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I Am The Walrus: Lessons In Personal Branding from The Beatles
By Porchlight
"Side One 1. I Me Mine (Harrison) 2. I Am The Walrus (Lennon-McCartney) 3. Don't Let Me Down (Lennon-McCartney) 4. The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill (Lennon-McCartney) 5. Your Mother Should Know (Lennon-McCartney) Side Two 6. She Came In Through the Bathroom Window (Lennon-McCartney) 7. The Long and Winding Road (Lennon-McCartney) 8. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (Lennon-McCartney) 9. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except For Me and My Monkey (Lennon-McCartney) 10. Hello Goodbye (Lennon-McCartney) On Parrlophone 33 1/3 RPM"
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Blog / ChangeThis
The Attitude Problem In Education
By Don Berg
"We are losing the potential for entrepreneurial, vocational, and artistic genius in children and teachers around the world because the majority of schools navigate by academics alone. Academic schooling facilitates only a partial liberation of the human spirit. We have liberated some people, in some places, in some ways by making due with the limited academic tools available. [...] Parents today have already chosen to launch their children into a world of challenging conditions. The question is whether their suppliers—schools—are providing the right stuff to get the job done."
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Blog / ChangeThis
Being a Gifted Speaker Isn't a Gift
By Frances Cole Jones
"Despite a pervasive idea that some people are born with a 'gift' for public speaking—and that this gift is the reason they excel when presenting themselves—my experience has proven this isn't so. I believe that everyone can be a great speaker, and this includes you. So what's the disconnect? Why do so many people feel they don't have what it takes to present their ideas with confidence and flair? Thomas Edison said, 'Opportunity is missed by most because it comes dressed in overalls and looks like work.' I find the same is true for public speaking. If you're willing to put in the time, there's a science to presenting that's concrete and available."
Categories: changethis
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ChangeThis: Issue 51
By Porchlight
The November issue of ChangeThis has been published for your reading pleasure. Titles and excerpts, links and cover image thumbnails below. ::::: Finding Your Howl by Jonathon Flaum "To find our howl we have to pay a price.
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Tom Peters Thoughts on Dealing with these Strange Times
By Porchlight
In Tom Peters blog today he has some great ideas about how we can deal with these uncertain times. Check it out here. The comments are also very good.
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Blog / News & Opinion
September's Audio Books
By Porchlight
Here are September's Top 25 Books from 800CEOREAD that are now available in audio format! Surprisingly, 7 new titles made our list this month starting out in the # 2 and # 3 positions with the Encore Effect and The First Billion is the Hardest. Compact disks may have become more in style or perhaps people have been on the go/traveling more.
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BusinessWeek review of The Snowball
Book Review by Porchlight
The new Warren Buffett biography, The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life by Alice Schroeder, is reviewed in BusinessWeek by Amy Feldman: Buffett's Ferocious Focus . . .
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Blog / Staff Picks
An Advance Review of Panic
Book Review by Porchlight
The LA Times' books blog, Jacket Copy, has an advance review of Michael Lewis's upcoming title, Panic: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity, due out in December. Discussing authors who would dare to offer up a book in the current, constantly changing economic climate, Nick Owchar writes: I wouldn't want to be a financial writer with a book coming out later this year--every pre-plunge-written text about the U. S.
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Guest Post IV - Lee J. Colan, Ph.D.
By Porchlight
Below is the last post we have from Lee Colan. We'd like to thank him for the providing the material and hope you've all enjoyed it. If so, I would humbly recommend looking into his new book, Engaging the Hearts and Minds of All Your Employees: How to Ignite Passionate Performance for Better Business Results.
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** Contest Alert ** Trial by War
Book Review by Porchlight
* ATTENTION: CONTEST IS OVER! * Today, I'm offering a book and CD set of James M. McPherson's book entitled Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief.
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