Friday clickables

• A new book called The Six Sigma Leader by Peter Pande suggests how a company might make change a “core competency.” A Forbes.com article takes a look at the author’s approach. Change, Pande says, “is the essence of leadership.” The ideas in his book seem to support my own thoughts on the subject.

• Scott H. Young gives us some useful ideas on how we might be able to incorporate the 80/20 rule in our daily lives.

• Are Gen-Y workers spoiled? TIME.com’s Lisa Takeuchi Cullen talks about an interesting report. I think any company that wants to make progress should listen up.

The secret? Good entrepreneurial thinking

Why did Americans need a book called “The Secret” to explain to them the power of thought? And why is it called a secret?

I’ve watched the DVD and read the book by Rhonda Byrne. It’s inspiring, yes. I would recommend it, without hesitation, to anyone who needs a little guidance. But the notion that we can change our lives through positive thinking isn’t a secret — it’s common sense.

Byrne, practically overnight, became the nation’s self-help deity. But what she is, more than anything else, is a brilliant entrepreneur.

This woman gathered philosophers, motivational speakers, and quantum physicists, assembled a team of filmmakers to interview them and produce a DVD, developed an amazing marketing plan to sell it, sold millions of copies, got Oprah’s attention, and now, well, we can safely assume that everyone in the world knows what “The Secret” is.

Byrne must have had one hell of a vision board.