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Finding a Career Horse to Ride

Steve Smith 21 May 2019 Leave a Comment

Finding a Career Horse to Ride

About 20 years ago I read the book, Horse Sense, by Al Ries and Jack Trout. The authors posit, “The key to success if finding a horse to ride.” In the authors typically direct and simple style, filled with real world stories and anecdotal evidence, they categorize the many different “horses” one might find to […]

Filed Under: Productivity Tagged With: book, book review, Books, career, leadership, networking, productivity, teams

ardalis 11 Oct 2012 Leave a Comment

A Review of The Clean Coder

I’m generally a fan of Robert C. “Uncle Bob” Martin’s books, so realize I’m going into this book with something of a positive bias. While is previous books, Agile Principles, Patterns and Practices in C# and Clean Code, have been specifically about programming techniques, this latest title, The Clean Coder, is more philosophical in nature. […]

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ardalis 20 Jun 2011 Leave a Comment

Seth Godin The Dip

I picked up The Dip by Seth Godin a while back and thought I’d post my thoughts on it.  It’s a quick read, at only 80 pages or so.  I’m generally a fan of Seth’s books, and I enjoyed this one.  His style is entertaining to read, and the book was worth the < $10 […]

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