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The Power of Intuition: And Why It's the Biggest Myth in Business Today
By Porchlight
"What is it about going through life, making decisions flying by the seat of our pants, without a plan to get to a clear destination that has us all so captivated? To have the confidence to strike out on your own—research and professional opinion be damned—and take a stand, make a choice, set off in a new direction... just like that? As it turns out, while it sounds quite manly, brave, and highly lucrative to stick to your guns and go with your gut under pressure, under scrutiny, to not back down, it's not exactly an uncommon thing to do in business today. ... The real issue is how many times do pure hunches alone lead to legendary success? The answer upon closer inspection: pretty rarely."
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Let's Make a Deal: Deal Making Process Improvement Principles
By Porchlight
"Doing business in almost every field involves deal making. The challenge is that negotiating good deals and drafting effective contracts are non-trivial tasks due to legal, technological and business complexities. A further layer of complexity is added by variations in game play, psychology, and ethics. In this context, deal makers can benefit from simplification and improved understanding of the legal context and practical processes relevant to deal making. Deal making should be led by process, as well as practical and commercial considerations, not purely legal considerations. It is helpful to think of deals as blueprints for living outcomes, not just glue to bind relationships."
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100 Ways to Help You Succeed/Make Money: Part II
By Tom Peters
We published the beginning to a very empowering list three years ago—Tom Peters' 100 Ways to Help You Succeed/Make Money. That list was finished recently, and we now update it here with success tips #51-100 (&1).
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Indexing a Career: A Career Path in Pictures
By Jessica Hagy
Jessica Hagy has a unique and irreverent sense of humor, and has the ability to capture complex realities in a 3" by 5" frame. Here she has organized a series of twenty index cards she has created throughout the years, plotting the trajectory of an imagined, but possibly recognizable, career path.
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Super Tuesday!!
Book Review by Porchlight
To welcome voters to this year's biggest primary (a. k. a Super Tuesday), I came across a book that was just published by the University of Illinois Press entitled: Women for President: Media Bias in Eight Campaigns by Erika Falk.
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Blog / News & Opinion
New podcast up: Dr. Anna Rowley, a former consulting psychologist for Microsoft
By Porchlight
There's a new podcast up over on our audio blog. This one is an excerpt from Dr. Anna Rowley's book Leadership Therapy.
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Blog / News & Opinion
Leadership Therapy with Anna Rowley
By Porchlight
For 14 years, Dr. Anna Rowley consulted as a psychologist for Microsoft. You can imagine the pressure Microsoft's employees are under.
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Blog / News & Opinion
Ask 8cr! - Flawless Consulting
By Porchlight
Ask 8cr! is a section of our blog used as a forum to address the kinds of issues and challenges people are having in the workplace. We take these issues and apply a business book we feel offers a viable solution.
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Blog / News & Opinion
800-CEO-READ 2007 Best Sellers
By Porchlight
Below you'll find the list of our top 25 bestsellers for 2007. Congratulations and thanks to everyone on the list! The Speed of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything by Stephen M.
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Giving: Book Excerpt
By Porchlight
Just a little thought on a gloomy day, "How can I make a difference in the world? " Surely not an easy question to get answered, but Bill Clinton's new book Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World talks about his feelings on this and what we can all do to make a difference bit by bit. What if you want to give something useful that you don't presently own or you have things of value but they have no evident charitable use?
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