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New Excerpt - from Executive Stamina

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There's a new excerpt up on our Excerpts blog, taken from Chapter 11 of Executive Stamina: How to Optimize Time, Energy, and Productivity to Achieve Peak Performance by Marty Seldman and Joshua Seldman. Here is the publisher's description of the book: "Executive Stamina combines the wisdom and methodology of the very best executive coaching with the cutting-edge training techniques of world-class endurance athletes. This holistic approach uses practical tips and tools to help executives maximize their career potential, maintain their physical health, and stay aligned with their personal values.

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Excerpt from Executive Stamina

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The following excerpt is taken from Chapter 11 of Executive Stamina: How to Optimize Time, Energy, and Productivity to Achieve Peak Performance by Marty Seldman and Joshua Seldman. From the publisher: "Executive Stamina combines the wisdom and methodology of the very best executive coaching with the cutting-edge training techniques of world-class endurance athletes. This holistic approach uses practical tips and tools to help executives maximize their career potential, maintain their physical health, and stay aligned with their personal values.

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Big IDEAS to Big RESULTS

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Last week Mike Kanazawa, co-author of Big Ideas to Big Results, joined our 8cr family for two days and keynoted for two events in Wisconsin. One of the stories Mike shared is that of touring an office building. The woman giving him the tour boasted having the longest group of cubicles west of the Pentagon!

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Cinderella or Cyberella

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Two leading scholars in the gender and information technology field have put together essays that bridge women in age, culture and educational backgrounds. These writings are found within the book Cinderella or Cyberella? and they provide women with the information to be more empowered in finance, work and families.

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Finding new books to read.

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Ben Casnocha (My Start-Up Life) blogged about and added to Tyler Cohen's (Discover Your Inner Economist) post on how to find new book recommendations. Both have good recommendations on where to start. Ben mentioned us as the spot to find out about business books (thanks, Ben!

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Read Books, Any Kind Will Do

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Florian Hollender at Killer Consultant recommends gurus read something other than business books every once in a while. He says you'll relax, get new ideas, and enjoy reading business books more.

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Robert Mondavi passes away - The House of Mondavi

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As many of you know, legendary winemaker and benefactor Robert Mondavi died last Friday. The Mondavis have been called the "Kennedys" of American wine. They transformed Napa Valley from a small, family-owned network of wine producers into the huge hub it is today, helping to establish America as one of the world's great wine producers.

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City of Thieves - A summer reading recommendation

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Once in a while I take a little liberty and write about non-business books on this site. Before I came to 800-CEO-READ, I worked for our sister company, Harry W. Schwartz Bookshops, Milwaukee's oldest and largest independent bookseller.

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BusinessWeek Review of The Post-American World

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If you enjoy reading both history and business books, check out BusinessWeek's recent review of what might be the next book on your pile. The Post-American World is Fareed Zakaria's analysis of the new era we're entering, where America will not have the global dominance it has experienced since the end of the Cold War. Here's a brief excerpt from the review by Stanley Reed: Zakaria, a native of India and the editor of Newsweek International, argues that the U.

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A Book Publisher's Manifesto

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For all of you interested in what the future of publishing will look like, Sara Lloyd has begun posting her essay on the topic over at the digitalist (the digital team at Pan Macmillan's blog). Because of it's length, she's posting it in six parts. Today's installment was part two.