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Blog / News & Opinion
From Business to Baseball, and Back Again
By Porchlight
There are two fields I follow on a daily basis, the baseball and the business. Those two worlds got all tangled up and nicely intertwined in my reading life this past weekend. On Friday, there was a NYT interview with the Sage of Omaha, Warren Buffett, about one of his favorite topics, baseball.
Categories: news-opinion
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Blog / News & Opinion
Where Did The Book Reviews Go?
By Porchlight
The most recent issue of Fast Company makes me think the magazine has dropped their coverage of business books. Booooooo.
Categories: news-opinion, publishing-industry
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Blog / News & Opinion
A Different Jack Disagrees
By Porchlight
It is not unusual for Mr. Covert and I to have many heated discussions, but it is a different Jack that has taken me to task for a recent post. Jack Hayhow says that I am wrong-headed about my opinion of fables.
Categories: news-opinion
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Blog / News & Opinion
Podcasts Start Back Up with Zook
By Porchlight
We took some time off this summer from our podcasts. I am kicking off the fall season early with an interview I have been wanting to do for some time. Chris Zook is the author of three books, his most recent being Unstoppable.
Categories: news-opinion
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Blog / News & Opinion
Unstoppable Interview with Chris Zook
By Porchlight
After a summer hiatus, we return with a great interview. In this podcast, I talk with Chris Zook, author of Unstoppable: How to Identify Hidden Assets, Redefine the Core, and Fuel Future Growth. This book is the final in a business trilogy of sorts.
Categories: news-opinion
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Blog / News & Opinion
What's up at Freakonomics
By Porchlight
Dubner and Levitt have been quite busy this week. On Monday, the NYT welcomed their blog with open arms. If you're a fan of their blog, be sure to change your RSS feed.
Categories: news-opinion
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Blog / Staff Picks
Miscellany
Book Review by Porchlight
Todd's post on Monday showed that we've referenced Chris Anderson's Long Tail more often than any other title in the past, so we obviously like the book. But what books does Chris Anderson like? Well, he liked David Weinberger's Everything is Miscellaneous enough to write a blurb for it.
Categories: staff-picks
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Blog / News & Opinion
The Perfect Pair: Never Eat Alone and Highrise
By Porchlight
Never Eat Alone is a 2005 book written by Keith Ferrazzi. The subtitle "The Ultimate Networker Reveals How To Build a Lifelong Community of Collegues, Contacts, Friends, and Mentors" sums up the book pretty well. We have an excerpt on our site from Chapter 17 - "The Art of Small Talk" and here is a video of Ferrazzi speaking at a Microsoft event.
Categories: news-opinion
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Blog / ChangeThis
Mind of the Innovator: Taming the Traps of Traditional Thinking
By Matthew E. May
Matthew May, author of "Elegant Solutions: Breakthrough Thinking the Toyota Way" and a popular ChangeThis manifesto on the subject, now brings our attention to the 'Seven Sins of Solutions', the traditional ways of thinking that prevent us from divining the most accurate—and elegant—of solutions to any problem solving situation. Using accessible examples, you'll find yourself saying "Yes! That happens to me!" as you read. Lucky for us, May also provides methods to avoid those deadly sins and train our brains to think differently, allowing our inner innovator to flourish.
Categories: changethis
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Blog / ChangeThis
Making the Most of Your Time: Going Beyond To-Do Lists
By Rajesh Setty
The author of one of ChangeThis' most popular manifesto, 25 Ways to Distinguish Yourself, Rajesh Setty returns with a new set of suggestions for optimizing your abilities. He asserts that even though everyone is given only 24 hours in a day, the most successful people are those who make every minute count. Here, he tells you how project management, understanding your abilities, investing in relationships and making a difference are just some of the ways you can make the most of your time.
Categories: changethis