Archive for December, 2008
Published December 23rd, 2008
Cameron Johnson, entrepreneur extraordinaire, author and former schoolboy millionaire (not former millionaire, just former schoolboy, he’s now a mature “twenty-something”) J and John David Mann, another hugely successful entrepreneur and author of many books (including The Go-Giver) have just been honored in Taiwan.
Cameron and John are co-authors of the book You Call the Shots, which [...]
Published December 20th, 2008
Of the sixteen foreign-language editions of The Go-Giver now in process, six so far are complete and available, i.e., the Dutch, French, Korean, Japanese, Spanish and Thai editions.
We wondered how these various editions would translate the term “go-giver.” After all, not only does the word itself not exist, strictly speaking (at least not in any [...]
Published December 14th, 2008
Hi Folks,
“Coach” Thom here. While it’s been great to just sit back and read all the wonderful posts here by Bob and John, I wanted to take a moment as we close out this year to personally express my gratitude and share an idea with you that will take a few moments of participation in [...]
Published December 9th, 2008
Today in the widely-read financial blog TheStreet.com, Marc Kramer wrote a piece titled “10 Business Books to Get You Back on Track Again,” and the #4 book on the list was – you guessed it – The Go-Giver. Here’s what Marc wrote about the book:
You can read this entire book in one flight from Philadelphia [...]
Published December 7th, 2008
The other day our publishers received the following note from the vice president of getAbstract, a company based in Lucerne, Switzerland that is known the world over for its summaries of business books:
“We are pleased to inform you that the Portfolio title The Go-Giver by Bob Burg and John David Mann is promoted as [...]
Published December 5th, 2008
Different Go-Givers tend to focus on adding value to others in different ways, often in alignment with their own values, likes, etc. For example, as an avid reader, I love to add value to others by referring books — books that I love, books that have made a huge difference in my life and, mainly, books that [...]
Published December 1st, 2008
In her “Pure Synchrony” blog, business coach and go-giver extraordinaire Dixie Gillaspie offers this personal story as an illustration of The Go-Giver’s Law of Authenticity:
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When I was very young and very naïve I had a little game I played called, “What will it take to make you smile?” I smiled [...]