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The average Fortune 1000 executive reads 6.7 books per year. Some even says 9 books.
Bill Gates once said he read 30 books during his vacation.
When a total stranger asked Warren Buffett for a single piece of wisdom, his advice was “Read, Read, Read”.
I think you get my point.

If you had two choices:
1) Fix an employee’s weakness so that they become more well-rounded
Or
2) Focus on an employee’s strength so that they become more specialized

Which one would you choose?

The Gallup Organization interviewed over 80,000 managers in 2,500 business units and found that great managers who out-perform their peers chose the second answer.

The answer makes [...]

I just finished reading Steve Pavlina’s new book called Personal Development for Smart People.  It boils down the teachings of hundreds of self-help books into one framework based on the idea that an individual should consciously strive to live with the three core principles of truth, love, and power.  The book is full of practical, [...]

Here are 2 options for a 1-year magazine subscription:
A)  Web only subscription - $59
B)  Print & Web subscription - $125
Which one would you pick?  A study shows that 68% of you would pick option A, and 32% would pick option B.
OK, how about if we add in one more option:
A)  Web only subscription - $59
B)  [...]

Compare these two sentences:
“In the author’s opinion, it is in most peoples’ best interests when excessive verbiage is avoided by people who are engaged in the act of writing.”
“Don’t fluff up your writing.”
They say the same thing, but the second one is much more direct and memorable.
Whether you’re writing website content, instructions, or an important [...]

The internet is great for finding little bits of information quickly, but for most people, good old-fashioned books are still the best way to learn things in depth. You’re holding back your business growth if you don’t learn from reading the best; but you also don’t have time to filter out all the junk. To [...]

If you sell products, you may want to take advantage of their barcodes to let you take orders and receive goods faster and more accurately. If you’re selling a product, just scan what you’re selling, then print out an invoice and have your inventory automatically adjusted.
It’s much easier and cheaper to get this going [...]

Next time you need to invoice a customer, the quickest thing to do might be to open up Microsoft Word, find an invoice template, and fill it out. But by investing a bit more time into setting up some business software for invoicing once, you get the following 5 benefits as free side effects [...]