You knew it was coming sooner or later, and we’ve been dropping hints here and there … but with the New Year upon us, we wanted to give you something more substantial — so here it is: Our new Go-Giver book is going to hit the bookstores on February 18. For the romantically inclined, that’s [...]
The current issue of Morningstar Advisor, a magazine for investment advisors, features a piece entitled “Seven Books that Can Change Your Life,” by author Allyson (The Seven-Minute Difference) Lewis. Lewis’s list includes: the New York Times bestselling memoir-cum thriller Lone Survivor, the story of Navy SEAL Marcus Lutrell’s harrowing 2005 escape from Taliban forces in [...]
“Sure, it’s nice to be a giving person, but isn’t it kind of an uphill battle? I mean, isn’t it basic human nature to look out for Number One?” Maybe not. According to
Over the weekend, we received a note from Berry Zimmerman, a Seattle-based business consultant who founded and runs an operation called BizEnrich.com. According to Berry, BizEnrich.com is “a member organization of independent business experts dedicated to enriching the professional lives of business leaders.” “Every business expert who joins BizEnrich,” Berry told us, “receives a copy [...]
As the various foreign-language translations of The Go-Giver make their way into their various marketplaces, we are starting to hear from readers from around the world, and the more we do, the more we see confirmation of this basic truth: Human beings are human beings. Bob and I are always delighted when we hear news [...]
Not long ago, writer and minister Rev. Christine Green, who wrote a wonderful post about “Releasing Scarcity” on her blog “Empowered Thoughts,” wrote a brief review of The Go-Giver: This is a great little book with a powerful message. A very clever way to talk about universal principles. I found it to be a great [...]
Over the past twenty months, our readers have come up with some pretty creative ways to explain and apply the Five Laws of Stratospheric Success. But I think you just have to give Heather O credit here: her recent post, The Go-Giver, The Grateful Dead and Social Networking puts things together in a way that, [...]
Chelle O’Connell, a new friend who just read The Go-Giver, writes in with this observation: After 25 years of marriage, I realized that there is more than one meaning for the word “listen.” My ex-husband frequently said, “You aren’t listening to me.” I would ask for his advice or input, and if I didn’t do [...]
Thanks, everyone, for your comments on that last post! The point that I would make in reply to Vickie’s fascinating review is this: The idea that one could possibly calculate which are the “right” people to give to in order to get the “right” results is so far-fetched as to be completely impractical. How would [...]
Legal columnist and former trial lawyer Victoria Pynchon wrote a fascinating review of The Go-Giver that included some wonderful insights. For example, the review starts right out by referring to the book as, “The Go-Giver: A Guide to a Life Lived Richly.” What a great way of holding the book’s message! Victoria also makes a [...]
