I really didn’t know much about Lance Armstrong before picking up this book. I knew that he was a record-breaking seven-time winner of the Tour De France and a cancer survivor — which makes him an incredible inspiration to others. But, other than that, I had no interest in the cycling sport or anything else. But, nonetheless, I decided to pick it up.
After the first few chapters of this book, I was hooked. There are a lot of qualities of Lance Armstrong outlined in this book that is worth modelling for every human being.
For one, his “never give up” mentality. His mother taught him at a young age never to quit. Never give up. And in my opinion, this is the virtue that allowed him to overcome testicular cancer and to make his comeback to cycling, pushing himself to break the record of winning the Dour De France seven times!
I actually bought this book from my old roommate and heard great things about it, especially it being recommended by Timothy Ferris in The Four Hour Work Week.
As an entrepeneur looking to kickstart a business, I found this book very useful. It provided a lot of tools and strategies on how to build a successful business, and also what to avoid.
The book hit me hard with saying: “Your business is nothing more than a distinct reflection of who you are.”
What was a defining factor in buying this book is how successful it’s been and how it’s contributed to many well-known businesses and organizations around the world. Apple, Chevron, AT&T, Wal-Mart, Holiday Inns, Hewlett-Packard, Pepsi-Cola, KFC, Harvard University, US Army, Navy & Air Force, etc, etc…
If this little book has contributed to the successes of all these amazing organizations, then something is up. I wanted to find out what that is and I did.
The essence of the book is based on “People Who Feel Good About Themselves Produce Results.”
When do you work your best? It’s when you feel good about yourself.
This book had been sitting on my bookshelf for quite some time. When I left for Europe it was one of three books I took with me, The 4-Hour Workweek and As A Man Thinketh being the other two.
The amount of research and analysis that has gone into this book is mind-boggling. A research team of over 25 people, headed by Jim Collins, spent 5 years (!) to distill what it takes to make the leap from an average company with average results to an outstanding company with outstanding results – consistently and over very long timeframes. Data was accumulated by looking at revenues, stock value, and by performing intensive interviews with employees and executives of companies.
The simplicity of the concepts belies their power and effectiveness. I found as much a set of things to do as much as I found a set of things NOT to do. The basis of making the transition to greatness comes down to three key areas:Continue reading ‘Jim Collins – Good To Great Review’
Okay, back to the book reviews! I’ve been extremely busy lately and haven’t been reading as much. Other priorities have popped up and a lot of big, fun and exciting things have been going on with Lifestyle Transformations recently. I can’t wait to make a few exciting announcements in the next upcoming weeks.
I knew of this book years ago. In fact, my sister read it. It was always on my list of books to read, but it wasn’t until I was in the book store and that I’ve begun taking more interest in developing my financial education that I decided to pick up this book.
After learning about Robert Kiyosaki through watching videos of him on YouTube, I couldn’t be more of a fan. Through Rich Dad, Poor Dad I learned a lot of valuable lessons. I’m going to go through a few of them here.
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