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100 Awesome Business Blogs that are Better than an MBA
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This listing was shared via email to me today (thanks Suzane) and it looked so interesting I knew that if I posted the listing here, someone will find these blogs not just useful in their jobs - but perhaps to share them with others. Here's a sample from the web site of The 100 Awesome Business Blogs that are Better than an MBA: Going through school to get an MBA can take a few years away from your life and work. These days you do not always have time to take a few years and be a student.
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100 Best: Todd interviews Geoffrey Moore, author of Crossing the Chasm
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As quickly as technology is changing, Geoffrey Moore's Crossing the Chasm continues to provide insight into marketing hi tech products and services. Part of the challenge of constant change in the industry is getting products noticed and spread via the internet and people. Today we feature an interview talking with Mr.
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Todd interviews Alan Webber, author of Rules of Thumb
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Todd Sattersten talks with author Alan Webber about what it takes to figure out the new rules of business. In his book Rules of Thumb, Webber talks about how quickly things are changing and how to look at these changes as opportunities. [podcast]http://800ceoread.
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Adding To The Hysteria
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I was looking through our weekly bestsellers and found The Great Influenza: The Story of The Deadliest Pandemic in History by John Barry at #8. Given recent events, I was a little more than interested in what was happening with that title. Meg tells me the order for that book was placed before H1N1 began making news, taking away all hope of some long winded essay about how hysteria is sweeping our nation and that books can provide wonderful context for current happenings.
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ChangeThis: Issue 58
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The 58th issue of ChangeThis has been published for your perusal and enjoyment. Excerpts and links below. ::::: Creative Elegance: The Power of Incomplete Ideas by Matthew E.
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Signed Copies of Ignore Everybody?
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Hugh MacLeod at gapingvoid is running a special promotion for his new book Ignore Everybody, (coming out from Portfolio on June 11th). Hugh is giving away a free, autographed copy of the book to the first 1000 people who pick one up from your retailer of choice, and send him proof of purchace. There are a lot of Hugh MacLeod fans out there, so check out the details of the offer before the books are gone.
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A Lesson in Listening
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Jerry Weissman, author of the The Power Presenter and Presenting to Win has been busy on the blog front lately. There is an interesting post from yesterday entitled, A Lesson in Listening from Obama that's worth the quick read. You can dig a bit deeper into everything that Jerry is doing by visiting his Power Presentations website.
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Business World/Ancient World: New Content, Same Questions
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This is the title of an event coming up on Wednesday, May 13 in Asheville, NC at the WriteMind Institute for Corporate Contemplation. There, Todd Sattersten will discuss the meta-themes he and Jack Covert discovered while writing The 100 Best Business Books of All Time. The conversation will be with WriteMind Institute founder Jonathon Flaum.
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100 Best: Jack interviews Jeff Fox, author of How to Become a Rainmaker
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How to Become a Rainmaker is Jeff Fox's bestselling book about sales. Written with to-the-point lessons on becoming a great salesperson, both the book and the podcast reveal Fox's insight into the characteristics of Rainmakers; lessons he learned over the years, and continues to share with his employees. This book is one of the books in Jack and Todd's book The 100 Best Business Books of All Time.
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Escape From Cubicle Nation: Todd interviews author Pamela Slim
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Todd Sattersten talks with author Pamela Slim about her new book Escape From Cubicle Nation, which reveals why you should leave your job and pursue your passion. Even if you don't know what that passion is, Slim discusses how to examine what that might be, and how to find fulfillment and financial success in the process. [podcast]http://800ceoread.
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