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Refreshing ending and heartwarming read.

Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2023

There was nothing that I disliked. It was an open conversation on life experiences, and how one chooses - consciously or unconsciously - to live your personal & professional lives. While the characters may be fictional, I believe that we likely all know someone that we've met that may fit the role.

It was suggested by a new and very successful organization that both I and a group of us have joined to work with to read this book. It came to me as no surprise that they could have been characters in the book. It clearly seems the business model that they endorse is a 'Go-Giver' approach: and I applaud them for that. It also is clear too me that I made a great decision to join them as an independent contractor.

Read this book!

Charles J. Dickinson

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Mark Heikkila

Good book, eh condition

Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2023

Good book, wanted to save a few bucks, seller said used, like new, not really. Book is water soaked and pretty used

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Refreshing ending and heartwarming read.

Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2023

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Every year I buy this book for new business owners/entrepreneurs!
Yes, it is that GOOD!

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Jay P

Great book, must read

Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2023

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Great book for everyone who wants to be a better person in general. We need that these days. Should be a force read for everyone in business and politics

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I read this book once a year!

Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2023

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Feeling down? Read this book.
Feeling up? Read this book.
Need inspiration? Read this book.
Want to be inspirational? Buy it for a friend. This book just keeps giving.

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Sean French

An absolute pleasure to read or listen.

Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2023

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Such great concept embedded in a story. This book makes for a great gift to everyone in your family and at work.

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John Rickgarn

fantastic read, could not put it down!

Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2023

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Quite the book in such a well styled story to keep the reader engaged! Simple yet affective. Thanks for putting together such an inspirational story.

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Perfect, for someone like me

Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2023

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I used to feel guilty if I was doing something for someone else, but it actually helped me in my career or personal life. This book explains why you shouldn’t.

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Daniel

The Go-Giver is rooted in timeless principles.

Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2018

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The Go Giver, by Joe Berg and John David Mann, is clever, engaging, positive, and profitable. Also, it’s short and to the point. I recommend it highly. What’s more, it is rooted in timeless principles.

The ideas that: (1) nothing is as it seems; (2) success depends on being the right kind of person; (3) a person can and must be transformed by doing what he hears; (4) givers meet needs in ways that add value to whatever they are producing or selling or offering by way of service; (5) giving depends on an ongoing willingness to receive; (6) a 100% commitment to the good of others (not 50/50 compromise or keeping score) is the key to good relationships and influence, that (7) increasing the numbers of people you impact determines compensation, and that (8) success depends on interrelatedness (connection, network, “body life”), are all consistent with the goal of following Christ as described in the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5-7. In summary, the idea that happiness, fulfillment and satisfaction are by-products of serving others—not the result of seeking these things for their own sake—is consistent with Jesus’ teaching that finding one’s life requires the willingness to lose it for Christ’s sake (Luke 9:24).

A major contribution that The Go Giver makes is its practical demonstration that possessing wealth and doing good are meant to go together, not be regarded as antithetical. This is consistent with 1 Timothy 6:17ff.

Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy. Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share, storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is life indeed.

The authors assert that the principles that work for business are applicable for all of life. This is in keeping with the Christian idea that God’s existence means that He and all of reality that He created has a nature, a way of being that works accordingly. So the book, The Go Giver, is either a deliberate application (at worst, a conscious rip off) of biblical principles or, more likely, a pragmatic discovery of what works because of the nature of life and relationships—including business. Either way, two observations follow. One is that all truth is God’s truth whether people recognize Him as its original source or not. The other is that The Go Giver promotes superior principles for inferior (and inadequate) motivations: to be humanly successful in this life. The principle that it fails to recognize is this: “For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits himself?” (Luke 9:25).

The true “bottom line,” according to the Bible, is that life is to realize the meaning, purpose, and success of serving God for His glory. This requires spiritual life not found outside of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. That many principles of this service can be profitably reduced to best practices in business, industry, and human relationships is not disputed and should not be surprising or disparaged. But temporary enjoyment of people’s individual kingdoms is not worthy to be compared to the privilege of entering God’s eternal kingdom now, and inheriting it forever.

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Haley Goodman Lawson

Greatest book ever ..

Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2023

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I bought one for each of my kids. The books were packaged well, no damage, and were delivered without a issue.

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A true soul shaker!

Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2023

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I loved how the 5 laws were put into practice by Joe in such mundane and simple things and it taught me that I don't need to overthink things - go with your gut feelings, which are inherently good - be authentically me, add value, influence others positively and enjoy it as I go along! Great read! Couldn't put it down!!

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