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Archived Reviews, 2008-2010
Click on the titles below to read these archived reviews from 2008 to 2010.
December 2010: Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters 2.0: 1,001 Unconventional Tips, Tricks, and Tactics for Landing Your Dream Job, by Jay Conrad Levinson & David E. Perry, 2009.
November 2010: 5 Steps to Professional Presence: How to Project Confidence, Competence, and Credibility at Work, by Susan Bixler & Lisa Scherrer Dugan, 2001.
October 2010: Generations, INC: From Boomers to Linksters – Managing the Friction Between Generations at Work, by Meagan Johnson & Larry Johnson, 2010. AND How Not to Act Old: 185 Ways to Pass for Phat, Sick, Hot, Dope, Awesome, or at Least Not Totally Lame, by Pamela Redmond Satran, 2009.
September 2010: Portfolio Life: The New Path to Work, Purpose & Passion After 50, by David Corbett, 2007.
August 2010: We took a one-month hiatus! Back in September.
July 2010: Why We Make Mistakes: How We Look Without Seeing, Forget Things in Seconds, and Are All Pretty Sure We Are Way Above Average, by Joseph T. Hallinan, 2009.
June 2010: Outliers: The Story of Success, by Malcolm Gladwell, 2008.
May 2010: Job Search Magic, Resume Magic and Interview Magic: Insider Secrets from America’s Career & Life Coach, by Susan Britton Whitcomb, 2006.
April 2010: Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, by Daniel Pink, 2009.
March 2010: “O” The Oprah Magazine. Lead feature story “Everything You Need to Know About Taming Chaos But Were Too Disorganized to Ask”. Bloom, Martin, Kaufman, Williams & Heffner. March 2010.
February 2010: Never Eat Alone and Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time, by Keith Ferrazzi. 2005
January 2010: A Manager’s Guide to Coaching: Simple and Effective Ways to Get the Best Out of Your Employees, by Brian Emerson & Anne Loehr, 2008.
Kit’s 2009 Book Reviews
December 2009: The Energy Bus:10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work and Team with Positive Energy, by Jon Gordon, 2007.
November 2009: Real Leaders Don’t Do PowerPoint: How to Sell Yourself and Your Ideas, by Christopher Witt, 2009.
October 2009: The WOW Factor: The 33 Things You Must (And Must Not) Do to Guarantee Your Edge in Today’s Business World, by Frances Cole Jones, 2009.
September 2009: Bulletproof Your Job: 4 Simple Strategies to Ride Out the Rough Times and Come Out on Top at Work, by Stephen Viscusi, 2008.
August 2009: Off the Beaten Path: The Essential Guide to Extraordinary Travel, by Heidi Knapp Rinella, 6th Edition, 2007.
July 2009: My Start-Up Life: What a (Very) Young CEO Learned on His Journey Through Silicon Valley, Ben Casnocha, 2007.
June 2009: First, Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently, Marcus Buckingham & Curt Coffman, 1999.
May 2009: Jeremy and Mom: A ZITS Retrospective, by Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman, 2008.
April 2009: Taming Your Gremlin: A Surprisingly Simple Method for Getting Out of Your Own Way (Revised Edition), 2003, Richard D. Carson.
March 2009: The Next Level: What Insiders Know About Executive Success, by Scott Eblin, 2006.
February 2009: The New Rules of Marketing & PR by David Meerman Scott, John Wiley & Sons publishers, 2007
January 2009: The World is Flat: A Brief History of the 21st Century by Thomas Friedman, Farrar, Strous & Giroux, 2005.
Kit’s 2008 Book Reviews
December’s Book: Claiming Your Place at the Fire:Living the Second Half of Your Life on Purpose, by Richard J. Leider and David A. Shapiro. Berrett-Koehler Publishers. 2004.
November’s Book: A Career in Your Suitcase by Jo Parfitt. Bookshaker. 2008.
October’s Book: Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life, by Martin E.P. Seligman, PhD. Vintage Books. 1990.
September’s Book: How Starbucks Saved My Life by Michael Gates Gill. Gotham Books. 2007.
August’s Book: The Joy of Not Working: A Book for the Retired, Unemployed and Overworked, by Ernie J. Zelinski, Ten Speed Press, 1997.
July’s Book: The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything, by Guy Kawasaki, Penquin Group, 2004.
June’s Book: Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway, by Susan Jeffers, Random House, 1987.
May’s Book: Worry: Controlling It and Using It Wisely, by Edward M. Hallowell, MD. Ballantine, 1997.
April’s Book: The Power of Full Engagement by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz, Simon & Schuster, 2003.
March’s Book: A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future, by Daniel H. Pink, The Berkeley Publishing Group, 2005.
February’s Book: The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less, by Barry Schwartz, Harper Perennial, 2004.
January’s Book: Basic Black: The Essential Guide for Getting Ahead at Work (and in Life), by Cathie Black, Random House, 2007.
Kit’s 2007 Book Review
December’s Book: Crazy Busy: Overstretched, Overbooked, and About to Snap! by Edward M. Hallowell, M.D. Ballantine Books, 2006.