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Outward Bound
Jan 23, 2012
By Jon Reiner San Francisco Book Review “The Esquire story is a great opportunity, but you really should think of this as a book.” It was a charged observation from an old friend, even more so given that the old friend, Mitchell Waters, is also... Read More
Boredom, Constant Cheer, Cynicism and Other Job Hazards
Jan 19, 2012
ABC News By Carrie Gann January 12, 2012 Paul Spector was never as bored as the summer he spent after high school working in a contact lens factory. His job was cutting each contact lens out of a sheet of plastic. “That was definitely really boring,” he said. “You’re just... Read More
Healing Reads: The Year's Five Best Books
Jan 19, 2012
The Panic Virus: A True Story of Medicine, Science and Fear
ChrisWinter.com reviews Patriot Acts
Jan 06, 2012
ChrisWinter.com January 6, 2012 Catherine Crier's latest book reveals her once again as one of the most insightful and honest journalists in America today. Looking over the current federal political system in this... Read More
Learning To Breathe by Priscilla Warner
Jan 06, 2012
Like Priscilla's first book, this book also made me think. I found the book to be well-written, interesting, funny in parts, sad in parts and open and real. Priscilla shares her story of her yearlong quest to find tranquility and a... Read More
7 Great Family Bonding Activities from Lisa Oz
Jan 06, 2012
Tips on Life and Love December 28, 2011 For one week, reserve a block of time each day to connect with the people who mean the most to you: your family. From Lisa Oz, author of Us: Transforming Ourselves and the Relationships That... Read More
Three leadership imperatives for 2012
Jan 06, 2012
CBS Money Watch By Dave Logan January 4, 2012 One of my friends from Indonesia, the second in charge of one of the Asia's largest companies, called me in tears at the start of the recession in 2008. "The market is a cruel master," he said, "and people will suffer." Then his... Read More
Distinguishing Narcissism from Self-Confidence
Jan 03, 2012
Human Resource Executive Online December 14, 2011 By Lin Grensing-Pophal Contrary to some other studies, a new study finds that self-centered CEOs who "crave acclaim and applause" are more likely to keep their companies at the forefront of technological innovation. Their desire for... Read More
The Progress of the Nomads
Jan 03, 2012
By Anna Badkhen The Wandering Falcon By Jamil Ahmad Riverhead Books; Pp 243, $25.95 The riders advanced at a four-beat gait on an unpaved track that bisected swatches of hilly farmland. Flint jingled under their... Read More
How government leaders can take more risks
Dec 16, 2011
The Washington Post By Tom Fox Dec. 9, 2011 Decision-making is difficult in any organization given incomplete information, competing stakeholder demands and tight timeframes bearing down on leaders who are responsible for making any final call. And when you consider the impact,... Read More
Isaacson: Jobs biography could expand
Dec 16, 2011
CNN Money By Richard Nieva Dec. 15, 2011 FORTUNE -- Liked Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs? There may be more to come. At an event in San Francisco hosted by the Commonwealth Club of California, Isaacson shared a number... Read More
Written on the Body
Dec 09, 2011
Foreign Policy BY ANNA BADKHEN DECEMBER 2, 2011 The journey between Jalalabad and Mazar-e-Sharif follows the ancient sashays of the great Silk Road: through crepuscular gorges, over vertiginous mountain passes, ticking with... Read More
Touré on the role of race in a 'post-black' culture
Dec 09, 2011
The Baltimore Sun December 03, 2011 By Mary Carole McCauley A man with salt-and-pepper hair stood recently in front of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, glaring at an oversized poster promoting a reading Monday night by the cultural critic
Meditation Tips For Beginners & Those Beginning Again.
Dec 07, 2011
Elephant Journal November 26, 2011 Via Jennifer Fields My friend is asking for the loving kindness meditation, what the Buddha called his antidote to fear: May I be safe, may I be happy, may I be healthy, may I live with ease. I first read about the lovingkindness meditation in... Read More
The Magic Of Getting Rid Of Stuff
Dec 07, 2011
SomethingYouShouldKnow.net November 17, 2011 Mike Carruthers: If you want to feel really great about yourself take a few minutes to de-clutter and clean up a room. Peter Walsh: You cannot imagine the transformative effect that it has when you de-clutter a space and let it... Read More
Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries
Dec 07, 2011
Be Good Ventures According to Sims, innovation rarely happens with big, block-buster ideas. Rather, it happens with small steps. Innovators experiment, and while they don’t like to fail, they understand that failure is a necessary part of the creative process. They fail quickly... Read More
Catherine Crier Patriot Acts
Dec 07, 2011
Eye On Books By, Bill Thompson November 22, 2011 Are you worried about what’s happening to America, to the foundations of our republic, to the underpinnings of our democracy? If you’re not, you should be, argues TV journalist and former judge
Book Review: The Blame Game: How the Hidden Rules of Credit and Blame Determine Our Success or Failure by Ben Dattner with Darren Dahl
Dec 02, 2011
Seattle PI November 21, 2011 By Hilary Topper Do you take responsibility for wrong action or do you blame others? Ben Dattner with Darren Dahl's The Blame Game: How the Hidden Rules of Credit and Blame Determine Our... Read More
Steve Jobs’s ‘journey for enlightenment’
Nov 17, 2011
Washington Post By Sally Quinn November 16, 2011
Sally Quinn: You said in [a recent] interview that you liked Steve Jobs. Walter Isaacson: I don’t think it was just a question of liking him. I admired him, respected... Read More
The Tweaker
Nov 14, 2011
The New Yorker by Malcolm Gladwell November 14, 2011 Not long after Steve Jobs got married, in 1991, he moved with his wife to a nineteen-thirties, Cotswolds-style house in old Palo Alto. Jobs always found it difficult to furnish the places where he lived. His previous house had... Read More
Will Gloria Cain matter?
Nov 14, 2011
Washington Post By Nia-Malika Henderson November 14, 2011 In the first televised interview that Herman Cain gave two weeks ago to respond to allegations that he had sexually harassed and settled with two women while he was president of the National Restaurant Association, he played... Read More
Country Girl Catherine Crier Fears for Her Country
Nov 14, 2011
The Daily Lewisboro by Bob Dumas November 13, 2011 BEDFORD, N.Y. – “This is me; this is what I’m about,” said Catherine Crier, standing outside the horse barn on her Bedford farm on a beautiful autumn Saturday while... Read More
Retracing a Ride to a Fatal Duel on July 11, 1804
Nov 10, 2011
The New York Times July 10, 2011 By JAMES BARRON The question was, have you ever taken a murderer across the Hudson? “Not that I know of,” said Capt. Tim Byam, at the wheel of a New York Waterway ferry bound for Weehawken, N.J. At that, the man in the blue blazer standing... Read More
Bookseller: Jobs biog sells 379,000 copies Stateside
Nov 02, 2011
Bookseller By, Philip Stone
Walter Isaacson’s biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs sold 379,000 copies in the US in its first week on bookshop shelves, BookScan US data has revealed. The $35 publication, published... Read More
More Mania in the Markets
Oct 31, 2011
The Daily Beast By Zachary Karabell Oct. 28, 2011 In yet another chapter in the manic saga of global markets, stocks soared Thursday around the world after European leaders announced yet another comprehensive plan to... Read More
Telling Steve's Story
Oct 28, 2011
The Daily Beast By Dan Lyons Oct. 26, 2011 Walter Isaacson’s new biography of Steve Jobs is the smash-hit book of the year, but Isaacson is dismayed that so many journalists writing about the book (myself included) have... Read More
Grey’s Anatomy Creator Shonda Rhimes Develops a New TV Drama About PR Crisis Management
Oct 28, 2011
New York Magazine By Joseph Adalaine Nov 30, 2010 Grey's Anatomy guru Shonda Rhimes knows about gracefully dealing with PR landmines, thanks to certain former cast members, and now she's mining the world of crisis management for a new show: Vulture has learned that Rhimes is... Read More