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By Porchlight
"One out of four people in this country is mentally unbalanced. Think of your three closest friends, if they seem OK, then you're the one.
April 22, 2010
"True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are united.
April 21, 2010
"Nobody can think straight who does not work. Idleness warps the mind. Thinking without constructive action becomes a disease.
April 20, 2010
By 800-CEO-READ
Gregory Zuckerheim's The Greatest Trade Ever: The Behind-The-Scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History tells of how Paulson "realized something few others suspected—that the housing market and the value of sub-prime mortgages we grossly inflated and headed for a major fall. " But it turns out that "The Greatest Trade Ever" may have been something very akin to a rigged bet. What the book didn't tell us (because it was unknown at the time) is that Paulson had shaped the portfolio of mortgages—hand-picking the bonds it contained for Goldman Sachs—that he bet against to make his fortune.
For those in the Milwaukee area, Kelly Leadership Group is hosting a Leadercast session on May 7, 2010 at Crowne Plaza in Wauwatosa. Tickets and more details can be found at www. kellyleadershipgroup.
April 19, 2010
"The greatest truths are the simplest; and so are the greatest men. " Julius Charles Hare "I don't want yesmen around me. I want everyone to tell me the truth--even though it costs him his job.
April 15, 2010
Milwaukee will soon be hosting the first nationwide unGeeked Elite event. The conference is being organized by Cd Vann, owner of SohoBiztube. com, who defines unGeeking as "the widespread adoption of trends, strategies, and tools that allow us to enhance and embrace internal and external marketing campaigns, enhance customer service, strategize effective sales efforts, and develop better PR campaigns.
John Jantsch, author of Duct Tape Marketing and the blog of the same name, has a new book coming out shortly on Portfolio. Titled, The Referral Engine: Teaching Your Business to Market Itself, the book shows small businesses how to harness the power of customer referrals; how to do work that inspires them, how to ask for them, and how to create a whole community of marketers excited about telling others about your company. In advance of the book's release, I asked John a few questions inspired by reading it.
April 12, 2010
We've just posted a new issue of ChangeThis manifestos for you to dig around in. You can start digging with the links and excerpts below. ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ What the Creative World Needs Now Is Organization by Scott Belsky "Although we, as creative minds, would rather not think about it, the sad truth is that most of our ideas will never see the light of day.
April 07, 2010
By Sally Haldorson
I catch most of my news in quick bursts via NPR while driving around town. Twice last week, I found myself listening an interview with Corby Kummer, who recently wrote an article for The Atlantic about Wal-Mart's new focus on selling local foods in its food markets. As usual, Wal-Mart sees a market rich with possibility and it is about to jump in--and probably change said market entirely.
April 06, 2010
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