“You wasted $150,000 on an education you coulda got for a buck fifty in late charges at the public library.” – Will Hunting (played by Matt Damon), Good Will Hunting First of all I want to introduce myself to those who don’t know me: I am Olivier Roland, I’m 36, I’m French and I’ve been […]
One-sentence summary of “Non-violent communication: A language of life”: (…) “If we change ourselves, we can change the world and changing ourselves begins with changing our language and methods of communication. I highly recommend reading this book Non-violent communication: A language of life and applying the non-violent communication process it teaches. It is a significant […]
One sentence summary of “30 lies about money”: Money holds an important place in our lives, whether we have some or not, and financial issues regularly makes the front pages of the papers. In this book, the author breaks down 30 commonly held preconceptions about money, whether in the field of economics or in everyday […]
One-sentence summary of “Awaken the giant within”: To be successful, you have to succeed in mastering your emotions, body, relationships, belief and finance, in other words your whole life, which is what Anthony Robbins puts forward: capture your dreams. By Anthony Robbins, 1991, 566 pages. Note : This guest chronicle is by Quentin Cottereau from […]
One sentence summary of “Miracle morning – the 6 habits that will transform your life before 8am“: “Miracle Morning” is a method created by Hal Elrod with the goal of improving every aspect of life; it consists of getting up early every morning, in order to follow a daily routine based on six personal development […]
With the advent of new technologies, it is a bad idea to maintain established out-of-date standards. Yet that is what many companies do when they choose to ignore evolution. The only risk they run is disruption. In fact, numerous start-upsemerge every month, and they know all too well that it’s a good idea to use […]
One sentence summary of “Three feet from gold”: Only spirit and attitude differentiate a winner from a loser and thanks to Greg’s story (a future ex-loser) and using interviews with great leaders of our generation, we gradually get to understand how to adopt these two ingredients in order to achieve success. By Sharon Lechter and […]
One sentence summary of “How to stop worrying and start living”: Carnegie’s book is a collection of tested recipes told in a captivating way: relying on the real life experiences of illustrious or unknown individuals and their success,How to stop worrying made an undying impression on me, so much so that at the age of […]
Summary sentence of “The way of the SEAL”: The book, based on the experience of Navy SEALS (the special forces that neutralized Osama Bin Laden in 2011), provides the key to developing outstanding mental power, as well as excelling in both your personal and professional life. By Mark Divine and Allyson Edelhertz Machate, 2013, 224 […]
One-sentence summary of “Getting Everything You can Out of All You’ve Got”: There are three ways to develop a business: 1) increase the number of customers, 2) increase the average amount the customer spends and 3) increase the number of times the customer comes back and buys again. Getting Everything You can Out of All […]
One-sentence summary of “The 80/20 Principle – The Secret to Achieving More with Less”: Even though it seems counter-intuitive, The 80/20 Principle (also known as the Pareto Principle), based on a number of analyses, teaches us that 20% of our efforts generate 80% of the positive results in our life and guides us to identify […]