We’ve had a number of people tell us that among The Go-Giver’s five laws, law #4, Authenticity, was “clearly the pivotal law, the one that really slammed home.”
On the other hand, some have said it was law #5, the Law of Receptivity, that really stood out. “The other four laws were polished wood,” confided one [...]
In his blog, Seth Godin makes this wonderful point about price and value:
Your sales force and your customers may scream that you need to lower your price.
It’s not true.
You need to increase your value. If people don’t want to pay, it’s because you’re not delivering enough value for the money you’re charging [emphasis [...]
Recently leadership expert David Zinger posted a list of ”the almost 300 blogs that inspire me.” It’s quite a resource, well worth poking through and seeing what you find—and we were quite honored to note that The Go-Giver blog is on David’s list!
David also wrote a wonderful review of our book he calls “5 Zingers” [...]
In a blog post about The Go-Giver, Stever Robbins (the “Get-It-Done Guy”) talks about his interview with Bob (which you can listen to here) — and also mentions a fascinating Boston Globe article, “Money Makes You Happy — If You Spend It On Others,” about the benefits of giving.
The study, co-led by researchers at Harvard [...]
Most reviews of The Go-Giver have been quite complimentary, but now and then we find one insisting that, while this all sounds very nice and everything, the real world just doesn’t work this way. For example, one reviewer wrote:
“Even the most credulous reader will have to supress a snicker at how quickly the karmic [...]
I’d never read any of her books, nor heard her speak, when Bob and I were writing Chapter 10 of The Go-Giver—you know, the one about Debra Davenport and the Law of Authenticity—but this week I felt like I’d met her when I spent some time chatting with New York Times best-selling author Marianne Williamson.
Imagine [...]
In a letter from my alma mater (Philadelphia’s Germantown Friends School), I just learned about something called the Giving USA Foundation, which releases annual statistics on charitable giving (among other services). They have a fascinating web site, titled “Thought Leaders in Philanthropy.” Combing through the site, I find this press release from last June, which [...]
One reader just wrote us this email: “Just a little note to say, I’m giving my staff each a copy of your book for Valentine’s Day tomorrow.”
What a sweet idea! And the book cover is even Valentine red. And the little image on the cover could almost be Cupid, right?
Now, if there were only a [...]
A reader made a comment in a letter yesterday that beautifully captures this whole business of how the “physics of giving” works. After describing briefly her career path, and how she’d had the opportunity help many co-workers in her company find good positions that suited their talents (and had herself been blessed with a meteoric [...]
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 [...]
