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Issue 68 | Published March 3, 2010
5 Secrets of Sales Superstars
By Lisa Earle McLeod
Published March 3, 2010 12:00 p.m. - "The challenge for most organizations is not determining the difference between good and bad; it’s discerning the difference between good and great."
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The Customer Service Manifesto
By Joseph Jaffe
Published March 3, 2010 12:00 p.m. - "Never before in the history of business and marketing has customer service been as front and center. So much so that it is being transformed and reborn in front of our very eyes as arguably one of the most mission critical components that can make or break a business today."
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Wrecked for the Ordinary: A Manifesto for Misfits
By Jeff Goins
Published March 3, 2010 12:00 p.m. - "This is a manifesto about the discovery process of finding what's missing. ... Yes, it’s hard, but it can’t be denied."
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Is Your Product Launch Doomed?: 10 Ways to Identify an Impending Launch Disaster
By Dave Daniels
Published March 3, 2010 12:00 p.m. - "What follows are ten easily identifiable signs that help forecast if a product launch may be in trouble. Signs you can address and fix before the launch becomes a disaster.”
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Rework: A Better, Easier Way To Succeed In Business
By Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson
Published March 3, 2010 12:00 p.m. - "The real world isn't a place, itʼs an excuse. Itʼs a justification for not trying. It has nothing to do with you."
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Stop the Busywork!: Seven Ways You Can Do More Great Work
By Michael Bungay Stanier
Published March 3, 2010 12:00 p.m. - "You’ve already heard all the obvious strategies on how to manage 'the overwhelm.' So here are 7 counter-intuitive, but practical ways you can stop the busywork. But, before we go there, let’s talk about why you should bother."
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5 Secrets of Sales SuperstarsBy Lisa Earle McLeod
Published March 3, 2010 12:00 p.m. - "The challenge for most organizations is not determining the difference between good and bad; it’s discerning the difference between good and great."
More
The Customer Service ManifestoBy Joseph Jaffe
Published March 3, 2010 12:00 p.m. - "Never before in the history of business and marketing has customer service been as front and center. So much so that it is being transformed and reborn in front of our very eyes as arguably one of the most mission critical components that can make or break a business today."
More
Wrecked for the Ordinary: A Manifesto for Misfits By Jeff Goins
Published March 3, 2010 12:00 p.m. - "This is a manifesto about the discovery process of finding what's missing. ... Yes, it’s hard, but it can’t be denied."
More
Is Your Product Launch Doomed?: 10 Ways to Identify an Impending Launch DisasterBy Dave Daniels
Published March 3, 2010 12:00 p.m. - "What follows are ten easily identifiable signs that help forecast if a product launch may be in trouble. Signs you can address and fix before the launch becomes a disaster.”
More
Rework: A Better, Easier Way To Succeed In BusinessBy Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson
Published March 3, 2010 12:00 p.m. - "The real world isn't a place, itʼs an excuse. Itʼs a justification for not trying. It has nothing to do with you."
More
Stop the Busywork!: Seven Ways You Can Do More Great Work By Michael Bungay Stanier
Published March 3, 2010 12:00 p.m. - "You’ve already heard all the obvious strategies on how to manage 'the overwhelm.' So here are 7 counter-intuitive, but practical ways you can stop the busywork. But, before we go there, let’s talk about why you should bother."
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The Change This Blog
Saving the music industry
By: Jon Mueller — Mar. 16, 2010
Any of you have ideas on saving the music industry?
Any of you have ideas on saving the music industry?
Seth Godin and the Linchpin Voltron
By: Dylan Schleicher — Mar. 11, 2010
Books can do a lot for us. inspire, teach, jolt, enlighten. They can be a call to action, but they can't actually make us act. You have to find the gumption to do that on your own. Or do you?
Books can do a lot for us. inspire, teach, jolt, enlighten. They can be a call to action, but they can't actually make us act. You have to find the gumption to do that on your own. Or do you?
Proposals
By: Dylan Schleicher — Mar. 3, 2010
We'll have a new batch of proposals for you to vote on very soon. We are currently working on pulling proposals that never got a chance to be voted on from the old site. As soon as we can dig those out of the tubes of the Internet, we will get them posted and let you all decide which ones should be written.
We'll have a new batch of proposals for you to vote on very soon. We are currently working on pulling proposals that never got a chance to be voted on from the old site. As soon as we can dig those out of the tubes of the Internet, we will get them posted and let you all decide which ones should be written.
Layout issues are being addressed
By: Zach Karpinski — Mar. 3, 2010
We are aware of some problems with how the site looks in some PC browsers
We are aware of some problems with how the site looks in some PC browsers
ChangedThis
By: Dylan Schleicher — Mar. 3, 2010
It's been almost five years since Seth Godin and his band of genius interns handed the care of this site over to us. (Us, by the way, is 800-CEO-READ.) Since then, we've tried to bring you intriguing and informative manifestos every month, but we haven't taken it much beyond that. Well, that's now changed.
It's been almost five years since Seth Godin and his band of genius interns handed the care of this site over to us. (Us, by the way, is 800-CEO-READ.) Since then, we've tried to bring you intriguing and informative manifestos every month, but we haven't taken it much beyond that. Well, that's now changed.
I am back in the office and reading your feedback
By: Zach Karpinski — Mar. 3, 2010
I've been out of the office but am back now and am reading all of the feedback from everyone.
I've been out of the office but am back now and am reading all of the feedback from everyone.
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New Proposals
Think And Grow Weeds?
By: livinglife365 — March 8, 2010
Affirmations have long been the wonder drugs of the self-help gurus. So I wondered why they didn't work, in fact I wondered this to myself 10 times each morning, looking in the mirror with a stupid grin on my face. This went on f...
Voting ends April 7, 2010 (8 votes)
By: livinglife365 — March 8, 2010
Affirmations have long been the wonder drugs of the self-help gurus. So I wondered why they didn't work, in fact I wondered this to myself 10 times each morning, looking in the mirror with a stupid grin on my face. This went on f...
Voting ends April 7, 2010 (8 votes)
How to Lead the **** Out of Change
By: mdutmers — March 8, 2010
It’s clear to me that leading change is the most important skill—for organizations, governments, communities, and as individuals. So I’m fascinated by change. I used to think that realizing successful change was about securing e...
Voting ends April 7, 2010 (44 votes)
By: mdutmers — March 8, 2010
It’s clear to me that leading change is the most important skill—for organizations, governments, communities, and as individuals. So I’m fascinated by change. I used to think that realizing successful change was about securing e...
Voting ends April 7, 2010 (44 votes)
The Anti-Toyota: Amish businesses show how "Demut" beats "Haji"
By: erikwesner — March 8, 2010
“Haji”. It’s Japanese for “shame”. When Toyota president Akio Toyoda stepped up to take his licks in late February, it was with a healthy dose of haji at the predicament the company found itself in. The core of the pro...
Voting ends April 7, 2010 (97 votes)
By: erikwesner — March 8, 2010
“Haji”. It’s Japanese for “shame”. When Toyota president Akio Toyoda stepped up to take his licks in late February, it was with a healthy dose of haji at the predicament the company found itself in. The core of the pro...
Voting ends April 7, 2010 (97 votes)
Lizards & Leaders: How Meditation Accelerates Change
By: ericklein — March 8, 2010
This manifesto makes the case for why leaders need to meditate. With light humor, references to both developmental psychology and neuro-psychology, I explain how meditation practice can add the missing element to any leadership dev...
Voting ends April 7, 2010 (71 votes)
By: ericklein — March 8, 2010
This manifesto makes the case for why leaders need to meditate. With light humor, references to both developmental psychology and neuro-psychology, I explain how meditation practice can add the missing element to any leadership dev...
Voting ends April 7, 2010 (71 votes)
The Black Hole of Trying
By: lesfreeman — March 8, 2010
Stop trying! I’m serious. Right now. Trying is getting you nowhere. Every attempt is a failure, because trying never leads to completion. Only doing creates accomplishment. If we want to change ourselves, our work, or the...
Voting ends April 7, 2010 (46 votes)
By: lesfreeman — March 8, 2010
Stop trying! I’m serious. Right now. Trying is getting you nowhere. Every attempt is a failure, because trying never leads to completion. Only doing creates accomplishment. If we want to change ourselves, our work, or the...
Voting ends April 7, 2010 (46 votes)
Stop Pursuing, Start Attracting
By: livinglife365 — March 8, 2010
The Founding Fathers got it wrong! Although noble, and revolutionary, the inclusion of the phrase "the pursuit of happiness" may have set the wrong tone. We have been told over and over again that we need to be pursuing o...
Voting ends April 7, 2010 (14 votes)
By: livinglife365 — March 8, 2010
The Founding Fathers got it wrong! Although noble, and revolutionary, the inclusion of the phrase "the pursuit of happiness" may have set the wrong tone. We have been told over and over again that we need to be pursuing o...
Voting ends April 7, 2010 (14 votes)
