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The Radical Edge: Stoke Your Business, Amp Your Life, and Change the World

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Steve Farber has done it again. The Radical Edge takes off where the Radical Leap left off and it does take off. Filled with practical and depthful advice, The Radical Edge is a promise fulfilled. Farber has a way of presenting powerful ideas in a simple and straight forward fashion that speaks directly to making positive business and life choices, and he does so with a level of humor that makes this book a great read. Not only is the parable that drives this book well-thought out, but Farber's execution is excellent. This book and the earlier one may be focused on the business audience, but they provide wonderful and insightful advice for anyone who believes that living a successful life has more to do with who we are and how well we relate to others rather than how much stuff we can accumulate. Farber has really nailed what it takes to live "the good life." Now all we have to do is amp it up.

I won this book on a website called Inbubble wrap and had no real idea what to expect but I am always interested in improving my skills. I picked up the book on a Saturday morning and spent the whole day, on and off, reading. It makes so much sense and Farber's writing style makes it easy to digest.

The most important advice I got from the book is to love the people you serve. There is no higher calling, no matter how you accomplish this.

I am starting my own WUP and am re-reading the book. I highly recommend Radical Edge!

This book really goes into a bigger picture than his first book, The Radical Leap. It displays him helping one individual person that definetly needed it and the challenges faced when trying to help someone. He also expresses some new ideas that really go hand in hand with business and the direction of this series. I give it a must read, only after the first book though. It was also a quick read but definitely one I will read again.

Big Will.

You will have a spiritual experience reading Radical Edge, but not like what you might have experienced reading Purpose Driven Life or other "find yourself" books. Farber continues his personal journey where he left off in Radical Leap. His writing is honest, fun, and edgy. His first person account of his observations and feelings are a critical part of the human experience. The characters with whom he interacts are so real that I could see them and hear them. (Which of us hasn't had to deal with a difficult Cam Summerfield???) The best bet is to read both of Farber's books back-to-back, as Edge builds seamlessly on Leap. You will find yourself wrestling with who you are and who you want to become, but it will be a great journey to take, and Farber stays right there with you the entire time, with some great how-to's at the end of the book. It's the "WUP" upside the head that many professionals need today.

Steve Farber is a genius! The virtuosity with which he tells his story is apparent from page 1 to the very end. His dialog is inspired and really defines the characters with a wealth of empathy and brilliant intimacy. Mr. Fraber has an approachable and unpretentious style that takes you by the hand and leads you through an exciting journey like a life long buddy. His intuition is amazing and his insight is spot on. I laughed, I cried and I loved. What a magnificent book. I'm ready to change the world thanks to The Radical Edge!

Farber's style and the mix of characters were, for me, incongruent with the important message of the book. There is not doubt that Farber has some key points to make. His message is very important. However the book is fiction and the characters are a little too unreal. For some reason, the story just did not seem real. In my opinion, the lessons would have been better presented in a straightforward manner.

The best line in the book was, "If you live in this world without ever attempting to change it, you will have sold a ruby for the price of Spam."

While I did not like the style or the means of presenting the concepts or the ideas, I totally agree with his philosophy. We all need to do whatever we can to change the world.

First, Steve Farber's excellent leadership book "Radical Edge" reads like a great novel with twists, turns, real human beings, and purpose. There's an uncompromising integrity in this book, that being true leadership that is all from the heart.

I was pleasantly surprised at the depth, care and authenticity he shows with respect to helping people learn what leadership is really all about - in this book it's all about the people, the mission, purpose and making a difference.

A few quotes that impressed me are: "...Amp your life...you'll have to first know who, exactly you really are."

"Act as though your every action has a direct impact on the world. In other words, you should perform every deed as if it will either improve the world or damage it."

"Personal - even radical - accountability is when you do what it takes to change the world regardless of what anyone else is or isn't doing."

Towards the back of the book, there's a great chapter called "Getting Your Radical Edge" that gives excellent tips, questions you can ask yourself to help YOU become more aware of your greatest qualities and how you can make a significant difference - one you'd be thrilled to make!
Additionally, there's excellent business, leadership and personal advice.

This is truly a wonderful book that can be read in a day, and the wisdom will certainly serve you well for a lifetime. I HIGHLY recommend RADICAL EDGE to anyone interested in greater leadership. It's truly all from the inside out. Steve Farber shows you how with humor, generosity of spirit, humbleness, and a delightful read from cover to cover.

His exemplary approach is nothing short of a great service to our world!

Barbara Rose, Ph.D., author of Know Yourself, Stop Being the String Along, and If God Hears Me, I Want an Answer!

An excellent follow up to the Radical Leap. Farber has a way of making leadership seem attainable and not so scary.

This weekend I picked up Steve Farber's The Radical Edge.

I really enjoyed the simplicity of this book. I'm finding that I enjoy the Leadership Parable format a lot more than the principle driven books. Steve Farber, Pat Lencioni, Ken Blanchard are all writing in this same vane and it's very enjoyable. As the reader I am found myself very engaged with the characters and with the drama that surrounds their lives.

I found that this book really focuses on the person more than the organization the person works in. I think that is an important principle because as a leader if you don't know who you are then you are just going to vacillate in your leadership, following the whims and fancies of the day. But if you really know who you are and what you want to do and where you want to do it, you will succeed.

This book has a lot of simple principles that I think are helpful and easy to initiate. The principle of the WUP (Wake-Up Pad) is great and something that I have been trying to do. Basically record what's going on around you. I'm not very good at it, but this blog and the journal that I've been using have helped.

I'm considering reading it again just to really cement the concepts in my brain. But I would highly recommend this book to anyone trying to be a better leader.

One of the best management books I've read; it's a quick read; it's an enjoyable read; it's an enlightening read