Apr
15
Welcome to the April 15, 2008 edition of business books.
Anya Portnik presents Is this time management? A review of The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferris posted at Gavin Ingham.
Alvaro Fernandez presents Brain Rules: science and practice posted at SharpBrains. If you wanted to create a business environment that was directly opposed to what the brain was good at doing, you probably would design something like a cubicle.
Leon Gettler presents Wikinomics: a review posted at Sox First, saying, “Instead of relying on limited internal resources to innovate, companies will turn to mass collaboration and open-source technology such as wikis. Here is a book showing how they will do it.”
Raven presents Raven’s Brain: Book review: Lead Well and Prosper, by Nick McCormick posted at Raven’s Brain. This is a brief review of Nick McCormack’s book “Lead Well and Prosper” - a concise and easy read with excellent leadership tips. A second review is here, and a podcast interview is here.
GreatManagement presents How Big Are Your Dreams? posted at The GreatManagement Blog, saying, “I came across The Dream Manager by chance. I was actually approached by the publisher to review the book and in summary, author Matthew Kelly has written a book which is ‘a must read’ for anyone who desires to help and improve their engagement with others. It is as simple as that.”
LIVING OFF DIVIDENDS presents How To Get A $100,000 MBA Education for $1,267 posted at LIVING OFF DIVIDENDS, saying, “Here’s a great list of books to provide you a great business education at a fraction of the cost.”
Tracy Coenen presents Extraordinary Circumstances: The Journey of a Corporate Whistleblower, by Cynthia Cooper posted at FRAUDfiles.
Charles H. Green presents Review of Rules to Break and Laws to Follow by Peppers and Rogers posted at Trust Matters, saying, “A review of how Peppers and Rogers critique modern short term management culture in their new book.”
Andrea J. Stenberg, The Baby Boomer Entrepreneur presents Book Review: Let’s Connect: Using LinkedIn to Get Ahead At Work by Ajay Jain » The Baby Boomer Entrepreneur posted at The Baby Boomer Entrepreneur by Andrea J. Stenberg, saying, “Many people get an invitation from a friend or colleague to join LinkedIn. They accept, sign up, get a couple of other links and then wonder, “now what?”
Jain’s book tells you “what”.
Jessica Donnovan presents How to Destroy Your Debts posted at Samuel Blankson Books.
Jason presents Book Review: Kiss the Rat Race Good-Bye posted at The Frugal Dad, saying, “A great read about how to reach financial independence and leave the rat race behind.”
And finally, I interviewed Jeff Beals about his book Self-Marketing Power. While we often think of blogging and podcasting to accomplish self-marketing, Jeff approaches it from a more general perspective.
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