Archive for: Business Book Review
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 [...]
Book Review: The Soul of Money by Lynne Twist
I have issues with money. I have big goals to make a lot but what for? I am very practical, don’t really buy many material goods. Heck, my two most awesome purchases of 2007 were my Reef sandals and a KickSide Yo-yo. So I wanted to get a better picture how can I improve making [...]
Book Review: Mindless Eating by Brian Wansink
Since I got to Argentina I have been spending a fair amount of time reading about health, nutrition and dieting. I make smoothies almost every day, try to eat relatively healthy and run 3 times a week. I want to know more and be able to optimize my machine (aka my body). I heard about [...]
Book Report: Difficult Conversations
I read it so you don’t have to. Background: Do you have a problem confronting your boss? Not sure how to break up with your boyfriend? Unsure of how to talk about something tough. This book talks about difficult conversations (surprise!) and how to handle them (yay!). Take aways: Sharing is caring: “I feel hurt [...]
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