Here’s the path. You read, you learn, you do, you tweak. First, you get the information. You get it in your head, you ponder it, you experiment with it – you try it. And then, after you try it, you do stuff — and after you do, you tweak, and make it better. And then… Read More Here’s The Path: You Read, You Learn, You Do, You Tweak – Start with these Books
We had a wonderful session for the April First Friday Book Synopsis, with presentations of Practically Radical and Change the Culture, Change the Game. Those synopses, with audio + handout, will soon be available on our companion web site, 15minutebusinessbooks.com. For May, we have chosen two terrific business best-sellers. I will present my synopsis of… Read More Enchantment by Guy Kawasaki, and the Hidden Power of Story – Coming for the May First Friday Book Synopsis
We are awash in too many words. We need to learn to shorten our sentences, shorten our messages, get right to the heart of our messages. We need to get to the point, quickly, clearly, and simply. Because, we all have too many other words to read. This is the growing consensus of a whole… Read More We’re Awash In Too Many Words — It’s Really Better To Get To The Point
There are two great challenges to face on the path to business success. They are: Challenge #1 – Getting Started. Challenge #2 – Finishing what you start. There are mountains of projects/ideas that got started, and were never finished. There are other mountains of projects/ideas that never got off the ground. (I have about a… Read More Two Great Business Challenges – Getting Started, And Finishing What You Start
OK – Now we have an outline/complete table of contents (in process) of a new book, on-line, from a terrific author, before it is fully finished, before it is available for sale, asking for input from the entire universe. It is from Guy Kawasaki, and I have presented two of his previous books, The Art… Read More Coming Soon from Guy Kawasaki: The Art of Enchantment: How to Woo, Influence, and Persuade.
I am enjoying reading the new Guy Kawasaki book, Reality Check: The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your Competition. I read his blog regulary, and his earlier book (which I presented in 2005), The Art of the Start, is one of the few books that I periodically go back to to jump… Read More Guy Kawasaki — Fast and Furious, as always
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