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Nick Morgan's Ten Reasons for Public Speakers to be Thankful
By Porchlight
When Jack and Todd realized, before going out on the road to promote The 100 Best Business Books of All Time, that they were going to need help becoming better public speakers, they knew exactly who to turn to. Nick Morgan is the author of Give Your Speech, Change the World and Trust Me and, along with Nikki Smith-Morgan and (our beloved former coworker) Kate Mytty, runs the finest speaking training operation we know of, Public Words Inc. The day before Thanksgiving, Nick posted a list of Ten Reasons for Public Speakers to be Thankful, which we thought appropriate to repost here.
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Wednesday Links?
By Porchlight
You're darn tootin' Wednesday links. We're leaving the realm of the Internets until Monday, so we thought we'd leave you some reading material until we get back. We know this last year hasn't been an easy one for many people.
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strategy + business Best Books of 2009
By Porchlight
The strategy + business annual books list is always one of the finest and most anticipated of the year. They get really smart and talented people who know how to pick 'em, and have them write (always highly intelligent and insightful) essays on their category—and, of course, the books in it. I've listed the picks below, but it really is worth heading over to strategy + business for the essays.
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Work is work, but it's better when done together
By Sally Haldorson
Skimming around Huffington Post during lunch, I found Jesse Kornbluth’s blog post on working with Twyla Tharp on her new book that came out today, The Collaborative Habit: Life Lessons for Working Together. Kornbluth recounts his time working with her on the book, offering us a tasty morsel of insight on what it was like to work with a genius of her ilk. One of Tharp’s earlier books, The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life, was included in the Innovation and Creativity chapter of our The 100 Best Business Books of All Time.
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Office Redux
By Porchlight
As I promised earlier this month, I'll be updating all y'all on the progress of the deconstruction of the old office space. Thank the gods that this is all being done later at night and the weekends!
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Dreams
By Porchlight
"Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.
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Hudson Booksellers Best Books of 2009
By Porchlight
If you travel often, you have probably bought a book from an airport bookstore. And, if so, chances are it was from Hudson Booksellers. Because they have so many people traveling on business visit their stores, they probably have a better idea of what is popular in the business genre than most retailers.
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Dan Kennedy on getting rich!
By Porchlight
"If someone asks you for money in exchange for the secret to getting rich, it means the secret is to ask people like you for money.
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TimesOnline Best of Decade List
By Sally Haldorson
Just yesterday, I already saw two “Best of the Decade” lists. I suppose I shouldn’t have been surprised as it is mid-November 2009, but for whatever reason, it seems the Millennium was just yesterday. One list was NPR.
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Look Both Ways
By Porchlight
Yesterday, I began looking through a copy of Debbie Millman's new book, Look Both Ways: Illustrated Essays on the Intersection of Life and Design, and was immediately struck by the layout. On the surface, it looked like any other, but on the inside, the drawn, handwritten, sewn, etc. typesetting made me want to stop and read.
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