April 27, 2010

Top 6 Business Books to Read in 2010

Filed under: Speed Reading — Tags: , , , — Katie Brandt @ 6:00 am

Drive - The Surprising Truth About What Motivates UsThese are some of the top picks for your 2010’s reading list. The staff at Freedom Personal Development LOVES the book Drive and are excited to read the others on this list.

Feed your brain, kick start your career and add meaning to your work.

What have been your favorite business books this year?

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July 20, 2009

5 Steps for Creating a Reading List for Success

Filed under: Speed Reading — Tags: , , , , , — Guest Blogger @ 6:00 am

By creating a reading list, your reading will automatically become more directed, focused and intentional. By simply creating a list, you stop reading randomly, and start reading with intent. This alone will increase your enjoyment and comprehension.

1.  Ask yourself this question: what do you want to know more about? It could be sharpening skills for your professional career, a trend in your industry or a personal development topic. List all the subjects you are interested in.

2. Review your list and pick the top three subjects.

3. Now just for fun, add two more categories – fiction and biography. Why? Because all work and no play makes jack a dull boy. This makes 5 categories.

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June 2, 2009

Top 10 Reasons to Read

In May we asked our blog readers to tell us their favorite business book and we got over 30 awesome recommendations.  If you are looking for a great business book, check out our blog readers’ book list.

For today’s Top 10 Tips Tuesday, we are listing the Top 10 Reasons to Read in case you haven’t picked up a book in a while. 

1.  Reading helps you become an interesting person.
If you’ve read a great deal, you’ll have a conversation piece on many topics wherever you go: interviews, networking events, chats with friends, and so much Read More...

June 1, 2009

Contest Winners Announced for Best Business Book

The Freedom Team had a very difficult time narrowing down all of the books that were submitted for the Best Business Book Contest.  There were so many great ones to pick from AND a ton of great recommendations I know our team will be reading this summer.

I complied all of the entries so you can have an easy to reference ”to-read” list. One aspect of this list I found interested was that not all of the books submitted would be found in the business section of a book store, but the information in the books can be directly applied to your professional life.

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May 7, 2009

What is Your Favorite Business Book Contest

As a company, we are all voracious readers and always on the look out for great books. We believe that the books you read have a tremendous impact on your attitude, success and quality of your life.

So, for this month’s contest, we want to know:

What is your favorite business book AND what is one thing you learned from it?

To enter, post your answer as a comment below.  Feel free to enter as many books/insights as you would like.

Winners will be based on the quality of the insights they learned from the book.

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