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Blog / Editor's Choice
You Had a Job for Life: Story of a Company Town
Book Review by Porchlight
Jamie Sayen tells the story of Groveton, New Hampshire, and the mill that was once the life of the community, in the residents' own words.
Categories: editors-choice, narrative-biography
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Blog / ChangeThis
Becoming the New Boss
By Porchlight
"A story is told about a reporter who was interviewing a successful bank president. He wanted to know the secret of the man's success. 'Two words,' the president replies; 'right decisions.'"
Categories: changethis
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Blog / ChangeThis
Image Is Substance
By Andy Cunningham
"How do you influence people to buy things? How do you educate the public about companies? And how do you match potential customers with a given product or service? Essentially, how do you help companies win in the market? I discovered early on that the answer is authenticity ... When companies promote themselves authentically, they get more customers and sell more stuff. It's as simple as that, and I built my entire career on that premise."
Categories: changethis
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Blog / ChangeThis
Work/Life Balance Is Hurting Us: A Manifesto for a Better Life Because of Work, Not Despite It
By Jennifer Moss
"I believe that work/life balance is killing us. Why? Because it makes us believe that work is hard and horrible—that life is fun and work is tolerated. Too many of us cling to the weekend after just 'getting by' every other day of the week. Life shouldn't begin on Friday and end on Sunday."
Categories: changethis
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Blog / ChangeThis
A Call to Lead with Courage, Authenticity and Service
By Kevin Cashman
"With the escalating volatility, complexity and disruptions in today's world, it would be understandable, even easy, to become discouraged. Another viable response is to pull inspiration from those leaders exemplifying courageous, authentic leadership, and to go deeper within ourselves to reframe our challenges as a potent call to step up and lead with heightened courage, values, purpose and authenticity. The toughest situations are often a call to go deeper into self first in order to serve others with greater impact."
Categories: changethis
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Blog / ChangeThis
A Values-Based Culture
By Robert Spector, breAnne O. Reeves
"In order to stay competitive, organizations must be guided by philosophies, practices, and strategies that deal with current and future market conditions. In order to ensure longevity and loyalty, organizations must have a foundation built on its non-negotiable values."
Categories: changethis
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Blog / ChangeThis
The Good and Bad of Grit
By Caroline Adams Miller
"The moment people understand how passion, hard work, and dedication to a goal fit into a traditional description of grit, they usually think of someone they know who fits the definition in a good way, like Gandhi or someone in their extended family who showed them early that work pays off. But it isn't long before they get a puzzled look and ask about Hitler. [...] In order to make it easier to understand the differences between good grit and bad grit, I've divided up the types of positive Authentic Grit that I see in the world, along with examples to help flesh out their significance and meaning."
Categories: changethis
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Blog / News & Opinion
Inside the Longlist: The Best Narrative & Biography Books of 2017
By Rebecca Schwartz
Our CEO and President, Rebecca Schwartz, takes us inside the best Narrative & Biography Books published in 2017.
Categories: news-opinion, narrative-biography
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Blog / Book Giveaways
The 2017 800-CEO-READ Business Book Awards: Narrative & Biography Book Giveaway
By Porchlight
We continue giving away all of the books on our awards longlist this week with the Narrative & Biography category.
Categories: giveaways
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Blog / Editor's Choice
Reputation: What It Is and Why It Matters
Book Review by Porchlight
Gloria Origgi has written a book on reputation that mixes the latest social science with the most timeless lessons of philosophy and literature to explore how our inner lives interact with and affect our social lives.
Categories: editors-choice
