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Support Room to Read, and get Seth Godin, Dan Pink and Gary Vaynerchuk for yourself! Today, and today only, we’re doing a social media blitz to generate awareness for The Actionable Literacy Project. There’s two ways you can contribute, and support Room to Read. 1. You can buy copies of the DVD for only [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentOver the course of 2010, I travelled around North America, sitting down with leading business and personal developement authors to discuss the ideas from their most recent books. The Actionable Literacy Project was 13 months in the making, spread over 7 cities and made possible thanks to the generous authors and their dedicated staffs. With the permission of the authors, we compiled the interviews into a DVD and companion booklet that sells for $25. 100% of the profits (roughly $20/DVD) are being donated to Room to Read; an organization dedicated to spreading global literacy.
Posted in Actionable Literacy, Salaried Entrepreneur | Leave a commentI was rewatching my interview with Simon Sinek today (it was for a related project – no, I don’t sit at home watching videos of myself by default) and I was struck by a particular line he shared: “There is no difference between a customer and an employee.” Customers buy from you because they believe [...]
Posted in Professional Maturity | Leave a commentIt can’t be done. You can’t “teach” someone to be creative, just like you can’t teach someone how to love. There is no guidebook, no fixed set of steps. We don’t teach creativity, we foster it. We encourage it and support it by allowing it to blossom in a safe environment. How? Two steps: 1. [...]
Posted in Leadership | Leave a commentI was in Las Vegas this past weekend for the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of watching an old friend play at the final table of the World Series of Poker. THAT was truly an amazing experience. But that’s not the opportunity I’m writing about. Out for dinner one night with my fiancée and anther couple, we decided to try [...]
Posted in Customer Service Experience | 2 Commentsis limited. Truly. How much time can you actually “shave off” by putting a little less into it? How much money can you really save by doing “not-quite-a-full-Quality-Assurance-inspection”? The challenge with cutting corners is that it breeds mediocrity. If we’re not pursuing greatness, we’re subscribing to “standard”. I don’t know if you’ve been online or [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentA brand new site with lots to explore, with a few little gems along the way! Here are a few of the highlights: 1. Based on the experiences I’ve had this year interviewing some truly brilliant people, we’ve organized actionablebooks.com around the theme of “The Salaried Entrepreneur”. What’s a Salaried Entrepreneur? Glad you asked… The [...]
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