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OutsmartYourShelf
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Mehso-so

Not a memoir or autobiography really, but a book where the now Lord Sugar (fancy) opines on a variety of subjects including football, politics, health & fitness, & private aeroplanes to name a few.

Not sure why this was in my TBR pile, must have picked it up at a charity book sale. The sections on football are quite funny & for the most part, right on the money, but others such as politics are definitely dated now (this was published in 2011).

OutsmartYourShelf A lot of the other stuff basically boils down to 'If I was in charge I'd do this...I'd do that'. There's also no circumstances where it's ok to refer to someone as a hag. Interesting enough for a quick read through but wouldn't read it more than once.
2.5 ⭐

Full Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6357735281
Read 24th-26th Mar 2024

#ReadAway2024 #192025 (2011)
@Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES @Librarybelle
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DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 1d
Librarybelle Yay! Another year checked off! 1d
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Bookwormjillk
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Pickpick

I didn‘t like this book as much as when I read it 10ish years ago, but I do still think it has value.

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christinamuter32

What an amazing book can't wait to read it again and again

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danx
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Like so many books of its type, there is some generally useful thought and a heck of a lot of filler. Should‘ve been 5-10 pages. It‘s aimed at leadership levels, I‘d be wary of anyone in leadership who got much out of it. One would hope that experience, self reflection and personal growth would have gotten you there. But then management are often some of the least capable people in an org. I wouldn‘t recommend wasting the paper this is printed on.

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DebinHawaii
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Thanks @Eggs for the #WondrousWednesday tag!🤗

1️⃣ The many things I learned from HB, the author of this book & one of my all-time leaders/mentors would take too much space but 3 are 1) Lead with your values & don‘t work for a company if your values don‘t match. 2) Put people over profits—a true leader serves people. 3) Build relationships & “trust banks” first.

2️⃣ Talent Development & Training

3️⃣ Independently wealthy bookstore owner! 😉

UwannaPublishme Yay on all 3…especially #3! 🙌🏻📚🙌🏻 2w
Eggs Well done 👍🏼 #3 sounds great! 2w
Kitta Oh yes a bookstore would be great! 2w
DebinHawaii @UwannaPublishme @Eggs @Kitta I added the independently wealthy so I don‘t have to struggle & can enjoy it & all the books! 😉😆 2w
Eggs @DebinHawaii Of course! 2w
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nabilnhd
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Often in the real world, it's not the smart who get ahead, but the bold.

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fredthemoose
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Pickpick

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ When I see my retired aunt and uncle I ask what their book club is reading to get ideas, and this was one of those books. ☺️ I enjoyed this one—I find stories of people building something from nothing and hearing what went well and what was a struggle to be really interesting. Everyone wants to present themselves in the best light, but I felt like this had a decent amount of humility and didn‘t sugar coat the struggle.

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Billypar
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#MissMyDad @Rissreads
My dad wasn't much of a reader, but he was a fan of Stephen Covey's 7 Habits book, and I still think about both it and him when I'm working, even if it couldn't be further from my reading preferences. The odd thing is, I have all these bookish memories linked to him: 1) him wanting to buy me this expensive book when I was a kid but making sure I would read it (I never did), 2) me taking John Dean's memoir from his shelf 👇

Billypar and discussing the Watergate scandal with him while we were at the beach on vacation, 3) trying to find books he might like while bored in the hospital and settling on And Then There Were None, though I'm not sure if he read it. Even without reading much, he always talked about wanting to find the time to relax with a book. He was a sharp writer and a lover of song lyrics, so I think he would have loved reading given the right circumstances. 3w
LeahBergen These are beautiful memories. ❤️ 3w
Reggie 🖤🖤🖤 3w
Rissreads ♥️♥️♥️ 2w
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Floresj
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Pickpick

Part history, part science, part political, part innovation, Chip War walks the reader through the innovative of the “chip”, it‘s fabrication, ramifications, and its uses. How we got to the Asian dominance of chip production was interesting and where we go from here is complex and well explained.

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jen_the_scribe
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I hold this one in the same esteem as The Creative Act by Rick Rubin. Profound, insightful, and incredibly motivating. It helped me see creativity from a new perspective and lit a fire in me. It reminded me that I‘ve been doing too much waiting, I need to make moves and to be more intentional with said moves. This book is tough love and no nonsense while at the same time gentle and uplifting. I‘m coming back to this one for sure.