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Love Is the Killer App: How to Win Business and Influence Friends Paperback – July 22, 2003

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Are you wondering what the next killer app will be? Do you want to know how you can maintain and add to your value during these rapidly changing times? Are you wondering how the word love can even be used in the context of business?

Instead of wondering, read this book and find out how to become a lovecat—a nice, smart person who succeeds in business and in life.

How do you become a lovecat? By sharing your intangibles. By that I mean:
Your knowledge: everything that comes from all the books that I’ll encourage you to devour.
Your network: the collection of friends and contacts you now have, which I’ll teach you how to grow and nurture.
Your compassion: that human warmth you already possess—in these pages I’ll convince you that you can show it freely at the office.

What happens when you do all this?
* You become a rich source of information to all around you.
* You are seen as a person with valuable insight.
* You are perceived as generous to a fault, producing surprise and delight.
* You double your business intelligence in one year.
* You triple your network of personal relationships in two years.
* You quadruple the number of colleagues in your life who love you like family.

In short, you become one of those amazing, outstanding people to whom everyone turns, who leads rather than follows, who never runs out of ideas, contacts, or friendship.

Here’s the real scoop: Nice guys don’t finish last. They rule!

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Is love really all you need? Tim Sanders, director of Yahoo's in-house think tank, believes love is the crucial element in the search for personal and professional success. In Love Is the Killer App he explains why. Sander's advice is to be a "lovecat," which despite the cutesy moniker is his sincere and surprisingly practical prescription for advancement both inside and outside the office. It starts with amassing as much usable knowledge as possible, which he explains can be done by religiously carving out time to read and then poring through as many cutting-edge books in your field as possible. It follows with an emphasis on networking to the extreme. Sanders offers concrete suggestions, from compiling a super list of contacts to ensuring all are regularly stored in an always-accessible format. And he concludes by advocating a true mindset of compassion, which he says involves sharing this knowledge with those contacts and ultimately helping anyone who in one way or another may ultimately help you. Through identifiable anecdotes and specific recommendations, the book promotes an undeniably feasible yet decidedly offbeat program that has worked for the author and could prove equally favorable for others who apply it. --Howard Rothman --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Remember when the online biz was the playground of the business world? Yahoo! exec Sanders does, and with a vengeful nostalgia. In his almost dementedly excited book on how to get ahead in business by being loveable and smart, Sanders beats the drum of the New Economy louder and more happily than just about anyone out there. The "Big Statement" here Sanders is a proponent of reading as much as possible and boiling it down to an essential Big Statement is that a kill-or-be-killed mentality won't get you far in today's business environment. Better to spread love, by connecting with people, giving out advice, using every available moment to increase your knowledge and being a "lovecat." It's hard not to get swept up by the rose-colored glow of this gleaming "bizlove" philosophy, where people are excited to come to work and where they give out hugs and encouragement to everyone they come across. But being a lovecat, Sanders emphasizes, does not mean being a sucker. Naturally, as with most hype, the relentlessly upbeat narrative leads to some ridiculous overgeneralizations, like "during the Depression people worried about survival. Today the affluent worry about whether or not they are going to have a good experience." Sanders also vastly overestimates the availability of choice in today's job market, saying that if your boss isn't reciprocating your love, just get a new job ("A fresh start is a mouse click away"). These lapses aside, he is convincing. Cynics will argue that a sheep in a pack of wolves will simply be eaten, but a sheep armed with Sanders's brand of intelligent enthusiasm will more likely charm the wolves into submission.

Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: Crown Business (July 22, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1400046831
ISBN-13: 978-1400046836
Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.5 x 8 inches
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Love is the Killer App

December 26, 2011

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I know the title is odd, and this would not be a book I would pick up off the shelf either, but I was compelled to read it when the book was referenced multiple times while I was reading, Firms of Endearment. In this little volume, Tim Sanders describes what he calls, the "lovecat way" of doing business. A lovecat is simply someone who is truly invested in the success of others. It is not a "me-first, bottom line rules" way of operating, which is a definite shift from the prominent business model of the 20th century.

In his method, there are three ways you can be a lovecat: share your knowledge, share your network, and share your compassion. As Sanders describes specific ways you can do each of things, I was most impressed by his passionate plea to read continuously and share what you read with others. Seems simple enough, but in reality, very few people are reading non-fiction books about their profession, and those that do will eventually become leaders--because they will be the ones learning and growing the most.

Being able to freely share what you are learning with others is the lovecat way, and doing so will help others to be successful. Educators must break free from our silo traditions. Though this is purely a business book, Sander's method of looking for ways to give and support others definitely has education application written all over it. In the end, I think he is right. Love is the killer app--the one thing that will make the biggest difference in our students and schools, especially if we define love as the ability to relentlessly meet the needs of the students in our care and support the adults who are doing this noble work.

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Ross Dorsey Jr.

Success in business? It's all about sharing

March 30, 2011

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If you are looking for concrete practical strategies for building business relationships, as well as heartfelt, earnest inspiration to apply it, you have targeted your search successfully by landing on "Love Is The Killer App".

Mr. Sanders teaches us in this book how to practice "bizlove", which is all about sharing. More specifically, it is freely sharing the sources of intangible value which we all have in our (1) knowledge, (2) personal networks, and (3) compassion. The bulk of the book deals with how to effectively work to build the knowledge, networks, and compassion you have, prepare them for effective sharing, recognize when to share, and follow through on your sharing.

While it is laced throughout with Mr. Sanders' infectious enthusiasm, this book is highly practical. For instance, the "Knowledge" chapter outlines four steps to acquiring and sharing knowledge. Each of these steps are explored in terms of how and why, with concrete examples abounding. In turn, some steps are broken down into sub-steps and similarly explored. While Sanders gives many examples of his own bizlove in practice, he also encourages you to discover and develop your own personal bizlove language, with tips on discovering what works best for you.

For whatever reason, I didn't find the highly autobiographical opening two chapters very compelling, and it wasn't until my third reading attempt that I reached the meat, potatoes, and spice of the rest of the book.

The "Knowledge" and "Network" chapters both employ common-sense strategies, and Sanders frames them attractively... you will want to start consciously applying them immediately! (Example: I took "cliff notes" on this book, and I'm now reviewing it on Amazon). Perhaps the most significant impact on me here is the increased enthusiasm to build my knowledge and networks so that I can use them as means of serving people, whether in business or personal life.

The "Compassion" chapter isn't as developed overall as many other books on the subject, as Sanders acknowledges, but his treatment of how to recognize the best times to "get personal" in the business world was insightful, and new to me.

Mr. Sanders closes with advice regarding some of the challenges that one can encounter attempting to share bizlove, a few stories of bizlove in action (which I found pretty inspirational), and a suggested future reading list.

If you are looking to apply a personal touch to business, make yourself more valuable and memorable to your bizmates, and your time at work more valuable and memorable to you, you will be well-served by reading this. I can see Love Is The Killer App becoming a commonly used reference in my library.

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The invisible currency of Love

November 12, 2012

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This is the type of book that makes you think throughout the day. It reminds you of the importance of shaking a hand, of making a call to help out a friend, of smiling to acknowledge the entrance of a new guy in the company. It's the stuff that you're too busy to remember when we walk around blowing smoke out of our ears like an overheated robot. It's a great book on business and love etiquette and it will improve the way you communicate with your peers and make them not only business acquaintances but bizfriends, who are ultimately the ones who help you the most and give you the most business.

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Business success strategies to win in any economy

October 23, 2007

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Tim Sanders is a remarkable communicator, because he quickly maps out the systematic approach needed to maintain long term business success in this short book. Regretfully, even though I was told that it was life-changing years ago, I still didn't understand the title enough to make the connection with love to business success.

Then thankfully I had a chance to talk to Tim personally after a conference in Atlanta where he explained the concepts. I couldn't wait to read the book and then to recommend it to the business leaders that I have the honor of coaching to achieve greater results! His bonus training on how to gain full comprehension from the books you read is easy to apply as are the other coaching techinques that he weaves into the pages of this classic business tool that will work in any economy. This is essential reading if you want to maintain clients for life.

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Everyone should read

June 3, 2015

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This book is not only good for business students to read but it is good for everyone to read. It teaches a great way for you to interact with everyone on a daily basis and if everyone could be a "love cat" then life would be so much better. Highly recommend.

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He definitely knows what he's talking about.

I just started reading Tim's Table of Contents and I can't wait to finish it. He definitely knows what he's talking about.

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Good book with lots of application to business and management. You have to love to lead is the basic theme backed with numerous examples of how it works.Read more

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Rejuvenated my passion and love for not only my business, but my clients and colleagues!

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Lois Ermatinger

Fine, as business strategy books go, but I was hoping for a bit more.

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Love IS the killer app.

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"Lovecat?" "Bizlove?" Sounds weird but man this book is powerful. I went above and beyond my expectations.

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