Ideal Job and Handling Criticism

We have an interesting dialogue happening that started with Diana’s Describe Your Ideal Job entry, which addresses how to answer such a question in a job interview. Stu Kopelman responded with logical points believe there is an “ideal job.” How many times have you been asked, “What is your dream job?” Even if you document … Read more

The Dance of Fear

The Dance of Fear is the book formerly known as Fear and Other Uninvited Guests. The name change most likely came as the result of author Harriet Lerner’s other Dance book titles — Dance of Anger, Dance of Intimacy, Dance of Deception and so on. It’s catchy and good book marketing. Lerner uses her experiences, … Read more

Energize Your Newsletter

Five ways to keep readers engaged by Chris Scott, Vice President of Hodge Communications, Inc. Whether distributed via email or printed and snail-mailed, newsletters are a cost-effective way for businesses or other organizations to keep in touch with employees, customers, prospects or members. The trick, however, is to come up with a strategy to keep … Read more

The Bastard on the Couch

This book is a collection of 27 essays written by men on the topics of love, honesty, lying, desires, family, and needs. Most of the essays provide a fascinating read, some more riveting than others. Only a couple are tedious. The essays evoke many emotions with the funny, heartwarming, sad, curious, and intriguing tales. Human … Read more

Free the Beagle: Journey to Destinae

Considering the book is categorized as business and self-help, the reader gets treated to an unexpected tale rather than what most expect when reading a business book. Some business books have used this approach and have been successful by teaching through a tale. The tale in Free the Beagle is open to many interpretations. The … Read more

Unwritten Web Site Rules

Bryan Eisenberg brings up the rules we have in our subconscious, but no one speaks them. This happens for everything in life… work, family, school… only his rules are not quite obvious. We’re not all thinking about “Click here” or “Read more” links, but it happens often enough for him to comment. I’m not a … Read more

Books Books Books

Man, I’m on a serious book kick. I love books and always want to read them, but it’s an obsession these days. I won’t surf on the Internet. As soon as I get work done, I’ll go read. Since my eyes have been aching a lot in the last month or so, it’s been a … Read more

The Holy Man

This inspirational book, with short chapters that tell a story and teach a lesson, pulls in the reader from the start. We meet the holy man who offers advice in a manner like a minister, a Rabbi, a priest, or any spiritual leader you know without focusing on any particular religion. Though some resources categorize … Read more

Coach Yourself to Success

The book is about becoming successful in investing and Moglia uses sports analogies to explain concepts that are complicated or a puzzlement to people like me. As soon as I learned about the book, I figured it was custom-made for me. I can be obtuse when it comes to financing and investments, partly because it … Read more

Prevent Brand and Revenue Erosion

Five strategies for protecting your assets from spam Part 2 in a 2-part series by Meryl K. Evans and Tamara Halbritter According to The Spamhaus Project, the United States is the top country in the world with “ISPs [internet service providers] currently providing countries with connectivity and hosting to spam gangs directly responsible for the … Read more