What's your time worth?
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These are exactly what I should have expected for the price.  The question is - how much is my time worth installing and trying to make work, and then repacking and returning them?  I should have bought the Blum version, but like an ass, I thought I'd save some money.  If you're serious about your work - and your clients, don't waste your time on this brand.
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Just don't expect too much from this book. It'll help you kill some free time, but I'm not sure it's worth the $13 I paid for it.
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An informative overview of activities you can utilise to spend less time yet be more productive. Worth a read if you're in business!
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The age old question ... do you live the life and do the work you want to do?  Or, do you do what everyone expects you to do?  Either way you pay a big price.

The beauty of this book is that Pressfield helps you figure it out.
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This book asks the $64,000 question. "What is most important in your organization? Is quality more important than innovation? Does customer service take precedence over quality? Are profits a higher priority than integrity?"

Author Jim Seybert adds, "It's not enough to have a list of core values.  They need to be prioritized so there's no question about which has a higher value when push comes to shove."

This leadership nugget was from the September 30 devotional selection from Seybert's insightful book. It's the perfect gift book for donors, board members and other leaders in your organization.  There are 12 themes addressed including Action, Communication, Focus, Future, History, Integrity, Staff, Success, Time, Uniqueness, Vision and Wisdom. Each day (January 1 to December 31) features a verse from the New Living Translation, a leadership insight, and a bottom line comment.

You'll find dozens of street-smart gems like, "What you say in the elevator can become policy by tomorrow morning, so be careful what you say and where you say it."

In the "Meeting Bucket" chapter of my book,&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Mastering-The-Management-Buckets-20-Critical-Competencies-for-Leading-Your-Business-or-Non-profit/dp/0830745947/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Mastering The Management Buckets: 20 Critical Competencies for Leading Your Business or Non-profit</a>, I suggest, like Patrick Lencioni, that you host a weekly staff meeting for your department, team or entire staff. You might try these two questions at your next weekly staff meeting: 1) Who would like to stand up, put their hand on their heart, and recite our organization's core values? 2) In groups of three, prioritize our core values.  If "push comes to shove," which core value is the most important?
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Got 20 minutes to spare? Great! That's how long this "book" takes to read. Why would I pay money for any of this authors other books?  Is the sequel 12 minutes long!
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It's a book about time management. I know what you're thinking--better time management is just applying common sense. If it's so simple, though, why aren't I better at it?

As a husband, father of two, full-time employee, and nursing student, it's safe to say that time management ranks high on my list of priorities. But reading books about it? Not so much. Nevertheless, I received a copy of Peter's Bregmans' 18 Minutes some time back and somehow managed to make it through all 46 bite-sized chapters.

One of the many things I appreciate about 18 Minutes is its specificity. Eighteen minutes. Makes you curious, doesn't it? Maybe skeptical. The Grapefruit Diet is specific, too. But this is specific in ways that are actually useful beyond preventing scurvy. And that's a big part of what pulled me in.

Another thing I liked was the fact that this wasn't simply a plan to help you cram more into your day. It went much deeper. Bregman pushes you to evaluate what's really important in your life--really narrow it down--and make sure that your time and energies are directed toward those things.

A couple of my favorite chapters were later in the book: "Does Obama Wear a Pearl Necklace? Creating Productive Distractions" and "It's Not the Skills We Actually Have That Matter: Getting Over Perfectionism." Being prone to both distractions and perfectionism, they spoke to me. Great titles, too, eh?

I won't spoil the significance of the 18 minutes, except to say that they add up to some useful disciplines. The great thing is that even without the 18 minutes, there are still enough valuable insights and strategies to make this book a worthwhile and engaging read. To me that says a lot about the author.

If I had to identify one shortcoming of the book, it's that it seems geared toward white collar workers. Honestly, that seems to be the demographic most in need of help in this area, but I think the lessons are relevant to everyone. 18 Minutes is an entertaining, useful, and entertaining read. You couldn't go wrong making it part of your New Year's resolution.
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Have you ever felt like you're not getting paid what you're worth? Have you ever been afraid to ask for the REAL value of your service offerings? Me too. Jaynie L. Smith walks readers through step by step helping them discover what makes their offering unique, special and valuable. The author shares the wisdom of a true marketing sage giving us permission to find our value, identify our uniqueness and sell it without compromise. Allow this book to take you to a place where selling without lowering price makes good business sense. This book taught me to broadcast my competitive advantage in a message that prospects welcome. If you want to start doing business with customers who value what you offer and increase your revenue - whether you sell a product or a service - pick up this little gem. You'll be happy that you did.
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a'; thoughtful book written by a thoughtful man who is concerned with the question of,"what is the value of my life'.  and am I of value to my life.
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On the journey to discovering the right answers for your life, it is first important to ask the right questions. Charity Bradshaw leads her readers on the journey to asking the right questions about life values. Understanding your unique 'value order' is the first step to living the 'life in your head.' (You know the one you dream about, but for some reason are not living?) Bradshaw succeeds in this work by applying her direct, practical and honest approach to self-discovery and setting priorities to help us define our 'value-order'. She shares her heart for helping others along the path and is quick to admit to personal struggles as well as successes. I recommend this book to anyone desiring to take an honest look at the 'gap between their reality and their goals.' Favorite lines in the book...."God designed us with things in common...but the things that make us unique are in the details. Fingerprints, DNA...what we value...Our unique make-up opens doors only meant for us. We must be willing to be true to ourselves and remain in our lanes to access our destinies and reach all we were made to reach." Great point!
Get this for yourself and your friends!
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Kathryn is a time management Guru. Period. A really good guide on time management with several proven and pragmatic tips. True value for money. If you are looking at better managing your time or creating extra time for yourself and your family/loved ones or finding better work-life balance, then this book can show you some really good ways to achieve your intended purpose.
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My conclusion after having finished Profit First is that this book wasn't worth my time.

In total this book contains roughly 30 or so pages of real advice. If Mike had remained focused, perhaps it'd be around 50 pages with an introduction and conclusion. Instead, he drags on for 200 pages, sharing anecdotes, asking dozens of rhetorical questions to fill up your time, even plugging his own website at times and requesting that his readers email him at one point. To me, strange things like that last bit make the experience of reading Profit First somewhat bizarre.

Additionally, Mike writes as though he is a salesman trying to sell his readers on his book, within his book. Mike, you've already sold me on it, haven't you? (Did that rhetorical question seem somewhat misplaced, as though I'm trying to artificially extend my review?) I was sold when I purchased this book for $20, so you shouldn't spend the first 40 or so pages trying to convince me that it was worth it, or I'm naturally going to start to believe that it wasn't worth it.

Potential readers, if you're looking for straight, sound financial advice, this is likely not the book for you. This book is more like a very casual collection of entrepreneur failure and success stories with a side of financial advice to it.
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Very helpful, practical advice on time-saving, with a plan to help you understand your time use.  The anecdotes are interesting, and keep the book moving along.  Doing the plan is not without effort, but really, what of value is?
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It is simply a list of things that make sense if you are trying to define your worth to yourself. Nothing big or new. It is not lame or anything. It is just not earth-shattering. I did not pay much, so it is OK for what I paid.
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The Magic Question. A simple question every leader dreams of answering. David Cottrell. 2013. ISBN 9780071806169.

Six questions.

  What is really important?
  How am I doing?
  How is our team doing?
  Do you care?
  What difference do we make?
  Are you worth following?

Seems simple enough - but as you read through this book, few are doing this.

The idea of this book seems weak until you realize that only 5% of our population reads a book a month.

Add the challenges that Millennials seem to give to older managers and this book makes more sense.

Is it worth $16? Hard to say - and it  will last about an hours flight at 97 pp. Could be awake up call for some.
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An easy read that you can do during a 3 hour flight (yep, that's what I did).  This book offers lots of practical advice, maybe a bit simplistic but valuable.  I'll use it as a resource in building a module on Time Management and Self Discipline for a new manager's course.
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Chapter 2 was a waste of time, but the rest is worth a read, and I like the honesty of the book, for example when the book suggested that companies are better off paying their bottom 10% of employees (the lowest proformers) to stay at home.  So true, but I will let you do the reading to find out why.