New: bookbabbleAll contenthive-129948krhive-196917zzanhive-183959hive-185836hive-180932hive-166405steemhive-150122hive-101145photographyhive-183397hive-144064uncommonlabhive-184714hive-188619krsuccesshive-145157hive-193637bitcoinhive-103599hive-193186hive-180301lifeTrendingNewHotLikersadambarratt (62)in bookbabble • 6 years agoBookBabble #25: "So Good They Can't Ignore You" by Cal Newport"Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love" Cal's back… and what's Steve Martin got to do with it? We covered Deep Work a few weeks back and here's another Cal classic. This was…adambarratt (62)in bookbabble • 6 years agoBookBabble #24: "The Perfect Day Formula" by Craig Ballantyne"How to Own the Day and Control Your Life" Who is this Craig B and what be his formula? Owning your day and controlling your life seems a worthy goal, so how do we go about it? Craig Ballantyne…adambarratt (62)in bookbabble • 6 years agoBookBabble #23: "The E-Myth Revisited" by Michael Gerber"Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It" Ah, the entrepreneurial journey. Where to start? I can barely spell it let alone act it out in the real world, and that's the same…adambarratt (62)in bookbabble • 6 years agoBook Babble #22: "Creative Mischief" by Dave TrottCreating mischief, in the advertising industry and beyond! So what mischief are we creating here, Dave? Here we have a great little fun book, veering off slightly from the norm of this series.…adambarratt (62)in bookbabble • 6 years agoBook Babble #21: "Deep Work" by Cal Newport"Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World" How do we go DEEP, avoid the SHALLOW, and be PRODUCTIVE? Let's ask Cal! Here we have a book that it's safe to say is fundamental to any…adambarratt (62)in bookbabble • 6 years agoBook Babble #20: "You Are The Placebo" by Dr. Joe Dispenza"Making Your Mind Matter" Are you really the placebo, how can that help us, and who is Dr Joe? We've all heard of the placebo effect - taking a 'sugar pill' (literally or figuratively) with the…adambarratt (62)in bookbabble • 6 years agoBook Babble #19: "The 5 Second Rule" by Mel Robbins"Transform Your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage" What is this 5 second rule and who is Mel Robbins? Don't worry, this isn't the one about picking food up off the floor ;). This…adambarratt (62)in bookbabble • 7 years agoBook Babble #18: "Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life" by Héctor García & Francesc MirallesWhat can the Japanese teach us about discovering our life's purpose, living with meaning and vitality, and reaching a grand old age in tip-top health? Well, that's quite the remit. What the…adambarratt (62)in bookbabble • 7 years agoBook Babble #17: "Never Split The Difference" by Chris Voss"Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It" What can the FBI teach us about how to get what we want? A former international hostage negotiator for the FBI offers a new, field-tested approach to…adambarratt (62)in bookbabble • 7 years agoBook Babble #16: "Be Obsessed or Be Average" by Grant CardoneTime for some more babbling… book-wise. Today we have a return of Mr Grant Cardone… if 10Xing wasn't enough, now we're talking obsession! Obsession… good or bad?? It's more than just a fragrance…adambarratt (62)in bookbabble • 7 years agoBook Babble #15: "The Go-Giver" by Bob Burg & John D. Mann"A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea" Go-givers, go-getters and… go-receivers?? You've seen the movies. Tom Cruise rocks up in the opening scenes… high-powered businessman shouting…adambarratt (62)in bookbabble • 7 years agoBook Babble #14: "Flow" by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi"The Psychology of Happiness" A classic in the positive psychology movement and talking about a fundamental feature of enjoyment and production… flow! Mihaly Csik... who? Flow… what? Let's…adambarratt (62)in bookbabble • 7 years agoBook Babble #13: "The 10X Rule" by Grant Cardone"The Only Difference Between Success and Failure" Who is Grant Cardone, and what's all this 10X business?? Here we have a beast. Ten times the beast in fact! Mr GC himself getting in on the…adambarratt (62)in bookbabble • 7 years agoBook Babble #12: "Gorilla Mindset" by Mike Cernovich"How to Control Your Thoughts and Emotions and Live Life on Your Terms" Back with the primate chit-chat?! It's all gorillas, monkeys and chimps these days, no? Probably why I went with this…adambarratt (62)in bookbabble • 7 years agoBook Babble #11: "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck" by Mark Manson"A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life" Who is Mark Manson and why should we give a f#ck? ;) Back with the Book Babble, and today a personal growth type book with a twist. Don't be…adambarratt (62)in bookbabble • 7 years agoBook Babble #10: “Way of the Wolf” by Jordan Belfort“Straight line selling: Master the art of persuasion, influence, and success” A contentious one today for several reasons and an interesting character for the Steem/Crypto community ;). Who is…adambarratt (62)in bookbabble • 7 years agoBook Babble #9: "Elon Musk - How the Billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla is Shaping our Future"“Being an entrepreneur is like eating glass and staring into the abyss of death” ~ Elon Musk Thanks for the encouragement Elon! ;) Today we head for the moon with some Musky reading… Here we…adambarratt (62)in bookbabble • 7 years agoBook Babble #8: "The Chimp Paradox" by Steve Peters"The Acclaimed Mind Management Programme to Help You Achieve Success, Confidence and Happiness" Who is Steve Peters and what's all this chimp chit-chat?? Here we have a quirky little number.…adambarratt (62)in bookbabble • 7 years agoBook Babble #7: My take on… “Start With Why” by Simon SinekPeople don’t buy WHAT you do, they buy WHY you do it! That's a classic line above - if you don't have that drummed in to your head after reading and listening to this guy, I don't know what…adambarratt (62)in bookbabble • 7 years agoBook Babble #6: My take on… "On Writing" by Stephen King“By the time I was fourteen the nail in my wall would no longer support the weight of the rejection slips impaled upon it. I replaced the nail with a spike and went on writing” ~ Stephen King I'm…
