The diversity and creativity of our readers never ceases to amaze us!
We’ve got one more “blogosphere update” to go with our last two posts (i.e., here and here), and this one is about another fascinating project that has adopted The Go-Giver as part of its transformational lexicon.
This summer a woman in Australia named Kate Nowak [...]
Two brief newsy updates:
First, for those of you who have been patiently waiting, the CD version of The Go-Giver has finally been released! You can find it here on Amazon.
Now, in addition to reading the book on your Kindle or listening to it on your iPod (or reading it the old-fashioned way on, you [...]
A recent post at “Marketing for Mavens” cited The Go-Giver as on of the “3 Top Business Books for Generating Ideas, Passion and Energy.”
The other two were Seth Godin’s recent bestseller Meatball Sundae (with whom we share a publisher), and (drum roll) . . . Think and Grow Rich
Now we think that’s pretty good [...]
Bob wrote last month, “We rarely do blog posts that promote a new book and would only do so when the book is so important and so in line with the Go-Giver worldview that we just have to tell you about it.”
Well, it’s happened again. We just have to tell you about a magnificent little [...]
Last month, when we saw the Japanese edition of The Go-Giver, we didn’t see how anyone else could possibly equal that amazing production, let alone top it.
And then, a few days ago, the Korean edition arrived.
The illustrations are beyond great: they’re completely adorable. Here is the cover, featuring Pindar, Joe and Claire (signifying the passing [...]
Some readers have told us that in their view, the central element of The Go-Giver that makes the story work for them is Pindar’s “Condition,” namely, that Joe is required to put each law into practice.
“I need you to agree that you will test every Law I show you,” says the Chairman, “by actually [...]
The other day we got this note from Adrienne Schultz, our amazing editor at Portfolio:
So on my way to work today, I was walking through the Times Square subway station—a busy spot, as you can imagine. There was a man walking against traffic, nearly bumping into everyone as he passed by. I was a bit [...]
For years, I’ve been talking about what I call the Treacherous Dichotomy: the deeply ingrained idea that operating in our own interests and operating in others’ interests are mutually exclusive. That is, looking out for yourself is selfish, looking out for others is altruistic, and you’re either one or the other.
Bob and I have argued [...]
This week an amazing treat landed in my mail box: the hot-off-the-press Japanese hardcover edition of The Go-Giver. The people at Bungei Shunju Ltd. did a phenomenal job: gorgeous production values. Even though I can’t read a lick of Japanese, leafing through this book is an experience.
For one thing, it’s illustrated—and in the most [...]
A few months ago, I posted a piece about a nonprofit organization called the Giving USA Foundation that compiles annual statistics on charitable giving.
Well, they’ve just released Giving USA 2008, their newest report. Their findings? “Despite worries about gas prices, mortgage crisis and [the] housing market,” says the report, “giving rose by 3.9 percent (1 [...]
