Featured Guests
From time to time you’ll see guest posts or interviews on Mondays. Here are the interesting people so far that have offered to share their lessons …
Best-Selling Authors
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Al Reis Author of The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding Al is a legendary marketing strategist and the best-selling author (or co-author) of 11 books on marketing including Positioning, Marketing Warfare, Focus, The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding, The Fall of Advertising & the Rise of PR and his latest War in the Boardroom (2009). Read Al’s guest post – Left Brainers and Right Brainers |
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Dan Schawbel Author of Me 2.0 a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success Dan is the bestselling author of Me 2.0, an award winning blogger at Personal Branding Blog, the publisher of Personal Branding Magazine, a national speaker and consultant on branding, and a BusinessWeek columnist. Read Dan’s guest post – Top 5 Lessons Learned in Personal Branding |
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Gretchen Rubin Author of The Happiness Project Gretchen is a best selling author and former lawyer. Gretchen studied happiness by making it a project. During The Happiness Project, she spent a year test-driving every principle, tip, theory, and scientific study she could find, drawing from various sources, including Aristotle and Oprah. Read Gretchen’s guest post – Top 10 Lessons Learned in Happiness. |
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Jay Heinrichs Author of Thank You for Arguing Jay is the author of the bestseller, Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion. I originally found out about Jay’s work through one of my mentors. It’s been one of my best investments. Aside from a great read, I’ve used Jay’s insights and actions to improve my effectiveness at work. Read Jay’s guest post – The 10 Best Ways to Persuade |
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Jim Kouzes Co-Author of The Leadership Challenge Jim is a foremost researcher, award-winning writer, and highly sought after teacher in the field of leadership. Jim is co-author of the award-winning and best selling book, The Leadership Challenge. The Leadership Challenge has sold over 1.4 million copies in more than twelve other languages. The Wall Street Journal has cited Jim as one of the twelve best executive educators in the United States. Read Jim’s guest post – The Top 10 Leadership Lessons |
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Michael Michalko Author of THINKERTOYS Michael is one of the most highly acclaimed creativity experts in the world and author of the best sellers Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques (2nd Edition), Thinkpak: A Brainstorming Card Deck, and Cracking Creativity: The Secrets of Creative Genius. Read Michael’s guest post – Choice |
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Noah Blumenthal Author of Be the Hero Noah is the author of the nationally bestselling book, Be the Hero: Three Powerful Ways to Overcome Challenges in Work and Life and was named by Leadership Excellence Magazine as one of the world’s “Top 100 Minds in Personal Development.” Read Noah’s guest post – 8 Ways to Be Heroic |
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Rick Kirschner (Dr.K) Co-Author of Dealing with People You Can’t Stand Dr. Rick Kirschner is an international bestselling author, world class speaker, educator and trainer, and media personality. He speaks to some of the world’s best known organizations, from Heineken to NASA to the Starbucks Coffee Company. He’s been interviewed on hundreds of radio and television programs, including CNBC, FOX and CBC. Read Dr. K’s guest post – Top 10 Lessons Learned in Interpersonal Skills |
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Stephen L. Nelson
Stephen is the best-selling author of QuickBooks for Dummies (over 400,000 copies sold), of Quicken for Dummies (over 1,000,000 copies sold), and numerous other books about small business accounting, finance, project management, and technology. He was once called the Louis L’Amour of computer books by the Wall Street Journal because he’s written more computer books (roughly 160 at last count) than any other author. Read Stephen’s guest post – The Five Small Business Formulas |
People to Learn From
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Ali Hale Ali is a freelance writer and a regular blogger for Dumb Little Man, Pick the Brain, and The Change Blog. Ali’s super skill is wrestling with and digging deep into life’s really big questions. Read Ali’s guest post – My Top 10 Lessons in Life |
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Eduard Ezeanu Eduard blogs at People Skills Decoded and is a communication’s coach with an attitude-based approach. Read Eduard’s guest post – Top 10 Lessons in Improving Communication |
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Janine de Nysschen Changemaker and Purpose Strategist, Whytelligence Janine believes there’s a sense of purpose instilled in everyone and it defines the difference you want to make in this world, and it inspires everything you do. Janine, trained as a change agent and intelligence professional, has more than 25 years of experience in strategy and change. Read Janine’s guest post – Discover Your Why |
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Ken Sylvester President of Organization Strategy Institute, Inc. Dr. Ken Sylvester is a skilled negotiator. He has mediated and negotiated for organizations such as Microsoft, the U.S. Olympic Committee, Google, the NBA, the NFL, Nike, Coca-Cola, and many others. Read Ken’s guest post – Top 5 Characteristics of Leaders |
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Linda P. Jones Linda is a real-world wealth builder. Her super skill is simplifying financial advice and helping people build wealth. Read Linda’s guest post – 8 Steps to Wealth |
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Nadia Ballas-Ruta Nadia is the author of the Happy Lotus blog, and her super skill is spirituality. She was trained by a Buddhist master and this turned out to be one of her most powerful, life changing events. Read Nadia’s guest post – Top 10 Lessons Learned in Spirituality |
