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Tuesday, November 24th, 2009In spite of the overly witty full title – Super Freakonomics Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance – the book is actually a fascinating tale of how economics plays into even the most bizarre areas of modern life.
Kabul 24: A Story of Faith, Hope, Courage and Survival
Friday, October 16th, 2009We are desensitized thanks to sound bites and casualty statistics that have become mundane. We are jaded thanks to pundits with their own agendas. We are operating in an everyday reality that makes it impossible for us to understand what happened to the people in this story…until we read this book.
Book Review: Fearless by Max Lucado
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009Freedom from fear is a liberation we all deserve – it is our God-given right. So even if you think you’re not afraid of anything, pick up a copy of Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear by Max Lucado. You may not even realize that you’re afraid, or what your fear is doing to you and those around you.
Book Review: Power and Influence Through Storytelling in The Story Factor by Annette Simmons
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009Buy The Story FactorThe Story Factor (2nd Revised Edition) is recommended reading for anyone seeking to increase their power of influence in any situation. This book offers examples and instruction of how good storytellers develop and how we all have the potential to become one.
Book Review: The Element – How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything by Ken Robinson
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009The first time I heard the phrase “in your element”, I was about 20 years old and visiting a history museum with my mom. At one point during our visit she turned to me and said, “You’re really in your element here.” At the time I just smiled and thought, “I wonder what she means by that?” Years later I am reading The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything by Ken Robinson and remembering that day – finally getting what my mom was trying to say to me. Pity I didn’t get it – and she didn’t elaborate then!
Book Review: The Anatomy of Buzz Revisited: Real Life Lessons in Word of Mouth Marketing by Emanuel Rosen
Thursday, June 18th, 2009In The Anatomy of Buzz Revisited: Real-life lessons in Word-of-Mouth Marketing author Emanuel Rosen takes a look at buzz from a new perspective. He figures that by now, we already know what buzz is, and he’s right. For the most part we do. We get buzz, but Mr. Rosen uses this new edition to address the parts of buzz we may not yet get: How to do it and Why it is so important.
Book Review: Outliers The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
Monday, May 25th, 2009Why do some people succeed in life while others struggle? Is it a difference in intelligence? Genetics? Environment? Opportunity? Or just plain luck?
Book Review: The Tyranny of Old Ideas by Matt Miller
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009Don’t read The Tyranny of Dead Ideas: Letting Go of the Old Ways of Thinking to Unleash a New Prosperity if you’re seriously entrenched or otherwise fully invested in the “way things work”. You won’t like what Matt Miller has to say. It’s revolutionary.
Book Review: Sway – The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior
Sunday, April 12th, 2009Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior is a fascinating book. I’ll bet the title alone will hit a lot of people personally as it did me. The other thing that hit me as I read Sway is the notion that I am not alone in my sometimes irrational thinking! I mean, what a relief to discover that!
Book Review – Earth: The Sequel
Sunday, March 15th, 2009Earth: The Sequel by Fred Krupp and Miriam Horn, is a book about the future – the future of the earth, the future of civilization, and the future of energy. It is a refreshingly hopeful look at global warming, the message being that we CAN change the way we live, we have the knowledge, we are perfecting the technology, and we still have time to turn around the damage we’ve already caused the environment through unbridled abuse of fossil fuels.
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