Archive for January, 2008

Having a Hard Time Saying “No”

Published January 27th, 2008

A reader raised an interesting issue on her blog this week:
“. . . The authors try to make the point that business is not an excuse for being selfish and a jerk. They push the point a bit far . . . I do think as leaders and business owners, we have to balance our [...]

Filled With Gratitude

Published January 22nd, 2008

I continue to be filled with gratitude by two things (much for which to be grateful, of course; two things specifically here): First, the incredible outpouring of support and encouragement by our friends and associates who turned our initial promotional campaign into the success it became. Few things happen in a vacuum, and fewer realllly [...]

A generous tide

Published January 21st, 2008

The other day, a radio host in Northern Mississippi asked me at the end of a twenty-minute interveiw, “So, can you sum up the point of the whole book for our listeners, in just one sentence?” We were live, and the answer had to come back immediately. So I said:
“Living with generosity creates a rising [...]

Gaining $250,000 Effortlessly?

Published January 21st, 2008

After church today, my father-in-law and I got talking about The Go-Giver. Dad is a CPA; though the firm he founded, he’s been serving small businesses for over thirty years, and he started recounting stories he’d seen over the years that exemplify the principles in The Go-Giver. (He was also one of the first people [...]

#6 on Wall Street Journal Bestseller List!

Published January 20th, 2008

Wow, what a week! With the help of our friends and colleagues, we launched our campaign to get the word out about The Go-Giver … and it surpassed our expectations!
 On Thursday, The Go-Giver hit #7 on Amazon.com’s ranking of ALL books. Also on Amazon, The Go-Giver was the #1 success book and #1 business book [...]