I am very excited to present you this book. I am a big Fan of Ryan Holiday, he has written several best-selling books that I have enjoyed and I have applied to my work and life. For someone like me who lives a very busy life, juggling multiple things in my life as a father with 3 kids with a …
Booked Morning Podcast Episode 24 – Review and Summary of Sometimes you Win, Sometimes you Learn by John Maxwell
In life, we often wonder, what important lessons our failures teaches us. And what part of our failures gives us the best life lessons to take with us and how can we have the mindset to not focus on the negatives but learn from them.This inspiring book by John Maxwell teaches us exactly how to learn and cope with our …
Booked Morning Podcast Episode 23 – Review and Summary of The Ideal Team Player: How to Recognize and Cultivate The Three Essential Virtues Book by Patrick Lencioni
In order for our organizations, businesses, and selves to get ahead, we must be and work with ideal, strong team players. Bestselling author Patrick Lencioni returns with another insightful book where he presents one of the most effective teamwork approach, used by leaders and companies around the world. He says. “The most reliable way to ensure that teamwork takes hold …
Booked Morning Podcast Episode 22 – Review and Summary of The ONE Thing Book by Gary W. Keller and Jay Papasan
This was an extraordinary book, combined with Grant Cardone’s 10X Rule Book. My gosh, with these 2, you can accomplish anything. The ONE Thing book presents us an exciting but very simple approach to productivity, based around a single question to help us declutter our life from stress, distractions and provide more focus and energy to achieving our success. What’s …
Booked Morning Podcast Episode 21 – Review and Summary of Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade Book by Robert Cialdini
This was a very a powerful book that presents Psychology Hacking ideas. It was filled with scientific studies and anecdotal stories that most of us who want to make our life better by positively influencing those around us can relate to. Lots of you that are into marketing may have heard his first book, Influence. In this book, Robert Cialdini …
Booked Morning Podcast Episode 20 – Review and Summary of ZERO TO ONE: NOTES ON STARTUPS, OR HOW TO BUILD THE FUTURE By Peter Thiel and Blake Masters
Zero To One is an inside dive into billionaire Peter Thiel’s mindset for success by looking at the lessons he learned from founding and selling PayPal, investing early in Facebook and his journey to become a billionaire. The lessons may be geared for startups and tech but the overall mindset can be applied to any business that wants to achieve …
Booked Morning Podcast Episode 19 – Review and Summary of Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for work you love by Cal Newport
Starting in the 1940s the idea of Find your passion came about and started to really become prominent in the 80s..Where we were told that to be happy we have to find our passion and match it to our work. We find out from Cal that this mindset is juxtaposed by the fact that starting in the 1980s, job satisfaction …
Booked Morning Podcast Episode 18 – Review and Summary of Disrupt You! Master Personal Transformation, Seize Opportunity and Thrive in the Era of Endless Innovation by Jay Samit
This was an exhilarating book to read. It presented me with stories, skills, and insights to disrupt not only myself but my work. For those that feel stuck on something, a project, or life and looking for a different perspective or ideas, this book overflows with creative ideas to affect change and be ready for changes that may come to …
Booked Morning Podcast Episode 17 – Review and Summary of Start: Punch Fear In the Face, Escape Average, Do Work That Matters by Jon Acuff
In life, I don’t know anyone whose goal in life is to be average. But one day, we just wake up and are in the Average treadmill… But we often wonder, what separates the average people from the awesome ones. I read some time ago that one of the regrets of people when dying is that they wish they had …
Booked Morning Podcast Episode 16 – Review and Summary of Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…And Others Don’t by Jim Collins
This book was from Jim Collins, he was the best-selling author of another book, Built to Last, which explored what made companies great companies and how they sustained that greatness over time. He then wondered, there are many companies that never make the leap from good companies, while others turned their long-term weakness into long-term domination. This is how he …