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• Personal Development

By providing a month by month plan throughout the year this book maintains a steady flow of energy to negate unnecessary highs and lows.

The exercises and reviews allow us to test and measure different methods of networking and to set expectations in order to refine our networking skills.

The monthly plan including thoughts about Christmas cards and the celebration of other diverse cultural events throughout the year is a great idea.

YES

As you may have expected (From a book on business coaching written by a business coach) there is a happy ending to the story. Employing a coach is shown to increase the couples net profit by almost 500%

Even taking a cynical view of this book, most small business owners should find some benefit in this refresher on business basics such as Unique Selling Points and lead conversion rates.

YES

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The book breaks everything down into simple terms and is full of useful tips on employing the right person and getting rid of the wrong person. We are taken from the initial stage of advertising for the right person through performance management and if necessary to Department of Labour mediation.

One of the elements of the book is monitoring the employer /employee relationship so that the employees are provided the right atmosphere to keep them engaged, this way both sides benefit.

The book recognizes that there are some workers that are doing the bare minimum to avoid being fired.

Anyone who has read the 4 hour work week will know that Tim Ferris was disengaged in his paid job whilst he was researching his first online business. Disengaged people aren’t necessarily bad people they may be just misemployed.

YES

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Koch encourages us to be lazier in the areas that provide us the minimal (20% results)

This isn’t just a book about efficiency; it’s about concentrating on the important areas of our lives.

We are provided a three step plan to focus on the 20% of actions that give us the 80% of our results for each of the five areas of Self, Work & Success, Money, Relationships and the Simple Good Life.

The process requires that we prioritize and then focus on one area at a time. We do not move onto the next area until we have completed the work on the first area.

The main thing that we have to do to get the most out of this book is to Change our way of thinking into believing that Less is more.

YES

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Here vital friends are split into eight categories Builders, Champions, Collaborators, Companions, Connectors, Mind Openers Navigators & Energizers. Each of the categories is covered in depth in regard to their benefits and how best to profit from their strengths.

Anyone purchasing the book is provided with a unique code that allows them access to a website and allows them to catalogue their own friends into the different categories.

The book observes the fact that nowadays we concentrate a lot on self development and personal growth but should spend more time in fostering one on one friendships.

We are also informed that in our search for a work life balance it isn’t that easy to have a nice clean demarcation between our work and our family life. An argument before we leave the house for work can start us in a negative spiral for the day and a negative influence at work can follow through into our home life.

YES

I found it interesting the impact that friends have on our diet and other aspects of our well being. Best Friends with healthy diets and healthy lifestyles tend to foster healthy diets and lifestyles in ourselves, whilst best friends who have a predominantly unhealthy diet have an adverse affect on us.

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The principles in this book can be used to enrich our individual lives or even to create a work atmosphere where the team are more engaged in the business.

Using polls from such diverse groups as school children and nuns he shows how positive feedback at the right level can help people prosper and actually live longer.

We are told that we should concentrate on what is right with people instead of what is wrong.

YES

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The assistant is initially disillusioned because the president has had a meeting where he has blown off the board and the assistant feels this has lead to a loss in their confidence.

The Crux of the story is that the assistant contacts the one minute manager (a friend of his father) and is coached over a weekend that by openness and a sincere apology the president can renew his boards’ confidence in him.

The apology must be sincere (deep) and portray to the wronged parties that you are experiencing remorse.

Our journey through the parable is designed to point out the qualities that are found in great leaders.

NO

I’d like to think that any leader worth is salt exhibits these traits (for those that don’t I feel they wouldn’t read the book anyway).

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The first step states that “There is a major difference between the average person and high achievers”, that difference being their view on failure.

In previous books such as “The Winning Attitude”, Maxwell alluded to the idea that failure isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

Here the whole book focused on the premise that Failure is your friend or your enemy and you get to decide which.

YES

I think we all need to know that it’s okay to fail sometimes, and here we have a book that actually encourages us to fail more.

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• Leadership

The benefits of our positive attitude and identifying this in others can provide us with a more successful organisation.

Combining this with your other leadership skills to foster the attitude in your workforce can make your business stand out amongst the crowd.

Developing your positive attitude can help produce great results not just in business but in all areas of your life.

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The way it identifies failures along the journey as learning’s that will guide us (instead of roadblocks) to our success

I feel a more balanced book would have made it more amenable to a larger audience

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