Self Development Book Reviews

Malcolm Gladwell defines the tipping point for social epidemics as a combination of little things accumulating until reaching a dramatic moment when everything changes all at once. Gladwell's research shows numerous case studies of the tipping point being reached such as: - The children's program Blues Clues. - New York City crime rates. - The book called Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood. - Gore Associates multi-million dollar high tech firm. - Lester Wunderland "Secret Gold Box" with Columbia Record Club Account. - The shoe brand Air Walk. - Smoking. - Paul Rever's message to the colonial militia to the approach of British Forces before the battles of Lexington and Concord. - Tom Gau financial planner motor mimicry for persuasion. The two simple questions that Gladwell answers in this book are: 1. Why is it that some ideas or behaviours or products start epidemics and others don't? 2. What can we do to deliberately to start and control...

The story of Jensen Button is truly captivating as shows his struggles on and off the racing track from his early childhood all the way up to the end of his racing career in Formula One. Despite the book does not cover his life to the finer details of the setbacks and progressions Jensen experienced , it is still an  interesting read.  John Button the father of Jensen was heavily into racing and was sitting on a fountain of knowledge to share with his son. John always encouraged Jensen to just enjoy himself and focus on his own performance throughout his whole career, knowing that the more you do that, the better you will perform.  On Jensen 7th birthday his father brought him a Yamaha 50cc bike and he loved it from the first second, after riding for one day he was already asking his dad to take off the speed restriction. When his father took of the 20 mph restriction, the bike was able to shift to 30 mph, Jensen throttled the bike straight away and came flying...

This is the best book I have ever read and I could talk about it for hours but I will try to summarise it the best I can, so here we go.  It starts off with a entrepreneur who is thinking about committing suicide but before doing so, notices that her mum left a ticket to a personal optimisation conference. At this event the entrepreneur meets an artist and a billionaire, the billionaire offers these two an opportunity of a lifetime, to be shown the way the top 5% think. The only catch is that once you’ve have been given this information you must share it with others.  Some of the key principles that the top 5% follow:  1. 20/20/20 - The first hour of your day = 20 minutes exercise, 20 minutes stillness/meditation and 20 minutes self development. Within this book you’ll learn the psychology of the brain of why it is so beneficial. Ultimately a positive mind set first thing in the morning sets you off to make lots of good seemingly small insignificant decisions lik...

Background on the author:  Daniel Priestley is a successful entrepreneur and by the age of 25 built a multi-million dollar event, marketing and management business. He's the co-founder of Dent Global, one of the world's top business accelerators for entrepreneurs and leaders to stand-out and scale-up. From his experience and research he has pulled together a practical contemporary five-step method so that you can become one of the most highly valued and highly paid people in YOUR industry.  Book review:  In the introduction the book says "behind the obvious theme of the book and the five-step method, there is a hidden theme. There is a story behind the story. As you read on this hidden theme will become obvious to you, which will click a lot of ideas into place and make your next steps for the future become crystal clear".  My interpretation of the hidden theme is that success is something you attract not something you pursue. By becoming an attrac...