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5.0 out of 5 stars
Full of wisdom, September 7, 2007
This review is from: 100 Ways to Create Wealth (Hardcover)
The typical Steve Chandler book takes some things you already know and expresses them in a pithy and effective manner, and takes a few that you don't know and amplifies them in the same pithy and succinct manner. Those new thoughts invariably make you sit up, wrinkle your brow, and evaluate carefully. Dale Carnegie said "The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesus. And I put them in a book. If you don't like their rules, whose would you use?" Well Steve does the same thing, which sounds simple, but is really quite difficult. He looks carefully at the world and offers you some ideas about how you can do better in whatever piece of it you are in.
I am not an entrepreneur, nor am I in a business where I can be promoted or hope to advance my career. I'm staying where I am, and happily doing so. Yet even for me there are many useful tidbits scattered around, little provokers to make me say "Hmmm, that's interesting." I'll focus on one tale which captures the spirit of their thinking. Sam Beckford is the owner of a string of music and dance studios. He was at a conference where the other participants were mostly martial arts studio owners. As they mentioned the size of their student bodies, the answers came "100," "175," "200." When Sam's turn came, he said "3000." Now every one there was at this conference looking for ways to increase their enrollment. Yet though they had a guy who had done precisely what they were hoping to do, no one came up to Sam and asked him what the heck he was doing. Their resource was the official program, the thing they had paid for. Staring them in the face was a resource that they knew had accomplished something, yet they ignored it. How often do we look at the established, designated, or approved sources, and not open our eyes to the data available to us?
I always enjoy Steve's mix of autobiography and humor peppered with quotes from innumerable great thinkers. And I like how he and Sam break the ideas presented into concrete pieces. I truly believe that nearly every problem, no matter how enormous, is just a collection of small problems, and solving the big one means solving the small ones in the proper sequence. Nice discrete ideas, small, implementable, and tidy, make this a book well worth reading.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
If it's wealth you're after, this book is a gold mine....., January 9, 2010
This review is from: 100 Ways to Create Wealth (Hardcover)
I'm a reluctant, yet successful, business man. I'm not very shrewd and I can't compete in a "dog eat dog" scenario
and still be happy. I am drinking up the approach to business that these authors promote.
Both Sam Beckford and Steve Chandler writing one book is a fascinating prospect to begin with.
They are different and complement one another, but what they do have in common is a "win-win" approach
to business and life. If one can be creative and enjoy the act of giving to others in unique and innovative ways,
the wealth is a necessary correlate. I really like the ethic behind the strategies in this book. This is also
a book to re-read and get more out of each time. If the world functioned on these principles, there would
be abundance everywhere. I am thankful that I've had the chance to find and read Mr. Chandler's books,
and Sam Beckford's influence has been a vital force in the success of my own business in this
economic climate. I most heartily recommend this book.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Instructive, Entertaining, and Motivating, August 29, 2007
This review is from: 100 Ways to Create Wealth (Hardcover)
"100 Ways to Create Wealth" is the third in Steve Chandler's "100 Ways Triology." Steve and Sam Beckford collaborate again to provide the reader with inspiration, wit, and motivation. They draw on experience from their own careers for stories as well as using illustrations from their clients and from those who have coached them along their journey to success.
The book is packed with action steps to take to think like an entrepreneur, ways to invest your energy, providing transformative direction. These steps will help you, whether you are on your own way to your first million dollar success story, or well along that journey to becoming a multimillionaire. I personally gained new creative insights that will help me put into practice Steve and Sam's powerful principles.
The format of the book lends itself to a quick perusal, reading for specific personal application. It is a book I want to keep as a ready reference, available as a stimulating resource. This is must reading for anyone wanting to produce and benefit from the advantages of wealth. "100 Ways to Create Wealth" is a very positive reading experience.
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