It works !

Although I haven't taken everything from the book on board and glossed over some chapters, I can see its effect on my productivity and the way I organise my tasks at work and at home since reading it. I now have everything recorded in Outlook and sync it with my HTC TyTn smartphone. As a result, any new task that comes up can be logged on immediately, I get timely reminders from the system and I can set up recurring events. I would recommend electronic rather than paper-based systems because they give the flexibility to reallocate tasks as circumstances change and they save time in setting up and following up processes. <br /><br />My only complaint about the book is that it assumes that the reader is an American high-flying executive,which I feel is very remote from my own life and tends to make me switch off no matter how useful the message.

I've bought it 3 times

Although this book contains some of the"vagueness" inherent in any business/ lifestyle design tome (I'm thinking along the lines of"Think and Grow Rich","Rich Dad, Poor Dad" etc), Tim Ferriss does give you a very real, logical and do-able blueprint for success. You really have to take your hand off to Ferriss, if he has actually achieved more working his 4-hours than most of us do with a 40-hour week.<br /><br />Give this book a chance! I've bought it and then sold it three times. Every time I sell it I regret doing so and end up buying it all over again.

one minute too many

I was recommended this book by a trainer on a leadership course that I was on.<br />He must have had the wrong book in mind, because this book is rubbish and contained none of the 'tips' that the trainer was mentioning.<br /><br />The 'one minute management style' seems to be a rather good way of alienating your workforce and creating clones of soul-less robots with no emphasis on building sustainable relationships for long-term teams.<br /><br />If you want to create a fleet of 'mini-me' goons who can't wait to set up their own little empires of 'mini-me' goons who can't wait to create their own set of 'mini-me' goons etc... then this is the book for you.<br /><br />otherwise try something else.

good to great audio book

well,<br /><br />the book is amazing,<br />true to life, it explains how much it is important to consistently work in one and the same direction to finally arrive somewhere. this advice was great for me, a person with no patience whatsoever, looking for immediate results. there's a lot of other useful stuff in this book, you should read/listen to it.<br /><br /> The fact that this is an audio book doubles its advantage, I used my commute time in a better way!<br /><br />

Great advice for my own small business

This book has definitely given me the impetus to make a number of changes in my business. Before I read the book, I kinda already knew what needed to be done to grow the business, but had not done much in the way of actively implementing any of the ideas. However, given that the description of the technician at the start of the book sounds like it was taken directly from my own life at the moment, I now realise that to avoid staying stuck in the current crazy workload stage of being the sole technician, I actually need to employ several of the strategies outlined in this book to grow the business beyond just myself. A very easy read, with great, commonsense ideas that apply to every other small business owner that I know!

Fascinating, Infuriating, Flat.

I finished this book as Robert Rubin was being grilled by a Senate committee about the financial meltdown. It struck me that the book described just the first act in something fundamental which is happening to the West's financial future.<br />Zuckerman, a Wall Street Journal reporter, describes the decline of the US property market from the point of view of the (few) winners; those who say it coming and figured out how to profit from the looming disaster. The winners it seems were quite few - John Paulson, a formerly obscure hedge fund manager, Jeffery Green a property speculator and Mike Burry, a fund manager based far from the New York financial scene. They all discovered that the newly developed CDS formed a deliciously asymmetric bet on the housing market - i.e. for a regular sequence of insurance -like payments, at cents in the dollar relative to the assets covered(CDOs), they stood to make vast profits if the unthinkable happened i.e. the US property market declined. It did, but when it did the financial destruction was so great that there was always the possibility that they would not get their money as potentially their counterparties would be bankrupted. <br />That's where the Western tax payers come in, some of the counterparties were banks and as the banks tottered US and other taxpayers stepped in to prevent them failing, i.e. taxpayers money went to pay off the CDO/CDS transactions. I reckon that at least 1billion of John Paulson's funds 12 billion profit came from the German governments rescue of IKB bank (this last is not in the book).<br /><br />So the fascination is in watching this unfold. The events are so recent that we still have a sense of the breath-taking audacity of those that felt the property market could crash. The banks, the rating agencies, the math-geniuses who calculated risk all felt it couldn't (hence the low rate charged for CDS's). By concentrating on those who bet against the market, Zuckermann under-emphasizes the fact that almost no-one on the planet held their views. Zuckermann's book excels in telling their story - specifically the difficulty in getting investors to stay with the bet - Paulson was willing to loose up to 8% per annum; Burry had to refuse to return money to his investors for up to two years as the bet was in play. It took real courage to wait for the market to turn, even if they were correct, they might run out of money before the bet could pay back - Keynes quote - `the market can stay irrational longer than the investor can stay solvent'. There were also worries about being successful - if the bets came off, the scale of the winnings might be such as to jeopardize actually getting the money.<br /><br />The behaviour of the bankers is infuriating, in seeking CDS coverage for CDOs (which might just be an extra source of income) bankers could be seen to be betting against products they were selling to their clients. While this may or may not be the case, the fact that there was enough money sloshing around to encourage various investors to create CDOs in the first place, is even more infuriating, as I cannot see <br />a useful social purpose to it. I can understand the provision of mortgages as a useful social purpose, i can understand insurance,; but to me the speculation that took place here was of no use to society, who ever `won' the bet. And of course the most infuriating of all (which brings me back to Rubin), is that <br />those that `lost' the bet were not those who took out the CDOs, but rather the taxpayer. Why was this allowed to happen?<br /><br />The book itself leaves out mention of the counterparties - what possessed those who generated and purchased CDO's? There is an interesting description of a confrontation between Paulson and Stanley O'Neal (ex CEO of Merrill Lynch) which exposes O'Neal as not being aware of the existential risk his own bank was holding as CDOs. But otherwise the book has little to say about the guy's who lost. It is both deferential and stylistically quite flat in describing the winners. Somehow Paulson is seen as a bit of a looser in the hedge fund community prior to his big bet , despite a lifestyle most would see as opulent. <br />Through Zuckerman Paulson is allowed to make self-justifying statements about how he never misrepresented what he was doing; statements which might be pre-emptive in light of the SEC investigations of Goldman Sachs (though in fairness Paulson has not been indicted). Michal Lewis' book `the big Short' does not interview Paulson at all. <br /><br /><br />So overall, a fascinating partial account of the latest trauma of Capitalism. The book could do with being more critical, more analytic., less deferential. From a full reading of the text, I'm not sure that the irony in the title was intentional A more comprehensive account would need to cover the irrational `group-think' among bankers, rating agencies and regulators. Nonetheless well worth a read. Also, for about fifty pages I think I understood what a synthetic CDO was. <br /><br />

strengths - not weaknesses

Great to have a book which focuses on strengths and there's not a mention of weaknesses!

Pick this one!

With literally hundreds of books available about dissertation writing I looked at quite a few and chose this one. It's clearly written and very easy to apply to your work. The book is realistic and does not suggest outrageous deadlines. I would recommend that you buy this a few months before you start your dissertation. It's generic so it doesn't matter what subject you are studying (I study journalism and it has worked well for me). Good luck!!

If your'e on management level and in a new role, this is THE book to recommend

Having recruited more than hundred managers, I know how important it is and how difficult it can be, to start in a new management role.<br />When the new relationship does not work out, it is nearly never due to lack of relevant experience, but because the transition into the new role goes wrong. I hence recommend this book to everyone that starts in a new management position. Even if some of the book's content might seem a bit obvious, the book will work as a good step-by-step guide or as a useful reminder, regarindg how to successfully integrate and make an impact, in the new organisation.

GMAT 12th Official Review

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very good some great tips and advice

went through this book slowly felt it was very good but came away looking for more questions to be answered in my head

Management Aid Review

Excellent insight & great aid for innovative reasoning as well as consolidation of well-practised strategies. Simple use of language for maximum effect.The 18 Challenges of Leadership: A Practical, Structured Way to Develop Your Leadership Talent

A handbook to answer everyday questions

Written in the form of quotes and short stories, this book touches upon the answers to life's everyday questions. I love the way Paul Arden makes use of his own personal experiences to get his point across and the way he structured the book to be very precise and straight-forward. Whether you are a student, self-employed or high up on the management ladder, you would definitely find some insights in this book on how to succeed in life and how to deal with those everyday issues.

beginners

Nice beginner's book. Nice reading on the tube. Good to review when starting a new project.

good read

Hard going in parts with complicated words for the layman, but has some excellent points which change your view of life and work

clarifying

Content is really good and explore from daily life negotiation through more complicated ones involving countries.<br />It shows more the psychology behind every negotiation.<br />The only problem I found was the way it has been designed. I got pretty tired after a few pages reading. I hope the latest one published has a better layout and design.

A great tool!

Fantastic book which really reveals the gifts and strengths of an individual. A great tool for others to be able to see their potential and strengths and helps them to identify opportunities to take up and excel in how they are naturally made.

okay

has some good concepts, repeats itself in certain areas and can get a little boring. Last chapters interesting.

Very handy book!

I bought this book to help me with my interview technique as I was unsure of what to expect nowadays. It had been a few years since my last interview and i needed to find a book which provided realistic answers to difficult interview questions. I liked this book as it included some of the weird and wonderful questions which now seem to be part of the recruitment process for many employers. I also liked the fact that the book has a section on how to handle the offer process which I didn't feel confident with. All in all, a good entertaining book with helpful information. I thoroughly recommend it and hopefully you too can shine in interview just as I did!