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Birthday with Style!
By Porchlight
Well, it's happened! Time goes by so fast, friends come and go in your life, families have disagreements, apartments and homes are moved in and out of, but Strunk and White's "The Element of Style" seems so solid and steadfast. And 50 years old to boot!
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Business Book Award event: Seth Godin
By Porchlight
Each year, we host the 800ceoread Business Book Awards, where U. S. publishers and authors nominate their books for a variety of categories of business, from leadership and management, to sales, marketing, and biographies.
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100 Best: Jack interviews David Dorsey, author of The Force
By Porchlight
Tune in today as Jack Covert interviews David Dorsey about his book The Force. Both the book and the discussion are about the dramatic experience of spending a year with the Xerox sales force, where sales, presentation, acting, relationships, and business are all in the fold. Dorsey's book is one of the books in Jack and Todd's book The 100 Best Business Books of All Time.
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ChangeThis: Issue 57
By Porchlight
The 57th issue of ChangeThis has been published for your perusal and enjoyment. Excerpts and links below. ::::: Hit the Ground Running by Jason Jennings "Taking charge has never been easy.
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100 Best: Todd interviews David Allen, author of Getting Things Done
By Porchlight
David Allen discusses how to prioritize one's most important tasks to create a stronger sense of purpose. Allen believes that productivity is directly proportional to one's ability to relax, and that true creativity comes from clear, organized thought and a clear mind. David Allen's book, Getting Things Done is one of the books in Jack and Todd's book The 100 Best Business Books of All Time.
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Links from Across The Business Book Web
By Porchlight
There are a number of cool, quick items to point you to: Dan Schawbel's Me 2. 0 came out yesterday. You can preview the book at Scribd for the next week or so.
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Inc. Magazine's 30th Anniversary Book Recommendations
By Porchlight
Inc. Magazine is celebrating 30 years of publication this month and as a part of their coverage have put together "The Business Owner's Bookshelf" - 30 books people running small businesses should read. Here is the list in its entirety: Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk, by Peter Bernstein (1996) The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything, by Guy Kawasaki (2004) The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger, by Marc Levinson (2006) Brand New: How Entrepreneurs Earned Consumers' Trust from Wedgwood to Dell, by Nancy F.
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March's International Best Sellers
By Porchlight
Globally, people are relying on each other in every aspect of their lives and business is no exception. With talk of a 'world currency', we must face fact that we need 'the other guy' just as much as they need us. At 800CEOREAD we recognize this every day when we see more and more international customers ordering from us.
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100 Best: Todd interviews Charles Wheelan, author of Naked Economics
By Porchlight
Wheelan believes that the discourse on economics needs to change. It's important information, that affects companies and individuals on a daily and long-term basis, so the way people understand it needs to be updated and approached differently. His book, and this podcast, give insight to those proposed changes, and why they will have a major impact on business at large.
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"Beam Me Up" is Better Than Business Books
By Porchlight
TechCrunch's Mike Arrington penned a post yesterday titled "Grok This: Forget The Business Books, Go Sci-Fi To Stoke Your Imagination. " The piece caught alot of people's attention with over 150 retweets on Twitter. As the lead states, Arrington proposes that entrepreneurs should skip all of these silly business books which are filled with "a whole lot of additional junk," and read science-fiction.
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