Category: Book Reviews
A Guidebook to Get Your Business Running Like Clockwork
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One of the biggest frustrations businesses face is feeling like they’re running all over the place and getting nowhere. This is especially true of solo business owners that are doing so much of the work. This is where Clockwork by Michael Michalowicz is here to help. Probably the biggest takeaway from the book is that…
How to Build Habits according to James Clear
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Have you ever wanted to start getting up early, or eating better? Oh, I’m sure you have, and I’m sure that you’ve had issues making these new habits stick in your life. Today we’re going to look at Atomic Habits, which is James Clear’s answer to our struggle with building the habits we want and…
Learn Word of Mouth Marketing with Talk Triggers
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\ \ You can subscribe to Should I Read It so you don’t miss a book that matters. Marketing is hard and there is so much advice out there about it. Should you be doing long form content? YouTube is a a huge market, but what about writing books? Before you decide what type of…
Advice on making things simple from Danny Brown
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Where many marketing books are huge and complex, Danny Brown in Why Simple Works, contends that they don’t have to be. He tells us to forget focus groups and some complex survey system when we’re looking to improve our products. Ask our sales people what the biggest technical hurdles to purchase are and fix those.…
How Do You Get Traction In Your Business?
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Much like many business owners I dream. Also like many business owners I dream wildly. You know the dream, there is some market of millions and if you can serve some tiny fraction of that market you’ll be swimming in cash. Of course in this dream it’s so easy to reach that market. I mean…
Should I Read It 034 – Traction by Gabriel Weinberg and Justin Mares
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Purchase Traction on Amazon Read the Traction Review This episode of Should I Read It is brought to you by my latest book, The Art of Focus. If you’re tired of running around trying different ideas without getting traction. If you’re tired of having ideas, but never getting to work on them? If you’re just…
Should I Read It 033 – Real Artists Don’t Starve by Jeff Goins
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Purchase Real Artists Don’t Starve on Amazon Read the written version of this review This episode of Should I Read It is brought to you by my latest book, The Art of Focus. If you’re tired of running around trying different ideas without getting traction. If you’re tired of having ideas, but never getting to…
The Debunked Myth of the Starving Artist
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We are accustomed to a certain story about artists, one that says they are barely getting by. But Michelangelo did not suffer or starve for his work. A multimillionaire and successful entrepreneur, he was in the words of one journalist a “pivotal figure in the transition of creative geniuses from people regarded, and paid, as…
Should I Read It 032 – There is So much Good Reading Outside Business and Self-Help
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Today we’re going to venture outside the business and self-help genre of books and look at a bunch of fiction and history books. There is so much good reading to be done, so don’t limit yourself. Find the written review here. This episode of Should I Read It is brought to you by my latest…
There is so much good reading outside of self-improvement
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Today we’re departing a bit from a full book review because not all books are suited specifically to a review. Some of them are just fun, or informational. They provide little direction to evaluate and communicate. We’re going to look at a bunch of books I’ve read in the last year that I’ve enjoyed for…
