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 You’ve […]
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 how […]
Summary of “Master Your Workday Now!”: Generally speaking we get anxious and stressed about work we need to complete at short notice; beyond a certain timeframe– typically a week and a half –tasks become vague, so we view the future beyond that week and a half with calm and serenity; Master Your Workday Now! provides […]
Summary of “Are You Indispensable ?”: To address the economic crisis and the evolution of the world of work, Seth Godin suggests we become “indispensable, unique and enterprising“, which should allow us to address our personal goals as much as the current needs of our society, with the common aim of changing the game. by […]
Summary of “The Intelligent Investor”: Lots of people dream of making a fortune on the stock market, but few of them truly succeed in this difficult task. Benjamin Graham, the father of value investing and mentor to Warren Buffett, offers a practical guide to long term success using the value investment philosophy which he helped […]
Summary of “Crucial Conversations”: There are events in our life that have more influence than others, and often these decisive events are crucial conversations that we have with very important people in our life, be they personal or professional; This book teaches us how to manage and use these conversations to their full potential in […]
Summary of “Think and get rich”: This book explains why some people amass great fortunes while others fail to make ends meet. Since its launch in 1937, it’s always been the reference book for people who want to get rich. by Napoleon Hill, 1937, 250 pages Note: this article is written by our guest writer […]
Note : This article is the third in a series of articles concluding my reading of ten books in my Crazy Personal MDA Challenge, after 10 Things You Can Do Tomorrow To Increase Your Productivity and 10 Exceptional Books about Productivity and Creativity in a Glance . Contrary to the first article in the series […]
Summary of “Sources of Power” : We all have to make decisions, and sometimes these decisions have important – or even dramatic – consequences, which must be taken into account at difficult times and within strong time constraints; how do firemen, soldiers and doctors take split-second decisions when lives are at stake? This book tells […]
Summary of “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up”: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up is an introduction to the KonMari Method, a storage and tidying method that will transform your messy living areas into spaces of beauty, peace and inspiration. By Marie Kondo, 2011, 270 pages Original title: Jinsei Ga Tokimeku Katazuke No Maho This is […]