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Excerpt from The Art of War for Women
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The Art of War for Women Sun Tzu's Ancient Strategies and Wisdom for Winning at Work by Chin-Ning Chu This chapter is excerpted from The Art of War for Women by Chin-Ning Chu, an internationally renowned speaker and the bestselling author of Thick Face, Black Heart. She brings the eternal wisdom of philosopher-general Sun Tzu to women looking to gain a better understanding of who they are – and, more importantly, who they want to be. CHAPTER 1 Ji (Planning) The Elements of Strategy Before waging a war, the five elements that govern success must be examined.
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links for 2007-04-03
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The No Asshole Rule >> Miami Herald | Book stresses curbing vile workplace behavior Sutton provides a very solid and honest examination of the phenomenon but is not above recounting his own behavior when it veered near the precipice of iniquity. (tags: businessbooks organizational_development) CrazyBusy >> New York Times | Too Busy to Notice You’re Too Busy Although those who are overworked and overwhelmed complain ceaselessly, it is often with an undertone of boastfulness; the hidden message is that I’m so busy because I’m so important.
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On Writing...
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Awhile ago Tom recommended Stephen King's On Writing for current or aspiring writers. I ran across an interesting summary/excerpt and thought I'd point you to it. Takeaway formula: 2nd Draft = 1st Draft – 10%.
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Carnival of The Capitalists
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I like periodically pointing people to Carnival of The Capitalists. It is a round-up of the best business blogging from around the net. It is hosted by a different blogger each week and you will find it at Business Pundit today.
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links for 2007-03-30
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LibraryThing | Catalog your books online Share and connect via book recommendations. (tags: books library catalog) Let My People Go Surfing >> Fortune | Patagonia: Blueprint for green business The story of how Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard [author of Let My People Go Surfing] took his passion for the outdoors and turned it into an amazing business.
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You're Already a Citizen Marketer
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The second event in our LeaveSmarter Series took place last Thursday afternoon. We're crazy busy around here (just ask inBubbleGuy) so we haven't had a chance to blog about it, but we'd be remiss not to mention how enjoyable Ben McConnell's presentation was. He even took a few technical glitches in stride, showing off his shiny red sneakers to keep the momentum going.
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links for 2007-03-29
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Go Put Your Strengths To Work >>WSJ. com | Doing More of What You're Good at Doing The strength of Mr. Buckingham's book is its philosophical base in the late Peter Drucker's classic admonition: "The effective executive makes strength productive.
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Shout out from Seth
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ChangeThis got a nice mention on Seth Godin's blog today. He has a really great entry up about how you can benefit from publishing an e-book. Here's a direct link to the post: http://sethgodin.
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2006 Bestsellers (a little late)
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Some folks started asking us for the 2006 bestsellers. Some how we forgot to do this right after the New Year, and I know many of you are dying to hear the results. One note on methodology: We award points to a book's position on our monthly list, as well as the number of months it appears on our lists.
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Excerpt from Ignited
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Ignited Managers! Light Up Your Company and Career This excerpt is taken from Ignited: Managers! Light Up Your Company and Career by Vince Thompson.
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