Book Reviews
The Art of Procrastination: A Guide to Effective Dawdling, Lollygagging and Postponing John Perry Workman Publishing (2012) “The early bird may get the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese.” This review is from: The Art of Procrastination: A Guide to…
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Bounce: Mozart, Federer, Picasso, Beckham, and the Science of Success Matthew Syed Harper/A HarperCollins Imprint (2010) How and why peak performance really is achieved…or isn’t I first read this book when it was published (April 20, 2010) and then recently re-read it before reviewing it. As…
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The Value Investors: Lessons from the World’s Top Fund Managers Ronald W. Chan John Wiley & Sons, Singapore Pte. Ltd. (2012) Unique perspectives on how to attempt to achieve and then sustain a “stellar” record in value investment In an…
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The Tao of Leadership: Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching Adapted for a New Age John Heider Humanics New Age (2005) Timeless wisdom for each new age The value and impact of leadership can be measured in many different ways. Two…
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The Science of Getting Rich: The Original Classic Wallace D. Wattles, with an Introduction by Tom Butler-Bowdon Capstone Publishing Ltd. (2011) “To understand the science of getting rich is therefore the essential of all knowledge.” Wallace Wattles Those who have…
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Golden Opportunity: Remarkable Careers That Began at McDonald’s Cody Teets Cider Hill Press (2012) How arches of opportunity can become bridges to remarkable achievement What led Codie Teets to write this book? Weary of and insulted by “the bad rap…
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Passion & Purpose: Stories from the Best and Brightest of Young Business Leaders John Coleman, Daniel Gulati, and W. Oliver Segovia Harvard Business Review Press (2012) “Never doubt the power of a small group of people to change the world. Indeed,…
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The Little Book of Talent: 52 Tips for Improving Your Skills Daniel Coyle Bantam Books/A Random House imprint (2012) Lessons learned from “hotbeds” of creativity about how best to develop talents to their full potential For more than 20 years,…
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Outside In: The Power of Putting Customers at the Center of Your Business Harley Manning and Kerry Bodine New Harvest/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2012) There’s “bad news” and there’s “good news” Development of the concept of customer-centrism predates Barbara Bund’s business…
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Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter Liz Wiseman with Greg McKeown HarperBusiness (2010) How to increase or diminish human capabilities…including your own Note: I read and reviewed this book when it was published (2010) and recently re-read it…
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