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ChangeThis: Issue 109
By Porchlight
Success In 5 Easy Lessons by G. Richard Shell “When everyone around you agrees on what success means, it is all too easy to blindly accept their ideas about what to do next. .
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A New KnowledgeBlocks Giveaway!
By Sally Haldorson
We are giving away 20 copies of Springboard: Launching Your Personal Search for Success by G. Richard Shell over on KnowledgeBlocks. Just enter for your chance to win.
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2013 Business Book Awards
By Porchlight
The 2013 800-CEO-READ Business Book Awards are now open for submissions. Thousands of business books are published each year, each with the potential to promote change and enlighten the way people think about business. We began recognizing these efforts in 2007 with the 800-CEO-READ Business Book Awards, highlighting the best works in a number of categories.
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The FT/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Longlist
By Porchlight
The Financial Times & Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year longlist has been announced. It is, as Andrew Hill of the FT writes, a reading list that mixes low deeds and high hopes (registration required). The list includes: After the Music Stopped: The Financial Crisis, the Response, and the Work Ahead by Alan Blinder, The Penguin Press The Alchemists: Three Central Bankers and a World on Fire by Neil Irwin, The Penguin Press Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think by Viktor Mayer-Schönberger & Kenneth Cukier, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt The Billionaire’s Apprentice: The Rise of The Indian-American Elite and The Fall of The Galleon Hedge Fund by Anita Raghavan, Business Plus The End of Competitive Advantage: How to Keep Your Strategy Moving as Fast as Your Business by Rita Gunther McGrath, Harvard Business Review Press The End of Power: From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being In Charge Isn’t What It Used to Be by Moisés Naím, Basic Books The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon by Brad Stone, Little Brown and Company Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success by Adam Grant, Viking Books The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality by Angus Deaton, Princeton University Press How Asia Works: Success and Failure in the World’s Most Dynamic Region by Joe Studwell, Grove Press Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg, Knopf Publishing Group Making it Happen: Fred Goodwin, RBS and the Men Who Blew Up the British Economy by Iain Martin, Simon and Schuster (I don't see that this is being released in the U.
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ChangeThis: Issue 108
By Porchlight
Art Is Freedom by Erik Wahl “My name is Erik Wahl and Art has saved me from a life of slavery. I am a recovering suit and tie. I am recuperating from years as a gear in a wheel that barely touched the ground.
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Think Differently
By Porchlight
When we think of creativity, we often forget the broad scope of what that means. We look to alter details, not scrap entire systems and start from scratch. In some ways, we attempt to make the process of doing what we're supposed to do more interesting, and that's it.
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A New KnowledgeBlocks Giveaway: Grab Bag!
By Sally Haldorson
Everyone loves a grab bag. It's exciting to get a package delivered to your door, and while you know it is from 800-CEO-READ, and so you know it contains business books, it's still so exciting to rip open the flaps and discover what's inside. Due to some traveling and other inconveniences, rather than offer a specific book for a new giveaway--we've got two great books lined up for August, so stay tuned!
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ChangeThis: Issue 107
By Porchlight
Qualities of a High Value Player (or, How to Rise Above the Suffering in Your Work Life) by Cy Wakeman “People have come to believe that suffering is a part of working life. But it is still possible to find people who are performing well and are happy. This article will provide you with some tips for how you too can be a happy, high performer—a high value player.
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Hope for the Future
By Porchlight
A couple of weeks ago, I gave the graduation speech at IDEAS Academy, a high school focused on innovation through design, engineering, arts and sciences. As I spoke to the students, I could see the anticipation, excitement, and possible uncertainty for the future in their faces. After the talk, some of them shared their plans with the auditorium, be it going to college, the military (more than one had this plan), and what those paths would hopefully lead them to.
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July's KnowledgeBOX Book Club
By Sally Haldorson
This quarter's KnowledgeBOX shipment contains a signed and customized copy of Worthless, Impossible, and Stupid: How Contrarian Entrepreneurs Create and Capture Extraordinary Value. Plus, you'll get an early Advanced Reading Copy of a great new Harvard Business Review Press book as a surprise gift! This KnowledgeBOX will ship July 10th, and there is a limited quantity, so don't wait!
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