A few years back I read The Success Principles: How to Get From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be by Jack Canfield for the first time, and since I have re-read the book at least once a year. Jack Canfield, the author of The Success Principles, is regarded as Americas #1 Success…
This week I read Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook: How to Tell Your Story in a Noisy Social World by Gary Vaynerchuck. Gary is the New York Times bestselling author of Crush It! and The Thank You Economy. He is also an entrepreneur, and investor. Originally best known for his YouTube show Wine Library TV,…
Who is Tony Robbins? If you haven’t heard of Tony Robbins by now you must have been living under a rock for the last decade. Tony is the best-selling author of titles such as Inner Strength, Unlimited Power, and most recently MONEY Master the Game. He is considered by many to be the most successful…
This week I read the book How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. It was originally published in 1936, but its words are as true today as they were back then. In some ways they may have even more weight now, as many of the lessons he teaches, and techniques he talks…
It’s Friday again which means that it is time for another book review, and this time it’s a slightly different type of book than many of the others I have read so far this year. This week I read The Legend of the Monk and the Merchant by Terry Felber. This book is the fictional story…
Lately I have been on a roll with picking great books to read, and this week is no different. I read The One Minute Entrepreneur by Ken Blanchard, Don Hutson, and Ethan Willis. In this book the authors tell a fictional story about one man’s journey to create his own business. They talk about many…
I have read a lot of books over the past few years, nearly 50 every year, and I can say that I have a new all time favorite. Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown is amazing! It is packed with great lessons and ideas on how to live “the Essentialist life.” According…
I am going to go out on a limb here and say that Rhinoceros Success, written by Scott Alexander, is by far the best book available on the topic of being a rhinoceros. I haven’t really looked for others, but I am sure there aren’t too many that could be competing for the title of…
The ONE Thing is one of my favorite books that I have read in the past few years. In fact, I like it so much that this is the 4th time I have read it in the past two years. What I love about it so much is that each time I read it there…
The Go-Getter is a story about a man named Mr. William (Bill) Peck, a former soldier, who is put through a test of obtaining a “blue vase” by his new employer. The author, Peter B. Kyne, tells the story of how Cappy Ricks, the retired owner of Ricks Logging and Lumber Company, encourages the new…