Category: Books
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My top 10 books out of the last 100 I’ve read!
I recently hit another milestone in my learning journey. I just finished book number four hundred in seven years. For some of you, that may seem like a small number. But to me, from where I started, to where I am today, this is a an amazing accomplishment for me. I have written countless times…
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My Top 10 Books for 2017. #2 will change your life.
2011, was the first year I set a goal to read a certain number of books within the year. My goal that year was to read 12 books, one a month. I ended up reading 22 books that year. The next year I read roughly the same amount. The following year I challenged myself with…
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8 books guaranteed to help you discover your motivation
For several years now, I have been on a personal mission to find out, or discover, what it is that motivates me. Through this journey, I have read countless books, articles, listened to hours and hours of podcasts, ted talks, lectures, etc., and spoken with other people. Through all of this I have learned that…
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5 books on sales that everybody should read, especially sales professionals
Sometimes a new book isn’t what you need. Instead you need to go back and reread a book you have already purchased and read. I can never get it all the first time around. So going back and reading it again, and again, I can get closer to really understanding the material and ultimately practicing…
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My Top 21 books from the 300 I read in six years.
I have a confession to make. I can’t honestly remember reading very many books through my years of formal education. K-12, and even college. I am sure I did, or I would not have graduated, but the only reason I did was because I had to, not because I wanted to. Then something significant happened.…
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The one book on thinking you must read
Years ago, my mentor turned me on to a little gem of a book. This little book had such an impact on my life, that since then I have read it no less than three to four times a year, because of the words that the author brilliantly put together in this masterpiece. Like many…
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Decisive; How To Make Better Choices in Life and Work; summary and notes
As a reader of lots of books, I sometimes find it difficult to remember everything that I want to remember from a book. I am like most people in that I highlight or circle certain parts of text when I am reading an actual hard copy of a book. Something I have done for years,…
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Selling the Invisible notes and summary
There are times when I read a book that really changes the game. Either the information in the book does it, or the excitement I get from reading the book does it. In this case, it is both. I have now read three books by Harry Beckwith. They are all very similar. The book Selling…
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What Clients Love; book summary and notes
Whenever I read a book that is impactful to me, I like to write down my notes and highlights that I took from the book. When I do this, it allows me to read the book again, because I have to go back to the book and basically read it again, and extract my highlights…
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Handbook of Self-Determination Research; summary/notes
In my constant study of human behavior and what motivates us as humans and individuals, I ran across a book titled “Handbook of Self-Determination Research”. This book takes all of the research and studies that have been conducted by the most recognized and highly influential scientists, researchers, psychologists to ever study human behaviors. The data is…
Pennies into Fortunes 