Somewhere in here is a book that could change your life…
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Comments: This was a story of 2 entrepreneurial CEOs who started up post B School and it deals with how and why one of them is more successful than the other. Many good ideas with the concept wrapped in a good story. I don’t think much of it stuck with me sadly.
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Comments: This is a very inspiring book – in a non traditional sense. It is John Yokohama’s tale of how he transformed an ordinary pike fish market in Seattle to ‘World Famous Pike Place Fish’. If a person can transform a fish market (let’s face it, the image that comes to mind isn’t particularly pleasing) to something so amazing, it makes you wonder as to whether any complaints about work are justified.
A true story about being proactive as John Yokohama talks us through his process of growth after a conversation with to a consultant friend who promises to turn his ordinary fish shop around. He shares the various challenges, difficulties and moments of pride.. he does it very sincerely and the book is definitely a nice and often, heartwarming read.
Many takeaways. I have written about one that struck me here
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Comments: If you haven’t grown up in a business family, I feel this can be a very good ‘awareness’ book as you (like me) probably haven’t grown up listening and understanding how to manage finances. It’s just a great book to debunk some myths about millionaires as we know of them. The book basically illustrates how thrifty self made millionaires really are and how we always tend to hear about the flamboyant lifestyles of those who are most likely not going to stay millionaires (like wealthy football players).
I wasinspired by how good financial habits can pay rich dividends. The most inspiring bit was how a person with an annual income of USD 90K in his 40s accumulated a million with excellent financial habits.
What to expect: I’ve summed up some of my learnings from the book here . A watch out for the book is that the authors are not very concise so they often meander around a point forever and dump a lot of data. The takeaways are good though..
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Comments: Another ‘quick-read’. A simple yet effective book with a collection of story and a bout of inspiration in classic Robin Sharma style.
What to expect: I remember this book as an inspiring audio message from Robin Sharma sharing various stories like the one about Oziola Mccarthy urging us to remember that we all have leaders within us..
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Comments: A short and crisp walk take on why it’s important not to take feedback personally. Susan Granger focuses on the entertainment industry and takes us through many examples where actors have been written off long before their time. She shares many a success story that faced multiple stumbling blocks.
A simple book with a clear message.
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Comments: Good points and good stories. Lots of obvious leadership principles though – so it could serves as a reminder of sorts. I didn’t read any more John Maxwell after this though..,
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Comments: A fun read. Very nice for pure entertainment. Levitt is the genius behind aggregating numbers and analyzing them so they make sense while Dubner is the guy who put it all together in a book. They make for a good combination. Good for discussion purposes, not very high on the learning scale. In the book, Levitt and Dubner analyze numbers to draw very interesting conclusions about the real reasons behind the dramatic decline in crime in New York city, how cheating is rampant in sumo wrestling, in Chicago schools, why the mafia is not great for income etc.
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Comments: An entertaining story book. Selling is the side story. Even though I read the book only a couple of months ago, apart from a few catchy phrases like ‘In today’s misfortune lies the seeds of tomorrow’s luck’.. I don’t remember much. The story, I remember vividly. This tale takes us back 2000 years and attempts at explaining the truth and a potential link between religion and the greatest salesmen that existed.
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Comments: LOTS of riffs and rants. It’s vintage Seth Godin – asking us to push for the extraordinary.. Very good collection of ideas. I enjoyed reading it.
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Comments: Very good book if you are interested in being/are a consultant. This is an ex-Mckinsey consultant taking you through her approach to structuring thinking and writing. It is universal, easy to apply and definitely helps putting frames around all sorts of content and problems.
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