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Blog / Book Giveaways
This Is the Thing: About Life, Joy, and Owning Your Purpose
By Porchlight
When it feels like there is something missing in life, it’s time to dig deep.
Categories: giveaways
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Blog / News & Opinion
The Best Marketing & Communications/Sales & Influence Books of 2024
By Porchlight
Attention is the world’s most valuable resource, and learning how to earn it—how to seize and hold someone’s attention in your writing, while speaking in public, or in the brief moment an ad is in front of them, how to offer it back when talking in person with others—is critical for every conversation and every company. These five books can help.
Categories: news-opinion
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Blog / News & Opinion
The Best Current Events & Public Affairs Books of 2024
By Dylan Schleicher
The greatest challenges we face today offer some of our greatest opportunities for growth. We just need the civic imagination and collective will to seize them, to build new things and embrace new approaches. The best Current Events & Public Affairs books of 2024 all addressed that need in some way.
Categories: news-opinion
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Blog / ChangeThis
Holistic Flexibility: Humanizing the Workplace for Productivity, Profitability, and Possibility
By Manar Sweillam Morales
There has been a push in many companies to end flexible work arrangements. Manar Sweillam Morales's research suggests that this is misguided. In this piece, Morales shares five specific reasons why flexibility is not only here to stay, but greatly benefits the businesses that get it right.
Categories: changethis
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Blog / Excerpts
An Excerpt from The Seven Tensions of Negotiation
By Cash Nickerson
Sitting down to negotiate is like getting ready to throw or defend against a punch — we feel the tension. When we teach ourselves to feel, assess, neutralize, and respond to tension, we can successfully maneuver any negotiation.
Categories: excerpts
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Blog / New Releases
January 14, 2025
By Porchlight
Discovering your next great read just got easier with our weekly selection of four new releases.
Categories: new-releases
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Blog / Book Giveaways
Plundered: How Racist Policies Undermine Black Homeownership in America
By Porchlight
A property law scholar uses the stories of two grandfathers—one white, one Black—who arrived in Detroit at the turn of the twentieth century to reveal how racist policies weaken Black families, widen the racial wealth gap, and derive profit from pain.
Categories: giveaways
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Blog / News & Opinion
The Best Big Ideas & New Perspectives Books of 2024
By Jasmine Gonzalez
Humans are social beings designed for connection.
Categories: news-opinion
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Blog / News & Opinion
The Best Narrative & Biography Books of 2024
By Jasmine Gonzalez
These five books reveal overlooked parts of our history and the forces shaping our lives, encouraging us to confront adversity to make the world a better place.
Categories: news-opinion
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Blog / Interviews
Register to Attend! 'Life in Three Dimensions': An Interview with Shigehiro Oishi in Milwaukee
By Shigehiro Oishi
A FREE EVENT in Milwaukee, Wisconsin! Don't miss out on this conversation with the developer of the "psychological richness" approach to living.
Categories: interviews