http://www.thenumberbook.com/blog Thu, 11 Jan 2007 00:31:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Given that it’s a slow news day — Rosie O’Donnell has declared she has no more to say about Donald Trump — I thought I’d take advantage of the silence and send you an overdue update on things Number-wise. The trade paperback edition came out just last week and seems ... http://www.thenumberbook.com/blog/2007/01/10/another-year-another-number/ Just returned from the Financial Planning Association’s annual conference, where I delivered a keynote presentation to some 3000 financial advisers. They were welcoming and warm, though understandably unsettled by the surroundings — namely, the Opryland Hotel in Nashville, surreal details of which I’ll try to provide in a later post. ... http://www.thenumberbook.com/blog/2006/11/17/signed-and-delivered/ Gratifying news today: I was delighted to hear that THE NUMBER has been named one of five finalists in the best Business book category for the 2006 Quill Book Awards. The winners, which are selected by popular vote underway now through September 30, will be announced at a ceremony ... http://www.thenumberbook.com/blog/2006/08/22/24/ I’m pleased to report that THE NUMBER is on an international roll. Most recently, global publishers abroad have contracted to bring out foreign-language editions in Korea, Taiwan, and Turkey. Also on the calendar is a September talk I’ll be giving in Hong Kong. The event is the 2006 CLSA ... http://www.thenumberbook.com/blog/2006/08/17/foreign-exchanges/ Sally Hass was one of the more memorable and inspiring characters I met while researching THE NUMBER. Sally, you’ll recall, was the indomitable education manager at the Weyerhaeuser Company (Chapter 7, “The Forest for the Trees”), the leader of the company-sponsored, pre-retirement workshop I attended a couple of years ago. ... http://www.thenumberbook.com/blog/2006/05/16/update-sally-sets-sail/ I wanted to pass along word that the Financial Planning Association has asked me to give a general session talk at its 2006 conference, to be held this coming October. The meeting, one of the most prominent on the industry’s annual calendar, draws several thousand attendees from throughout the financial ... http://www.thenumberbook.com/blog/2006/05/04/sound-off/ I’m doing a lot of traveling these days — a talk in Las Vegas last week, a few days in Scottsdale before returning home, a quick trip to Minneapolis this week, etc. It is a interesting time but, truth be told, there are moments when I’d like to think ... http://www.thenumberbook.com/blog/2006/04/08/weekly-reading/ I’m pleased to report that beginning this Tuesday, April 4, there will be a television campaign launched in support of the book — needless to say, quite uncommon for the book biz. The spots will run for about two weeks on Jim Cramer’s “Mad Money” program. This is yet ... http://www.thenumberbook.com/blog/2006/04/02/ntv/ For most of us, retirement planning does not rank high as a preferred leisure time activity. And it certainly doesn’t qualify as a core competency. 4 out of 10 Americans say they’re saving nothing for the future. Only a tiny percentage has gone to the trouble to work up a ... http://www.thenumberbook.com/blog/2006/04/01/year-of-the-sleepless-night/ This week, THE NUMBER was the subject of an hour-long segment on NPR’s “On Point,” hosted by Tom Ashbrook. For anyone wishing to download the program, please click here. http://www.thenumberbook.com/blog/2006/02/17/npr-podcast/