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The author of the book Admiral William H. McRaven gave the commencement address at the University of Texas at Austin in 2014. His speech included important life lessons. These lessons were the result of his Navy seal training. He later on published his speech as book entitled “Make your Bed”. Start Your Day with a

The book “7 Habits of Highly Effective People” outlines a habit-based approach to be followed to attain your goals. The book opens with an explanation of how many individuals who have achieved a high degree of outward success still find them struggling with an inner need for developing personal effectiveness and growing healthy relationships with

Riches begin with a STATE OF MIND. In order to attract money you must first become money conscious.The principal of subconscious mind- its application and its reward are at the heart of Think and Grow Rich. The main bottleneck between the conscious and subconscious is communication. Since, conscious – subconscious communication is constant. Therefore developing

You already have the skills you need—you just have to know where to look. In this book Guillebeau explains that running a solo-business is not a new idea, it’s been done forever. However, the rate of increase in such type of business is increasing rapidly over the years. These days the process isn’t only faster,

The book describes seven fascination advantages, overarching personality traits people can use to help improve their performance and fascinate others. Fascinate with your highest distinct value In a crowded, competitive environment, the most fascinating option always wins. Unrecognized greatness achieves nothing. Greatness can win only by being noticed and remembered. And in a competitive and

The 12 Week Year provides a framework that enables you to focus on your most important objectives and strategies while still providing room for iteration. The 12 Week Year concept/system is build on 8 success ingredients—3 principles and 5 disciplines—that are crucial for success in any area. The 3 Core Principles are:1. Accountability (the willingness

The key takeaway from Good to Great is discipline. Jim Collins and his team studied 28 companies over 5 years and identified the key determinants of success and failure. The books describe 6 different levels mentioned as follows: 1. Level 5 Leadership The first is Level 5 Leadership. Every great company Collin studied had the

This book contains numerous examples of successful blue ocean strategies, and it teaches how to discover and execute them. Blue Ocean Strategy Creating Blue OceansAccording to the authors value innovation is a consistent pattern leading to successful blue ocean strategies. Blue ocean strategy creates new market spaces, creates new demand, and thus leads to profitable

The ONE Thing Keller says that to taste huge success, narrow your concentration to one thing, and where your success varied, the focus had too. Always approach a “go small” strategy to succeed at anything you want.The author emphasizes on the fact that extraordinary results are directly determined by how narrow you can make your

This book is a guide for those who are conscious regarding their habits and struggle with their habits, cravings and willpower. The author has also mentioned ways to create and change a particular habit is icing on the cake. Habits work in 3-step loops: cue, response, reward. The root of all habits lies in a

This book has four parts. In all parts of the book the author suggests various ways/ principles to make people like you and how to win people to make your way of thinking. Moreover, these principles are escorted with some quotes mentioned in the book to taste the real essence of these principles. Part 1:

The Challenge of the Future Peter Thiel segregates progress into two distinct forms viz Horizontal progress and Vertical progress.Horizontal Progress refers to small incremental progress in a field in terms of economic activity. Companies following horizontal progress simply imitate others. Thiel calls this pattern one to many.Vertical Progress refers to achieving dimension shifting progress in

In this Mike Michalowicz starts with asking you to imagine that you are in the market for a pumpkin. Once your eyes caught a sight of an enormous pumpkin at the pumpkin patch. Not the “for sale” kind, but the one surrounded by velvet ropes and photographers.Now imagine that pumpkin is your business; so large

Felix Dennis in his book “How to Get Rich” discusses various aspects one needs to be aware of when looking to become rich.These aspects include:• Ideas• Luck• Ownership• Negotiation• Delegation• Focus• Self-Belief 1.The significance of executing your Ideas Dennis discusses the importance of executing your ideas umpteen times in this book. Ideas don’t make you