Book review

What’s your passion? Find out and Crush It

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I asked “What’s your focus?” last week and now I wanted to ask another question: What’s your passion? I picked up Gary Vayernerchuk’s book Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion over the weekend and, while the book isn’t a great piece of literature, it does provide a good … Read more What’s your passion? Find out and Crush It

Book Review: Toy Box Leadership

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I just finished Toy Box Leadership: Leadership Lessons from the Toys You Loved as a Child…somewhat flawed but a good book nonetheless. Flawed may be a bad word to use for this book.  The idea is a great one (more on it later) but the narratives about the lessons could have been stronger.   In addition, … Read more Book Review: Toy Box Leadership

I finally read “Good To Great”

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For the longest time, I’ve put off reading “Good to Great” by Jim Collins but finally decided to pick it up. Have you ever realized that your perception was completely wrong about something and felt like a fool?  Well..that’s what happened to me while reading this book. I’ve always been wary of the book and … Read more I finally read “Good To Great”

Dealing with Darwin

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Ever see a book in the bookstore that catches your attention and you realize it was a best-seller sometime in the past?  You realize you never picked it up to read it and decide that you should? That’s what happened when I ran across Dealing with Darwin: How Great Companies Innovate at Every Phase of … Read more Dealing with Darwin

Zinsser’s Writing to Learn

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For those that caught my review of Zinsser’s On Writing Well, you may have noticed that I mentioned picking up Zinsser’s “Writing to Learn“. This book is an easy read and is worth picking up if you’re interested in writing.  The book is less of a discussion of ‘how’ to ‘write to learn’ and more … Read more Zinsser’s Writing to Learn