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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>janiesch's books from LibraryThing</title><link>http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php?view=janiesch&amp;sort=stampREV</link><description>Recent books from janiesch's LibraryThing library</description><item><title>The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits by C.K. Prahalad</title><link>http://www.librarything.com/work/book/54419033</link><description>&lt;img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0131467506.01._SX90_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; clear: left;"/&gt; Wharton School Publishing (2004), Hardcover, 432 pages</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 04:56:59 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Your Next Move: The Leader&amp;#039;s Guide to Successfully Navigating Major Career Transitions by Michael Watkins</title><link>http://www.librarything.com/work/book/54027619</link><description>&lt;img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1422147630.01._SX90_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; clear: left;"/&gt; Harvard Business School Press (2009), Hardcover, 256 pages</description><pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:39:03 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Never Fly Solo: Lead with Courage, Build Trusting Partnerships, and Reach New Heights in Business by Robert &amp;quot;Waldo&amp;quot; Waldman</title><link>http://www.librarything.com/work/book/54027602</link><description>&lt;img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0071637060.01._SX90_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; clear: left;"/&gt; McGraw-Hill (2009), Edition: 1, Hardcover, 208 pages</description><pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:37:19 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures by Malcolm Gladwell</title><link>http://www.librarything.com/work/book/53746645</link><description>&lt;img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0316075841.01._SX90_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; clear: left;"/&gt; Little, Brown and Company (2009), Edition: 1, Hardcover, 432 pages</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:21:13 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance by Steven D. Levitt</title><link>http://www.librarything.com/work/book/53746632</link><description>&lt;img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0060889578.01._SX90_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; clear: left;"/&gt; William Morrow (2009), Edition: First Edition, First Printing, Hardcover, 288 pages</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:20:21 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Make Your Contacts Count: Networking Know-how for Business And Career Success by Anne Baber</title><link>http://www.librarything.com/work/book/53746628</link><description>&lt;img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0814474020.01._SX90_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; clear: left;"/&gt; AMACOM (2007), Edition: 2nd, Paperback, 272 pages</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:20:02 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Influencer: The Power to Change Anything by Kerry Patterson</title><link>http://www.librarything.com/work/book/53746626</link><description>&lt;img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/007148499X.01._SX90_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; clear: left;"/&gt; McGraw-Hill (2007), Edition: 1, Hardcover, 288 pages</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:19:40 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How to Be Insanely Great in Front of Any Audience by Carmine Gallo</title><link>http://www.librarything.com/work/book/53746615</link><description>&lt;img src="http://pics.librarything.com/picsizes/1a/6e/1a6edb1bff9324559394b5a5867426141414141.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; clear: left;"/&gt; McGraw-Hill (2009), Edition: 1, Hardcover, 256 pages</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:18:45 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School by John Medina</title><link>http://www.librarything.com/work/book/53746610</link><description>&lt;img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0979777747.01._SX90_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; clear: left;"/&gt; Pear Press (2009), Edition: Reprint, Paperback, 301 pages</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:18:19 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>A Gift to My Children: A Father&amp;#039;s Lessons for Life and Investing by Jim Rogers</title><link>http://www.librarything.com/work/book/52460010</link><description>&lt;img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1400067545.01._SX90_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; clear: left;"/&gt; janiesch's review: "I really liked the book, because of the experience the author made through his life and how he reflects that in writing. He visited around 112 countries with his wife and traveled through 12-15 war zones...

He also mentions that skill is sometimes less important than will.

&amp;quot;Say what you want, but this kid never stops. He has the right attitude and I want him working for me.&amp;quot;

If you are motivated in life and do what you like you will succeed.

On a side note: Chinas saving rate is around 1/3, USA is now only saving 2%, that's a worry :-)

Quick, easy and enjoyable read!"&lt;br&gt;Random House (2009), Edition: First Edition, Hardcover, 112 pages</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:04:41 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long by David Rock</title><link>http://www.librarything.com/work/book/51855047</link><description>&lt;img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0061771295.01._SX90_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; clear: left;"/&gt; HarperBusiness (2009), Hardcover, 304 pages</description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:01:09 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Financial Intelligence: A Manager&amp;#039;s Guide to Knowing What the Numbers Really Mean by Karen Berman</title><link>http://www.librarything.com/work/book/51855011</link><description>&lt;img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1591397642.01._SX90_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; clear: left;"/&gt; Harvard Business Press (2006), Edition: 1, Hardcover, 288 pages</description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:00:15 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Who Says Elephants Can&amp;#039;t Dance? by Louis Gerstner</title><link>http://www.librarything.com/work/book/51638246</link><description>&lt;img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0007170874.01._SX90_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; clear: left;"/&gt; HarperCollins Publishers Ltd (2003), Paperback, 372 pages</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 06:51:28 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long Term Capital Management by Roger Lowenstein</title><link>http://www.librarything.com/work/book/51638234</link><description>&lt;img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1841155047.01._SX90_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; clear: left;"/&gt; Fourth Estate (2002), Paperback, 275 pages</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 06:50:41 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>What the CEO Wants You to Know : How Your Company Really Works by Ram Charan</title><link>http://www.librarything.com/work/book/51638222</link><description>&lt;img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0609608398.01._SX90_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; clear: left;"/&gt; Crown Business (2001), Edition: 1, Hardcover, 144 pages</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 06:49:56 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>The Essential Drucker: The Best of Sixty Years of Peter Drucker&amp;#039;s Essential Writings on Management (Collins&amp;hellip; by Peter F. Drucker</title><link>http://www.librarything.com/work/book/50492901</link><description>&lt;img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0061345016.01._SX90_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; clear: left;"/&gt; Harper Paperbacks (2008), Paperback, 368 pages</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 21:47:21 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>The Effective Executive (Classic Drucker Collection) by Peter F. Drucker</title><link>http://www.librarything.com/work/book/50492870</link><description>&lt;img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0750685077.01._SX90_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; clear: left;"/&gt; Butterworth-Heinemann (2007), Edition: 2nd Revised edition, Paperback, 200 pages</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 21:45:59 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive: Outsell, Outmanage, Outmotivate, and Outnegotiate Your Competition&amp;hellip; by Harvey B. Mackay</title><link>http://www.librarything.com/work/book/50466527</link><description>&lt;img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/006074281X.01._SX90_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; clear: left;"/&gt; Harper Paperbacks (2005), Paperback, 288 pages</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:48:13 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Secrets of Closing the Sale by Zig Ziglar</title><link>http://www.librarything.com/work/book/50466431</link><description>&lt;img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0800759753.01._SX90_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; clear: left;"/&gt; Revell (2004), Edition: Updated, Paperback, 432 pages</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:47:05 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Selling the Invisible: A Field Guide to Modern Marketing by Harry Beckwith</title><link>http://www.librarything.com/work/book/50466278</link><description>&lt;img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0446520942.01._SX90_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; clear: left;"/&gt; Business Plus (1997), Hardcover, 272 pages</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:45:43 -0400</pubDate></item></channel></rss>

