I really enjoyed listening to this book. I listened to it one shot for one hour and 30 minutes.
The book has 75 tips for becoming a CEO. All habits are behavioral and not technical, which I believe is not necessarily enough to become a CEO. Nevertheless, I believe the tips are really practical. I will definitely read more books written by Jeffrey J. Fox
I highly recommend reading or hearing this book
A very interesting book full of inspiring quotes and strong assertions.I highly recommend read this book, especially for those who feel down on unmotivated.
The flow of ideas is very smooth and language is simple
Some of the quotes and assertion I really liked:
“Don’t strive for certainty: Big picture thinkers are comfortable with ambiguity. THey don’t try to force every observation or piece of data into pre formulated mental cubby holes.” Continue reading
The book is supposed to expose what’s going on inside Steve’s jobs brain and illustrate his thought process.
Cover of Inside Steve's Brain
I honestly found the book interesting to read, yet with no real value.
Big part of the book is repeating over and over again how intensive the design process at apple is. At some stage I felt that the book is only about the design process of Apple new products. Continue reading
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The starfish and the spider are used as a metaphor of decentralized and centralized organizations. The book analyzes centralized and decentralized organization in light of the anatomy of the Starfish and the Spider.
The book starts with the introduction of the eight principles of decentralization:
Linchpin is the most interesting reading I ever had. It is really an eye-opening and a great manual for understanding life and work dynamics.
The first few chapters are really intense! The author questions a lot of concepts that we take for granted and stresses on the fact that we’ve been brainwashed to take directions and hence became dispensable and replaceable.
However, this intensity might discourage people from reading the book as resistance kicks in. I believe the Author should have been less aggressive or at least gradual in questioning what average man takes for granted. Also a brief introduction about resistance would help.
I have really enjoyed every single moment reading this great book. Though I believe some ideas are repeated of over emphasized.
I highly recommend reading Linchpin for whoever wants his life and career to prosper.
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Four Hours Workweek is really amazing. I highly recommend this book. I believe it is full of life-enhancing techniques. Reading this book will definitely change your life in a way or another.
The main idea of the book revolves around “New Rich” concept. The book is more like a road map to become a New Rich by through DEAL. D for Definition, E for Eliminate, A for Automate and L for liberate.
Definition turns common sense upside down. It dispels a lot of our assumptions about life and introduces new definitions and rules for life. New Rich definition is introduces a long with the three important ingredients of being a New Rich
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The book structure is not clear and the flow is not really smooth. The book keeps going as an endless story, with a lot of deviations from the main stream. Also I felt that most of the reflections – especially the Poker and the parties – are artificial.
Honestly, I did not enjoy reading the book much.
Definitely, Zappos experience is a unique one, having a great corporate culture and Continue reading
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A nice quick reading that is very suitable for small companies, entrepreneurs, and employees stuck in big corporates bureaucracy.
For engineers and developers who are just on board, I believe this book is a must-read.
Though most of the thoughts and ideas makes a lot of sense, I believe some are very specific to signal37 experience and cannot be necessarily generalized and dealt with as rules of thumb.
All in all I have enjoyed reading this book. Below some of the rules that I really liked:
“Start making something”
“Throw less at the problem”
“Interruption is the enemy of productivity”
“Tone is in your finger”
“Meetings are toxic”
“Don’t be a hero”
“Don’t copy”
“Say no by default”
“Don’t confuse enthusiasm with priority”
“Don’t write it down”
“Hire a manager of one”
“Own your bad news”
“They’re not thirteen”
“Send people home at 5″
and “ASAP is poison”
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Amazing! really Amazing!
This is the best book I’ve ever read or should I say heard – as I listened to the free audio version.
It is a great insightful, spiritual yet practical book! If you have been in business quite enough, you can relate to every single statement, example and metaphor!
The Idea of the book is very simple. All culture – including business cultures – Falls in one of 5 stages: Life Sucks, My Life Sucks, I am Great, We’re Great and Life’s Great.
The book illustrates the symptoms of each stage and steps you should take to move up the ladder. You should only focus on the next stage, you cannot jump two steps. Keep in mind, you are not necessarily in one stage all the time, your culture, as well as, your tribe culture is usually tiding.
The book have big emphasis on stage 3 as it dominates most work spaces. At stage 3 everybody believes he is great and others not. Knowledge means power, sharing information is not a good idea and all relations are diodes. Getting out of stage 3 is the hard. It needs what it called “Epiphany” – a sudden awakening call – that what you’re doing is not enough or is not really great.
After then, the book concentrates on stage 4, what makes We’re Great stage and what are things to keep into mind. Stages 1, 2 and 5 are also covered, however with less emphasis.
All in all, I believe the book is really amazing, it is really an eye-opener. Assuming I am in stage 3, I believe reading it might be my Epiphany to move to stage 4!
