A John Maxwell book published by Thomas Nelson, 2004, 272 pages, Nonfiction, Business, Leadership and Personal Development. Yes, I know I just reviewed a John Maxwell book. No, I’m not working for his publicist. Remember when you were a kid and every time a new Piers Anthony book came out, you just had to read it? Even…

A Ted Demopoulos book published by Kaplan Publishing, 2007, 211 pages. Nonfiction, General Business, Blogging and Podcasting. Ted Demopoulos has had a long and distinguished career in the business community. He has advised such companies as IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Motorola. He has an extensive speaking background in and is a sought after guest at business…

A Stephen M. Pollan and Mark Levine book published by Harper Collins Publishers Incorporated, 2004, 273 pages. Nonfiction: Career Changes, Career Development, Self-actualization (Psychology). The book promises a career plan to take control of your work life, boost your income, have a better job offer at hand and find happiness outside the office.Folks, this thing…

A Carmel McConnell book published by Perseus Publishing, 2001, 209 pages. Nonfiction: Business and personal growth.The book premise is that operating a profitable business and maintaining your personal principles are not mutually exclusive endeavors. Upon opening this book my initial reaction was, “Hey, the publishers made a mistake.” The inside jacket of the book is…

Henry at Binary Dollar did an article on his view to ace a performance review. Some of the points are pretty positive: Make a list of specific things you’ve done. Use numbers. Have at least one “above and beyond” story. Don’t forget the things your manager doesn’t know about. Like Use numbers is a good tip – be specific and…

A T. Scott Gross book published by Oakhill Press, 1996, 304 pages. Nonfiction: Business and Personal Growth. The book theme: Sell a customer, get paid once…serve a customer, get paid again and again. His mantra… 1. Reward high pressure service not high pressure sales. 2. Teach guilt free selling. 3. Be an example of a servant leader. This book conducts…

A book review by Reg Adkins. The Creating Brain: The Neuroscience of Genius (2005, Dana Press), by Nancy C. Andreason. This book is not written for the technical reader. It has a conversational tone and does very little to address neuroscience as the title would lead you to believe. However, the book is a good place…

TechCrunch has done a great job of reviewing a variety of web-based applications for managing tasks. They stuck with to-do list focused sites, so that skips certain products like 37 Signals’ Backpack software, but just the same, it’s an interesting and thoughtful review. For many, the classic “To Do” list is the remedy. But…

As much as we don’t want to be caffienated, sometimes we want to get boost and stay awake. There are many energy drinks in the market, how do you find a drink that is effective in providing the boost, but less cost and greater taste? Dan Mayer has solved this for you. He has reviewed…

Our friend Rosa Say has organized an blogging event called 2nd Annual Love Affair with Books which is a effort of gather some great bloggers to review different books – to share their view and knowledge on the books. All the books are related to the business, management, leadership, and self-development – and trust me…

I have discovered that there is some degree of productivity training necessary in virtually every kind of management and leadership coaching I do. Coaching is about helping people achieve their goals, and along the way we cultivate good productivity habits. If we are successful, new goal-achieving habits merge into a trusted work system: Newer, different…

From now until 1st of January 2006, I will review some of the best things that we have seen in year 2005. Over at Rosa Say’s blog, Talking Story, there is a list of top 24 best posts she have written in Talking Story. Topics include management, planning, getting things done (GTD), working etc…

One article worth to mention is coming from J.D. Roth noted down his steps on implementating GTD methods. It is a great overview on how to applying the system for one’s use. If you are going to read some summary before buying the book, this should be the summary you want to read: … Our…