Actionable Books

"Most people upshift when they want to get through to other people. They persuade. They encourage. They argue. They push. And in the process, they create resistance." - Getting Everything You Can Out Of All You’ve Got by Jay Abraham Read the summary by Davey Moyers - https://lnkd.in/eSkDDFaY Get the book - https://lnkd.in/eExJ9Xcy

"Most people will not follow the [advice in this book]. But I hope everyone follows the advice of the daily practice, where you internally get healthy enough to make the decisions about what is right for your life instead of relying on century-old customs and antiquated ideas about ‘property rights’, ‘education’, ‘jobs’, ‘politics’, and so on that have kept people enslaved with ancient philosophical shackles." - Driven to Distraction at Work by Edward M. Hallowell Read the summary by Fonda Na’Desh - https://lnkd.in/ecWXfUhW Get the book - https://lnkd.in/eP4Cze-W

"Most sales manuals will tell you that the most important thing you are selling is yourself. This book won’t. In my opinion, selling yourself can sometimes be a very bad idea… because very often, my friend, you and I are lousy products. Our challenge, whether we are salespeople, or negotiators, or managers, or entrepreneurs, is to make others see the advantage to themselves in responding to our proposal. Understanding our subjects’ personalities is vital. Let them shine. Our own personalities are subordinate." - Make Facebook Work for your Business by Alex Stearn Read the summary by Anne Day - https://lnkd.in/dGCr4WhU Get the book - https://lnkd.in/dgfkz-Yx

"Much of this book is focused on how you can improve your business life and career. But the strategies also work in virtually any aspect of life where you need to persuade others to accept your position or ideas." - The Power of Presence by Kristi Hedges Read the summary by Ingrid Urgolites - https://lnkd.in/e_qv2n5a Get the book - https://lnkd.in/eJUPtevg

"Multitasking, hopping from project to project, e-mailing while talking on the phone, rushing from meeting to meeting to get to the next appointment on time, ending the day with a frustrated feeling of neither fulfilling all of their goals nor performing at their best, let alone equanimity, when in fact, most of the time they do not. Instead, most of these people have a severe case of modern life – what I came to call attention deficit traits, or ADT." - The Art of Being Unmistakable by Srinivas Rao Read the summary by Rex Williams - https://lnkd.in/eQYBABSB Get the book - https://lnkd.in/eXeGH_FA

"My goal is to help you save your time and your resources and provide you with a highly effective system to make Facebook work for your business." - Execution by Larry Bossidy Read the summary by Prashanth Gopalan - https://lnkd.in/eFkjbqPH Get the book - https://lnkd.in/ezaHjjWb

"My goals are to get you to reorient your beliefs about what makes a strong executive presence and rid yourself of limiting behaviors, while providing you with new ways of thinking and doing." - Being Human by Mark Lebusque Read the summary by Sara Saddington - https://lnkd.in/g6MJ4rGr Get the book - https://lnkd.in/gzWVWNmF

"My greatest sin was to waste my life believing that I wasn’t capable of something more." - In Praise of Slowness by Carl Honore Read the summary by Jakob Browning - https://lnkd.in/eXvpYvGd Get the book - https://lnkd.in/ec2FaWww

"My job at Honeywell International these days is to restore the discipline of execution to a company that had lost it." - 10-10-10 by Suzy Welch Read the summary by Chris Taylor - https://lnkd.in/e2pH8dsr Get the book - https://lnkd.in/eBmKm2y9

"My late English teacher, Mr Stewart, used to say: ‘When you think about others first, you serve yourself best.’ Take this into account when you negotiate, because people sense selfishness in others very quickly, and it creates mistrust." - Negotiation by Gavin Presman Read the summary by Sara Saddington - https://lnkd.in/eXcmmGQa Get the book - https://lnkd.in/e2A2j7mR