This is the grand-daddy of all the self-help, think positive, motivate and just do it books! It's hard to imagine that this was originally written in 1937. I've read the updated version for he 21st century so the examples are a little more up to date, but the message is unchanged from almost 80 years ago and still entirely relevant. 52 Weeks of Book Reviews. Week # 11 – … [Read more...]
52 Weeks of Book Reviews. Week # 8 – Bulletproof Business: Protect Yourself Against The Competition by Ryan Stewman
There are only a few times while reading this that I remembered that this was a business book. For the most part Ryan is just telling a story about how some interesting stuff happen in his life. It's kind of like a train wreck in the sense that I just couldn't help myself from looking at it but it made me squirm a few times and I felt bad for anyone caught in the … [Read more...]
52 Weeks of Book Reviews. Week # 7 – The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure – by Grant Cardone
I once had an English teacher inform me that in order for my audience to actually receive and retain any kind of message I would need to tell them what I'm about to tell them, then actually tell them and finally tell them what I just told them. I had to hear this several times before it actually sunk in. Go ahead and re-read that now a few times to get it out of the … [Read more...]
52 Weeks of Book Reviews. Week # 6 – It's Called WORK For A Reason! – by Larry Winget
There are few times when I don't appreciate a good wake up call and Larry delivers them like no one else. This is the 3rd book of his that I've read and they all have the same no nonsense style that I've come to enjoy. He's brash and he makes no apologies so if you are easily offended or too "high brow" to get down and dirty then you probably wont want to read this … [Read more...]
52 Weeks of Book Reviews. Week #2 "HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership" – Featuring Peter Drucker
In week 2 of my year long journey through new books I found this gem. It's really 10 small books/articles combined into one, but it's not light reading, it's a lengthy 240 pages and it's packed with info. I've read Harvard Business Review for about 10 years now, picking and choosing the topics to read but I really enjoy this packaging. It's like a Reader Digest format where … [Read more...]