Recent Posts Tagged With 'book recommendations'

• Book Review - the Glass Castle

  Posted on Friday July 24th, 2009 at 20:19 in book recommendations, the glass castle, jeannette walls

  The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls My rating: 5 of 5 stars Jeanette Walls is a wonderful storyteller with a memory that makes me ooze with envy. The detailed recollection of her childhood is nothing short of astounding. I have to admit fe...

• Book Review: Relentless by Dean Koontz

  Posted on Saturday June 13th, 2009 at 18:29 in book review, book recommendations, dean koontz, relentless

  Related posts:Book Review: TribesBook Review: Dreams of My FatherBook Review: The Tipping Point Related posts:Book Review: TribesBook Review: Dreams of My FatherBook Review: The Tipping Point...

• Book Review: Magical Worlds of the Wizard of Ads

  Posted on Tuesday June 9th, 2009 at 11:34 in book recommendations, making a difference, roy williams, magical worlds of the wizard of ads

  Magical Worlds of the Wizard of Ads: Tools and Techniques for Profitable Persuasion by Roy Williams My review rating: 5 of 5 starsI LOVED THIS BOOK! It starts off with a lot of advertising psychology, which I enjoyed moderately, but then it to...

• Book Review: Blue Ocean Strategy

  Posted on Tuesday June 9th, 2009 at 11:29 in book recommendations, blue ocean strategy, w. chan kim

  Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant by W. Chan Kim My review rating: 1 of 5 starsBrilliant concept, I just could not get into this. I stopped in chapter 2. It read like a dissertation wh...

• Book Review: Made to Stick

  Posted on Saturday May 30th, 2009 at 15:34 in book recommendations, made to stick, chip heath, dan heath

  Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath My review rating: 5 of 5 starsLOVED this book. I must have stopped listening (to the audiobook) a dozen times to act on new ideas and epiphanies I was having. To me, that̵...

• Book Review: Tribes

  Posted on Sunday May 24th, 2009 at 13:51 in book recommendations, tribes, seth godin

  Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us by Seth Godin My review rating: 4 of 5 starsI definitely enjoyed this and took away at least two actionable ideas that I have already implemented. Worth the read for sure! View all my reviews. Related posts:B...

• Book Review: The Audacity of Hope

  Posted on Wednesday May 20th, 2009 at 07:31 in Barack Obama, book recommendations, the audacity of hope

  The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama My review rating: 5 of 5 starsThis was a perfect extension of Dreams From My Father. His first book painted the picture of who he was. Audacity of Hope was then a...

• Book Review: Dreams of My Father

  Posted on Wednesday May 20th, 2009 at 07:28 in Barack Obama, book recommendations, dream of my father

  Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama My review rating: 5 of 5 starsI found this riveting. It was wonderfully personal and paints the picture of how Barack Obama arrived at this pivotal point in history. I breezed through the book and enjoyed...

• Book Review: The Tipping Point

  Posted on Wednesday May 20th, 2009 at 07:25 in chess, book recommendations, the tipping point, malcolm gladwell, strategic business, legacy writing

  The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell My review rating: 5 of 5 starsThis was my intro to Malcolm Gladwell. Loved it. I’m actually in the business of leading people to the tipping point - that’s what we do at Writers of the Round Ta...

• Great Book: Blink

  Posted on Wednesday May 20th, 2009 at 07:21 in book review, book recommendations, blink, malcolm gladwell

  Blink by Malcolm Gladwell My review rating: 5 of 5 starsThis is the second book by Malcolm Gladwell that I read in a single week. Really loved this. I’m someone who makes a lot of snap decisions and can rarely articulate why. This book ...

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  Posted on Monday March 30th, 2009 at 09:06 in social networking, business writing, book recommendations, women entrepreneurs, making a difference, gen y, china girl, millennial leaders, bea fields, edge! a leadership story, edge a leadership story, become a blogging maniac

  Congrats to our client Bea Fields, co author of Millennial Leaders and EDGE! A Leadership Story for her mention in Women Entrepreneurs:  The Next Wave of Leaders.  Bea is ferociously attacking the worlds of social networking and Gen Y and her dynam...

• A Favorite Quote From EDGE! A Leadership Story

  Posted on Thursday March 5th, 2009 at 08:18 in writing advice, book recommendations, making a difference, bea fields, corey blake, edge! a leadership story, eva silva travers, edge a leadership story, legacy writing, excalibur reclaims her king, novels and screenplays, from the barrio

  “It scares you because you know damn well you can’t write it with your brain.  You have to write it with your heart.  It’s like falling in love; you don’t fall in love using just your brain.  It takes heart and instinct.  And it takes hea...