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Let’s Get Real or Let’s Not Play: Transforming the Buyer/Seller Relationship – Mahan Khalsa & Randy Illig

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Emphatic communication is the best selling tool.

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Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? – Seth Godin

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Build your job on your unique superpower.

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The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More – Chris Anderson

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In the new market paradigm everyone can find his own niche.

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Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die – Chip Heath & Dan Heath

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To me the book was a set of well summarized basics about impactful presentations. Let me summarize the key ideas of the book:
You want people to pay attention, then say something unexpected; to understand and remember – be concrete; to believe and agree – be credible; to care – be emotional; to act – tell stories. What sticks? SUCCES: Simple, Unexpected, Concrete, Credible, Emotional, Stories.

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Six Pixels of Separation: Everyone Is Connected. Connect Your Business to Everyone. – Mitch Joel

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Joel starts by saying “I google you… just like you google me.” This exactly how I gather information when planning meetings, going for negotiation or after hearing a name in the news. Actually the book is about business, a very new way of doing business based on the social capital. It is about the trust economy, you being media, migration from mass media to mass content, about participation, entrepreneurship and digital nomads. It is a perfect guidebook for travellers into internet business.

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The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership – John C. Maxwell

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Here they are, all the 21 from Maxwell’s book:
1. The Law of the Lid: Leadership Ability Determines a Person’s Level of Effectiveness.
2. The Law of Influence: The True Measure of Leadership Is Influence—Nothing More, Nothing Less.
3. The Law of Process: Leadership Develops Daily, Not in a Day.
4. The Law of Navigation: Anyone Can Steer the Ship, but It Takes a Leader the Chart the Course.
5. The Law of Addition: Leaders Add Value by Serving Others.
6. The Law of Solid Ground: Trust Is the Foundation of Leadership.
7. The Law of Respect: People Naturally Follow Leaders Stronger Than Themselves.
8. The Law of Intuition: Leaders Evaluate Everything with a Leadership Bias.
9. The Law of Magnetism: Who You Are Is Who You Attract.
10. The Law of Connection: Leaders Touch a Heart Before They Ask for a Hand.
11. The Law of The Inner Circle: A Leader’s Potential Is Determined by Those Closest to Him.
12. The Law of Empowerment: Only Secure Leaders Give Power to Others.
13. The Law of the Picture: People Do What People See.
14. The Law of Buy-in: People Buy into the Leader, Then the Vision.
15. The Law of Victory: Leaders Find a Way for the Team to Win.
16. The Law of the Big Mo: Momentum Is a Leader’s Best Friend.
17. The Law of Priorities: Leaders Understand That Activity Is Not Necessarily Accomplishment.
18. The Law of Sacrifice: A Leader Must Give Up to Go Up.
19. The Law of Timing: When to Lead Is As Important As What to Do and Where to Go.
20. The Law of Explosive Growth: To Add Growth, Lead Follower–To Multiply, Lead Leaders.
21. The Law of Legacy: A Leader’s Lasting Value Is Measured by Succession.
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Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion – Gary Vaynerchuk

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This is a perfect audiobook when you search for extra energy to move on with your new business. Gary energized me with his passion. In the book he emphasized the role of social media in the new business paradigm. I know much about online stuff, I know how media works. Still I enjoyed listening to Gary. If the names such as Facebook or Twitter sound new to you the book is the must for you. Read the rest of this entry »

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