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.Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't
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by: James C. Collins

October 16, 2001
Good to Great is a great book for anyone in business. I was amazed at some of the less obvious lessons learned from the years of research as well as the simple truths that seemed obvious after they were revealed.
I am a small business owner with a professional degree but with no formal business education. It was good to read "research" that was not all stuffy and dry. A particularly strong point for me was the argument for why I should strive to be great and not just "good" or even "mediocre". I am planning on reading Jim Collins' other book, Built to Last.
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.The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
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by: Timothy Ferriss

April 24, 2007
The author creates an awareness within you and makes you reach out for creating and working on your goals in an approach which feels very achievable. I would recommend everyone to read this book. If not anything else, it at least helps to motivate you!

Once again, it is a must read!
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.StrengthsFinder 2.0: A New and Upgraded Edition of the Online Test from Gallup's Now, Discover Your Strengths
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by: Tom Rath

February 01, 2007
What a great book! The concept of how we are encouraged and accept the idea of "being" a certain type of person "when we grow up" versus "who we really are" speaks volumes in the assessment test of this book's Gallop's test. My hat is off to the concept!StrengthsFinder 2.0: A New and Upgraded Edition of the Online Test from Gallup's Now, Discover Your Strengths
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.Tuned In: Uncover the Extraordinary Opportunities That Lead to Business Breakthroughs
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by: Craig Stull, Phil Myers, David Meerman Scott

June 30, 2008
Incredible page turner, I could not put the book down this past weekend. I am using it as scripture not only for work but also for my career. I wonder to myself, if too many people read this book, then the secret is out, I won't look like I have all the answers.
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.Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
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by: David Allen

December 31, 2002
I bought this book after read some remarks in the Internet and magazines. Part I is the best one, where you get to know the basics and concepts about GTD. Part 2 is how the author does implement these basics and concepts in his day-by-day. Not for everyone. Part 3, just skip it. I wouldn't tell a friend to buy the book.
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.The Official Guide for GMAT Review, 11th Edition
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from: Graduate Management Admission Council

2005-09
The first copy I got of this book had a lot of typos in it. For example, one of the values in a math problem read "28" instead of "2^8".

There was another math example where they printed "=" instead of "-", which made the explanation incoherent.

I was feed up when they misprinted the Pythagorean Theorem: a2 + b^2 = c^2 instead of a^2 + b^2 = c^2.

I thought to myself, if I'm catching all these typos, I wonder which ones am I missing. Luckily, I was able to exchange my copy for a typo free copy. There were 6 copies of this book on the shelf at my local Barnes & Nobles, 5 of them contained typos like my first copy. So beware...

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.Women & Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny
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by: Suze Orman

February 27, 2007
This is a great book for all women about financial planning. Suze gives you great advice on how to save and how to change your bad habits to allow you to save more money. I would reccommend this book to women of all ages.
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.Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
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by: Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner

October 17, 2006
This book allows people to realise that stagnant sciences like economics in this case do not necessarily need to be boring / repetitive. Some really 'out of the box' explainations have been provided for some really important questions. Reads more like a story then a book on economics.
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.The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
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by: Malcolm Gladwell

January 07, 2002
The Tipping Point was a very, very, good book. The only thing that kept it from being perfect is that there's really only a half-book's worth of material here, so the author basically expanded what could have been written in 100 pages to a longer book format, just so we would think we're getting our money's worth. Very considerate, but probably not necessary.
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.The Answer: Grow Any Business, Achieve Financial Freedom, and Live an Extraordinary Life
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by: John Assaraf, Murray Smith

May 20, 2008
After the big build up and glowing reviews I expected something amazing. Starts off with pseudo science mumbo jumbo consisting of a Star Wars "use the force" theme - a very long stretch from Quantum Physics theory to how you can change your future. Moves through some physcology on how to change your self view and see yourself as a "winner". It then goes on to more realistic, but fairly basic, market segmentation advice for targetting your customer base with a continuous plug for their consultancy company throughout. All in all, yet another book written by a couple of guys who cant quite believe they just happened to win life's lottery and therefore have to try and retrofit some clever strategy/methedology to what they have achieved instead of realizing that 95% of it ... Read More:
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