Audible is having a sale on some very good books. So if you’ve been wanting some audio books but didn’t want to pay full price, here’s a couple you can get at a discount! Start With Why by Simon Sinek Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill Spark by John Ratey Influencer by Kerry Patterson, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘persistance’
November 13th, 2012
Half-Priced Audio Books
Posted in Book Reviews, Business Talk, Digital Revolution 
Tags: books, change, content, development, experts, persistance, small business, technology, website
Tags: books, change, content, development, experts, persistance, small business, technology, websiteNovember 8th, 2012
Review: Getting Things Done by David Allen
Posted in Book Reviews, Business Talk Tags: books, change, development, emotion, experts, family, mind, persistance, planning, small business, stress, technique
Tags: books, change, development, emotion, experts, family, mind, persistance, planning, small business, stress, techniqueDown and Dirty: 4.5 out of 5 The perfect solution for those of us with heads spinning, overwhelmed by all the tasks we’ve yet to complete. David Allen gives us powerful advice on how to really organize our lives so that we make the most of our time and don’t stress over the things that [...]
October 29th, 2012
Review: Over the Top by Zig Ziglar
Posted in Book Reviews, Business Talk Tags: books, change, communication, customer loyalty, development, emotion, experts, family, mind, morale, persistance, planning, small business, stress
Tags: books, change, communication, customer loyalty, development, emotion, experts, family, mind, morale, persistance, planning, small business, stressDown and Dirty: 4 out of 5 Short but sweet, a great introduction to the concepts better explored in longer Ziglar seminars! I should specify what I listened to was an abridged and shortened version of Zig Ziglar’s full book by the same title. There were obviously some things missing – Ziglar points out in [...]
October 25th, 2012
Worrying is Bad for Your… Marketing?
Posted in Business Talk, Marketing Ideas Tags: advertising, development, emotion, marketing, mind, morale, persistance, selling, small business, stress
Tags: advertising, development, emotion, marketing, mind, morale, persistance, selling, small business, stressIf we allow fear to paralyze us into a marketing freeze we’ll never get anywhere. True, if we let what-ifs and could-bes spin us in circles of uncertainty we’ll never fail. True, however, that in trying to avoid any failure we avoid all chance for success. I’m not saying just throw money at any half-baked [...]
October 23rd, 2012
Review: How the Mighty Fall by Jim Collins
Posted in Book Reviews, Business Talk Tags: books, change, development, emotion, experts, mind, morale, persistance, planning, small business, stress
Tags: books, change, development, emotion, experts, mind, morale, persistance, planning, small business, stressDown and Dirty: 4 out of 5 An eye-opening comparison to the myths versus reality of what makes a company fail. “They failed to innovate. They were lazy. They didn’t have good, revolutionary leaders.” These are just a few of the incorrect assumptions about what makes a company fall from Great or even Good to [...]
October 3rd, 2012
Review: The Answer by John Assaraf and Murray Smith
Posted in Book Reviews, Business Talk Tags: books, change, development, emotion, experts, mind, persistance, planning, selling, small business, technique
Tags: books, change, development, emotion, experts, mind, persistance, planning, selling, small business, techniqueDown and Dirty: 4.5 out of 5 Practical, actionable steps to harnessing the power of your mind towards success in life and business. If you’ve felt stuck, felt like you’re chasing your own tail, then this might be the book for you. The Answer gives practical, detailed explanations and activities for how to set yourself [...]
October 2nd, 2012
Excellence Can Be Infectious
Posted in Business Talk, Marketing Ideas Tags: change, communication, customer loyalty, development, emotion, mind, morale, persistance, planning, selling, small business, technique, traffic
Tags: change, communication, customer loyalty, development, emotion, mind, morale, persistance, planning, selling, small business, technique, trafficOur Toastmasters club has a tradition that has greatly improved the provided refreshments. It’s called the “refreshment reflection” in which the person who brought the day’s snacks gets up and tells people about what they brought. The results have been that many members try to one-up their predecessors. Last week, Paul brought in carefully sliced [...]
September 26th, 2012
Review: Tom Peters Seminar “Crazy Times Call for Crazy Organizations”
Posted in Book Reviews, Business Talk Tags: books, change, development, experts, persistance, planning, selling, small business, stress, technique
Tags: books, change, development, experts, persistance, planning, selling, small business, stress, techniqueDown and Dirty: 4 out of 5 Highly energizing with some zany yet intriguing ideas. This audio book/seminar is a very short read at just over 2.5 hours, however if it doesn’t get you thinking I don’t know what will. Tom Peters is famous for his authority on business, especially it’s survival in difficult times [...]
September 25th, 2012
300 Posts!
Posted in Business Talk, Digital Revolution, Marketing Ideas Tags: communication, customer loyalty, emotion, facebook, marketing, persistance, small business, technology, traffic, twitter, website
Tags: communication, customer loyalty, emotion, facebook, marketing, persistance, small business, technology, traffic, twitter, websiteTo all my followers, thank you! Between pages and posts not only have we accomplished 300 blog posts as of today; we’ve also just breached 100,000 words on this blog! How amazing is that? I just found a cool little WordPress app called WP Word Count and it says Into the Fray’s blog posts account [...]
September 12th, 2012
Review: Influencer by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny & David Maxfield
Posted in Book Reviews, Business Talk, Digital Revolution, Marketing Ideas Tags: advertising, books, communication, customer loyalty, development, experts, persistance, selling, small business, stress, technique
Tags: advertising, books, communication, customer loyalty, development, experts, persistance, selling, small business, stress, techniqueDown and Dirty: 4 out of 5 Fantastic for anyone who wants to convince themselves or others to change, this book is still a very detailed book that will take many reads to consume. The authors explain that we often interact with our environment on autopilot. Some call this ‘mindlessness’ and under stress it gets [...]