(also known as ‘watch Ben read a book today’)
This morning my good friend Phil Gerbyshak chucked a book at me. Ouch !
Turns out, it was exactly what I needed (funny how life works eh?)
The book he threw at me is Joe Calloway’s new book ‘Work Like You’re Showing Off: The Joy, Jazz and Kick […]
“Your network is your networth.” This quote, which appeared on the back of Keith Ferrazzi’s Never Eat Alone, was my introduction to Tim Sanders, lovecat extraordinaire. “Treat it with respect. Nurture it. It is the most valuable thing you own outright.”
Love is the Killer App is a book about how to build a huge, powerful […]
The first 4 reviews of 2007’s Love Affair with Books are now up at Joyful Jubilant Learning:
(click the date to be taken to the review)
March 1: Made to Stick, written by Chip and Dan Heath, Reviewed by Tim Milburn
March 2: Setting the Table, written by Danny Meyer, Reviewed by yours truly!
March 3: GRUB, written […]
This Month, Joyful Jubilant Learning presents A Love Affair with Books 2007. Every day, a guest author will be posting his or her review on a book - new or old, business or not etc.
There are some great people involved, myself included, and there are going to be some AWESOME reviews. Check out the line […]
February 16, 2007 – 8:15 pm
‘Good is the enemy of great.’ After reading this book, I definately agree.
Good to Great is the result of a five year research study Jim Collins undertook with the help of his research team. They set out to discover what good companies can do to become Great companies, and what they found were five […]
January 10, 2007 – 10:02 pm
Think and Grow Rich is the most powerful book I have read. I find myself reading bits of it all the time, and I have a CD version of it in my car. Not bad for a book written in 1937 by some dude names Napolean. What makes this book so special? Why […]
October 5, 2006 – 3:53 pm
“March 1992. I thought I had landed in the middle of the Wild, Wild West, but it was actually the former Yugoslavia. Crazy looking soldiers were everywhere. I say crazy because these guys had mismatched uniforms, and unrecognizable or ‘missing’ rank insignia…What did missing rank on an AK-47 gun-wielding soldier mean? My gut was […]
September 7, 2006 – 5:56 pm
In the past two days, I’ve had lunch with two very smart businesswomen. One is a leadership coach with her own business, and the other is a 24 year old entrepreneur and business owner who is definitely going places. Smart people; sharp business minds.
Over the course of two lunches, I asked both of them […]
Endless Referals (Third edition) by Bob Burg
“All things being equal, people will do business with, and refer business to, people they know, like and trust.”Endless Referrals is all about getting people to know you, like you, and trust you, so that they’ll send endless referrals your way. Bob Burg wrote the preeminent guide to effective […]
From my column in this week’s edition of Young Wealth Weekly:
Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi is the definitive guide to Networking 2.0. Keith has been referred to as one of the most connected individuals in the world, and in this book he shows you why.Keith was brought up a child of a working […]
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