Per usual, there were some great blog posts this week from our Portfolio authors. Here are a few to check out…
Pam Slim on achieving the impossible
Erik Calonius on the Eureka Moment in visionary thinking
Laura Vanderkam on the value of idea files
Jonathan Fields asks “who is a creative?”
John Jantsch on how to turn your Facebook profile into a fan page
Amber Mac on the popularity of Tumblr
There were lots of great blog posts this week from Portfolio authors, here are a few to check out…
Amber Mac shares an online guide to helping Japan
John Warrillow on “vendor financing” and selling your business
Jonathan Fields talks about passion
Erik Calonius on when intuition works best
Laura Vanderkam shares 5 tips for tackling a big task
John Jantsch on why the social media party is over
Score! Recently, Entertainment Weekly featured Malled by Caitlin Kelly in The Bullseye, a section that ranks the hits and misses of the week’s pop culture events.
EW raves about the forthcoming Portfolio title: “This excellent memoir is about a journalist who loses their job and has to go into retail. Or in other words, the year 2008.”
In Malled: My Unintentional Career in Retail, Kelly uses her position behind the cash register to challenge our assumptions about retail work and interviews industry insiders to reveal the complexities of this business. In terms of pop culture sizzle, Malled placed only slightly below Zach Galifianakis gently squeezed into an Orphan Annie dress — and I mean, come on, even we kind of have to concede the win.
For more information or a review copy of Malled, please email tiffany.liao@us.penguingroup.com
Last week, we published TEN STEPS AHEAD: What Separates Successful Business Visionaries from the Rest of Us in which veteran journalist Erik Calonius explores the phenomenal achievement of entrepreneurial visionaries. He explains how legendary thinkers like Steve Jobs and Richard Branson have an uncanny ability to not just see, but to shape, where the world is heading.
Fortune.com just posted a great excerpt from the book about how these leaders make their ideas come to life.
For more stories like this, you can check out Erik Calonius’ new blog or follow him on Twitter.
Per usual, there were some great blog posts this week from our Portfolio authors. Here’s a sample to check out…
Erik Calonius on how to think like a visionary
Rick Smith on millennials in the workplace
Eduardo Porter asks “Are drug prices really soaring?”
Laura Vanderkam shares some Random Acts of Microphilanthropy
Jonathan Fields on what business leaders can learn from children’s books
Jack Covert selects Ten Steps Ahead
If you were lucky enough to attend South by Southwest Interactive last week, you might have seen authors Jonathan Fields and Chris Guillebeau speak on a panel about overcoming fear.
Thankfully, for those of us who weren’t able to make the conference, the folks at Ogilvy Notes posted several live graphic illustrations from the weekend. This one is courtesy of Stephanie von Dressler:
