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Book Review: The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari

Dave Fleet

I read a lot of business books – you know, the kind focused on how to market, or plan, or manage better. The whole book is written as the tale of a successful but burnt-out lawyer who packs it all in and adopts a new lifestyle, resulting in increased health and happiness. Is The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari worth a read?

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Holiday Gifting: I’ll Take Experiences Over Presents

Firebelly

It’s that time of year…everyone is going present crazy! The older I get the less interested I am in receiving presents. I’m always the last person to open my presents, and my joy really just comes from watching everyone else open their gifts. What do they want? Can I order it online? Do they already have one?

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Shine Your Youth with These Best Books to Read in Your 20s

BeingOptimist

Books have always been considered to be our best friends. Unlike human beings, books have a positive influence on building our personalities. Books can be your ultimate savior at this phase of life. You will also be able to trace the ultimate goal of your life by the habit of reading the best books in your 20s.

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Book Review: Delivering Happiness, by Tony Hsieh

Dave Fleet

So, when a colleague remarked that she was enjoying a book that charted the course of Zappos so far, I promptly added it to my 2010 reading list. Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose traces the story of CEO Tony Hsieh from his childhood through to the present day, in his own words. Tags: books.

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10 Ways Jay Baer’s New Book, Youtility, Will Change Your Life

Waxing UnLyrical

I think I’ve mentioned this before, but I rarely do book reviews. This is because there are a lot of books out there, way more than I have the time to read. So when I do write about a book, your foregone conclusion should be that I like it and I’m going to recommend you buy it. Jay Baer is the author.

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Book Review: Marketing in the Round

Webbiquity SMM

Today’s explosion of media channels has made it simultaneously more challenging yet more vital for companies to present unified messaging and branding to their markets. That description (as much else in the book) sounds a lot like web presence optimization (WPO), the framework for which has been covered here previously.

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Book Review: Accidental Genius, by Mark Levy

Dave Fleet

When I first received an email from Beth Harte , asking if I’d be interested in checking out a book on writing, I have to say I hesitated. Levy’s book walks the reader through a series of incremental steps as it introduces you to the concept of freewriting. Tags: books writing.

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