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Tom Peters goes old school. Well…not that old…but he digs out 3 books he did in the 90′s. The Project 50: Fifty Ways to Transform Every “Task” into a Project That Matters! The Brand You 50 : Fifty Ways to Transform Yourself from an “Employee” into a Brand That Shouts Distinction, Commitment, and Passion! The [...]

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And again, he’s right. Hannah asked me the other day about a book and TP wrote about it today! It is starting to freak me out a little. Following up on my post from the other day about being in the moment, TP calls us out on meeting apathy/anger. I admit….I suffer from this. And [...]

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I keep getting books in the mail. Not the books I purchase on my own. Much to my wife’s dismay. But books that just seem to keep showing up. It started a few months ago. It looks like all of them come from one publisher. I have to imagine it is because of this site [...]

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Slacker Manager interviews Linda Ford on her upcoming book: The Fourth Factor: Managing Corporate Culture. She lists her six directives for building a great company: Question Rigorously Include Respectfully Commit Responsibly Experiment Relentlessly Integrate Radically Connect, Really Very Tom Peters. I like them – they resonate with me.

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[This post comes from the old site. I am trying, slowly, to move the relevant posts over. 48 Days to the Work You Love can be found on Amazon.com] More on personal branding. I mentioned in my last post that I was de-constructing myself. I pick up this book to help. There is a quote [...]

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[Originally posted in the old blog.] First off, I have to apologize to Meg. I had promised her MONTHS ago that I would write a review for her book: Confessions of an Introvert: The Shy Girl’s Guide to Career, Networking and Getting the Most Out of Life. The funny thing is that I don’t know [...]

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[Originally published in the old site.] I just had my third book review published in The CEO Refresher! I was hoping to be on a more prolific pace. Hopefully in 2007, I will increase my once-per-year pace.  I reviewed 3-D Negotiation by David Lax and James Sebenius. Loved the book. I referred to it as [...]

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I recently had another book review published in The CEO Refresher! I was very fortunate to have the opportunity to review my friend, Rajesh Setty’s book: Beyond Code: Learn to Distinguish Yourself in 9 Simple Steps Rajesh published a manifesto at ChangeThis and turned it into a book. We struck up a relationship, he sent [...]

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My friend, Meghan (Meg) Wier, wrote a book! Confessions of an Introvert: The Shy Girl’s Guide to Career, Networking and Getting the Most Out of Life has just made its way to Amazon! Apparently, she mentions me, albeit indirectly, in this book. It is apparently under the section about people who have had a profound [...]

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I just finished reading Thomas Friedman’s bestselling, The World is Flat: A Brief History of the 21st Century and I am afraid…very, very afraid. This is a MUST read. Now. You can go download an article he wrote for the New York Times called “It’s a Flat World, After All” which is a 6-page summary [...]

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