If anyone is interested in being an entrepreneur or ever going into a sales position here are a list of books i highly recommend. Even if you will never pursue either of these things, most of these books are still very helpful in whatever you do.
Must Reads:
Thinking For a Change
I'm going to be using this thread to keep track of the books that i have read and will post critiques of them. I will continue to add to the list as the month pass and hopefully some of you will also choose to read some of these books. i recommend starting with The magic of thinking big because that book alone can help people tremendously
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So i finished one of the books that i liked the most out of a bunch im reading. It's called Thinking For a Change: 11 Ways Highly Successful People Approach Life an Work.
"A unique primer not on what to think, but on how to best use one of your most precious possessions: your mind.
To do well in life, we must first think well. But can we actually learn new mental habits? Drawing on the words and deeds of many of the world's greatest leaders and using interactive quezzes, this books answers that question with a resounding "yes" -- and, step by step, shows you the mental strategies that can change your life, including:
Big-Picture Thinking -- seeing the world beyond your own needs and how that leads to great ideas
Focused Thinking-- removing mental clutter and distraction ot ralize your full potwnetial
Creative Thinking -- thinking outside the box and making breakthroughs
Shared Thinking -- working with othrs to compaound results
Reflective Thinking -- looking at the past to gain a better understanding of the future."
Not only is this book a very easy and interesting read, but it teaches you about the many fundamental parts of creating and sustaining a successful life. I recommend this book to everyone whether you want to do well in business, work, or just want to improve any aspect of your life. This book helps provide you the tools that you need to expand your thinking and creativity to help you achieve things you once thought never possible. If you take the principals layed out in this book and apply them to your life earnestly, i do not doubt that you will benefit greatly.
Rating: definite must read.
"A unique primer not on what to think, but on how to best use one of your most precious possessions: your mind.
To do well in life, we must first think well. But can we actually learn new mental habits? Drawing on the words and deeds of many of the world's greatest leaders and using interactive quezzes, this books answers that question with a resounding "yes" -- and, step by step, shows you the mental strategies that can change your life, including:
Big-Picture Thinking -- seeing the world beyond your own needs and how that leads to great ideas
Focused Thinking-- removing mental clutter and distraction ot ralize your full potwnetial
Creative Thinking -- thinking outside the box and making breakthroughs
Shared Thinking -- working with othrs to compaound results
Reflective Thinking -- looking at the past to gain a better understanding of the future."
Not only is this book a very easy and interesting read, but it teaches you about the many fundamental parts of creating and sustaining a successful life. I recommend this book to everyone whether you want to do well in business, work, or just want to improve any aspect of your life. This book helps provide you the tools that you need to expand your thinking and creativity to help you achieve things you once thought never possible. If you take the principals layed out in this book and apply them to your life earnestly, i do not doubt that you will benefit greatly.
Rating: definite must read.
I made this thread more for myself since i figured not many people would actually feel like reading any of the books. so instead of having one long continuous thread, i planned on seperating out the books in individual posts. and if one person does take the time to read any of these books and it helps them, then thats fine by me. but if no one reads any of these books then w/e, it's your lives I'm not in charge of them. next book I'm reading is called Leadership Can Be Taught. its a study of a Leadership class taught at harvard and is another interesting, though long read.
what is it that you do in life femto? what are your dreams and aspirations. what drives you and what will push you to go far in life? from the way i've viewed you on these forums it seems to me that you are pretty unaccepting of strangers and different things. by saying that this thread sucks, you tell me that you believe trying to better one's self is a stupid pursuit. from this i assume that you are content living life working some menial job without ever doing much.
now i know that in the past you've said that much of what you say and do on this forum is an act, but how we act belies much of who we are inside. I don't know a lot about you so anything i can assume can, as the saying go, just make an ass out of u and me. however, what you post on these forums reflects an argumentative, immature, bitter person (not to mention arrogant) and i think you need to do a lot of thinking about the way that you handle yourself. however i don't doubt that in real life you may be a pretty decent guy, but as i've said what you post is all i get to see of you.
now i know that in the past you've said that much of what you say and do on this forum is an act, but how we act belies much of who we are inside. I don't know a lot about you so anything i can assume can, as the saying go, just make an ass out of u and me. however, what you post on these forums reflects an argumentative, immature, bitter person (not to mention arrogant) and i think you need to do a lot of thinking about the way that you handle yourself. however i don't doubt that in real life you may be a pretty decent guy, but as i've said what you post is all i get to see of you.
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lolMrFelony wrote:what is it that you do in life femto? what are your dreams and aspirations. what drives you and what will push you to go far in life? from the way i've viewed you on these forums it seems to me that you are pretty unaccepting of strangers and different things. by saying that this thread sucks, you tell me that you believe trying to better one's self is a stupid pursuit. from this i assume that you are content living life working some menial job without ever doing much.
now i know that in the past you've said that much of what you say and do on this forum is an act, but how we act belies much of who we are inside. I don't know a lot about you so anything i can assume can, as the saying go, just make an ass out of u and me. however, what you post on these forums reflects an argumentative, immature, bitter person (not to mention arrogant) and i think you need to do a lot of thinking about the way that you handle yourself. however i don't doubt that in real life you may be a pretty decent guy, but as i've said what you post is all i get to see of you.
One Minute Manager
typical femto 
. but now i'll just resume posting books and what i thought of them.
I'll edit this up some tomorrow when i get ahold of my book.
I think Donald Mitchel (a Strategic Management professor, author and consultant in Boston) puts it better than i can, though i will write my own when i have time:
When most people become a manager for the first time, they are more than a little unsure of themselves. Naturally, they often use speech and ways of doing things that they have seen others use. That's great if their role models are good, but can be terrible otherwise.
The One Minute Manager provides a positive role model for those who have not yet seen one, and good reinforcement for those who have not seen one lately.
If organizations try to operate on the assumption that only the manager has ideas worth acting on, then very little will be accomplished. The One Minute Manager provides a useful model for opening up and stimulating the minds of everyone in the organization to accomplish more.
Not only is this advice worth following from an effectiveness point of view, it will also make you feel better about yourself as a manager and as a person when you follow it. And you will certainly make those who report to you feel a lot better, as well.
I like the use of a parable to help each of us reexamine ourselves, because it makes the reader feel less defensive. But be sure to remember what you gut instincts would have been in the same situations the One Minute Manager describes. Otherwise, you may miss the point of how much your behavior needs to change.
This is one of a handful of books well worth rereading annually.
Unlike most business books, this one is short and easy to read. The academic language has been banished, and it is well written.
If you want to go beyond The One Minute Manager to get even better results, you will have to learn and use other beneficial habits as well. But you can have all the great ideas in the world, and if you annoy and stifle everyone around you, not much will happen. So think of this book as necessary for more success, but not sufficient in and of itself for getting the utmost benefits in working with others.
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. but now i'll just resume posting books and what i thought of them.I'll edit this up some tomorrow when i get ahold of my book.
I think Donald Mitchel (a Strategic Management professor, author and consultant in Boston) puts it better than i can, though i will write my own when i have time:
When most people become a manager for the first time, they are more than a little unsure of themselves. Naturally, they often use speech and ways of doing things that they have seen others use. That's great if their role models are good, but can be terrible otherwise.
The One Minute Manager provides a positive role model for those who have not yet seen one, and good reinforcement for those who have not seen one lately.
If organizations try to operate on the assumption that only the manager has ideas worth acting on, then very little will be accomplished. The One Minute Manager provides a useful model for opening up and stimulating the minds of everyone in the organization to accomplish more.
Not only is this advice worth following from an effectiveness point of view, it will also make you feel better about yourself as a manager and as a person when you follow it. And you will certainly make those who report to you feel a lot better, as well.
I like the use of a parable to help each of us reexamine ourselves, because it makes the reader feel less defensive. But be sure to remember what you gut instincts would have been in the same situations the One Minute Manager describes. Otherwise, you may miss the point of how much your behavior needs to change.
This is one of a handful of books well worth rereading annually.
Unlike most business books, this one is short and easy to read. The academic language has been banished, and it is well written.
If you want to go beyond The One Minute Manager to get even better results, you will have to learn and use other beneficial habits as well. But you can have all the great ideas in the world, and if you annoy and stifle everyone around you, not much will happen. So think of this book as necessary for more success, but not sufficient in and of itself for getting the utmost benefits in working with others.
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