The following is a review of a book I received from Booksneeze.
What gives a person the right to lead?
An advanced degree? Nope. Fancy title? No.
In short, you can’t be given the right to lead – you’ve got to earn it. You can’t make other people follow you. You’ve got to make yourself the kind of person others want to follow.
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Filed under Books by on Aug 7th, 2010. 1 Comment. 
I love to read quality books. So recently, I signed up for Booksneeze, a site that sends you books for free! Well. . . not completely free. For the company to benefit, I must provide an honest review of the book I receive.
So I chose this particular book because the author, John Maxwell, is known as the leadership guru. As such, I’m interested to hear what he has to say about connecting with others. Here’s what I’ve learned.
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Filed under Books, Career, Life by on Jul 22nd, 2010. 4 Comments.
In your job, are you making a living? Or are you actually “making a dying”?
Nowadays, many are working more, saving less, and getting into more and more debt. We compensate by living it up on the weekend.
Then it’s more of the same the following week. How many people feel more alive at the end of the day than at the beginning? If you don’t, maybe you’re really “making a dying”.
If that’s how you feel, then reading Your Money Or Your Life will transform the way you relate to money.
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Filed under Books, Life by on May 15th, 2010. 6 Comments.
If you follow any of the popular personal finance bloggers like I do, you’ll find that most have read and recommend this book. They say it’s had a positive effect on their lives. Well, after reading it myself, I can now see why.
Becoming a millionaire is one of the goals I’d like to achieve in my lifetime. The encouraging part about this book is that it illustrates how a regular guy like me can fulfill this dream.
Filed under Books by on May 2nd, 2010. 7 Comments.
What would you do if you could retire a decade or two earlier? Would you travel the world? Volunteer for a worthy cause? Develop a hobby?
Just because the government suggests that you work until age 67, it doesn’t mean that you absolutely must follow their suggestion. In this book, Clyatt shows us that with disciplined saving, a detailed examination of your expenses, and the drive to stay focused, semi-retirement can become a reality.
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Filed under Books, Investing, Retirement by on Apr 12th, 2010. 2 Comments.
Okay, I know that this book has been out for a long time now. But I’ve just gotten around to reading it now. Since I’ve heard so many controversial things about it, I had to read it for myself and see what the fuss was all about.
With that said, before sharing my thoughts, it was not my intention to be either unfairly critical or kiss up to the author, but rather to offer as unbiased of an opinion as possible.
The book is divided into six lessons. I’ll pull some of the quotes that I found memorable, or that made me think in one way or another. Then I’ll write my thoughts and opinions below them.
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Filed under Books by on Mar 28th, 2010. 4 Comments.
If you’re like most people, when you look for a job, you usually want the highest salary you can get. But when it comes to negotiating salary, you may be nervous, unprepared, and end up just accepting whatever salary is offered. I know that straight out of college, I took an offer from the first company that would hire me out of sheer desperation!
Fortunately, since then I’ve learned a few things about salary negotiation. And while I’m no expert at it, I was able to use some of the techniques in this book to get a higher salary in my current position than what was originally budgeted. So if you’re not an expert either, learning some of these techniques may help you too.
Filed under Books, Career by on Feb 26th, 2010. 4 Comments.
Who Is John And Why Should You Care?
John Bogle is the founder of Vanguard, the highly successful investment management company with about $1.3 trillion in assets. He’s also the creator of the Vanguard 500 Index Fund, the world’s very first index mutual fund.
In this book, John seeks to demonstrate why investing through index funds is the smartest, cheapest, and easiest way to generate a profitable return on your money.
Filed under Books, Investing by on Feb 15th, 2010. Comment.
