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Essentialism - Greg McKeown

Essentialism – Greg McKeown

SCORE: 70%

OUTLINE: The concentrated and disciplined pursuit of less may in fact reward you with more. 

REVIEW: Essentially Greg endorses that in being selective over what we pursue and how we pursue it means that we can avoid spreading ourselves to thinly and as a result we can harvest a more qualitative lifestyle. Learning to say no, in a positive manor, is one methodology that would stop…

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Triggers - Marshall Goldsmith

Triggers – Marshall Goldsmith

SCORE:71%

OUTLINE:The authors guide to creating behaviour and habits that last.

REVIEW: This book is not the book I thought it would be. Industries such as aviation use ‘trigger’ events to stimulate reactions, behaviours or procedures so that you don’t forget a checklist or an action that is vital for the safety of the aircraft. This book is not based on that. Instead it looks at some…

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Self discipline - Elliot harper

Self discipline – Elliot harper

SCORE: 65%

OUTLINE: A brief look at Self Discipline and habits.

REVIEW: A fairly shallow look into many self discipline concepts. The book covers briefly some things relating to self-discipline around dieting, self-discipline around habit forming. The book really does skim several other books major theories. So for instance the author talks about waking up early to fulfil goals of the…

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Habits of the Super Rich - Bruce Walker

Habits of the Super Rich – Bruce Walker

SCORE: 66%

OUTLINE: Habits and strategies that can have a compounding effect on your life if actioned.

REVIEW: The author essentially offers a 2hour precise of several other self help books that help you to manage your time, finances, lifestyle, aspirations and relationships. The author covers off in chapters habits of the rich and poor, turning thoughts into reality, developing a…

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Time Management - Brian Tracy

Time Management – Brian Tracy

SCORE:77%

OUTLINE: Great Guide to Time management.

REVIEW:Brian Tracy looks at tips and techniques to help manage your time including learning how and when to say NO, the 80/20 Principle to productivity and how to effectively start your day by ‘eating that frog’ or ‘eating a whale one mouthful at a time’. There are some fundamental principles in this book that are expanded in some of his…

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Tools Of Titans - Timothy Ferris

Tools Of Titans – Timothy Ferris

SCORE:90%

OUTLINE: A text book of life improving tools

REVIEW: This book is a WEAPON! This book is not a cover to cover read and that is one of things I love about it! It’s more like a life manual from a very successful podcast host that is designed to be picked. up and used on an ‘as and when needed basis’. It’s one of the very few hard copy books I own and its sits on my night stand…

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Atomic Habits - James Clear

Atomic Habits – James Clear

SCORE: 90%

OUTLINE: Excellent guide to positive habit change.

REVIEW: In this book the author reviews some great tips and hacks on developing positive habits. How to change out old bad habits, where and when to instigate new ones and how to identify what habits might actually work for you personality type. Learn how to build a system for getting 1% better every day, break your bad habits…

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The Power Of Habit - Charles Duhigg

The Power Of Habit – Charles Duhigg

SCORE: 88%

OUTLINE: How to set, change and eliminate habits.

REVIEW: Habits have 3 stages. A trigger, a routine and a result. Keep the trigger and result but change out the routine for something else, something better, healthier, more fulfilling, more productive. In all instance the trigger is a powerful thing to identify and set into a routine pattern if you want to enforce it. A lot of…

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Nudge- Thaler and Sunstein

Nudge- Thaler and Sunstein

  DATE: OCT/2017

OUTLINE: How to improve your decisions about heath, wealth and Happiness.

REVIEW: The authors look at the way humans make decisions everyday and how if more of the analytical brain was involved those decisions would sometimes be less emotional, more like an economists, and actually for the better. They discuss libertarian parentalism and how it offers choice to kids and nudges…

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The Book on Negotiating Real Estate - J Scott, Mark Ferguson and Carol Scott. 

The Book on Negotiating Real Estate – J Scott, Mark Ferguson and Carol Scott. 

  DATE: SEP/2017

OUTLINE: Expert strategies for getting the best deals when buying or selling investment properties.

REVIEW: I read this book imminently before offering on my next house purchase and I must say that the advice was worth every penny. By listening to the book i ended up adopting techniques that allowed me to just shut up an allow the agent to negotiate the price down for me. In 3…

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Millionaire success Habits - Dean Graziosi

Millionaire success Habits – Dean Graziosi

  DATE: OCT/2017

OUTLINE: Some life tips and tricks that have helped with the success of Millionaires.

REVIEW: I must say this book had a lot more content than I had expected. It looks like a bland self help title but the author actually delves into some great pragmatic advice that he has seen adopted my millionaire and billionaire business people that he knows and loves. There is helpful advice…

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Always Looking Up - Michael J Fox

Always Looking Up – Michael J Fox

  DATE: SEP /2017

OUTLINE: Some of the memoirs of Michael J Fox.

REVIEW: This book covers some of the experience of Michael J Fox and his dealing/coping mechanisms for Parkinson’s, being a dad, being a husband, a political activist, an actor and a role model His story is pretty inspiring and he never lets his degenerative condition determine the way he will live his life. Very inspirational 

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Empire. The life, legend and madness of Howard Hughes -Donald Bartlett and James Steele

Empire. The life, legend and madness of Howard Hughes -Donald Bartlett and James Steele

  DATE: SEO/2017

OUTLINE: The mind blowing history of an ego-centric American icon

REVIEW: I read this book after another book recommended reading it to see how you can become the victim of your ego and how it can really be your downfall. So much of that suggestion is true in this book and its a good lesson for anyone who maybe becoming to egotistical/egocentric. There are also some incredible…

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Napoleon Hill’s Keys to Positive Thinking: 10 Steps to Health, Wealth and Success - Michael J Ritt and Napoleon Hill

Napoleon Hill’s Keys to Positive Thinking: 10 Steps to Health, Wealth and Success – Michael J Ritt and Napoleon Hill

DATE: SEP/2017

OUTLINE: 10 Suggestions on how you might choose to act and react to maintain a positive outlook on life

REVIEW: Essentially this book give a load of tips and advice on how to instigate the power of PMA every day. Clearly its something we would all like to do but can’t always manage. In each 10 min chapter there are examples of how you could potentially adjust what you are currently…

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Get your sh*t together - Sarah Knight

Get your sh*t together – Sarah Knight

  DATE: AUG/2017

OUTLINE: A Self-Help Kick up the arse to encourage you to act.

REVIEW: From the author of the book ‘How to not give a f*ck’ comes this boo on essentially telling you what a disciplining parent might tell you. Act, do something, sort your life out. Live a balanced and moderated life, take care of your physical and mental well being, keep your finances in check, don’t worry about…

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Humble Pie  - Gordon Ramsay

Humble Pie  – Gordon Ramsay

  DATE: AUG/2017

OUTLINE: An interesting brief insight to the history of the irate chef. 

REVIEW: If you don’t know anything about this guy I think the key message you would take away from the book that people can work their way up from a traumatic upbringing with no money and violent parents and still become world famous millionaires if they are determined enough. I think Ramsay would say that…