Give these books as holiday presents this year

With the holiday season upon us, knowing what to give as a gift is on everyone’s minds. I have a few suggestions to make gift selection easier.

With Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust you’ll learn everything you need to know about how to be successful in [...]

Love is the Killer App

In the book Love is the Killer App – How to win business and influence friends by  Tim Sanders talks about about what it takes to be a lovecat. A lovecat is someone who isn’t afraid to be a nice person a.k.a a great human being and still be successful.
Being a lovecat isn’t just about [...]

Join the “Think Big Revolution”

The “Think Big Revolution” is all about thinking bigger about who you are and what you have to offer the world. Michael Port is the author of “The Think Big Manifesto”  and a well known small business coach and speaker.
I took Michael Port’s 15 week small business coaching class in 2006. I was just starting [...]

How to “Ignore Everybody”

I recently attended a showing of Hugh MacLeod’s work at a bar in New York. I had never heard of Hugh until I started using Twitter six months ago. But every since I have been a big fan of his work. If you’ve visited my site at all you’ve seen that I’ve installed his gapingvoid.com [...]

The book I wish I’d read BEFORE I started freelancing

I recently read My So-Called Freelance Life: How to Survive and Thrive as a Creative Professional for Hire by Michelle Goodman based upon the recommendation of a friend. I have to say I thought that after read a bunch of other books about freelancing and doing it for over 5 years I didn’t think [...]

Now, Discover Your Strengths – “No more damage control!”

I recently completed the book Now, Discover Your Strengths and I felt compelled to write a review of the book. It was that good! The book is written by Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton, Ph.D. When I was purchasing the book at Barnes and Noble the sales clerk commented on my choice of reading [...]

“Expect to Win” – Carla A. Harris

I saw Ms. Harris speak several months ago at a Step Up Women’s Network event. At the time, I didn’t even know she had written a book. But after hearing her speak I ran home to my computer and ordered her book from Amazon. Ms. Harris, if you have never heard of her is a [...]