How to Find the Right Book to Inspire Your Leadership Style

What kind of leader do you want to be? As a small business owner or team leader, you’re keen to develop a leadership style to make your business successful, but knowing how to manage and motivate your team isn’t always easy. You know that leadership isn’t just a case of telling people what to do,…

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Q&A with the Author of The Self Reliant Entrepreneur

John Jantsch is a marketing consultant, speaker, and best-selling author of Duct Tape Marketing, The Referral Engine, Duct Tape Selling, The Commitment Engine, and SEO for Growth. He’s also a supportive colleague whom I admire. His newest book, The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur: 366 Daily Meditations to Feed Your Soul and Grow Your Business taps into the wisdom of 19th-century transcendentalist literature and the…

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Load Up Your Bookshelf

I’ve been working in marketing and advertising since the mid-80s. When I started my career, I thought I had a lot to learn. It was nothing compared to what we all need to learn today. Technology is driving the rate of change, and even though it’s hard to believe, it’s going to get nothing but…

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6 Must-Read Books Before Choosing a Franchise Opportunity

So, you’re browsing franchise opportunities and quickly find yourself overwhelmed by all the choices. Who would blame you? There are thousands of franchise opportunities spanning more than 100 industries in the United States. We get it. Not to mention, the stack of franchise brochures and Franchise Disclosure Documents (FDD) piling up on your desktop. Where…

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5 Inspiring Books That May Change Your Thinking About Life

Books are my guilty pleasure. I should be working but I am reading. I should be sleeping but I am still reading. I should be exercising but I have been lured again…… By the temptation to read. What do I love about books? Books provide insights into the distilled thoughts that are often decades in…

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3 Books That Will Inspire You to Create Success Habits

I sometimes feel guilty when I shouldn’t. And it also happens when I spend time reading books. The challenge is that because I enjoy reading so much that it doesn’t seem like I am doing work. And the work ethic that drives most of us is so strong that stealing time to read can sometimes…

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Stop Reading (Just) Sales Books!

Reading is important to our professional development and growth (not to mention the scientific evidence of how it improves our cognitive capabilities). Far too few business and sales professional actively read as part of their personal and professional growth. (Perhaps, that’s part of the reason we consistently see the stunningly poor data on results.) Every…

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3 Books That May Change How You See the World

In a world of instant gratification and get quick rich schemes, the activities that are worth doing are often forgotten or ignored. They are simple things like habits that produce change and results. The reality is that you may not notice because transformation creeps up on you. You practice or perform your routine one day…

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