Calphalon Commercial 9-Piece Hard-Anodized Cookware Set

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Set includes: 8" omelette, 10" omelette, and 12" omelette, 3qt chefs casserole with cover, 7qt chefs casserole with cover, and 2.5qt shallow saucepan with cover. Heavy-gauge aluminum is responsive to temperature changes. These pans feature the original Calphalon hard anodized surface, which is stick resistant, meaning that it sticks when you want it (when your searing, browning) and releases when you need it to(when your food is ready). If you know how cast iron cooks, you know how the hard anodized cooks, but hard anodized has many beneifts that make it better choice- aluminum is a better conductor than iron, you never season your pan(so you dont have flavor transfer from dish to dish), and it doesn't rust! All pans are spun or drawn into shape, which makes the entire pan (sides as well as bottom) the same thickness, which guarantees even heating throughout. If you enjoy cooking and want the best and most versatile surface for performing a variety of techniques- this is the surface for you! Metal utensil and broiler safe. Lifetime Warranty.
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- Set includes 2-1/2-quart covered shallow saucepan; 8-, 10-, and 12-inch open skillets; 3- and 7-quart covered chef's casseroles
- Heavy-gauge, hard-anodized aluminum construction provides fast, even heating
- Riveted stainless-steel handles stay comfortably cool for stovetop cooking
- Casserole lids are domed to return moisture to pot; oven-safe
- Wash by hand recommended; metal utensil and broiler safe; lifetime warranty
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 "Still cheap a year after I got this as a gift for someone..." 2010-02-24
By Z. Klue (USA)
Quality cookware...fraction of the price I've seen them elsewhere...ability to deglaze and make tasty sauces...I'm in...





I gave this as a Christmas present and everyone has loved them. A year later I'm looking for pans for myself and I find out I can get the same pans for nearly the same as I paid before.

 "Calphalon Commercial 9 piece hard anodized cookware" 2010-02-23
By DanaLJohn
Absolutely love my new cookware. Heats up very quickly. And meals cook evenly. Cleans easily. Very happy with my purchaseCalphalon Commercial 9-Piece Hard-Anodized Cookware Set

 "Disappointed" 2010-02-22
By Ping-Ping
I too bought this set of 9-piece Calphalon Commercial cookware and only in Jan. 2010. I wrote to Amazon.com before the 30-days were up to register my dissatisfaction with the quality of the cookware but received no response. Anyway, since it IS cookware, one must use it to find out if it meets the claims made by Amazon.com but then they require the items to be new before a full refund can be issued. What is one to do with a set of expensive pots and pans that is not really quite commercial quality?

Anyway, the product information and description for this cookware is misleading when it states

1. that the list price is $492 when the quality just does not match that price, and

2. that this set of cookware "features the ORIGINAL hard anodized surface which is stick resistant..."

Aside from the "sticky" problem and whatever marks those are that will not wash away, the scratchy sound of the lid against the saucepan is the most disconcerting--it gives me goose-pimples if I am not careful. Not sure if this too is part of the ORIGINAL product from Calphalon...

It is comforting to know I am not the only customer who is disappointed with this product with the wonderful claims and reviews--perhaps those were the ORIGINAL cookware made in another time zone. Oddly enough, this item that is no longer sold by Calphalon is made specially for Amazon.com. (Now that is something to chew on.)

Anyway, the cookware is usable of course, BUT for this price, I could have gotten cookware that is better quality, more hardy, more hassle/worry-free (a lot more), and probably prettier too. (The discount won't be so "great" probably but neither will the discrepancy be between list price and brand expectation.)

Amazon.com should revise the product review and description, reduce the price, and get Calphalon to rename this product. And while they are at it, change the photo too -- the cookware is more gray than black.

 "Great purchase!" 2010-02-14
By E. Lupson (Kentucky)
This cookware set includes a great variety of pot / skillet sizes that can be used for a wide variety of cooking needs. They are heavy weight and clean up wonderfully. I do reserve my nonstick skillet for certain foods as this set takes some getting used to since it is not nonstick.

 "Lousy product" 2010-02-05
By Marcia L. Solomon (Rome NY)
Food sticks to pans. this was made in China not the USA. Poor workmanship, if I had known before hand I never would have bought it for my sister. Very disappointed that Amazon would deal with this kind of product. I will be thinking a second time before I use Amazon again.


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Lifetimes

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A pet . . . a friend . . . or a relative dies, and it must be explained to a child. This sensitive book is a useful tool in explaining to children that death is a part of life and that, eventually, all living things reach the end of their own special lifetimes.
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- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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 "Great Book!" 2009-12-01
By Carol Silva
I've used this book twice to explain death to my 5 year old son, once for a pet and second for a family member. This book is very well written and easy for a child to understand. It was recommended by my childs teacher.

 "awesome book to explain death to children" 2009-11-14
By T. Huck
The book is great. Just watch out for the shipping especially if you want to order more than 1. You cant do it without paying double the shipping... bad rip off.

 "Helpful in time of loss" 2009-09-21
By Emmi (California)
This book simply explains the process of living and dying, by giving examples of the lifecycle of certain animals and how they eventually die. It could have had alittle more emotion, because there is always emotion connected to losing a loved one. Even children feel that emotion or loss.

 "I read this as a child..." 2009-08-20
By Tracy R. Haralla (Neptune, NJ USA)
My Mother read this book to me as a child after my Father passed away when I was two years old. I have to say that the book was good at helping me understand death, but that the picture of the little boy with the splinter haunted me for years. I don't know what it was, but from that moment on, this book was known to me as "The little boy book."



Just a warning for some parents that have children that may be fightened easily.

 "A few pages I would change" 2009-04-08
By EVR (Texas)
After reading the positive reviews here, I was disappointed with this book. I love the reference to everything having its own special lifetime, but I wish several pages were worded / illustrated differently.



In discussing flowers and vegetable plants, the book states that "when Winter comes and it is cold, they die" -- not always true (many flowers go dormant and come back in the spring), and for me, it's important for my son to understand the vast difference between the death of a plant and the death of an animal or a human. Yes, everything dies, but the language could make a greater distinction between plant and animal/human life, and could be more respectful of human life. After stating that "it may be sad" with respect to human death, on the next page, the book states that "lifetimes are really all the same." I disagree with that statement, and no matter what their religious beliefs, I know very few people who would.



There are a few other things I would change, such as the illustration on the page opposite the description of human death. The text states, "Mostly, of course, they get better again but there are times when they are so badly hurt or they are so ill that they die..." The corresponding illustration is of a boy getting a splinter removed. It's hard to explain why the image seemed so out of place to me, perhaps it's the forlorn expression on the boy's face, or maybe it was the wording of the text -- but for me, the book's overall depiction of human death did not feel reassuring (which was what I had been hoping for).



This book provides a basic matter-of-fact way to explain the life cycle of living creatures. The illustrations are for the most part beautiful, and the language is mostly gentle. However, if you have a young child with specific questions and concerns about loss and what happens when you die, this may not be the right (or at least the only) book for you.


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Just Ask My Children

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Brenda (Virginia Madsen, Candyman, Dune) and Scott Kniffen (Jeffrey Nordling, TVs "Once and Again") are accused of child molestation and physical abuse. Without a shred of evidence, the authorities arrest them and take their two young sons into protective custody. The boys are lead to believe that if they give the "right" testimony, they will be returned to their parents. Through relentless badgering, the impressionable children are coerced into testifying against their parents. After an agonizing nine-month trial The Kniffin's are sentenced to life imprisonment for crimes they did not commit. While their sons are tormented by uncertain memories and obscure recollections, Brenda and Scott face many horrors in prison. Based on a True Story.
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 "Just Ask My Children dvd" 2009-09-20
By mckinneychick
I really enjoyed this movie, because it lets you know how the law is and how they assume things before getting proof of what is really going on. I shared this movie with a bunch of my friends who really enjoyed it and it lets them understand how our world and laws are being ingorned when not getting the proof they need but instead they assume .

 "Greatnes minute after minute" 2008-12-07
By Abner Ramos Delgado (PR USA)
"This movie is simply great. An Excellent add to any real stories movie collector. Great performances for a great story."

 "The Tide of Time" 2007-08-20
By Ellison Lowry (Pasadena, CA)
When history passes over it is people who are forgotten. Looking back on any period in history it is difficult, but not hard, to see the faces of individuals and how they felt about the defining moments of their lives. When the Kniffens and McCuans were tried and convicted in Kern County, Califoria of crimes of child abuse it couldn't have been a more perfect time for it to happen.

At that time in the early 1980s no one knew just how life-threatening one allegation of child abuse could be. All it took was an allegation by a paranoid schizophrenic and highy mentally unstable woman who could not tell fact from fantasy and two families were torn apart and used as scape-goats for the government's inability to end child molestation.

There are some similarities between this case and the McMartin trial as well as other so-called "child-sex rings" of the 1980s that resulted in "witch-hunting" trials but this case saddened me more because of the abuse of legal power over its people.

The entire justice system of Kern County violated every civil right law in the constitution and got away with it in the name of "saving children."

This film more so than any other on the subject shows just how the children were coerced into believing that they had taken part in acts of depravity the likes of which no one can even imagine.

Finally what you didn't see about the McMartin trial was just how the children had false memories planted in their mind and used to put away their innocent parents for 13 years.

What is so sad about this story is that those 13 years will never be given back to those families torn apart simply because no reversal of errors can turn back the hand of time.

There was a moment when Brenda Kniffen in the film begins to give up hope and she admits to herself and her husband that their sons childhoods have passed them by and that their only hope left is to hope for the happiness of their sons wherever they may be.

There are wrongs beyond redemption and what the California "justice" system did to these families can never be forgiven.

 "Kern County Witchhunts" 2006-04-02
By W.H.I.P. (California)
I recently viewed this movie on TV and decided to order it for my own use. You see the Kern County Witchhunt was not limited to Kern County; it extended into Tulare County also. I know because my family has been living a nightmare because of false charges of child molestation since 1985. God instructed me to create a support group for innocent prisoners in 1989 which I did. I wrote several articles about false accusations in Tulare County for a local Tulare County newspaper and one article for a small newspaper in Bakersfield, California concerning the subject of false charges of child molestation. My son, daughter, and me was on a local radio station in Kern County two times discussing this subject. I named a name of local police officer who terrorized little children into lying about their parents. As a result, it was pay back time for me and after they along with others succeeded in brainwashing my grown daughter into saying I told her not to testify, that God would not like it and that she could be gotten for perjury, I spent over 5 years in prison for witness intimidation for allegingly stating the statements that my daughter claimed I said, but I never even talked to her about testifying at all. I was totally innocent and am currently on supervise release for another 2 years. Anyone who does not believe that thousands of parents in Kern,Tulare,Kings,Fresno,Butte,San Bernadino counties were imprisoned on false charges of child molestation is highly wrong because it truly did occur in the Child Abuse War of the 1980's. This movie is really a representation of the thousands who suffered as a result of this abuse against the family and I am thankful that this excellent movie was made.

 "Just ask My Children review" 2005-09-02
By Ms. Linnie H. Neely (Memphis, TN USA)
Acting very realistic. As the story unfolds you can just see these actions happening in your own life and terminatiog in a jail sentence. Even though the authorities in this movie really investigated and were concerned for the children's safety, the evidence seemed to pile up against the parents. Good story line.


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Mom at Sixteen/Too Young to Be a Dad

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Homework, the prom, getting a driver's license. These are the problems most teens face. Diapers, sleepless nights, no more freedom - ever. These are the problems some teens face - the subject of these frank and poignant Lifetime movies that unveil the compelling reality of teen parenthood. Mom at Sixteen is the story of Jacey (Danielle Panabaker of Empire Falls), a high school junior with a secret: her infant brother is really her son. Jacey struggles with living a lie... and with doing what's best for her baby. Too Young to Be a Dad examines the often-forgotten drama of the teenage father. Paul Franklin Dano (The Ballad of Jack and Rose) plays a quiet honor student who's torn by his family's pain, his sense of responsibility and his once-shining future. Two sensitive stories - two fateful decisions.

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Deleted Scenes:Mom at Sixteen deleted scenes
Interviews:Mom at Sixteen cast & crew interviews

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 "Too Young to be a Dad" 2009-12-21
By Lisa Verson (Dayton, OH)
I really liked this movie, mainly because it's told from the teenage father's point of view. About 90% of the TV movies that deal with teen pregnancy are mainly told from the mother's side. This one took a different approach which I thought was a very smart move. Paul Dano was perfectly cast for the roll of Matt Freeman, a straight A honor roll student who sleeps with a girl he likes and she ends up pregnant. Both of their parents decide that adoption is the best option for the baby, but as the movie goes on, Matt has second thoughts. I'm not going to give away the ending, but in my opinion it was a very good ending. This movie is really good for parents to watch with their teenagers since it will (hopefully) send a message that one can end up being pregnant even if you have only had sex once.

 "Great plot, story line...A must have for any parent of a teenager" 2007-01-14
By Susan W. Sager (Atlanta, Ga)
This movie was exellent and I think any pre teen or teenager from ages 11 and up should have to watch this movie because you will learn a lot. Many parents don't know that their children are having sex at a young age and don't care to get involved before it is too late. Also some of the ones that are having sex lie to their parents and/or wont discuss it and this is a good way to get invloved with your child life without embarrasing them. This movie is a realization for me and I am only 22 years old but this movie will make you realize it's best to wait before having kids, because they come first and it would be selfish to have a child if you are not ready and to understand that the child comes first. This is what this movie is about, a girl having a child while struggling to stay in school and maintain good grades and the very doubt of ever being able to go to college and having the life that she always dreamed of. The plot of this movie kept me interested untill the very end and it was a very good movie. I would recommend this to teachers to play in school and parents to buy for there teenagers! I don't have kids but this was a TOTAL realization for me and I wished that I would have seen this movie sooner!! I saw this on Lifetime but I am buying it to show my kids one day because I feel that it is important. This movie really can change your teens life, it did mine!

 "review of Mom At Sixteen" 2006-10-24
By pancake_repairman (gfjdhgfjhgj)
I wondered if it was written by someone from the team behind My So-Called Life. I mean if it was it would have been written as an assignment for a paycheck, but the treatment of the material was much more detailed and less PSAish than I've ever seen before, especially for a made for tv movie. The dichotomy of the post-pregnancy teen's jaded attitude towards sex and the rest of the class' rabid enthusiasm for discussing it is very effective. The plight of the infertile woman is depicted well by introducing her as a teacher and a person first and then later revealing her situation rather than just presenting her as a one-dimensional representation of an affliction. The way this film lets the characters exist before and outside of the "issues" they respesent is what sets it apart.

 "Good movie for teens." 2006-08-14
By Mark T. Von Seggern (Denver, CO USA)
I bought this just for being a DVD. It really turned out that, Mom at Sixteen is really good for an eye opener for the Girls and Too Young to Be a Dad is really an Eye opener for the Boys. Of course I am not a Parent, but still good movies.

 "Mom at Sixteen/Too Young to Be a Dad" 2006-06-25
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The movies where great and very educational!!!!! More Teens Should take this into consitoration I am 11 and I know more about sex and teen pregnancy then most teens do and if you have noticed the age of teen pregnancy has gotten even younger like 9 - 18!!! It is very sad to see for instance if you go into a middle school or high school you will see some pregnante girls or boys talking about how they got so and so pregnante last night or a week ago!!!! It's very sad I would hate to see our generation torn to peices because of this !!!



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Jasmine


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Making Millions in Direct Sales: The 8 Essential Activities Direct Sales Managers Must Do Every Day to Build a Successful Team and Earn More Money

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A direct sales superstar offers his tips on how to manage and grow quotabusting sales teams

One of today's fastest-growing enterprise sectors, direct sales employs 10 million people. Of that number, 2 million are managers. The most respected name in the business and a living legend, Michael Malaghan has done more than $2 billion worth of direct sales business over the past decade. In Making Millions in Direct Sales, he shares what he knows about assembling, managing, and motivating supercharged sales teams. Managers and those who aspire to become managers learn:

• Eight essential activities every direct sales manager must master
• 14 great motivators every sales manager should know
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Casa Moda S'Mores Maker with Ceramic Round Tray

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Make your favorite bonfire treat year round with this s’mores maker. Not only is it compact and easy to clean up, it also can be used indoors and outdoors. The set includes the s’mores maker grill, snuffer, burner handle and holder, chocolate bar holder, marshmallow holders, graham cracker holder, marshmallow roasting forks and a ceramic round tray. Adult supervision is required. Dishwasher safe. Imported. 5Hx12-3/4W”.
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- Tabletop S’mores kit with 4 color-coded, 9-inch roasting forks
- Set includes: ceramic cooking hut with grate top, metal fuel holder with lid, snuffer, divided ceramic tray, and 4 roasting forks
- Fuel holder; heat-resistant handle; adjustable vent settings
- Ceramic tray with grooved base for cooking hut; 4 food compartments
- Powered by 2.6-ounce chafing fuel--sold separately; dishwasher-safe
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 "Works well" 2008-09-02
By 777bride
I really like it but I must admit I don't use it often. Its good for parties because its not very messy and its cheap. Just buy chocolate, crackers and marshmallows.

 "Great college gift." 2005-12-06
By Mary Duncan (rome ga)
Great for college kids. 2.6 pz chafing fuel is sold at Kroger under the brand name of sterno. I was in the household items.

 "No, of course you don't NEED this..." 2005-03-28
By Exdamyankee (Buccaneer country, Tampa FL)
You can probably live your entire life and never have an acute need for a Casa Moda S'mores maker. Given a choice, I'd rather go outside and do up the marshmallows on sticks by a campfire (no sticky clean-up!), but for those instances when you've got a bunch of kids together for a sleepover or something this little gadget is great.



Quality wise, it is assembled from heavy ceramic that should be durable and from which it is a cinch to clean off the aforementioned sticky marshmallow and chocolate mess. The metal grill and internal burner are a bit more difficult to scrub, however.



The 2.6 oz. fuel cans are difficult to find (thanks to the reviewer that helped out on this one) but in a pinch I used a tablespoon of Sterno from a 7oz can scooped into a little steel cup, which I placed in the burner. Worked great!



The kids *love* this thing, just be sure to supervise them when they are using it, as burning marshmallows are a definite fire hazard!

 "Looking For Chafing Fuel For Your S'mores - LOOK NO FURTHER " 2005-03-26
By Brandon Jones
Scientific Utility Brands International, Inc. makes the right size chafing fuel for your S'mores. Item #MF003 - 3 pack 1 hour burn. Product is called Magic Flame.



They have retailers such as ACE Hardware and Meijer Supermarket (Housewares dept) to name a few that carries the Magic Flame item # MF003.



Web Site: www.scientificutility.com

 "ok product..." 2005-01-24
By Darla S. Rodriguez
I recieved this for a christmas present and opened it right up. The design is fair. The sterno container that I purchased did not fit in the holder that was included. I traveled to 13 stores to see if they carried the smaller 2.6 oz cans to no avial. The flame was not as big as I had hoped, since the product display shows everyone can toast at once. I did end up using the adaptor top as reccomended and the flame is so condenced that only 1 or 2 people can toast at once. Very sad:( ... Best thing about it is that I am the only one that has one, so everyone hangs out at my place a little more.


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Indispensable: How To Become The Company That Your Customers Can't Live Without

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A five-step strategy for turning a commodity into a necessity

When products and services become interchangeable, price becomes the ultimate determinant for consumers. Indispensable shows businesses how to break out of that cycle by using The Five Drivers-a strategy that takes companies to the next level of performance. Renowned business consultant Joe Calloway looks at how real companies have made their product or service "mission critical," and satisfied customers in the process.

Indispensable goes straight to the heart of the issue and reveals how successful companies-of any size, in virtually any manufacturing, selling, or service endeavor-achieve market leadership through The Five Drivers of fierce customer loyalty. Indispensable shows readers how to:
* Create and sustain momentum: overcome organizational inertia and keep moving forward
* Develop habitual dependability: make consistency of performance a defining characteristic
* Connect continuously
* See the Big Picture Outcome: create compelling customer experiences
* Engage, Enchant, Enthrall: make magic in the marketplace

With interviews, detailed case studies, and dozens of real-world, effective customer service ideas and initiatives, Indispensable is just what today's forward-thinking businesses need.
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 "I read it again" 2009-08-18
By Randy Pennington
First, the disclosure: Joe Calloway is a friend. That said, I bought this book when it appeared in 2005, and I read it again today. The principles in this book - which some will say are obviious - resonate more with me today than they did four years ago. The need to be Indispensible has gone way past "want to do" to become the "need to do" goal that will ensure your success and long-term viability. This book was definitely worth another read.

Randy G. Pennington

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 "Great Book!" 2009-02-25
By S. Dot
Book gave lots of good incite. Some was common sense but all in all it was a good book.

 "Fabulous ideas backed up by case studies" 2005-11-15
By Business Book Skeptic (Alabama)
When I saw the raving testimonials on the back cover by executives from Saks Fifth Avenue, Volvo, Tractor Supply, and Quill Corporation, I was dubious. What could be so great about this book? I'm a believer. From understanding how to compete against the "lowest price" provider to unique case studies ranging from a revolutionary bank and W Hotels to a pancake restaurant and selling guru Geoffrey Gitomer (Little Red Book of Selling), Calloway has written a compelling business book that will force you to examine your own business in a way that inspires performance improvement. Those who haven't spent time "in the trenches" of business or management probably won't get it, but for those who have to constantly find ways to improve productivity - this is the book to read this year. You won't find a book with more practical or engaging case studies anywhere.

 "Full of Duh's" 2005-11-14
By Business Reader (TX USA)
Calloway's book starts with 5 promising but not earthshattering "drive behaviors" that result in becoming indispensable. But the book quickly becomes lots of duh's. Among his 28 indispensable lessons: #1 "Sell the same thing as everybody else and have the lowest price." Duh.

#7 "Know your customers." Duh

And lots and lots of stories...Serious students of business development should pass on this book.

 "Read this book!" 2005-09-28
By Roger E. Herman (Greensboro, NC USA)
Meet Joe Calloway, a consultant on branding and competitive positioning. He's delightfully candid, direct, instructive, and stimulating. As you read this book, you will get to know Calloway as a human and consumer with feelings...that certainly come out in this text. I thoroughly enjoyed page after page of stories of how companies become indispensable...or not. The conversational tone is captivating and motivating.



You'll read about the Five Drivers: create and drive momentum, develop habitual dependability, continuous connection, big picture outcome, and engage, enchant, and enthrall. The chapters illuminate these drivers and deliver even more. I found myself looking at my business relationships much differently-both as a consumer and as a deliverer of goods and services. Between Calloway's lessons, countless examples, and case studies is an intricate fabric of a clear message. Be indispensable or lose to the competition. I won't tell you more details-there's too much to try to convey the depth of this book in a review. Read it.



Expect to be thoroughly engaged by this book, eager to return to it every time you put it down. And, expect to send it to someone who really needs it when you're finished!




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