by Paul Simister
on January 9, 2017
The full title of this book by Robert Middleton is
“The Unstuck Process: 12 Powerful Questions That Create Breakthrough Results“.
In my review at Amazon.co.uk, I gave the book a rating of Four Stars. This means I consider it to be in the good to very good range.
Here is a copy of my review.
A book to help you eliminate your limiting beliefs
Although this book is written by a business coach, its scope is much wider.
It is generally accepted that beliefs, thoughts, feelings and actions are linked together in a chain. [continue reading…]
by Paul Simister
on December 31, 2016
The full title of this book by Kenyon Blunt is
“Unstuck: How Businesses Get Stuck & How Your’s Can Get Unstuck”.
In my review on Amazon.co.uk, I gave the book a Four Stars rating. This means I consider it to be good or very good.
Here is my review.
A very good book for business owners who are stuck
This is a very good book written to help business owners who feel stuck and want to get unstuck.
This is an area of special interest for me and in another book review, How to Get Unstuck: 25 Ways to Get Your Business Growing Again, I committed to reading and reviewing all the books on being stuck and getting unstuck. [continue reading…]
by Paul Simister
on December 26, 2016
The full title of this book by Barry Moltz is
“How to Get Unstuck: 25 Ways to Get Your Business Growing Again“.
In my review on Amazon.co.uk, I gave the book a Four Stars rating. This means I consider it to be in the range of good to very good.
Here is my review.
An interesting look at common mistakes and how to fix them
I help business owners get unstuck but, until recently, it had never occurred to me that there would be plenty of books on the subject. It’s my intention to review them all.
This is an interesting look at common mistakes made by business owners in terms of sales and marketing, finance, managing people etc. As well as identifying the causes of the mistakes, the book also reveals how to fix them. [continue reading…]
by Paul Simister
on November 24, 2016
We have more things to do than time to do them in and this is why these summaries of well known books can be so useful. They capture the big ideas without the padding.
Summary: The E-Myth Revisited: Review and Analysis of Gerber’s Book
I have a love and hate relationship with the full book, The E-Myth Revisited.
Will the summary have the best bits without the worst? Yes, it’s excellent and I gave the summary a full FIVE stars rating in my review on Amazon.co.uk.
Here is my book summary review.
An excellent summary that gives you the important ideas of Michael Gerber without the irritating bits
I believe The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It is one of the most important small business books ever written. I recently wrote a blog article about the 12 best business books for business owners and it was the first I mentioned. Not because it provides all the answers but it does a great job of highlighting the problems and their causes. [continue reading…]
by Paul Simister
on November 8, 2016
The full title of this book by Matías Birrell and Javier Arévalo is
“Forget the Urgent!: Rather focus on the important: A business dialogue based on the best seller ‘The Goal’ by Eliyahu M Goldratt“.
In my review at Amazon.co.uk, I gave the book a rating of FIVE Stars. That means I think it is excellent.
Who Should Read This Book?
- Anyone interested in the Theory of Constraints.
- Small business owners who want to improve.
The Big Idea
Every business faces constraints unless it is able to generate an infinite amount of money. [continue reading…]
by Paul Simister
on November 2, 2016
The full title of this book by John Haylock is
“Absolute Certainty: How to give your clients exactly what they want“.
In my review at Amazon.co.uk, I gave the book a rating of Four Stars. This means I think it is good.
Here is my book review.
Ideas for improving service businesses contained within a novel
This is a book about improving service businesses with the ideas dressed up in a novel.
The main character in the story is an accounting partner from a local three partner firm. It’s doing OK but everybody is very busy. He meets with a client who has a design business that has made some fundamental changes in the way it works after getting feedback from customers that they were not happy but the firm was getting the work because the other designers were just as bad. [continue reading…]
by Paul Simister
on September 14, 2016
The full title of this potentially misleadingly titled book by Dan Bradbury is
“Breeding Gazelles: Fast Growth Strategies For Your Business“.
In my review on Amazon.co.uk, I gave the book a rating of Four Stars. This means I think it is good.
Here is my book review.
Well worth reading for anyone who wants to grow their company
This is an important book that looks at why so many small businesses get stuck between the £500,000 and £1 million level of sales and what has to be done to make the transition into becoming a gazelle company with a consistent high growth rate that continues year after year.
Basically it can be summed up by the phrase “what got you here, won’t get you there.” [continue reading…]
by Paul Simister
on December 8, 2015
The full title of this book is
“Who Moved My Cheese: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life“.
In my review at Amazon.co.uk, I gave this book a rating of Four Stars. This means I think it is Good and Well Worth Reading.
Here is my book review.
An intriguing but simple parable to help people to adapt to change
This is an intriguing but simple parable to help people to adapt to change.
The problem with using parables as a teaching mechanism is that some people can be entranced by the story but just read it at the surface level. “Who Moved My Cheese?” solves this problem by having the story sandwiched between two reflections. [continue reading…]
by Paul Simister
on December 7, 2015
The full title of this book by Joe Vitale and Bill Hibbler is
“Meet and Grow Rich: How to Easily Create and Operate Your Own Mastermind Group for Health, Wealth, and More“.
In my review posted on Amazon.co.uk, I rated this at the Four Stars level. This means I think it is Good and Well Worth Reading.
Here is my book review.
Learn to share problems and solutions from other business owners
It’s only in the last ten years that I have become aware of how powerful mastermind groups can be and this book is a raving endorsement for masterminds. The mastermind concept isn’t that well known in the UK and “Think And Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill doesn’t have the great reputation it does in the USA.
The authors want you to understand that a mastermind group can help you to achieve whatever you want to achieve. [continue reading…]
by Paul Simister
on May 11, 2013
The Goal by Eliyahu Goldratt and Jeff Cox
Book Review Rating – 5 Stars
“The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement” is a fantastic book about performance improvement in a manufacturing business wrapped up in a novel that is hard to put down.
First published in 1984 this book introduced the world to the Theory of Constraints.
The big idea is that many of the ideas for improving a business are misguided at best and expensive mistakes at worst.
That’s because an improvement in an area outside of the constraint that is holding back performance is more an illusion than substance. Real improvements come from removing the constraint.
The Story Of The Goal
I think this was the first popular management book to be written as a story but it is an extremely effective teaching method for putting across the big ideas. The weakness is that it’s hard to pick up the details to put the ideas into action. Eli Goldratt wrote The Race as the follow-up hands-on guide. [continue reading…]
