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Twelve Gentle Rules: How a Couple Can Live Together Peacefully When One of Them Is an Entrepreneur

By Meg Cadoux Hirshberg

"Clearly, when it comes to business-building, some degree of obsession is required—or soon the business won't be around to obsess about. The problem arises when entrepreneurs try to simultaneously enjoy a thriving family life while they are growing a successful company. Business-building introduces the obvious pressures that arise when free time is scarce, but the financial risk and uncertainty also become sources of tension. Combined with the classic entrepreneurial personality—the tendency to need to be the boss, to make the decisions, and to go it solo—the entrepreneurial life can be difficult for spouses to endure. At the very least, this cocktail can introduce resentment and friction into the relationship."

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March 21, 2012

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Laughing at the Joneses

By Laura VanderKam

"The last few years have certainly shown the downside of thinking that more house is always better, even if you have to stretch to afford it. Regardless, it's silly to talk about personal finance without talking about where you live and what you drive. In the context of achieving happiness, there is also some intriguing research suggesting that big, infrequent purchases (such as houses and cars) don't do much for overall happiness, whereas spending a lower percentage of your income on these items might free up cash for categories that will give you a more pleasant life. There are also plenty of people who have discovered this truth and, rather than trying to keep up with the Joneses or submitting to their tyranny, are getting a good laugh at them."

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March 21, 2012

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Changing the Way We Change

By Eric Haseltine

"As a senior executive in fields as diverse as Aerospace, Entertainment and Intelligence, I've learned a hard lesson about people and organizations everywhere: they seldom learn from previous failures. To make matters worse, most people not only repeat past mistakes, but fail to learn that they've failed to learn from the past so they go on making the same mistakes over and over again."

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February 22, 2012

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Generating Repeat Business

By Richard Shapiro

"For any enterprise to thrive, you cannot underestimate the importance of repeat business. The vast majority of senior executives believe that providing good customer service is sufficient to obtain return customers. However, focusing on the service interaction alone is not always enough to generate repeat business; it's building an emotional connection that becomes the loyalty glue."

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February 22, 2012

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Strategy for Personal Success: Discovering Your Purpose

By Rich Horwath

"Just as we need strategy for business success, we need to plan for successful lives. Without one, we allow all kinds of forces to push, pull, twist, and turn us into mental and emotional pretzels. Our inability to say 'no' pushes us into time-wasting activities; a lack of strategic direction allows us to be pulled down a career path we never wanted; good intentions to volunteer in the community are twisted into negative comments when we're not able to meet the time commitments; and we're emotionally turned around when the relationship we let wither finally ends."

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February 22, 2012

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From Dropouts to Fully Functioning Adults: What's Missing in Our Efforts to Fix America's Public Educational System

By Steve Rothschild

"Young people pay a high price for not graduating high school. Drop-outs earn substantially less than their friends who have diplomas—when they're employed. The recession is tougher on them: their unemployment rates are higher than the rest of the population. Their risk of going to jail is higher, too. The rest of America also pays a high price for this awful situation: in lost talent, in lost taxes, the costs of social services we provide, and the costs of dealing with crime. And we can't even say that the whole world is in the same boat. We rank 8th from the bottom in a comparison of high school graduation rates among the 30 member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. But we don't have to accept this travesty. We can teach young people the attitudes and skills they need to succeed in school and in life. And we can make it worthwhile for schools make the effort."

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February 22, 2012

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The Substitution Economy: How Small Changes in Our Day-To-Day Spending Can Shake the World.

By James Marshall Reilly

"We are, to some degree, what we buy. Or at least we can become a bit closer to who we want to be based on the products we use, consume, and wear. As consumers our brand alignment can function not only as a means for public self-identification, but also as an important source of self-affirmation. The brands we purchase can become, in a sense, our personal position statement. Each of us can define ourselves publicly, and we can simultaneously feel good about who we are privately, as a direct result of our consumption patterns."

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February 22, 2012

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Make Social Media Sell—Now

By Jeff Molander

"The 'social media revolution' is over-hyped nonsense. The real business opportunity is to become more relevant and meaningful to customers in ways that create sales. Few will question the impact social media is having on people's lives. From assisting political revolutions to simply reconnecting us with old friends, social media is touching our lives in meaningful ways every day. But with all the stories you're hearing about the power of Facebook, Twitter, blogs, LinkedIn, Google+ and other social networks, the one question you may be asking is 'how can my business actually make money with social media?'"

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January 25, 2012

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It Really is As Simple As ABC: What Leaders Can Learn from Masterful Orators of the Past

By Matt Eventoff

"Millions of meetings and presentations occur daily. Each of these presentations is meant to drive 'someone' to do 'something.' And what do the vast majority of these presentations have in common? Unfortunately, they usually fail to get anyone to do anything. There are so many noble causes led by charismatic, effective leaders, yet it is still difficult for many of these leaders to establish a clear message that resonates and connects with their audience, not due to the content or nobility of cause, but because we are all subject to information overload. But, masterful orators have succeeded in every generation, and one factor that has not changed over time is the ability of a master orator to captivate and move audiences, to attain levels of success that many thought were unachievable at the time. And each of them mastered the ABC's of communication."

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January 25, 2012

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Transcendent Leadership: How to Lead Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime

By Les McKeown

"What if your leadership role just felt, well... right: demanding, yes, but fun too; challenging but controllable; intense but invigorating? What if with every step on the ladder of leadership you felt more comfortable, more 'in the zone,' less stressed, less pressured? What if each successive leadership role brought out more of what makes you you, rather than asking you to compromise your core values, bury your deepest wishes, hold ransom your dreams? Having coached and advised hundreds of leaders, I know this isn't a pipe dream. From frequent observation, I know that it's not only possible to be relaxed, fulfilled and energized by leadership, it is in fact precisely how the most consistently successful leaders operate.

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January 25, 2012

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Twelve Gentle Rules: How a Couple Can Live Together Peacefully When One of Them Is an Entrepreneur

Laughing at the Joneses

Changing the Way We Change

Generating Repeat Business

Strategy for Personal Success: Discovering Your Purpose

From Dropouts to Fully Functioning Adults: What's Missing in Our Efforts to Fix America's Public Educational System

The Substitution Economy: How Small Changes in Our Day-To-Day Spending Can Shake the World.

Make Social Media Sell—Now

It Really is As Simple As ABC: What Leaders Can Learn from Masterful Orators of the Past

Transcendent Leadership: How to Lead Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime

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