Thanks to Ken and McKenzie Lain for graciously hosting us last week at Watters Garden Center in Prescott, Arizona, for a book signing and presentation of Maxwell’s “All You Can Eat Business Wisdom: Second Helpings.” For those who missed the event, the book is available from Amazon at: tinyurl.com/AYCEBW2026.

It may not last, but Amazon is selling this great business advice book featuring the wisdom of 21 experts, normally $39.95, for only $23.33. Worth every penny times 100. ACT FAST! tinyurl.com/AYCEBW2-Unsigned

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"I recommend everybody buy this book" — @drlauraprogram Seven-year-old Gabe thinks saying “I’m sorry” is enough to fix any mistake—until he accidentally ruins his neighbor’s cherished garden while practicing his soccer kicks. This time, his go-to apology doesn’t cut it.

“The loss and despair were, indeed, profound. But so was how we all came together to recover.” — Gwendolyn Bounds @gwendolynbounds, "September Twelfth," p. 30. tinyurl.com/NineEleven25

A crisis is the wrong time to start teaching employees judgment, initiative, ethics, and teamwork. Those qualities must already be part of the culture. tinyurl.com/MMR090726

Some of your best ideas may arrive when you stop trying so hard to find them. @saraconnell explains how to create the mental space that allows breakthrough thinking to surface. tinyurl.com/MMR091426

Check out my latest article: Your Next Breakthrough Idea May Arrive When You Stop Trying So Hard to Find It linkedin.com/pulse/your-next… via @LinkedIn

VIDEOS: On four dates in March 2021, I hosted “reunions” of WSJ reporters and editors who played a key role in my book, “September Twelfth: Ground Zero on 9/11 with The Wall Street Journal.” The videos of the panels are a time capsule of memories. These the links to the videos on YouTube: tinyurl.com/9-11HarmsWay tinyurl.com/9-11Scattered tinyurl.com/9-11SBandDC tinyurl.com/9-11FiveLives The newly expanded edition of “September Twelfth” is available from Amazon at tinyurl.com/NineEleven25.

On the Anniversary of 9/11, Dean Rotbart’s 'September Twelfth' Profiles Former WSJ and ProPublica Editor Paul E. Steiger einpresswire.com/article/941… via @ein_news

“Everyone immediately went to work, even at great personal peril.” — Marcus Brauchli, September Twelfth, p. 32. tinyurl.com/NineEleven25

The Wall Street Journal’s Comeback on 9/11 Deserves Its Place in History linkedin.com/pulse/wall-stre…

“It took everything I had to keep going, making one decision after another and hoping they were good ones.” — Jim Pensiero, 2026 edition of "September Twelfth," p. 32. tinyurl.com/NineEleven25

Great leaders don’t make themselves indispensable. They build organizations that can function when they’re absent. That lesson came into sharp focus at The Wall Street Journal on 9/11. tinyurl.com/MMR090726 @WizardofAds

“This story is a prayer. It lifts us all up.” — Brian Doyle, reacting to the Journal’s “Five Lives,” September Twelfth, p. 283. tinyurl.com/NineEleven25 @alansmurray @BryanGruley @PhilKuntz @helenecooper

Company culture isn’t what’s written in an employee handbook. It’s what people instinctively do when the normal rules and routines disappear. Dean and Maxwell Rotbart explain. tinyurl.com/MMR090726

“The kind of hard, straight, fearless journalism The Wall Street Journal practiced on September 11, 2001…will remain valued and will win out.” — Gerald F. Seib, September Twelfth, p. 24. tinyurl.com/NineEleven25

The Wall Street Journal lost access to its main newsroom on 9/11 — yet published a Pulitzer Prize-winning edition the next day. What can business leaders learn from that? Plenty. tinyurl.com/MMR090726 @WSJ

What can a CEO learn from a receptionist or warehouse employee? More than most leaders realize. Jim Ellis explains why valuable insights often come from unexpected voices. Listen now: tinyurl.com/MMR082426 @FSBAssociates @DeanJimEllis @WizardofAds