| Hello: Here’s the fourth edition of MarketVolt’s Monday Mash-up. We’ll kick off every week with this quick collection of tips, recommendations, observations and other interesting, valuable stuff. – Tom |
| Monday, January 29, 2018 MarketVolt’s Monday Mash-Up I’m reading… Leonardo da Vinci — by Walter Isaacson, who wrote great biographies of Steve Jobs, Albert Einstein, and Benjamin Franklin. This book is entertaining and educational. We all can learn from studying geniuses, and Leonardo rates on two fronts — art and science. Lots of business lessons in this book. Watch for an email from me on Wednesday that shares one of those lessons. I’m listening to… …Albums that should have won a Grammy (at least, according to the Washington Post). In an article previewing last night’s award ceremony, the Post argued that “the Grammy’s never get it right.” The article listed the past 38 years of Album of the Year nominees and winners. The critic lists the albums he thinks should have been nominated and won. Some of those albums are among my favorites already. Others I’m hearing for the first time. Quote we’re pondering… In the book The Power of Habit (by Charles Duhigg), former Starbucks president Howard Behar says, “We’re not in the coffee business serving people. We’re in the people business serving coffee.” I love it. No matter what product or service you offer, you’re in the people business. Some of the books I’ve recommended (Setting the Table and Crucial Conversations) are all about that. Great Resource Pixlr — a suite of digital editing tools. We recommend Pixlr to all of our clients who want an online tool for resizing, cropping, and processing digital images. It’s simple to use, but it also has plenty of advanced features. Best of all, it’s free. Reason we’re grateful… We’ve been getting a ton of feedback on our new Monday and Wednesday emails. Lots of positive reactions. Some constructive criticism which we’re taking to heart. We’re grateful to all of you who are reading and to those who have offered feedback. Keep it coming! *** Any reading, listening, quoting, resourcing that you think we should share? Send us a tip. Until next time, enjoy the rest of this week and the weekend. Tom |
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