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Best advice I ever got

Fortune magazine interviewed 22 business leaders asking for the best advice they ever received. There is a broad range of responses. From Tiger Woods, “Go ahead and hit the damn ball” which he received from his dad to Jim Singal’s (co founder of Costco) advice about teaching and leadership “Some

Book 24: Winning

Practical. Jack Welch’s book Winning reads like a blog. His direct and candid management style come alive through the text. The book is written in a question and answer format. His management and leadership tips and advice clearly shows that Mr. Welch has a vast wealth of management experience,

50 Books In 50 Weeks, 25th Week Review

I received a pre-release copy of The 100 Best Business Books of All Time from the publishers in January 2009. Flipping through the book I came of disappointed, not in the 100 Best Business Books of All Time, but that I had only read 4 of the 100 books.

Open Banks

Nigeria is to lift a ban on foreign takeovers of its banks, breaking a decades-old legacy of protectionism to open Africa’s biggest untapped market for financial services to international competition…“We would try to encourage foreign banks that are coming, not just with money, but with management and systems, to

Steve Cunningham’s Video Review Of The Book “Positioning” B

Book 23: Getting Things Done

David Allen’s Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress Free Productivity is ‘USEFUL’. Reading this audiobook was worth the time and energy expended in listening to it. The basic idea is that multi-tasking as we know is, is myth. It more efficient to free ones brain up for more

Dollars & Danger: Africa, The Final Investing Frontier

APE: ATLANTA PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT

Atlanta Photography Exhibit (APE) invites you to kick off the summer with another great Castleberry Hill Art Stroll exhibit! APE, in partnership with Castleberry Point Lofts and Emerging Art Scene, will present:“Our Atlanta – a Photography Exhibit” during the June 2009 Castleberry Hill Art Stroll. Who: Atlanta Photography Exhibit (APE) in partnership

Book 22: Not For Sale

This text is about the scourge of modern day slavery. Reading this was an eye opener. David Batstone exposes the underworld of organized modern day slavery. The book is sprinkled with data and stories of slavery. More importantly the author exposes the contributing factors to the rise of slavery

Ban These B-Words

Synergy, begs the question, on the other hand, to be honest with you, low hanging fruit, win-win, are words that put me on guard. I struggle to make sense of statements in which these words are used. Often I realize that though a lot has been said, very little