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I live in Waukesha, WI with my wife Amy and three kids Ethan, Zach, and Alexa.

I am President at 800-CEO-READ.

I co-wrote The 100 Best Business Books of All-Time: What They Say, Why They Matter, and How They Can Help You. (Portfolio, Feb 2009)
I edited and self-published More Space

I ran a small sheet fabrication shop with my dad for three years.
I got an MBA from Marquette University.
I worked for General Electric for six years, making PET scanners, industrial diamond, and motor control systems.
I got a mechanical engineering degree from Michigan Tech.</description><title>Tumbling Todd Sattersten</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @toddsattersten)</generator><link>http://toddsattersten.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>Love Bill Paxton in Aliens - “Game Over, Man. Game Over.” [on AMC right now]</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Love Bill Paxton in Aliens - “Game Over, Man. Game Over.” [on AMC right now]&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://toddsattersten.tumblr.com/post/252561191</link><guid>http://toddsattersten.tumblr.com/post/252561191</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:19:05 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>How architects think about ideas - http://bit.ly/6UDvLh</title><description>&lt;p&gt;How architects think about ideas - &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/6UDvLh" target="_blank"&gt;http://bit.ly/6UDvLh&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://toddsattersten.tumblr.com/post/251305916</link><guid>http://toddsattersten.tumblr.com/post/251305916</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:40:32 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>My folks I’m following #ff @AgentSaysWhat @AuthorSaysWhat @MikeShatzkin @ettagirl @dwellephant...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;My folks I’m following #ff @&lt;a href="http://twitter.com/AgentSaysWhat" target="_blank"&gt;AgentSaysWhat&lt;/a&gt; @&lt;a href="http://twitter.com/AuthorSaysWhat" target="_blank"&gt;AuthorSaysWhat&lt;/a&gt; @&lt;a href="http://twitter.com/MikeShatzkin" target="_blank"&gt;MikeShatzkin&lt;/a&gt; @&lt;a href="http://twitter.com/ettagirl" target="_blank"&gt;ettagirl&lt;/a&gt; @&lt;a href="http://twitter.com/dwellephant" target="_blank"&gt;dwellephant&lt;/a&gt; @&lt;a href="http://twitter.com/alansmurray" target="_blank"&gt;alansmurray&lt;/a&gt; @&lt;a href="http://twitter.com/christinet6d" target="_blank"&gt;christinet6d&lt;/a&gt; @&lt;a href="http://twitter.com/sarahrainone" target="_blank"&gt;sarahrainone&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://toddsattersten.tumblr.com/post/251106674</link><guid>http://toddsattersten.tumblr.com/post/251106674</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:49:26 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>Parti</title><description>&lt;a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ToddSattersten/~3/s0OdOmCFaZg/parti.html"&gt;Parti&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;
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&lt;h5&gt;A parti is the central idea or concept of a building&lt;/h5&gt;
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A &lt;em&gt;parti&lt;/em&gt; [par-TEE] can be expressed several ways but is most often expressed by a diagram depicting the general floor-plan organization…&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://toddsattersten.tumblr.com/post/251005949</link><guid>http://toddsattersten.tumblr.com/post/251005949</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:26:27 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>The 11 Problems That Kill Organizations </title><description>&lt;a href="http://toddsattersten.com/2009/11/the-11-problems-that-kill-organizations.html"&gt;The 11 Problems That Kill Organizations &lt;/a&gt;: &lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Or The Eleven Focus Areas for Consultants to Sell Services.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This list is from Alan Weiss’ &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0071622101?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=toddsatte-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0071622101" target="_blank"&gt;Million Dollar Consulting&lt;/a&gt;. The fourth edition of the book was released in July and about half way…&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://toddsattersten.tumblr.com/post/250803371</link><guid>http://toddsattersten.tumblr.com/post/250803371</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:52:55 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>The Cut</title><description>&lt;a href="http://toddsattersten.com/2009/11/the-cut.html"&gt;The Cut&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;
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Jesse from the Put This On&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; blog was answering a question the other day from a reader who wanted to know what could be do to alter a vintage suit he had bought. The first sentence from &lt;a href="http://putthison.com/post/246119143" target="_blank"&gt;his…&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://toddsattersten.tumblr.com/post/250803367</link><guid>http://toddsattersten.tumblr.com/post/250803367</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:52:55 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>The 33 Things Your iPhone Replaces - http://bit.ly/1CNkS4</title><description>&lt;p&gt;The 33 Things Your iPhone Replaces - &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/1CNkS4" target="_blank"&gt;http://bit.ly/1CNkS4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://toddsattersten.tumblr.com/post/250410309</link><guid>http://toddsattersten.tumblr.com/post/250410309</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:09:15 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>Hey @jonmueller - another example of when form and function match -...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Hey @&lt;a href="http://twitter.com/jonmueller" target="_blank"&gt;jonmueller&lt;/a&gt; - another example of when form and function match - &lt;a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/SFPanoramaPR.html" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.mcsweeneys.net/SFPanoramaPR.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://toddsattersten.tumblr.com/post/250110694</link><guid>http://toddsattersten.tumblr.com/post/250110694</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:27:14 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>Link from @MikeShatzkin on what will change in publishing when the ebook comes first -...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Link from @&lt;a href="http://twitter.com/MikeShatzkin" target="_blank"&gt;MikeShatzkin&lt;/a&gt; on what will change in publishing when the ebook comes first - &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/2kbE62" target="_blank"&gt;http://bit.ly/2kbE62&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://toddsattersten.tumblr.com/post/250110699</link><guid>http://toddsattersten.tumblr.com/post/250110699</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:27:14 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>Today would have been Peter Drucker’s 100th birthday. (via @wallybock)</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Today would have been Peter Drucker’s 100th birthday. (via @&lt;a href="http://twitter.com/wallybock" target="_blank"&gt;wallybock&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://toddsattersten.tumblr.com/post/250110700</link><guid>http://toddsattersten.tumblr.com/post/250110700</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:27:14 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>For you in the book/writing world, two hilarious new twitterees found: @EditorSaysWhat and...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;For you in the book/writing world, two hilarious new twitterees found: @&lt;a href="http://twitter.com/EditorSaysWhat" target="_blank"&gt;EditorSaysWhat&lt;/a&gt; and @&lt;a href="http://twitter.com/agentsayswhat" target="_blank"&gt;agentsayswhat&lt;/a&gt; (via @&lt;a href="http://twitter.com/kmitts" target="_blank"&gt;kmitts&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;-really funny&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://toddsattersten.tumblr.com/post/250110703</link><guid>http://toddsattersten.tumblr.com/post/250110703</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:27:14 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>RT @tsutrav: Using @evernote, @dropbox, Bookworm &amp; Stanza to sync, this a.m. A few more clicks...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;RT @&lt;a href="http://twitter.com/tsutrav" target="_blank"&gt;tsutrav&lt;/a&gt;: Using @&lt;a href="http://twitter.com/evernote" target="_blank"&gt;evernote&lt;/a&gt;, @&lt;a href="http://twitter.com/dropbox" target="_blank"&gt;dropbox&lt;/a&gt;, Bookworm &amp; Stanza to sync, this a.m. A few more clicks &amp; I’m pretty sure I can send documents in …&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://toddsattersten.tumblr.com/post/249813240</link><guid>http://toddsattersten.tumblr.com/post/249813240</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:40:39 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>Anyone else notice that good tweets leading to links normally sound like a book or article subtitle?...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Anyone else notice that good tweets leading to links normally sound like a book or article subtitle? Could use crowd to source headlines.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://toddsattersten.tumblr.com/post/249813242</link><guid>http://toddsattersten.tumblr.com/post/249813242</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:40:39 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>RT @MikeShatzkin: When the editor and author are focused on the ebook first,it will be a very...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;RT @&lt;a href="http://twitter.com/MikeShatzkin" target="_blank"&gt;MikeShatzkin&lt;/a&gt;: When the editor and author are focused on the ebook first,it will be a very different world.Coming soon, I think. htt …&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://toddsattersten.tumblr.com/post/249747936</link><guid>http://toddsattersten.tumblr.com/post/249747936</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:14:24 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>The Cut</title><description>&lt;a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ToddSattersten/~3/1iMRGMvi12s/the-cut.html"&gt;The Cut&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Jesse from the Put This On&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; blog was answering a question the other day from a reader who wanted to know what could be do to alter a vintage suit he had bought. The first sentence from &lt;a href="http://putthison.com/post/246119143" target="_blank"&gt;his…&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://toddsattersten.tumblr.com/post/249732394</link><guid>http://toddsattersten.tumblr.com/post/249732394</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:54:11 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>Attending meeting on plans to switch Randall Elementary (Waukesha) to STEM Academy in 2010.</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Attending meeting on plans to switch Randall Elementary (Waukesha) to STEM Academy in 2010.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://toddsattersten.tumblr.com/post/249027054</link><guid>http://toddsattersten.tumblr.com/post/249027054</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:18:26 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>Congrats to @benmcconnell, @jackiehuba, and @antseyeview. The news: http://bit.ly/h2Q2P</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Congrats to @&lt;a href="http://twitter.com/benmcconnell" target="_blank"&gt;benmcconnell&lt;/a&gt;, @&lt;a href="http://twitter.com/jackiehuba" target="_blank"&gt;jackiehuba&lt;/a&gt;, and @&lt;a href="http://twitter.com/antseyeview" target="_blank"&gt;antseyeview&lt;/a&gt;. The news: &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/h2Q2P" target="_blank"&gt;http://bit.ly/h2Q2P&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://toddsattersten.tumblr.com/post/248722102</link><guid>http://toddsattersten.tumblr.com/post/248722102</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:43:44 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>Alan Weiss’ (@BentleyGTCSpeed) 11 Problems That Plague Organizations - http://bit.ly/8K9ZF</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Alan Weiss’ (@&lt;a href="http://twitter.com/BentleyGTCSpeed" target="_blank"&gt;BentleyGTCSpeed&lt;/a&gt;) 11 Problems That Plague Organizations - &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/8K9ZF" target="_blank"&gt;http://bit.ly/8K9ZF&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://toddsattersten.tumblr.com/post/248601840</link><guid>http://toddsattersten.tumblr.com/post/248601840</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:05:23 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>The 11 Problems That Kill Organizations </title><description>&lt;a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ToddSattersten/~3/2tVR381gzN4/the-11-problems-that-kill-organizations.html"&gt;The 11 Problems That Kill Organizations &lt;/a&gt;: &lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Or The Eleven Focus Areas for Consultants to Sell Services.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This list is from Alan Weiss’ &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0071622101?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=toddsatte-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0071622101" target="_blank"&gt;Million Dollar Consulting&lt;/a&gt;. The fourth edition of the book was released in July and about half way…&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://toddsattersten.tumblr.com/post/248524976</link><guid>http://toddsattersten.tumblr.com/post/248524976</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:26:48 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>My version of making my book - More Space: Nine Antidotes To...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RGry6pq4tCk&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RGry6pq4tCk&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;My version of making my book - &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/097700483X?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=toddsatte-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=097700483X" target="_blank"&gt;More Space: Nine Antidotes To Complacency In Business&lt;/a&gt; from  2005&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://toddsattersten.tumblr.com/post/247633298</link><guid>http://toddsattersten.tumblr.com/post/247633298</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:17:00 -0600</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
