Jack Welch, former CEO of GE, focuses on helping anyone who works for any company succeed wherever they are. From getting promoted to dealing with terrible bosses to managing people to merging two companies together—Welch covers the gamut. He speaks and leads with specificity, which is refreshing in a land filled with used up generalities.
Read MoreI read mostly non-fiction. Over the years I’ve tried reading and retaining on my iPad (which mostly sits and gets dusty these days). I’ve listened to audiobooks, which I enjoy very much, but audiobook retention seems to be a hopeless case as well. These non-500 year old technologies are great for serial reading, but less great for actually remembering and referencing the content.
Read MoreIf you want to understand the pre-Depression 1920’s, the lifestyle of old money, and the prevailing belief in the fountain of youth—The Great Gatsby will be your best textbook. You can sound smart and cultured and you won’t even have to read 400 pages.
Read MoreWhen given unlimited choices, the kinds of choices that technology offers, for things like used cars, video rentals, vacation opportunities, and, yes, books… We don’t need more and more things to choose from. What we need is need help with all the sifting!
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