Imagine sitting in your dentist’s chair, the sharp end of a blade hovering just above your face, mere inches away from making contact. At that moment you hear the dentist utter the following five words: “There will be some tethering.” The patient — wondering as to any potential relationship between said sharp…
Personally, I’ve never enjoyed failure. I don’t think many people do. However, there is a big difference between not enjoying failure…and learning from failure. And, that’s the major lesson in Hall of Fame Quarterback — now longtime superstar entrepreneur — Fran Tarkenton’s terrific new book, The POWER of FAILURE: Succeeding in The Age of Innovation.…
Would the principles that make one an effective, successful and happy individual create those same results for a company, and for society as a whole? In this absolutely terrific book on leadership, the author says that yes, indeed they would. The following is from John A. Allison’s introduction to his recently-released, The Leadership Crisis And…
It’s his “other classic”…the one that few in our modern times have ever read. Including most economists! After all, how could Adam Smith, the “Patron Saint of Capitalism” have written a book dealing not with economics but with…self-help!? Yet, the author of The Wealth of Nations did indeed write The Theory of Moral Sentiments. That…
Having read, studied, and benefited from hundreds of terrific and helpful business, sales, and marketing books, I was very excited to read this latest one from MaryEllen Tribby. Little did I know how much Reinventing The Entrepreneur would exceed even my very high expectations. MaryEllen is a legend in the business world, most notably in…
Last post featured a quote from a brilliant book that, while published posthumously just several years ago, was written back in the late 1960’s by Harry Browne. The quote was, “Profit is a reward for satisfying the desire of someone else.” Though not the actual secret, it’s pretty powerful, in and of itself. The book…
I’ve never seen her show 30 Rock only because I don’t watch a whole lot of television. Other than assuming it had something to do with being about a TV show on NBC (hence the name 30 Rock…and I get to say “hence”) I knew little about it. I enjoyed her work immensely both as…
First things first: The book, CONSCIOUS CAPITALISM: Liberating The Heroic Spirit Of Business is outstanding. As a case study on why companies that honor all of their stakeholders and not just their shareholders actually do much better financially than those who don’t, it’s terrific! As a look at how companies can create an enthusiastic and happy…
I was really struggling with a writing project I had…to the point that I was procrastinating, plain and simple. I couldn’t seem to begin. Fortunately, a little book was suggested that might help. I read it immediately and utilized the information in order to complete the project right away. The book was, Do the Work…
One of the most tremendous books I’ve ever read came across my desk recently. It’s entitled, BEING TREMENDOUS: The Life, Lessons, and Legacy of Charlie “Tremendous” Jones. Much more than just a book, though, it’s the remembrance of the life of a great man (truly one of my heroes). It was edited and compiled by…
