Life Of E's

Mason, Mary Ann & Ekman, Eve Mason. Mothers on the Fast Track. Excellent book based on the “Do Babies Matter” study (by Mason & Goulden) as well as additional research conducted by the two authors (mother & daughter).   

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 First, Break All the Rules,  Buckingham, Marcus & Curt Coffman. Anyone who manages others (even yourself!) will gain from reading this book and putting into practice the concepts presented by the authors.  Read and answer the 12 Questions that “measure the core elements needed to attract, focus, and keep the most talented employees“ on page [...]

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Book Recommendations – Leadership – and you can see more here:  http://www.meggin.com/BooksLeadership.php We ALL need to enhance our leadership skills – and some of the books that I find extremely useful are annotated below.  Take a few moments to read about the books I’ve listed below to see if any of the books sound interesting [...]

Rath, Tom, and Reckmeyer, Mary. How Full Is Your Bucket? For Kids.  It’s incredible that they are making sure that all of us who have learned so much through their research can also share it with young people.  Worth buying, for sure!

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Kremer, John.  1001 Ways to Market Your Books (for authors and publishers; paperback), 6th edition. Are you kidding me?  1001 ways….  And it’s true.  It’s quite the hefty book (704 pages) and it’s stunning the number of different ideas that are included.  Out of that number, any one of us can surely find at least…10 [...]

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From The Mismanagement Library of www.TheDataGrinder.com (used with permission) MICHELLE’S BUSINESS BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:  Who Moved My Peas? A Parable about Marginalized Vegans in the Workplace  The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Nuns A Week’s Worth of Fashion Secrets from Women of the Cloth  Good to Grate Getting on Others’ Nerves in the [...]

Lencioni, Patrick. Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable About Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business. First of all, what a great title! As someone who has endured hundreds…no, make that thousands…of meetings that were deadly, the title caught my eye immediately. The content did not let me down. Lencioni’s “fable” books (e.g., The Five [...]

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Jay, Joelle. The Inner Edge: The 10 Practices of Personal Leadership This may be my favorite book of 2009 – and on into 2010.  WOW!  Dr. Joelle Jay is a master coach who has worked with executives around the country.  The insights and wisdom she has provides in this book, along with the tools available [...]

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Buckingham, Marcus & Donald O. Clifton. Now, Discover Your Strengths. I cannot recommend this book enough and even though it’s not a time/paper management book per se, it is because of their research-based philosophy that we need to spend our time, energy, efforts, and lives doing what we do best and helping those around us [...]

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Used with permission from Melinda Copp, who is one of the contributors to the TTPT for Writers:  www.TopTenProductivityTipsforWriters.com.  Copyrighting your book is an important step in the process of becoming an author because it helps protect against people taking or using your work without permission. But how do you get a copyright? And when should you file [...]

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