October 19, 2009

Book Review – Fierce Conversations

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Fierce Conversations Book ReviewHow often do you find yourself saying things you don’t mean just to be polite? How many meetings have you been in where you know the real issues were not being discussed? What difficult but essential conversation have you been avoiding?

These questions come from Susan Scott’s book Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work and in Life One Read More...

September 25, 2009

Video – Irrational Behavior – Are we really in Control of Our Own Decisions?

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Author of the book, Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions, Read More...

July 30, 2009

Book Review – The Four Agreements

the-4-agreementsThe staff at Freedom Personal Development just finished reading The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz and absolutely loved it. We highly recommend that everyone buy or borrow a copy (I have lent my copy out numerous times.) We loved it so much in fact, we are now reading the Read More...

July 13, 2009

Book Review – Now is Your Time to Win by Dave Dean

I recently read “Now is Your Time to Win: You Can Bounce Back From Failure to Success in 30 Seconds!“ by Dave Dean and enjoyed it so much I wanted to share it with our blog readers. This simple and short book of 107 pages is truly an inspiring and life altering treasure. It is a hard book to find in book stores, but is available at ExecutiveBooks.com for only $7.46.

This is a special book to me because the author happened to share the same summer job that I had during college, selling educational Read More...

October 22, 2008

Book Review – Influence – The Psychology of Persuasion

Dr. Robert Ciadini’s book, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion is an enjoyable read with colorful examples throughout.  The book focuses on six “Weapons of Influence.”

The first, Read More...

September 16, 2008

Book Review – The Traveler’s Gift – Seven Decisions that Determine Personal Success

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I have never been a fan of personal development books that wrap key lessons into a cutesy fictional story, but I absolutely LOVED The Traveler’s Gift by Andy Andrews! I literally couldn’t book the book down and had to review it on the blog.

It is a story about a man, David Ponder, who is down on his luck. He has lost his job due to a corporate takeover, is behind on his mortgage, and is fired from his Read More...

May 13, 2008

Book Review – Delivering Knock Your Socks Off Customer Service

Customer ServiceDelivering Knock Your Socks Off Service should be mandatory reading for anyone in the customer service industry, and anyone who works with people for that matter. Whether it is customers, clients or co-workers, this book with increase your effectiveness and communication skills with Read More...

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