Summary of Josh Kaufman’s “The Personal MBA”: Everyone can gain the knowledge and value of an MBA without spending the time and money needed to enter business school; this is the paradigm that Josh Kaufman conveys in his book, “The personal MBA”, of which the review you’ll discover here. By Josh Kaufman, 2013, 477 pages. […]
Summary of “The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing”: In marketing, as elsewhere, there are fundamental laws that make the success or failure of companies, even the largest ones; the authors, who are marketing experts and one of whom is the inventor of the positioning concept, unveil these laws one by one while giving us many […]
Summary of “Brain Rules”: A straightforward and pragmatic neuroscientist leads us on the conquest of recent discoveries about human brain function in order to live a better life and to have a better understanding of ourselves. Brain Rules was published in 2008and is part of the Personal MBA. Note: this review is a guest review […]
Summary of “The Science of Influence: How to Get Anyone to Say Yes in 8 minutes or Less” : Kevin Hogan, influence expert, has tested, studied and developed innovative principles that govern the science of influence; he encourages us to discover how to apply these models of persuasion in order to develop our ability to […]
Summary of “Getting more”: Negotiate in different ways: concentrate on the opposite, anticipate, practice and achieve more, it will change your life! Getting More by Stuart Diamond, 2012, 416 pages The original title is “Getting More: How You Can Negotiate to Succeed in Work and Life” The 12 principles of the Getting More Method 1. […]
Summary of “Bargaining for Advantage”: Successful negotiations involve six key foundations: your style of negotiation, your objectives and aspirations, the benchmarks and guidelines, the relationships, the aims and objectives of the other party, and the power of leverage; and to be able to succeed in each of the four stages of a negotiation: strategy development, […]
Olivier had the opportunity to meet Ludovic recently, who has had an extraordinary career and leads a great lifestyle. Here is his interview, in podcast and written form. Interview: Ludovic, 22 years old, self-taught, 4 months of work per year Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 38:38 — 35.4MB) Subscribe to the podcast […]
Summary of “The Paleo Solution”: Our genetic heritage has not evolved over the past tens of thousands of years. Our diet, however, changed significantly 10,000 years ago. This change has accelerated since the end of the Second World War, leading to the results that we all know. Humans now suffer from a number of “civilization” […]
Summary of “Fail-Safe Investing”: Invest in a secure and simple way: “If you are unsure about whether to invest, it is always best to choose the safer route for you portfolio “. By Harry Browne, 2000, 176 pages Note : This guest column was written by Aurélien from the blog Je deviens riche. Fail Safe […]
Summary of “Flow – The Psychology of Happiness”: The author examines the notion of happiness in a practical way. His proposition? Happiness is open to all people, it’s how to embrace it with the help of all our psychological skills and abilities: once we are able to achieve the most out of life as we […]