Hot List: Bestselling “Skills” Books on Amazon.com

June 28, 2010 0 COMMENTS

Amazon.com updates its list of the bestselling books every hour. Here is a snapshot of what is hot right now, this Monday morning, June 28, in the “Skills” section of the “Business and Investing” category.

1. Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose by Tony Hsieh. In his first book, the CEO of Zappos shares the different business lessons he learned in life, from a lemonade stand and pizza business through LinkExchange, Zappos, and more. Ultimately, he shows how using happiness as a framework can produce profits, passion, and purpose both in business and in life.

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Hot List: New York Times Bestselling Paperback Business Books

June 14, 2010 0 COMMENTS

The following is a list of the bestselling paperback business books as ranked by the New York Times on June 14.

1. The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis. The evolving business of football, viewed through the rise of the left tackle Michael Oher.

2. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell. How and why certain products and ideas become fads.

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You Don’t Have to Be Blind to See

June 09, 2010 0 COMMENTS

In his blog The Oswald Letter, M. Lee Smith Publishers’ President Dan Oswald shares a story from YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE BLIND TO SEE by Jim Stovall about a woman determined to find her kidnapped baby. Ever the businessman, Oswald draws a connection between this mother who triumphs over adverse conditions that paralyze the village’s best warriors and the sort of dedicated employee every employer wants and that Oswald believes we all should strive to be. He challenges readers with the question “At work, do you care enough to go to any length to get the job done?”

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