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Book Review: The 7 Habits of HIghly Effective People: by Stephen R. Covey : Final Review
Just finished this book, and yes it was good, and yes it was long. Covey establishes a bunch of his own terminology in this book. Such sayings as sharpen the saw, think first to understand and then to be understood, think with the end in mind, win – win situation. But they are all anologies [...]
Book Review: The 7 Habits of HIghly Effective People: by Stephen R. Covey : Half way review
I’m about 75% done reading this book, and I must say it is pretty good. It uses a lot of personal development language, but it’s that kind of book. Sharping the saw, seek first to understand and then to be understood, think with the end in mind, Synergy, are just a few of them. It [...]
Book Review: The 7 Habits of HIghly Effective People: by Stephen R. Covey
I have always wanted to read this book…. It has been around for awhile, but I sure it will be just as applicable as when it first came out… I’ll take some good notes and let everyone know why the book is so popular… Thanks for reading, and I’ll be back in [...]
Book Review: Book Yourself Solid : Michael Port : Final Critique
Just finished this one while on vacation…. And yes it was good…. The vacation and parts of the book…. This book gave me a few good ideas I would like to accomplish in the next few months… It also gave me a few references I would like to read…. But to [...]
Book Review: Book Yourself Solid : Michael Port : Notes taken part 1
Notes taken:
- Develop your credibility, establish yourself as an expert, strive to be your best, most likeable self, and you’ll quickly become the best and most obvious choice for your potential clients.
- Life is a series of popularity contests.
- When you’re fully self-expressed, you will love marketing.
- Most business problems are really personal problems in [...]
Book Review: Book Yourself Solid : Michael Port : Intro
Thought I could use some help getting business in the door, so I went to the local amazon web store and bought a few books… I has been awhile since I have blogged on this particular subject, so I thought I would give it a shot…. Wish me luck….
Book Review: How to make friends and infuence people: Final Review
Finally…. Finally I finished this classic book…. And it was worth it….. You could probably read this book a hundred times, and still get something out of it each time. I first was given this book while I was in my marketing 101 book in college. I read it then, and I have [...]
Book Review: How to make friends and infuence people: Notes Part 3
-Ask questions instead of giving direct orders.
-Talk about your own mistakes before crtiizing the other person.
- Throw down a challenge.
- All men have fears, but the brave put down their fears and go forward, sometimes to death, but always to victory.
- The way to get things done, says Schwab, is to stimulate competition. I [...]
Book Review: How to make friends and infuence people: Notes
Here are a few quotes from this famous book:
- Dealing with people is probably the biggest problem you face, especially if you are in business.
- about 15 percent of one’s financial success is due to one’s technical knowledge and about 85 percent is due to skill in human engineering – to personality and the ability [...]
Book Review: How to make friends and infuence people: Intro
I first read this book in college for a marketing 101 class, and it has stayed with me ever since then. I am once again going to read this book and try to extract more knowledge out of it to share with my people….. I have the highlighter ready and am not afraid to [...]