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Giving
By Porchlight
Bob Burg and John David Mann's The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea quickly became a national bestseller. It's parable format told readers a great story that showed how giving could actually increase profits, rather than diminish them. More than that, it showed that those who don't give, actually struggled more, and were likely in a position to fail as opposed to those experiencing utmost success.
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The Linchpin Voltron
By Porchlight
Books can do a lot for us: inspire, teach, jolt, enlighten. They can be a call to action, but they can't actually make us act. You have to find the gumption to do that on your own.
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Do More Great Work
By Porchlight
I met author Michael Bungay Stanier at last year's ASTD conference in Washington, DC. My plane had just landed, I had a mere hour or two of sleep, and was on cold medicine. The bustle of the training conference quickly woke me up, and meeting Michael was a great dose of reality.
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ChangeThis: Issue 68
By Porchlight
It's a momentous week here at 800-CEO-READ. We've redesigned and rebuilt ChangeThis, and just posted our first issue on the new site. Head on over and let us know what you think.
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Reset
By Porchlight
Check this out - our friends at HarperStudio are co-hosting a killer event in NYC on April 20th, featuring Gary Vaynerchuk, Anna Bernaseck, Tom Peters (! ), Michael Eisner, and moderated by the one and only Seth Godin. The event is called Re-set and with a lineup like this, which will literally re-set how you think about your business, you'd likely expect to pay waaaay more than what they're asking.
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Winter 2010: International Best Sellers
By Porchlight
The time has come to talk of many things. . .
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No One Would Listen
By Porchlight
No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller is the new book by Harry Markopolos that details his knowledge of the Bernie Madoff scheme, his attempted reports of said scheme (when it was $5 billion deep), and how no one would listen to him until the scheme finally reached $65 billion. The book doesn't come out until tomorrow, but Audible has a really nice audio production of the book launching today, and they're offering the first chapter for free. Take a listen here, and purchase the full audio book there as well.
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We're Fascinated with Sally Hogshead
By Porchlight
Sally Hogshead has written a book that's curious, entertaining, and incredibly helpful. It's called, Fascinate: Your 7 Triggers to Persuasion and Captivation. It's the kind of book that makes you feel a bit smarter about the world around you.
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Create Your Job
By Porchlight
Career coach Nancy Anderson had released the inspiring book Work With Passion: How To Do What You Love For a Living, and is now set to launch her newest book that addresses those looking for work with an even greater wealth of experience behind them. Titled, Work With Passion in Midlife and Beyond. To get an idea of the approach of either of these books, here's a blurb from a recent essay written by Anderson, where she talks about a conversation between her and a client: "When I met Charles he spent most of his time going to networking meetings, and surfing job sites on the Internet.
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PechaKucha Recap
By Porchlight
This week was the sixth PechaKucha event we've held in Milwaukee, and it was the biggest yet. With nine presenters, and a venue absolutely stuffed full of people, it's making us wonder if we've outgrown another location. Why so many people this time?
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