Archive for: Business Book Review
Think and Grow Rich
I just read Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. A really powerful book on setting your intention and the power of your subconscious. The key things from this book for me: When you really know what you want, set a plan to accomplish. Let nothing stop you and you will be successful. Pick a [...]
The Power of Habit
I’m trying something new out. I read about a book a week, I write a book report from every book I read (that I selfishly save to my hard drive). I figured it may be helpful to share them with others. This year I’ve formed a fair amount of new habits: morning situp / pushups, [...]
The 18 Books that Changed my Life
A few months ago, I was drinking a Noah’s Mill whiskey (cute) with my good buddy Brian Balfour and talking about life…. During the conversation we got on the topic of books that changed our lives. I want to share them with you. I judge a books success if a year later I am still using [...]
Process, investment and flow. A review of the Toyota Way
TL;DR: Invest in people, setup processes, continual improvement and think in flow. When I was in Bali, Mark from wooden-ships.com took me to see the company’s factory which was amazing. They had been running the business for over 10 years and now had nearly 300 employees. The idea of a business creating that many jobs [...]
Congrats to Ramit Sethi, I Will Teach You to be Rich is #1 book on Amazon
After I graduated Berkeley I wanted to meet some new interesting people. A friend said I should meet this Ramit guy. We agreed on a time and right when he came up to me and told me a joke about his name and women. I was hooked. Fast Forward, 5 years later and he is [...]
Book Report: Teaching as a Subversive Activity by Neil Postman
With so much discussion about my education post last week on education I thought many people would enjoy reading my summary of Teaching as a Subversive Activity by Neil Postman. I got this book from Jared and must say it’s one of my favorite books of all-time. I included a lot of details because there [...]
