May 1, 2008 – Subtitled: Why More is Less. How the Culture of Abundance Robs Us of Satisfaction. I heard Barry Schwartz speak at Brand Manage Camp ’07 in Chicago this past September and was so impressed with his presentation I immediately ordered the book. It’s taken me awhile to get to it, but it was worth it. There are…
April 26, 2008 – Subtitled A Book that Changes Lives, it was originally published in the late 80’s and took a long time to build a following – mostly by word of mouth. Well, life changing or not, it certainly provides a different perspective which is essential to making life changes. This book is one of those wonders that…
March 23, 2008 – This is such a great book and so very timely! Originally published in 2004 and this edition in paperback having come out in 2005, the information is as timely in 2008 as it was when written. Of great interest to me is the amount of space at the very end of the book that…
Dec. 31, 2007 – This is a great book! It’s a fascinating read that is also laugh-out-loud funny. I had to read it when I could steal the time away to do it, which meant taking the book to the hair salon, the nail salon, the Dept. of Motor Vehicles and Jiffy Lube. You know –…
Oct. 8, 2007 – I was just in Borders with my son buying him some books he had to have tonight, when I saw The Alchemist on a shelf near the front of the store. I read that book for the first time last month. I thought it was wonderful, but for some reason it never occurred to me…
Sept. 27, 2007 – Subtitled: Six Simple Steps to Find the Perfect Balance of Prosperity and Purpose. This is small but powerful book – 130 pages. I picked it up on impulse at the Olsson’s bookstore at Reagan National Airport back in August when I was flying down to stay with my mother. As it turned out,…
Aug. 10, 2007 – Subtitled: How Every Great Company Listens to the Voice of the Consumer. It is co-authored by one of the principals of the legendary J.D. Power and Associates, who pioneered the customer satisfaction survey 35 years ago. It is a must read. Now you might think sometimes, as I do, that it is ridiculous…
June 16, 2007 – Subtitled: A Little Book That Teaches You When To Quit (and When to Stick) One of the many things I love about Amazon.com is how they recommend books to me based on what I’ve purchased, or perused, in the past. That’s one good reason I buy my books there. So this book recommendation actually…
June 4, 2007 – Subtitled: 5 Principles for Turning Ordinary into Extraordinary. What a great read! I’m not even sure where to start. I was hooked from the first page to the last, and there are post-it flags in every chapter. Starbucks is a phenomenon. On that I think we can all agree. But they may well…
June 1 , 2007 – Subtitled The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business. I first knew about Danny Meyer from Bo Burlingham’s book Small Giants (reviewed here in March 2006.) He was profiled as one of those entrepreneurs who had made the decision to control the growth of his business in order to maintain the true integrity, culture and value…
May 25, 2007 – Subtitled 12.5 Principles of Sales Greatness: How to make sales FOREVER, it delivers what the title promises. For many people, this book is certainly not new at all having been published in 2004, but it was a gift to me the last week I worked for my previous employer, and so I sat…
July 30, 2006 – It’s rather odd to think that a book of this title could be considered a business read. That was my own thought when I found it on Amazon while searching for Orbiting the Giant Hairball. What caught my eye was the high percentage of people who had purchased this book while looking at…
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