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“Six-Figure Musician” by David Hooper, Book Review plus Worksheet (download)
Posted in Book Reviews, Featured on 13 March 2013

You are in control. You set the pace. You get the rewards.  I feel confident in my next steps to grow my business and my empire. On my terms. Yes, there are lots of checklists, scripts, exercises, “how-to’s”, and exercises in David Hooper’s “Six-Figure Musician” to get you into motion as the best artist you [...]

The E-Myth Busted! (Review of The E-Myth by Michael Gerber)
Posted in Book Reviews, Start Your Damn Business Already! on 18 March 2011

http://cynthialou.com In this review of The E-Myth by Michael Gerber, I share the two most important concepts from this book for your entrepreneurial success. To then help apply these two concepts into your business, I created a worksheet that will help you: 1. Pro-actively plan structures and strategies for growth, starting, and restarting your business [...]

“The Dip” by Seth Godin, with downloadable worksheet “Outsmart The Dip”
Posted in Book Reviews, Start Your Damn Business Already! on 7 March 2011

“The Dip” by Seth Godin is strategically quitting the things that don’t matter (things that you are mediocre or even “good” at) so you can make it through “The Dip” (the “hard parts”, “tough times”, “rough patches”) to be the Best in the World. “Winners never quit” is a lie. Winners quit all the time [...]

“Never Eat Alone” by Keith Ferrazzi, Book Review with downloadable worksheet, “Networking Action Map”
Posted in Book Reviews, Start Your Damn Business Already! on 25 February 2011

Never Eat Alone, by Keith Ferrazzi, is all about being successful and networking in non-icky ways. Even if you do not yet have a business, the tools in this book will help you build a foundation to launch your business to quicker success. In this video, I cover the overarching theme of the book. Plus, [...]

How “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” by Stieg Larsson will help your business
Posted in Book Reviews, Start Your Damn Business Already! on 3 February 2011

In this episode of Business Book Reviews by Start You Damn Business Already! we explore: * How reading fiction will help your entrepreneurial business * Three key concepts we can learn from the main characters Mikael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander to increase our productivity and expand our business into new service lines or product lines [...]

Stop Wasting Energy Hiding “Flaws” – Book Review: “The Gifts of Imperfection” by Brené Brown
Posted in Book Reviews on 15 October 2010

In “The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are”, author Brené Brown, Ph.D., L.M.S.W. shares how she went from hard driving, fact-checking academic to being able to embrace a softer, ”Wholehearted“ side of life. I dove headfirst into this book the moment I received [...]

“The Shadow Effect” by Deepak Chopra, Debbie Ford, Marianne Williamson
Posted in Book Reviews on 1 June 2010

The Universe’s timing is always impeccable. I received this book for review and thought, “Oh, what a good idea, uncovering one’s shadow to discover the light.” What I received as a result of reading this book is a mental re-centering, and a return to a feeling of calm strength that left me after a tumultuous [...]

Book Review: “Harvard Psychedelics Club” by Don Lattin
Posted in Book Reviews on 5 January 2010

“The Harvard Psychedelic Club” is billed as the story of how three brilliant scholars and one ambitious freshman – Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith, and Andrew Weil ushered in a New Age for America. Author and journalist Don Lattin weaves together fascinating stories and dialogues of these four revolutionaries and the people they encountered. As [...]

My Review of “Conversations With Richard Bandler” by Owen Fitzpatrick
Posted in Book Reviews, Growth and Development on 10 August 2009

BOOK OVERVIEW In the book, “Conversations With Richard Bandler”, Owen Fitzpatrick outlines a plan for successful living by weaving together tales gathered, organized, and co-written with Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) co-creator Richard Bandler. True to the story-infused NLP teaching style, Fitzpatrick’s “Conversations With Richard Bandler” walks the reader from explorations of what hinders freedom, to [...]