RON SHAPIRO'S DARE TO PREPARE NAMED WINNER IN TWO CATEGORIES OF THE NATIONAL "BEST BOOKS 2008" AWARDS

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October 29, 2008

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CRITICAL IMPACT OF PREPARATION, ESPECIALLY IN CHALLENGING TIMES, DRIVEN HOME BY 38 AWE INSPIRING STORIES OF PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF BUSINESS AND LIFE.

October 29, 2008 (Baltimore) – USABookNews.com, the premiere online magazine and review website for mainstream and independent publishing houses, announced the winners and finalists of THE NATIONAL “BEST BOOKS” 2008 AWARDS www.usabooknews.com on October 20, 2008.

Renowned sports agent, attorney, & Shapiro Negotiations Institute co-founder, Ron Shapiro’s DARE TO PREPARE: How To Win Before You Begin! was named WINNER of the Business book category, Management & Leadership, and the Audio book category, Self-Help/Motivational.

Norman Pearlstine, former managing editor, The Wall Street Journal, and former editor in chief, Time Inc. says, “Dare to Prepare draws on Ronald Shapiro’s extraordinary career as one of America’s top negotiators and lawyers. Full of real-life examples, Shapiro shows how meticulous planning can raise the odds of success in business and in life.”  

DARE TO PREPARE, New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Business Week Best Seller, will be released in paperback on January 20, 2009 wherever books are sold.  

Ron Shapiro has also authored two other award-winning books; THE POWER OF NICE:How to Negotiate So Everyone Wins – Especially You!, and Bullies, Tyrants & Impossible People: How to Beat Them Without Joining Them.  

For more information on DARE TO PREPARE or Shapiro Negotiations Institute, please visit www.shapironegotiations.com or www.daretopreparebook.com

About Ron Shapiro

Expert Negotiator, Sports Agent, Attorney, Educator, Bestselling Author, and Civic Leader, Ron Shapiro attended Haverford College and graduated Cum Laude from Harvard Law School in 1967.  In 1972 he founded what is now known as Shapiro Sher Guinot & Sandler, a prominent Baltimore law firm.  Subsequently, in 1976 Mr. Shapiro founded Shapiro, Robinson & Associates, a sports management firm.  In 1995 he founded Shapiro Negotiations Institute, a training and consulting firm that has trained over 350,000 professionals in the art of Negotiation, Influencing, dealing with difficult personalities, and enhancing preparation and listening skills.