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Made by Hand

By Porchlight

Whether you're looking to live "off the grid," looking to start your own business, or simply want to find some inspiration to better face challenges in your life, I can't recommend the new book by Mark Frauenfelder, Made by Hand: Searching for Meaning in a Throwaway World highly enough. Many will recognize Frauenfelder as the founder of the blog Boing Boing and the Editor in Chief of Make magazine, but this book is so much more - it's his personal story and insight. The intro describes the author's family's quest to find peaceful living, away from the hectic city life, so they sell their belongings and move to an exotic island.

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Friday Links

By Porchlight

➻ If you'd like to get a taste of Bob Sutton's upcoming book, Good Boss, Bad Boss (due out with Business Plus in September), he posted a small gem that didn't make it in the book, the leadership philosophy of John Lilly, CEO of Mozilla: Life is a lot better when I think about my job as one of helping everyone . . .

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Why You'll Love Us

By Porchlight

While we've outlined some of the reasons we think you'll love us here, author Seth Godin chimes in with his take in this recent interview with Shopify: Thanks, Seth!

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International Best Sellers from 800CEOREAD for April

By Porchlight

It's been a whole month (and then some) after the last posting of what was being read from across this great world of ours.  So, hold on to your seats. .

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Happiness at Work (and beyond)

By Porchlight

Srikumar Rao's book, Happiness at Work: Be Resilient, Motivated, and Successful - No Matter What, is getting a lot of attention these days (it even made the April edition of the Inc. /800-CEO-READ Business Book Bestseller List). I can imagine the title itself draws a lot of attention, as turning work into happiness is certainly not a new challenge.

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ChangeThis: Issue 70

By Porchlight

For your autodidactic pleasure, it's the 70th issue of ChangeThis. Excerpts and links below. ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ Living in a Bubble: How Speculative Mania in Home Mortgages Underwrote the Great Recession by Roger Lowenstein “The bubble began at the dawn of the 21st century, and fed off the elixir of ultra-low interest rates.

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Brains

By Porchlight

Any healthy person with a brain has the capacity to get through each day, think many interesting things, remember things, accomplish various tasks, and plan for the future. But of course, some people do these things differently (and much better). Are they or their brains different than others?

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Getting Back to Work

By Porchlight

There are many people who lost their jobs last year, and unfortunately, many of them are still looking for work. For those in this situation, after so long, the frustration and desperation likely only increases. You send out resume after resume every day, and no results.

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"A fine commute accompaniment."

By Sally Haldorson

Every month, Penguin/Portfolio posts a new free podcast that you can download from iTunes or listen to on their site called The Business Beat. It was exciting news to hear that The Business Beat was featured in USA TODAY’s “Watch, Listen and Read” column today--it’s on 6B of the Money section, if you have a paper copy on hand--, not only because we love the work that Portfolio does with its business books, but because at the end of every program, Jack reviews a classic business book in his Just Jack! section.

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The Business Book Bestseller List

By Porchlight

As mentioned in a previous post, we've formed a partnership with Inc. Magazine to launch The Business Book Bestseller List. Compiled from our raw sales data, the list appears on Inc.