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Failing Can Be Cool
By Sally Haldorson
This week's inBubbleWrap giveaway is for an eye-opening book called Better By Mistake: The Unexpected Benefits of Being Wrong. Alina Tugend, a New York Times columnist, realizes that we've heard this message before--most often from our parents and early teachers--that we can and should learn from our mistakes and those who are afraid to make them become stagnant with a fear of failure. But Tugend wanted to explore "the inherent tension between what we're told--we must make mistakes in order to learn, how all great leaders and inventors have embraced them--and the reality that we often get punished for making mistakes and therefore try to avoid them--or cover them up.
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Blog / News & Opinion
Today We Are Rich
By Porchlight
Tim Sanders lights up the room when he walks in, and his words have a similar effect. The positive messages of his previous books, Love is the Killer App, The Likability Factor, and Saving the World at Work, have inspired both big corporations and small organizations to focus on people, how they can help them, and work better together. His new book, Today We Are Rich: Harnessing the Power of Total Confidence is now available, and it's his best yet.
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Blog / News & Opinion
SXSW and other movements
By Porchlight
We just returned from our first time attending SXSW Interactive in Austin, TX. Between the informative sessions, networking, after-parties, and even our own late night discussions, it was information overload in the best way possible. While many blogs and Twitter feeds will tell you about specific sessions and speakers, what really struck me is the event itself, and that each year, so many people gather in one place, hungry for knowledge sharing.
Categories: news-opinion
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Blog / New Releases
The Filter Bubble exclusive offer
By Porchlight
Are you getting the information you need or is it being hidden from you? This is the question examined in Eli Pariser's new book The Filter Bubble: What the Internet is Hiding From You. Most sites on the web have begun using your online history as cues to narrow down what you will see in the future.
Categories: new-releases
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Blog / Jack Covert Selects
Jack Covert Selects – The Thank You Economy
By Porchlight
The Thank You Economy by Gary Vaynerchuk, Harper Business, 240 pages, $24. 99, Hardcover, March 2011, ISBN 9780061914188 Gary Vaynerchuk might seem like a rare breed: his energy radiates through the screen when you watch his videos or read his posts. However, he would likely argue that he isn’t at all rare.
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Blog / Jack Covert Selects
Jack Covert Selects – Ten Steps Ahead
By Porchlight
Ten Steps Ahead: What Separates Successful Business Visionaries From the Rest of Us by Erik Calonius, Portfolio, 256 pages, $25. 95, Hardcover, March 2011, ISBN 9781591843764 There’s a lot of press being given to The Social Animal right now, a wonderfully written new book by David Brooks built around the latest research from numerous fields—most notably brain science and the unconscious mind. But there is another book coming out soon that also delves heavily into the latest research on brain science that we hope grabs your attention, Erik Calonius’s Ten Steps Ahead.
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Blog / Jack Covert Selects
Jack Covert Selects – The Responsible Business
By Porchlight
The Responsible Business: Reimagining Sustainability and Success by Carol Sanford, Jossey-Bass, 368 pages, $39. 95, Hardcover, March 2011, ISBN 9780470648681 There has been a movement in business thought toward responsible practices and sustainability these last few years, and business books have reflected that—Peter Senge called it The Necessary Revolution in his latest book. Last month, we reviewed what might become the movement’s manifesto, aptly titled by its author, Umair Haque, The New Capitalist Manifesto.
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Blog / News & Opinion
ChangeThis: Issue 80
By Porchlight
A Call Against Complacency by Dambisa Moyo “Given the evidence and importance of positive incentives, why, over the past 50 years, have policymakers embarked on a systematic and deliberate strategy of putting in place a catalog of policies that dis-incentivise citizens from acting in a manner that could be beneficial to their economies, and the world at large? ” The Reinvention Imperative by Daniel Burrus & John David Mann “In the good old twentieth century, you could reinvent your company, product category or industry once, and then go for a decade before doing anything especially innovative again. That doesn’t work anymore.
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Blog / ChangeThis
The Micropreneur Manifesto: How to Stay Solo, Bleed Passion, and Build Products that Matter
By Porchlight
"Single founders creating products for niche markets are known by another name: micropreneurs. Micropreneurs may write software. They might design themes for a blogging platform. They may produce exquisite wedding invitations, or how-to books. Micropreneurs are agile, inspired, independent, knowledge seekers who can't live with the 9-to-5 status quo. If this resonates with you, read on. This manifesto attempts to distill the key points you'll need as you begin your micropreneur journey. I learned every one of them the hard way."
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Blog / ChangeThis
Lizards & Leaders: How Meditation Accelerates Change
By Eric Klein
"The goal is to cross your learning edge. [. . . ] To do this you have to let go of the structures, beliefs, and habits that constituted your old sense of self–without losing awareness. It takes a resilient awareness to remain at your learning edge without being overtaken by the inner lizard. It takes a form of awareness that sustains itself even as the structures of your old self are let go. But, how can you let go of beliefs, attitudes, strategies, and self-images and still be aware. Even more to the point, what is left to be aware when all those mental and emotional supports are withdrawn. To discover this takes a special kind of practice. [. . . ] The good news is that this specific kind of practice has been developed and refined for thousands of years by researchers and practitioners around the world. I'm referring to the practice of meditation. Meditation practice develops your inner capacity to remain aware when the conventional supports of position, title, beliefs, attitudes, and self-image are let go.
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