Book Reviews

Ten Things I Learned From Bill Porter Review

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‘Ten Things I Learned From Bill Porter’ by Shelly Brady is a book that I have just finished reading.  I picked it up randomly in  the bookshop whilst I had my Christmas book vouchers burning a hole in my pocket. The book is essentially a short biography of Bill Porter, a door to door salesman.  [...]

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As A Man Thinketh

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“When he realizes that he is a creative power, and that he may command the hidden soil and seeds of his being out of which circumstances grow; he then becomes the rightful master of himself.”  – As A Man Thinketh I found this quotation from the book ‘As A Man Thinketh’ on another blog.  I [...]

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Niches And The Long-Tail

Mr Long Tail When building a business online, one of the key foundational strategies is to choose a niche to market your products and services to.  But have you asked yourself why that should be? After all, there have been businesses around for centuries and many have successfully targeted large markets. The answers to this [...]

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Gary Vaynerchuck and the Entrepreneurial Movement

Gary Vaynerchuck Gary Vaynerchuck has just published his book ‘Crush It’.  This video outlines his thoughts on how the internet has changed the business game. Through his ‘Wine Library TV’ show, Gary has dominated his market in the social media space and believes that anyone now has a shot at setting up a business around [...]

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How You Can Discover What The Hidden Secret In Think and Grow Rich Is And Apply It To Naturally Achieve The Goals You Truly Desire!

If you’re a big fan of self improvement or entrepreneurship, you’ve probably heard of Napoleon Hill’s legendary book Think and Grow Rich which has sold over 15 million copies worldwide (but if you haven’t, now’s your chance to get a FREE copy of his book!). The bestselling book was the end result of interviewing and [...]

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Weapons Of Mass Destruction

I am reading an interesting book called ‘F.I.A.S.C.O.’ by Frank Partnoy.  (Ironically, I bought the book in Borders closing down sale for around 20% of the normal price.) It recounts Franks experiences of working for Morgan Stanley as a derivatives trader on Wall Street. Simply put, a derivative is a either a right to buy [...]

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The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber

Getting the inspiration for your business This is a detailed review of the bestselling book ‘The E-Myth Revisited’ by Michael Gerber. This book was inspirational in setting up my business development consultancy business. Gerber says that ‘the entrepreneur’ only exists for a moment in time – by this he means the initial inspiration for starting [...]

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The 4-Hour Work Week

I am reading ‘The 4-Hour Work Week’ by Timothy Ferris.  I guess that you could put this into the ‘time management’ category but its about much more than that. Slow Time Down He challenges conventional behaviour and activity at every level by pointing out how so much of our time is wasted in fruitless labour.  [...]

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