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Joy Panos Stauber is a Cool Friend
By Porchlight
If you've looked at anything our company has produced in the past five or six years, whether it's our website, a ChangeThis manifesto, In The Books, The 100 Best, or an invitation to our book awards, you have witnessed the wonderful work Joy Panos Stauber does. She is not officially employed by 800-CEO-READ, but has been a part of our team for many years now, creating our visual identity and helping us communicate with you more effectively. She has also been helping the great crew over at tompeters!
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The High Cost of Mistrust by Judy Bardwick
By Porchlight
Judy Bardwick is the author of One Foot Out the Door, the winner of the first 800-CEO-READ Business Book Award in the Human Resources category in 2007. She coined the term "Psychological Recession" to describe "why your people don’t seem all that excited about coming to work these days," and how that can affect your company’s financial health. You can read more about in an article she wrote for The Conference Board Review.
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Inc./800-CEO-READ Bestseller List
By Porchlight
Announced today was the forthcoming launch of the Inc. /800-CEO-READ Business Book Bestseller list. Compiled from 800-CEO-READs sales data, the list of the top 25 best selling books will appear at inc.
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Greatness
By Porchlight
"Lincoln was not great because he was born in a log cabin, but because he got out of it.
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Everyone Communicates Few Connect
By Porchlight
In this age of social media, where talking to people, both friends and strangers, is easier than ever, the dam has literally burst on information. With that overload comes knowledge, but something's missing. That missing piece is what John C.
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Day jobs
By Porchlight
I've been thinking a lot today about "day jobs" and what that concept means to people. For some, it's what they do, it's what they're good at, and for lack of a better term, it's their lives. For others, it's something they use, to pay the bills while they wait for something better to come along, or to fund projects they're working on outside of work, that don't make enough money to survive on.
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Mental Health
By Porchlight
"One out of four people in this country is mentally unbalanced. Think of your three closest friends, if they seem OK, then you're the one.
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Health
By Porchlight
"True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are united.
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Making Ideas Happen on inBubbleWrap
By Porchlight
If you haven't been keeping up with Sally over on inBubbleWrap, I humbly recommend you start doing so. And this week would be a good time to start, because she is giving away Scott Belsky's wonderful new book, Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality. She named her post "Making Your Dreams Real," which may sound hyperbolic, but if you're a creative person (whether you're starting a business or a novel) you know that "Making Ideas Happen" really is "Making Your Dreams Real.
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Idleness
By Porchlight
"Nobody can think straight who does not work. Idleness warps the mind. Thinking without constructive action becomes a disease.
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