Book Reviews

The Hard Break: A book review by Bob Morris

June 21, 2018

The Hard Break: The Case For The 24/6 Lifestyle Aaron Edelheit IdeaPress Publishing (May 2018) “Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.” Warren Buffett I selected the Buffett observation to…

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Build an A Team: A book review by Bob Morris

June 19, 2018

Build an A Team: Play to Their Strengths and Lead Them Up the Learning Curve Whitney Johnson Harvard Business School Press (May 2018) “Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.”…

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My Father’s Business: A book review by Bob Morris

June 18, 2018

My Father’s Business: The Small-Town Values That Built Dollar General into a Billion-Dollar Company Cal Turner Jr. with Rob Simbeck Center Street (May 2018) How an “acorn” in Scottsville, Kentucky, in 1919 became an “oak tree” with more than 16,000…

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Radical Markets: A book review by Bob Morris

June 13, 2018

Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society Eric A. Posner and E. Glen Weyl Princeton University Press (April 2018) How and why, in order to “open up our social possibilities, we must open our minds to radical…

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Never Stop Learning: A book review by Bob Morris

June 10, 2018

Never Stop Learning: Stay Relevant, Reinvent Yourself, and Thrive Bradley R. Staats Harvard Business Review Press (June 2018) “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and…

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Five Stars: A book review by Bob Morris

June 8, 2018

Five Stars: The Communication Secrets to Get from Good to Great Carmine Gallo St. Martin’s Press (June 2018) How to master the ancient art of persuasion by combining words and ideas to move people to high-impact action I have read…

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Subscribed: A book review by Bob Morris

June 6, 2018

Subscribed: Why the Subscription Model Will Be Your Company’s Future — and What to Do About It Tien Tzuo with Gabe Weisert Penguin Random House (June 2018) How and why “the Subscription Model is transforming every sector of the modern…

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Collusion: A book review by Bob Morris

May 30, 2018

Collusion: How Central Bankers Rigged the World Nomi Prins Nation Books/An imprint of Perseus Books (MAY 2018) How the world’s elite central bankers “have irrevocably transformed the very system they are sworn to defend” It’s not a good idea to…

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Business Chemistry: A book review by Bob Morris

May 24, 2018

Business Chemistry: Practical Magic for Crafting Powerful Work Relationships Kim Christfort and Suzanne Vickberg John Wiley & Sons (May 2018) How almost anyone can develop powerful relationships, build a high-impact teams, and create results-driven organizations Kim Christfort and Suzanne Vickberg…

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Detonate: A book review by Bob Morris

May 16, 2018

Detonate: Why – and How – Corporations Must Blow Up Best Practices (and bring a beginner’s mind) to Survive Geoff Tuff and Steven Goldbach John Wiley & Sons (May 2018) “If your horse is dead, get off.” Lakota tribal wisdom…

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