This month’s theme for book reviews is motivation, so it is appropriate that we examine James Allen’s book, As A Man Thinketh.  This is a book that business executives worldwide, as well as motivational speakers such as Tony Robbins and Zig Ziglar highly recommend if you want to be all that you can be in life and in business.  It is a tiny book, (depending on the version you get— the 1902 original is just 26 pages, but updated versions go up to 68 pages with commentaries), but it is jammed solid with inspiration and motivational wisdom.  There ...

Motivational speaker, author, and time management expert, Brian Tracy, shares 21 ways you can stop procrastinating and get more things done in less time in his fast-read book, Eat That Frog! It is a clever read with insightful tips and creative ways to get over the procrastination hump and get more accomplished in your work day. The book is based on the premise of the Mark Twain quote, “Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.” The concept is that if we tackle the task that we ...

There are thousands of books on selling and many more that come out each year.  Every now and then a really good one will surface that is worth not only reading, but keeping as a reference.  Rarely does a really great book hit the store shelves that make such an impact on business as well as personal lives like the book I am going to highlight today:  Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People.

How to Win Friends and Influence People has sold over 15 million copies and many of the principles taught in this book form ...

   We all have habits that are good for us, and some not so good.  The good news is that bad habits can be eliminated and good habits can be developed.  In Charles Duhigg’s book, The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do In Life And Business, the incredible impact of habits on business is revealed in a fashion that helps the reader to understand why habits are important, (the good ones), and how developing the right habits ensure automatic success.

The information from The Power of Habit that you can apply to your business today boils down ...

Your most valuable asset: your employees. 

 

Most of us went to a school that had a system of grading papers with the letter A representing a great paper and the letter F meaning that the work was in need of great improvement.  The system worked (for some of us), but many of us probably could have done much better in school if we had teachers that simply focused on helping us to get an A.  That is the premise of a unique business philosophy in the book, Helping People Win at Work, by Ken Blanchard and Garry Ridge.  In this ...