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By 800-CEO-READ
I just spotted an article posted by aol jobs this morning about a woman in Quebec that posed as a man on her blog and received benefits on both professional and monetary levels. It's astounding to think such sexism still is in place at the end of 2009 - read on: What's in a Name? Big Profits, Apparently - by Lisa Johnson Mandell Oh no he didn't!
December 21, 2009
Time magazine has picked its person of the year, beginning their description of him thus: A bald man with a gray beard and tired eyes is sitting in his oversize Washington office, talking about the economy. Hooked yet? Try this: He's shy .
December 17, 2009
The 800-CEO-READ Business Book of the Year Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System—And Themselves by Andrew Ross Sorkin, Viking Books, 624 pages, $32. 95 Even though Too Big to Fail was written during the same year the financial collapse occurred, Andrew Ross Sorkin has written what we predict will be the definitive book on the subject. Sorkin not only tells a gripping “perfect storm” story—reporting the gory details as our 401k’s disappeared and our financial system became nationalized—but he humanizes the players as well, resulting in an imminently readable, albeit lengthy, book.
December 15, 2009
By Porchlight
"Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.
December 11, 2009
By Sally Haldorson
Today, I was running a few minutes late on my way to work so instead of walking into one of my neighborhood's local coffee houses, I entered the Starbucks' drive-thru lane. And sat there. Drummed my fingers on my steering wheel.
It's that time again - to reflect and note what others across the globe are taking time to read - Here are 800CEOREAD's international best selling business books for November 2009: 1 - Made to Stick (Latvia) 2 - IT Savvy (Australia) 3 - Kellogg on Branding (Turkey) 4 - Power of a Positive No (Mexico) 5 - Behavior Change (Spain) 6 - Peripheral Vision (France) 7 - Your Brain at Work (South Africa) 8 - Change Monster (Indonesia) 9 - Outrageous Advertising (Australia) 10 - Wikinomics (Greece) Stay tuned later this month for our Best International Books for the whole of 2009!
December 10, 2009
"Zeal without knowledge is fire without lights.
December 08, 2009
In a new entry of the demolition and rebuilding of our office space, I give you NEW WALLS. Yep, the old ones tumbled to the ground and new ones grew up in their wake. Along with extra holes in the walls, carpet torn up and tile ordered - it's been one busy week for the construction of the new space.
December 04, 2009
Amazon does an interesting thing every year, putting their best selling books in each genre on the same page as their editors' pick so you can easily compare the two. I am sure that, were I an author, I'd hope to see my name on the bestsellers list. It would mean that I had not only done well financially for the year but, more importantly, that my book had made it into the hands of more readers—my ideas into the minds of more people.
I received a copy of Bas Bleu’s catalog via snailmail the other day. Bas Bleu (means “blue stocking,” the antiquated label used for an educated woman) is a specialty book and gift strictly mail-order company whose motto is: “Champion of the Odd Little Book…and your source for inspired gifts and accessories for readers. ” It surprised me to get this catalog since it seems like the days of hard copy catalogs are far behind us (JCPenney's just announced they will discontinue their Big Book).
December 03, 2009
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