Getting to Great

A man interested in going to my alma mater, NYU’s Stern Business School, emailed me to ask advice about making himself POP on its waiting list.  He wanted to stand out.  After an hour of my no-doubt-highly-insightful advice, Aaron Butler recommended that I read “Good to Great” by Jim Collins.  He even reminded me to


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The Life & Times of A Speechwriter

My former co-worker Matt Latimer wrote a book last year on his life as a Republican communicator, which included time as speechwriter to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and the last year with President George W. Bush.  His book “Speech-Less: Tales of a White House Survivor.”  I loved this book!  It was hilarious and tragic at


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James Patterson and the NEW Rules of Publishing

Thanks to successful entrepreneur Robin Callan of Room Fu, I read this article on James Patterson, the author of dozens of thrillers, and how he changed the publishing business.  It’s a fascinating read and shows how someone with a solid product or service can change the way an entire industry does business.


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