Posts for "Book Reviews"


A Magazine Addict Wrote This Post

From Budgets Are Sexy
February 8, 2012 at 7:52 am
You know those people who read like 10 books a month?  Well, that’s me, except I read magazines instead.  In fact, I devour the hell out of them. I literally just signed ... (more)

Jackass Investing: Don’t Do It. Profit From It

From The Sizemore Investment Letter
February 5, 2012 at 7:44 pm
This book should not be controversial, but it will be,” writes Michael Dever in the introduction to Jackass Investing. “That is because investing, which should be a rational ... (more)

Dream Save Do: Book Giveaway

From DINKS Finance
February 1, 2012 at 7:15 am
Good Morning DINKS. Would you consider your marriage to be luggage? So often when we become a couple and we lose our individuality.  We start to consider our spouse before we ... (more)

Book Review: The Big Retirement Risk

From The Sizemore Investment Letter
January 30, 2012 at 7:33 am
The financial planning industry has no shortage of voices offering advice.  Unfortunately, they all tend to say the same thing, and it’s not what most investors need or want. ... (more)

Book Review: Secrets of a Stingy Scoundrel

From Saving Money Today
January 27, 2012 at 1:25 pm
Have you ever thought that you know all there is to know about saving money and being frugal? You probably clip coupons, buy your clothes from thrift stores, ... (more)

Personal Branding Author Interview: James Marshall Reilly

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
January 9, 2012 at 6:30 am
Today, I spoke to James Marshall Reilly who is the author of Shake The World: It’s Not About Finding a Job, It’s About Creating a Life and the founder of Guild Agency Speakers ... (more)

After America: Get Ready for Armageddon

From The Sizemore Investment Letter
December 26, 2011 at 8:15 am
Look around you. From now on, it gets worse. In ten years’ time, there will be no American Dream, any more than there’s a Greek or Portuguese Dream. In twenty, you’ll ... (more)

Book Giveaway: I am Obsessed with SHINY OBJECTS!

From DINKS Finance
December 22, 2011 at 7:48 am
Good Morning DINKS. Before we get started let me ask you a question, do you have a pet? Hold your answer because we will come back to it later.  A few weeks ago Trish from TLC ... (more)

DINKS Days of Book Giveaways: Day 4 – The Automatic Millionaire

From DINKS Finance
December 8, 2011 at 7:21 am
Good Morning Everyone.  Welcome to Day 4 of the DINKS Days of Book Giveaways Contest.  Today we are giving away the 4th and final book in our weekly contest.  Today we are finishing ... (more)

DINKS Days of Book Giveaways: Day 2 – “The Fund”

From DINKS Finance
December 6, 2011 at 7:26 am
I started reading The Fund by HT Narea less than two weeks ago and I am proud to say that two days ago I finished the book.  I carried The 464 page book to work and back home ... (more)

DINKS Days of Book Giveaways: Day 1 – “Debt Free for Life”

From DINKS Finance
December 5, 2011 at 7:07 am
Good Morning DINKS.  Today is an exciting day because today is the First Day in our DINKS Days of Book Giveaways Contest! In the true holiday spirit all week long DINKS is giving ... (more)

Debunking Economics

From The Sizemore Investment Letter
November 28, 2011 at 10:51 am
In the new 2011 edition of his magnum opus Debunking Economics: The Naked Emperor Dethroned, Australian economics professor Steve Keen comes out guns blazing, blasting the “Panglossian ... (more)

When in Doubt, Follow the Greats

From The Sizemore Investment Letter
November 24, 2011 at 8:43 am
Stocks fell sharply as we started trading this week on fears that Europe’s sovereign debt crisis was again spiraling out of control.  Of course, I could have used that same ... (more)

The Long Divergence: What Turned the Tables Between the West and Islam?

From The Sizemore Investment Letter
November 21, 2011 at 8:50 am
For centuries the Islamic world dominated the West militarily, economically, and culturally.  As late as 1683, when Ottoman forces laid siege to Vienna, Muslim military domination ... (more)

The 9 Attitudes of Leadership

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
November 8, 2011 at 6:30 am
One of lingering fallacies about business is believing that Jim Collins is right. As the bestselling researcher-author of Good to Great and now, Great by Choice, Collins is pretty ... (more)

Grab Scott Ginsberg’s New Book for FREE

From Everything Small Business Journal
November 4, 2011 at 11:32 am
What is the value of being approachable? If you ask Scott Ginsberg, the answer is, “priceless. Scott knows more than a thing or two about being approachable. For the last ... (more)

Personal Branding Interview: Stephen R. Covey

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
October 5, 2011 at 12:04 am
This post originally appeared in my Forbes.com column. Today, I spoke with Stephen R. Covey and we focused on his new book “The 3rd Alternative: Solving Life’s Most Difficult ... (more)

Escape the Rat Race and Achieve True Financial Independence

From Saving Money Today
September 30, 2011 at 8:02 am
I read a lot of blogs, way more than I can even count.  But one of my absolute favorites is The Financial Blogger.  The reason I love TFB so much is that every ... (more)

The Lean Startup Movement

From Everything Small Business Journal
September 14, 2011 at 11:45 am
Eric Ries has a new message for America’s budding businesses: Go lean. The 32-year-old Silicon Valley executive is the founder of Lean Startup, a rising movement that’s ... (more)

Review of Job Searching with Social Media for Dummies

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
August 30, 2011 at 1:30 pm
Personal branding is important in social media. And both social media and personal branding are important in today’s job search process. Joshua Waldman, author of Job Searching ... (more)

8 Factors Propelling Women to the Top in the Social Revolution

From Everything Small Business Journal
August 26, 2011 at 11:45 am
The social revolution has brought a renewed focus to doing business organically. Today corporations and small businesses alike are using the powers of collaboration, participation, ... (more)

The Bed of Procrustes

From The Sizemore Investment Letter
August 17, 2011 at 9:00 am
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the best-selling author of Fooled By Randomness and The Black Swan, is at it again. Late in 2010, Taleb quietly published his third book, The Bed of Procrustes: ... (more)

Discover How to Become a Millionaire – The Millionaire Next Door Book Review

From Saving Money Today
August 3, 2011 at 6:43 pm
How to Become a Millionaire (It’s Easier Than You Think) Do you ever close your eyes and pretend that you’re a millionaire?  C’mon, don’t tell me ... (more)

The Death of Common Sense

From The Sizemore Investment Letter
August 1, 2011 at 2:52 am
Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity believed two dilapidated buildings in New York would be ideal shelters for the city’s homeless. The city actually agreed with them and ... (more)

8 Ways to Make Every Employee a Salesperson

From Everything Small Business Journal
July 18, 2011 at 11:45 am
Are you looking for new ways to address the problem of flat sales and low profitability at your company without spending a dime? The solution greets you every morning when you ... (more)