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The latest issue of BusinessWeek has a small feature on marketer Seth Godin. I’m a fan of his books and read his blog entries daily.
If you’re not familiar with Seth, try the article as a start and then subscribe to the blog. If you’re a really rabid fan, you’ll probably want the action figure. I’m hoping [...]
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While reading The Adventures of Johnny Bunko, I kept thinking of two other books on success I’d read recently:
Stupid, Ugly, Unlucky, and Rich by Richard St. John
Good to Great by Jim Collins
Jim Collins took an empirical look at organizations to see what they did to become successful while Richard St. John conducted hundreds of interviews [...]
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Last week I wrote about the DIY Bunko Brunch that we recently hosted at LCC. Turns out ours was the first one–who knew?
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After reading Dan Pink’s remarkable little book The Adventures of Johnny Bunko last spring, I began to share its ideas with my students (business administration majors at Lincoln Christian College). I’d shared the book with a colleague or two as well and enjoyed some interesting discussion over it.
So when Dan Pink offered to send out [...]
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Photo by Syl Arena
A few weeks back, I wrote about how to read a book. Syl Arena, who is Joe McNally’s assistant, has just begun a blog and offers some ways to seriously hack (pimp) a book. These include the usual suspects such as the use of markers, pens, highlighters, and post-it tape flags but [...]
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My colleague Bob Lowery has posted his summer reading plans. His selections are largely recreational, with a couple of “work-related” titles as well. What’s on your list?
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I continue to recommend Dan Pink’s The Adventures of Johnny Bunko to just about all the young people I know. It’s such a quick, easy, and helpful (not to mention entertaining) read that it’s hard to pass up. The book is a great conversation starter about the nature of work and career, an [...]
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My childrens’ elementary school conducted its annual recognition assembly today. My kindergartner and second grader walked away with "star student," math, and spelling awards. They both received "homework party certificates" for completing the entire year’s worth of nightly homework. Most notable, however, may have been my son’s recognition as the "top reader" in his kindergarten [...]
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What’s a Manival, you say? It’s "a weekly blog carnival dedicated to bring together posts from blogs by men and for men" that’s being assembled by Brett McKay at The Art of Manliness. Brett was kind enough to include my post on How to Read a Book in this week’s list. If you’re visiting the [...]
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Illustration by superciliousness
What does Dan Pink, author of The Adventures of Johnny Bunko, a career guide in graphic novel format, have in common with the U.S. Navy and Stanford University?
Comic books.
Or, properly, manga.
Dan reports that the U.S. Navy will issue a Japanese-language graphic novel in Yokosuka, Japan, in advance of the arrival [...]
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