book a week
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Why Should I Read | The Richest Man in Babylon
If you’re like me, you too have tried to “get into” a finance course or personal finance book. You may be realizing, like I am as well, that a failure to learn good financial principles compounds throughout your life and that not knowing what you’re doing is an incredibly bad idea. Last week we talked…
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Why Should I Read | Switch
Our lives are designed to fit into narratives, and as human beings we recognize and connect to stories. You and I can use this to our advantage when we want to make change.
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Why Should I Read | Bringing Out the Best in People
Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say: “This was their finest hour.”
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Why Should I Read | The 5 Love Languages
This knowledge is NOT common, guard the emotions of your spouse; these languages can be spoken with incredible benefit or devastating consequences.
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Why Should I Read | Start with Why
Those who truly lead are able to create a following of people not because they were swayed, but because they were inspired. – Start With Why p. 6 If you enjoy TED talks, you’ll enjoy Start With Why. Simon Sinek’s explanation of “How Great Leaders Inspire Action” through the “The Golden Circle” and “The WHY” is the third most watched clip…
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Why Should I Read | Outliers
What is the question we always ask about the successful? We want to know what they are like, what kind of personalities they have, or how intelligent they are, or what kind of lifestyles they have, or what special talents they might have been born with. And we assume that it is those personal qualities that explain…
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Why Should I Read | Eat That Frog
“If the first thing you do each morning is to eat a live frog, you’ll have the satisfaction of knowing that it’s probably the worst thing you’ll do all day. According to Brian Tracy, “eating frogs” is a fun way to refer to overcoming procrastination. There are 21 practices outlined in this book. All of…
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Why Should I Read | The Fifth Discipline
Have you ever been scalded in the shower? If you’re like me, you’ve pushed the handle all the way down to get the water to “heat up faster.” I tend to get impatient and hop in the shower while it is still freezing cold, which generally results in me pushing the handle even further towards…
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Why Should I Read | Sam Walton: Made in America
Sam Walton didn’t set out to become the wealthiest man on planet earth. It just sort of happened along the way. This week’s book, Sam Walton: Made in America is a prime example of a man who passionately pursued a desire to be the best at what he had chosen to do. This post follows the points brought…
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WSIR 008 | The Speed of Trust
“Fish discover water last” -Stephen M.R. Covey Because fish are immersed, surrounded, and in constant contact with water, their perception is fundamentally changed. Covey says that humans have the same experience, but that trust is so much a part of civilization that we rarely realize it. However, we are at a trust crisis, with each…
Jon DeLange 