Month: January 2011

A must-read interview: Isaac Bashevis Singer on “ The Art of Fiction”

January 22, 2011

I agree that the great books “speak for themselves”…and do so with unique eloquence. However, there is no documentation to suggest that authors such as Homer, Sophocles, Chaucer, Cervantes, and Shakespeare were ever interviewed. Oh, do I wish I could…

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Michael Porter: Rethinking Capitalism the Next Major Business Transformation

January 22, 2011

Here is an article written by Sean Silverthorne for BNET, The CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the BNET newsletters, please click here. *    …

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How Desperation Drives Highly Successful People

January 21, 2011

Steve Toback for BNET, The CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the BNET newsletters, please click here. *     *     *…

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How to Bring Innovations to Market

January 21, 2011

Here is an excerpt from Theodore Kinni’s interview of Vijay Govindarajan for strategy+business magazine. To read the complete interview, check out other resources, and obtain subscription information, please click here. *     *     * Management professor Vijay…

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6 Ways to Short Circuit a Temper Tantrum

January 19, 2011

Here is an article written by Jessica Stillman for BNET, The CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the BNET newsletters, please click here. *    …

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Wet highways do not cause rain.

January 19, 2011

Many people confuse symptoms with causes when attempting to solve problems. In an article written for Harvard Business Review in 1963, Peter Drucker observed, “There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be…

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A must-read interview: Aldous Huxley on “The Art of Fiction”

January 18, 2011

I agree that the “great books “speak for themselves”…and do so with unique eloquence. However, there is no documentation to suggest that authors such as Homer, Sophocles, Chaucer, Cervantes, and Shakespeare were ever interviewed. Fortunately, The Paris Review has been interviewing…

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Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior

January 18, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Amy Chua that appeared in The Wall Street Journal (January 8, 2011). To read the complete article, please click here. *     *     * Can a regimen of no playdates, no TV,…

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How To Get a Raise (And Get Your Kid to Eat His Veggies)

January 17, 2011

Here is an article written by Laura Vanderkam for BNET, The CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the BNET newsletters, please click here. *    …

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E-Maledictions

January 17, 2011

In my opinion, William Zinsser (author of On Writing Well and 17 other books) is the best single source for expert advice on how to write effectively. Zinsser on Friday is his weekly posting at The American Scholar website about…

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