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Jack Covert Selects - The Success Equation

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The Success Equation: Untangling Skill and Luck in Business, Sports, and Investing by Michael J. Mauboussin, Harvard Business Review Press, 320 Pages, $27. 00 Hardcover, November 2012, ISBN 9781422184233 Probability and percentages have been a hot topic this campaign season, as pollsters and poll watchers placed their bets on the numbers coming in and pundits argued that the numbers alone do not—cannot—reveal all.

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November 09, 2012

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Fearless at Work: Timeless Teachings for Awakening Confidence, Resilience, and Creativity in the Face of Life’s Demands by Michael Carroll, Shambhala Publications, 240 pages, $16. 95, Paperback, November 2012, ISBN 9781590309148 I recently told Andrew Hill of The Financial Times that business books, in their core and their soul (if you’ll permit me that anthropomorphism), are self-help books where people go to make their company better, their job better, themselves better. Sometimes that sort of enlightenment comes indirectly, from books on strategy or a compelling biography that deepen your understanding through stories of success.

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November 09, 2012

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Jack Covert Selects - Makers

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Makers: The New Industrial Revolution by Chris Anderson, Crown Business, 257 pages, $26. 00, Hardcover, October 2012, ISBN 9780307720955 The Industrial Revolution began in the middle of the 18th century, and has provided an increasingly stable economy ever since. Innovations in mining, transportation, agriculture, manufacturing, and technology provided jobs and contributed toward a better quality of life around the world.

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October 11, 2012

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Jack Covert Selects - Mind Over Mind

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Mind Over Mind: The Surprising Power of Expectations by Chris Berdik, Current, 288 Pages, $26. 95, Hardcover, October 2012, ISBN 9781591845096 “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. ” Most people are familiar with that idiom and would agree that power has an intoxicating effect on even the most moral person.

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October 11, 2012

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Jack Covert Selects - The Pause Principle

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The Pause Principle: Step Back to Lead Forward by Kevin Cashman, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 192 pages, $16. 95, Paperback Original, September 2012, ISBN 9781609945329 Kevin Cashman’s classic Leadership From the Inside Out has been a consistent presence around here since he first published it nearly 15 years ago, so we were excited to see he is sharing his knowledge in a new book, The Pause Principle. Especially one with this paradoxical message: “Pause powers purposeful performance.

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September 14, 2012

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Jack Covert Selects - So Good They Can't Ignore You

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So Good They Can’t Ignore You: When Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love by Cal Newport, BusinessPlus, 304 pages, $25. 99, Hardcover, September 2012, ISBN 9781455509126 I have a dear friend that has worked in the arts community for decades tell me recently that what strikes him most about great artists is not their passion, but their “toughness. ” I was reminded of that statement again when I picked up So Good They Can’t Ignore You, a great new book on career development by Cal Newport being released this month by BusinessPlus.

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September 14, 2012

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Jack Covert Selects - Winning the Story Wars

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Winning the Story Wars: Why Those Who Tell—and Live—the Best Stories will Rule the Future by Jonah Sachs; Harvard Business Review Press, 264 pages, $27. 00, Hardcover, July 2012, ISBN 9781422143568 A popular pursuit for business and current affairs writers is to produce work that investigates and exposes all the various ways that marketing manipulates consumers. And there is certainly cause for concern.

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August 09, 2012

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Jack Covert Selects - The Book of Business Awesome

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The Book of Business Awesome/The Book of Business UnAwesome, by Scott Stratten, John Wiley & Sons, 272 pages, $24. 95, Hardcover, August 2012, ISBN 9781118315224 This new book by Scott Stratten is actually two books in one. Open the cover with the title The Book of Business Awesome: How Engaging Your Customers and Employees Can Make Your Business Thrive and you’ll read some great advice about marketing, business technology, customer service, branding, human resources, public relations, and more.

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August 09, 2012

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Jack Covert Selects - Resilience

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Resilience: Why Things Bounce Back by Andrew Zolli & Ann Marie Healy, Free Press, 336 pages, $26. 00, Hardcover, July 2012, ISBN 9781451683806 To some, the world seems much worse than it used to be. The economy, crime, and even weather are all indicators that the good old days were exactly that.

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July 12, 2012

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Jack Covert Selects - Attention All Passengers

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Attention All Passengers: The Airlines Dangerous Descent—And How to Reclaim Our Skies by William J. McGee, Harper, 368 pages, $26. 99, Hardcover, July 2012, ISBN 9780062088376 William McGee is an award-winning travel journalist who worked for seven years in the airline industry, is a FAA licensed aircraft dispatcher, served in the US Air Force Auxiliary, and was chosen in 2010 by the US secretary of transportation as the lone consumer advocate on the Future of Aviation Advisory Committee.

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July 12, 2012

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