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How well do you perform under pressure?

What does it take to excel under pressure? In this month’s episode of our podcast, the Penguin Business Beat, Courtney Young and Laura Clark seek advice and recommended reading for anyone who worries about choking when the stakes are high:

  • Maria Bartiromo, host of CNBC’s “Closing Bell” and author of The Weekend That Changed Wall Street, shares her insights from one of the highest-pressure moments of the financial crisis.
  • New York Times columnist and author of Clutch, Paul Sullivan, names the five key traits for being clutch under pressure.
  • 800-CEO-READ‘s Jack Covert shares insights from Never Give In! by Winston Churchill, his pick for this month from The 100 Best Business Books of All Time.
  • Adrian Zackheim, publisher and president of the Portfolio book imprint, lists some essential reading for anyone who deals with high-pressure situations.

This month’s episode includes a new segment, “Books at Work”, where we ask one of our colleagues at Penguin to share a book that has helped them on the job. In our first installment, Viking publicist Gabrielle Gantz discusses Roy Peter Clark‘s Writing Tools.

Listen to the whole show here.

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Beyond the Blog

The people who bring you the Portfolio Javelin also produce a monthly podcast, the Penguin Business Beat. This month, we interviewed professionals in the creative fields who shared their expertise on turning vision into reality and ideas into successful finished projects.

Check it out to hear Portfolio’s president and publisher Adrian Zackheim, Behance CEO and author of Making Ideas Happen Scott Belsky, 800-CEO-READ‘s Jack Covert, and Dan Roam, author of Unfolding the Napkin and The Back of the Napkin.

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The Business Beat: The “Why?” of Business, Instead of the “What?”

Our new episode of “The Business Beat” is now live as part of Penguin’s online network, “From the Publishers Office.”

This episode features a discussion on the importance of purpose (with START WITH WHY author Simon Sinek), a classic book with a more enlightened approach to management (as explained by THE 100 BEST BUSINESS BOOKS OF ALL TIME author Jack Covert), and an expert’s advice on why you need to get out of debt now, with a surefire plan for making it happen (from PAY IT DOWN! author Jean Chatzky).

You can listen to a teaser below, or click here to get the full episode.

And to learn more about Penguin’s online network, you can read the original announcement here.

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Heart and soul…in business books?

Share YOUR story! at myfavoritebizbook.comJack Covert and Todd Sattersten of 800-CEO-READ have hit a nerve with their latest website creation: My Favorite Business Book. Following from their forthcoming book, The 100 Best Business Books of All Time, they’ve created a site where avid business book readers (much like yourself!) can share the books that have meant the most to them over the years.

Amid the chorus of “this book forever changed how I do business!”, contributors to the site share personal stories and zealous endorsements:

“In the new-marketing bible, Cluetrain is the old testament, and I am forever a disciple.”—blogger Jeff Risley on The Cluetrain Manifesto: The End of Business as Usual

“I feel blessed that I have the opportunity to continue to learn from and dialogue with the authors that helped change my life and launch my business!”—Tara Tollefson, CEO of the Buzz Company on Creating Customer Evangelists

“It’s the ‘bible’ in our office and Tom Peters is the Bishop”—blogger Dennis D. Balajadia on Re-Imagine!: Business Excellence in a Disruptive Age

With an easy to use visual format, you can search for the title of your own favorite business book and click the “tell us your story” button on the right-hand side of the page.

So, what biz book has knocked your socks off?

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