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Crucial Conversations: Tools for talking when stakes are high
Buy it Thesis: Master crucial conversations and you’ll kick-start your career, strengthen your relationships and improve your health. Things to Remember: Start with heart What is it you really want? How would I behave if I wanted these results? Refuse either/or thinking Learn to look At content AND conditions Recognize when things become crucial Watch…
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The Nest Newlywed Handbook
Thesis: How to live as a couple. Not a lot of useful stuff, but I liked this. Social life: Once a week One on one date Double date Alone time Twice a month Night out with big group of friends Dinner/drinks with just girls Monthly Host a gathering at home Every three months – weekend…
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The Tom Peters Seminar, by Tom Peters
Thesis: If you get to comfortable managing your business, it will fall apart. Stuff to remember: “Business” the job Cross train your employees in as many relevant skills needed to perform the job start-to-finish Budgeting Quality control – quality measurement and improvement Autonomy – people should be able to work without restrictions to make a…
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What No One Tells the Bride by Marg Stark
Thesis: You don’t have to pretend everything is fine, the fact that it’s not means it is fine. Specific Things to Remember: Believe you can be happy in marriage Challenge conventional thinking Make your OWN marriage Give yourself a lot of space to figure stuff out Don’t number your priorities – let it be. It’s…
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The Magic of Thinking Big, by David J Schwartz, PhD
Thesis: Act like you’re important and above the fray and you will, indeed, be. Specific Things to Remember: How to lick health “excusitis”: Refuse to talk about your health. Refuse to worry about your health. Be grateful that your health is as good as it is. Remind yourself it’s better to wear out than rust…
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The Millionaire Next Door, by Thomas J Stanley and William D. Danko
Thesis: A summary of an in-depth study involving the well-off and the wealthy. Basically, the people with the bling are not really secure and will regret it. Live below your means. Specific Things to Remember: Portrait of a millionaire 57 year-old male, married with three children. 70% of us earn 80% or more of our…
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The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing, by Al Ries & Jack Trout
Thesis: Know thy audience, some laws to follow when marketing. Also, this is a pretty funny book title as some of what they say has been proven wrong in time. Specific things to remember: It’s better to be first than better If you can’t be first in a category, set up a new category to…
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Smart Choices, by Hammond, Keeney, Raiffa
Thesis: A book that bridges the gap between how people actually make decisions and what researchers have discovered about how they should make decisions. Specific Things to Remember: Work on the right decision problem – state problems carefully, acknowledging their complexity, and avoid unwarranted assumptions and option-limiting prejudice. Define it: 1 – what is your…
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Offbeat Bride by Ariel Meadow Stallings
Thesis: Fight the wedding industry power! Make your wedding your own and don’t succumb to the pressure of traditionalism and oneupmanship. Specific Things to Remember: Part 1 – Otherwise Engaged You’re not alone if you’re a girl and people are pressuring you about engagement and he’s not getting it. People will pressure you about everything,…
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Freakonomics, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
Thesis: By unraveling your life’s secret codes, you can turn your view of the way things work upside down- and discover a totally new way of seeing the world. Specific Things to Remember: Don’t try to look at the forest while standing in the trees. Sometimes “unrelated” factors have the biggest impact. Money hardly matters…