Last summer I wrote a post about the book A Billion Bootstraps which led to Amy and I getting involved in Microfinance. Since that time, I’ve been wrestling in my mind with how to combine some of the most successful elements of capitalism with those of non-profits in order to create charities that are self-sustaining. [...]

A couple months ago I was in my local book Bookstore looking for Al Gore’s “Assault on Reason” (forthcoming review) and happened to stumble on a book called “A Billion Bootstraps“.
Being new to the idea of Microcredit, and a philanthropist at heart, this one caught my eye. I have to say, this book is a great introduction to [...]

I recently finished reading “Bill Snyder: They Said it Couldn’t Be Done” and thought it a noteworthy recommendation.
This book is a narrative about one of the greatest turnaround stories in college football told through a personal interview with the man that made it happen.
I grew-up in Manhattan,KS (home of K-State) at a time when the wildcats were consistently ranked [...]

I’ve seen a lot of discussion lately around the likes of Coghead and other Do-It-Yourself (DIY) coding apps. To date most of it has been the developer community dismissing the idea that anyone outside the ivory tower could possibly have the mastery skill sets required to create a software application on their own. Well guess what guys, the party’s over.
So far [...]

Well I’m a little overdue in my book review of Jeffrey Gitomer’s Little Black Book of Connections: 6.5 Assets for Networking Your Way to Rich Relationships, but I thought since he released his new book today Little Gold Book of YES! Attitude: How to Find, Build and Keep a YES! Attitude for a Lifetime of SUCCESS, I [...]

In my last post I referenced the following quote from Jeffrey Gitomer’s “Little Black Book of Connections” about building success strategies:
“The only difference between where you are right now, and where you’ll be next year at this same time, are the people you meet and the books you read.” — Charlie “Tremendous” Jones, author of [...]

If you have never read a Jeffrey Gitomer book, now is the time to sprint to the bookstore. There are good books, great books and what I call "mantra books". Those books that you build professional and life strategies around. The 2.5 that I have read over the last two years fall into the mantra [...]

While I’m on a book theme, another one to read is David Allen’s "Getting Things Done". David lays out a clear strategy for getting yourself organized and staying that way.
The first step in his process is to do a memory dump. Grab a notepad and pen and just start writing down all of the [...]