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Fire It Up!
By Porchlight
Michael Stallard, who wrote the inspiring book, Fired Up or Burned Out, recently did a podcast with IBM. It's been awhile since I read his book, but listening to the podcast this morning reminded me of the importance of creating connection cultures in our jobs and lives. Without having a voice, without having a network to bounce ideas off, without having friends and good sources of honest feedback, the situation can literally become unhealthy, taking years off people's lives.
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Blown Away By Service
By Porchlight
Yesterday at lunch, I watched the owner of one of my favorite lunch places get into an argument with a customer. Neither were in the right considering what was all said (and physically done), but it was yet another clear lesson in emotional, knee-jerk reacting getting in the way of good service. We all see and experience these kinds of situations all the time.
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Improve Knowledge Rentention: Brown Paper Bag Mind Map
By Porchlight
Check out this awesome mindmap of Made To Stick. Sean at StickyBusinessBooks. com also has a paper bag mindmap for Chris Anderson's The Long Tail.
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How To Read a (Business) Book - beta release
By Porchlight
I have been feverishly working on an essay on how to best read a business book. An ebook version of the piece is being given out to those attending the workshop I am doing with Kevin Eikenberry next week. I want to pull out one section and get your thoughts.
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Guy Kawasaki's "Top Ten"
By Porchlight
Kawasaki, author of The Art of the Start, Selling the Dream and Reality Check, revealed his top ten rules for innovation at a recent technology conference. Condensed into ten nuggets, this advice comes from someone with a wealth of experience and knowledge to share, but is broken down nicely. Points like focusing on value, sharing with others, and staying innovative will sound familiar, yet inspiring, to many, but surprising points like "be crappy" reveal that sometimes the delays that come with perfectionism can be a great hindrance to companies.
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MBA recommendations
By Porchlight
Brandon Mendelson has been asking a bunch of experts and professionals, what the top 5 MBA books are and posting them at his blog. There's a lot of titles in the results (approximately 80! ), which goes to show that many people have different opinions about what the best books are.
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What you can learn from the Best Business Books
By Porchlight
Would you like the key ideas culled from the best business books of all time, available in a one hour call? Would you like the knowledge that comes from knowing more about those best business books? While knowledge is power, you are more successful when you can apply that knowledge in useful ways.
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Twitter Quotes From May
By Porchlight
Here are some of the nuggets we have been retweeting over the past month: @asimburney - Is it that hard to write business books without American sport metaphors? ? what the hell is a yardline?
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How to deal with hard times from Jay Abraham
By Porchlight
Jay Abraham is a world class marketer and CEO of Abraham Group, and he has written a book. The Sticking Point Solution is perfectly positioned for our current economic times. Lately, Todd and I have been asked time and again about books that could apply to our economic situations.
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ChangeThis: Issue 59
By Porchlight
We've published the 59th issue of ChangeThis for your reading pleasure. Excerpts and links below. Enjoy!
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Keep up with the latest industry news and trends, our annual business book awards, and other pieces of news and opinion floating around the offices and minds of Porchlight Book Company.