . . It’s time to make peace with the whoosh of your 24/7 lifestyle.” –Time “[Vince Poscente’s] counterintuitive notion of embracing speed rather than coping with it will change the way people live and work.” –Stephen M. R. Covey, author of The Speed of Trust

This book will prove that every organization's best chance, to survive and become better than ever, lies within itself. Against the decidedly progressive, action-oriented, and above all restless backdrop of disruption, the DNA of established business is starting to realign. It's the beginning of a groundswell that has started to make lean entrepreneurship a core competency within big business. Based on hundreds of interviews, as well as the author's consulting work within companies, Jugaad 3.0 Hacking the Corporation identifies the competencies these corporate hackers possess. It also offers a spectrum of carefully crafted archetypes to help people see themselves in this trend and allow organizations identify the innovators in their midst.