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Interview with Jonathon Flaum
By Porchlight
On his way through town, Jonathon Flaum stopped by Lodge 300 to talk with Todd about his new book How the Red Wolf Found Its Howl. Todd and Jonathon covered a wide variety of topics including the motivation behind Jonathon's first book The 100 Mile Walk, how fear plays such a big roll in business, and even why Jonathon decided to self publish the latest book. Strap yourselves in, this is a good one.
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Podcast interview with Jonathon Flaum
By Porchlight
We were very lucky to have Jonathon stop in on his way to see the Dalai Lama a month ago. We took a stroll to Lodge 300, and Todd did a fantastic interview with Jonathon about his new book, How the Red Wolf Found Its Howl, (recently self-published by Lotus Way Press). Stay tuned next week, we'll be posting the fable from the book for everyone's enjoyment.
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The Countdown Book Club (International Edition)
By Porchlight
A few readers have asked us whether or not we can ship The Countdown Book Club internationally. Well, indeed we can--we would do anything for you guys. However, because it is more expensive to ship the books, we do have to add $30.
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Tuesday in Miwaukee: Pecha Kucha Night #2
By Porchlight
This coming Tuesday, August 26th we're hosting round #2 of Pecha Kucha Night in Milwaukee. What is Pecha Kucha, you ask? Well, here's Jon's description.
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Ahead of the Curve - Part Two
By Porchlight
I pointed to some reviews of Ahead of the Curve by Philip Delves Broughton last week, but I may have missed the best. Written by Land of Lincoln author Andrew Ferguson for The Wall Street Journal, the review is no kinder to the institution that Broughton profiles in the book than the previous reviews had been, but it is funnier and Ferguson reviews author Broughton as much as he derides Harvard Business School culture. He begins: As Paris bureau chief for the London Daily Telegraph, Philip Delves Broughton had one of the most desirable jobs in newspapering--indeed, one of the last remaining desirable jobs in newspapering--and he did it well enough to earn the admiration of boss and colleague alike.
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The Second Annual 800ceoread Business Book Awards
By Porchlight
On December 15, 2008, 800-CEO-READ will announce the winners of the second annual "The 800-CEO-READ Business Book Awards. " These awards will recognize the best business books of 2008 and the authors who committed time and energy to the books' creation. Thousands of business books are published each year, each with the potential to promote change and enlighten the way people think about business.
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Divide or Conquer video
By Porchlight
Diana McLain Smith has a nice new video overview of her book, Divide or Conquer. The book, which we've written about in other posts, talks about how personality differences, conflicting interests, and other working relationship scenarios, can drastically affect the success or failure of an organization. As she states, in successful relationships, the focus on those relationships is as strong as the focus on the company mission.
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Launching The Countdown Book Club
By Porchlight
Our communication has been sporadic on the book project. Kate, our air traffic controller, is imploring us to get with it and start telling you what we have been up to. She's right and there is a lot that has happened.
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Churchill quote on books
By Porchlight
"If you cannot read all your books, at any rate handle, or, as it were, fondle them--peer into them, let them fall open where they will, read from the first sentence that arrests the eye, set them back on their shelves with your own hands, arrange them on your own plan so that if you do not know what is in them, you will at least know where they are. Let them be your friends; let them at any rate be your acquaintances.
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** Contest Alert **Ten Commandments for Business Failure
By Porchlight
** UPDATE ** CONTEST HAS ENDED! CONGRATULATIONS, ROB M. FROM UTAH - - YOU WON THE BOOK AND CD SET!
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