I started to read Boom! by Emma Wimhurst on the tube. I felt slightly embarrassed as a man because I think cover is targeted at the female market.

Having said all this, this is a practical and helpful business book with substance that will be read by both men and women rather than just be displayed on a book shelf to be read some day. The layout and style of the book makes it a very easy to read and refer to it time and time again. It covers all the key business disciplines to run and expand your business.

Emma’s explanation of Business Strategy is one of the better explanation I have read. Thinking strategically is crucial to business success.

I will be recommending this book to all my clients to be used as an accessible business bible. Furthermore, it will also make my life easier since Emma has done a great job of explaining how to manage business finances and also how best to work with accountants.

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I did not learn anything new from this book. It has all been said before- to be financially successful, invest in property and go into business rather than work for someone else. Rehash of books like Rich Dad, Poor Dad.

I did not like the approach Shemin took on people with education – they think in a straight line rather than thinking differently to others. This clearly is a gross generalisation since in all fields they are a variety of thinking types.

Overall this book not is not worth the read.

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This can only be described as a fantastic audio programme. It is worth every penny and deserves to be listened several times.

Anyone who has any doubts of leaving their secure job with a pension for a risky life as an entrepreneur should listen to this programme. Further, if you are an entrepreneur listen to your successful colleagues and learn from those who have actually done it. Cordock got together self made multi millionaires to talk about their experience. They have all failed on their road to success. It is how they handle failure that is an important factor to their success. Furthermore, it was great to hear these multi millionaires are no better than you or I. Another key factors to their success is their absolute courage of their convictions.

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This is a well known Covey’s book. I found it a heavy read. I forced myself to complete the book. It made a lot of sense, but I did not apply his suggestions. After a few months, I heard the audio version of the book. This again was not an easy listen. I found his ideas and concepts very helpful. To fully understand Covey, I will need to listen to his audio book several times.

The area that I related to most was his inside-out approach – my interpretation of this – to be successful we need to start looking at ourselves first . “The way we see things is the source of the way we think and the way we act.’’ These paradigms are the source of our attitudes and behaviors. We cannot act with integrity outside of them. We simply cannot maintain wholeness if we talk and walk differently than we see. To try to change outward attitudes and behaviours does very little good in the long run if we fail to examine the basic paradigms from which those attitudes and behaviours flow.

Covey says achieving insight involves making a ’’paradigm shift’’ which causes us to perceive things differently. He notes that life threatening experiences or a major role change in a person’s life can change a person’s paradigm. Sometimes, just a little more knowledge might help us examine our paradigms.

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