How The Best Get Better (book and CD set) [Hardcover]

Dan Sullivan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2005

Global forces, unleashed by the application of the microchip, have caused an entrepreneurial revolution in every society on the planet. The most successful entrepreneurs are taking advantage of new capabilities to create greater wealth and autonomy for themselves, while providing new income and employment opportunities for millions of others. The best entrepreneurs are also role models and teachers for countless others. Entrepreneurs have a results-oriented concept of how the world works. By focusing strategically on their most important abilities, relationships, and opportunities with a passionate, long-term commitment, they are able to create value for others, which assures their continued success. How the Best Get Better® is an evolving lifetime focusing system of concepts and strategies, enabling any individual to acquire the capabilities - and the results - of the very best entrepreneurs.

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About the Author

Dan Sullivan is the founder and president of The Strategic Coach Inc. and the creator of the Strategic Coach Program, which helps accomplished entrepreneurs reach new heights of success and happiness. He has over 30 years of experience as a speaker, consultant, strategic planner, and coach to entrepreneurial individuals and groups.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 30 pages
• Publisher: The Strategic Coach Inc. (May 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1896635296
• ISBN-13: 978-1896635293
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 6.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #469,565 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book will expand your thinking!, November 24, 1998

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Joseph A. Schlidt "J. S." (Milwaukee, WI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How the Best Get Better (Paperback)

Excellent book and tape. Lays the groundwork for a new business model that most people are looking for. Really brings home the point of being an entrepreneur in mindset regardless of your chosen field of endeavor. Read if you want to succeed.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Decent book for Entrepreneurs, September 23, 2008

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RacerX (JAX, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How The Best Get Better (book and CD set) (Hardcover)

Purchased this book as a recommendation from Dr. Mercola.

Just finished listening to the CDs. There are two with the book--about an hour each. I think the author does a really good job of describing the current entitlement mentality, and its' various forms. He does a good job describing what he believes was the root cause--the post WWII boom in America.

I think it's a decent enough book. Def. more geared towards business owners/professionals, and people that are aspiring to be in that crowd.
The quality of the book is good too. Although it's thin, it's a nice hard-bound, thick paper, color, 2-CDs. So for what you get it may be a steal.

For me the chapter on breaking out of the entitlement mentality def. helped push me beyond my current cynical view of the bureaucratic/archaic Corporate America and feel more confident about positioning myself in the more Entrepreneurial economy of the future.

I like how the book describes "ceilings of complexity" and ways to break through. But it's def a more conceptual book. Something you'd probably want to refer to a few times annually maybe.

Also, with the "sales pitch" for the coaching. It's really not there until the very end, and it's def. not very blatant. I'm sensitive to those type of shenanigans and the book didn't raise any red-flags with me. It's there if you want it, not if you don't.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you are an entreprenuer, or an aspiring entreprenuer you need to buy this program!, February 29, 2008

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Mr. G. Graham (Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How The Best Get Better (book and CD set) (Hardcover)

Simply put, if you are an entreprenuer or you intend to become an entreprenuer, this program and the sequel are the best resources in the marketplace PERIOD!

The idea behind the program is that the invention of the microchip has opened a global economy which has allowed a great many people to become entreprenuers and abandon the bureaucratic ideas that most of the world operates under.

This program provides entrepreneurs with 6 mindsets and 6 strategies that will help them overcome the obstacles that they will face on the path to creating value for communities, customers and last but not least themselves.

Another reviewer suggested that "The 4-Hour Workweek" by Tim Ferriss was a better alternative. I'd say that "How the Best Get Better" provides a philosophy and a framework for implementing Tim's ideas (his DEAL/DELA concept). They compliment each other extremely well.

Overall, this program is amazing and I think the world in the 21st Century is changing to this paradigm/way of thinking.

I would also check out the sequel "How The Best Get Better 2" which provides 6 more concepts and strategies that are more focused on what is happening in the 21st century.