Review of Alexander the Great's Art of Strategy: The Timeless Lessons of History's Greatest Empire Builder (Hardcover)

The flow of this book is in alignment with the thought process of business executives. The USP of this book is it has historical pieces coupled along with strong analysis to churn out wisdom for leaders as well as strategists in every sphere.

May be a few historical points are not spot on in this book. However, the readers of this book should not be in pursuit of history but wisdom acquisition from the life of the greatest conqueror of all time, Alexander the Great, who never lost a war.

This book makes a close analysis into what made Alexander so special. Apart from being gifted with special traits of a natural leader, Alexander was able to make huge magnitude of impact during his short life due to his forward thinking father, Philips of Macedonian. Aristotle, mentor of Alexander, helped him develop a strong analytic framework of mind and appreciation for looking at issues from various perspectives. The book mentions that the "think global act local" approach was first promulgated by Alexander. As one reads on, one will understand how and why many leaders / strategists (in various spheres) over the centuries have been inspired by Alexander the Great.




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Review of You're Broke Because You Want to Be: How to Stop Getting By and Start Getting Ahead (Hardcover)

When is the last time you sat down and read a book cover-to-cover without stopping?That is just what I did the other day when I got home and found Larry Winget's book waiting for me from Amazon.In "You're Broke Because You Want To Be..." Larry Winget uses this in your face style of self-help coaching to let you know that there is a way out of this debt hole you are in.Given the current state of the economy, this book couldn't have come out at a better time.

Larry puts it on the line and basically says that all of us have the power to make our lives better and stop the financial bleeding if we want to -- and you know what he is right.He states, for example, to get off your rear end and stop watching television and take a class or learn something new to help advance your career which helps you earn more money.He's dead on in that regard -- I personally stopped watching the idiot box over 2 years ago and started taking night classes towards an MBA.It has helped me more than I could ever have imagined.

The problem with this book is that most people, just as Larry says, won't want to do what he tells you to.They don't want to give up their cable TV, they don't want to get a 2nd job to pay off the bills, they don't want to stop eating out every other day.They just want a magic bag of money to drop into their lives.Well wake up folks, it isn't going to happen.The theme of this book can best be describes as "It's All About You!" -- YOU have to sacrifice to get out of the hole and if you aren't willing to or don't want to make tough choices then save your money and don't buy the book and continue living in your financial nightmare.

After reading this book I got the extra "boost" I needed to continue working my 2nd job (my own small business) to help it grow even more.My goal is to be debt free by the beginning of 2009 and I know I can do it -- I got my shot of reality from reading this book.Now I'm ready to hunker down and make it happen!



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