Machiavelli on Business: Strategies, Advice, and Words of Wisdom on Business and Power by Stephen Brennan My rating: 1 of 5 stars Reads like an analysis of Nostradamus’ predictions, i.e. everything is open to interpretation. Unfortunately, the so-called “analyses” are often shorter than the excerpts from the original works, making this book appear like a… Read More »
Bull’s Eye: The Power of Focus by Brian Tracy My rating: 1 of 5 stars Put together a bunch of well-known personal management principles, throw in a couple of sound bites by well-known people and viola! You have a ready-made coffee-table book for people who have a hard time focusing on reading. This book has… Read More »
Will It Fly?: How to Test Your Next Business Idea So You Don’t Waste Your Time and Money by Pat Flynn My rating: 4 of 5 stars When I picked up this book from the library, I didn’t realise that the author was someone whose podcasts I have been following for quite some time. Like… Read More »
The Curmudgeon’s Guide to Getting Ahead by Charles Murray My rating: 3 of 5 stars This would have been a good read if the author is less self-righteous. Instead, by trying to impose his narrow views of what constitutes right behaviour and what it takes to live a good life, it negates the value of… Read More »
101 Places Not to See Before You Die by Catherine Price My rating: 0 of 5 stars Like many books of its genre, “101 Places Not to See Before You Die” reads like the equivalent of an online clickbait. Sure, there are plenty of interesting stuff (for instance, Hell has a wedding chapel, and the… Read More »
The Art of Profitability by Adrian J. Slywotzky My rating: 5 of 5 stars “The Art of Profitability” uses the same novel approach as “The Guy Who Fired His Boss” & “Lost and Found”, two books which I read earlier, except that the delivery style is reminiscent of Gu Long, the late Taiwanese Wuxia novelist,… Read More »