How I Built This by Guy Raz

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Book: How I Built This: The Unexpected Paths To Success From The World's Most Inspiring Entrepreneurs 

Author: Guy Raz

Hi. I am Onsando, and I normally write summaries and reviews on books in multiple genres. Today, let's talk How I Built This.

A former journalist turned podcaster, Guy Raz tells tales of entrepreneurs who built their businesses from scratch.

If you love audiobooks, then you have 10 hours of pure and free business course that no Ivy League college can ever teach. The lessons taught in the book are the struggles, joys, and tears of men and women who took the straight and narrow path of entrepreneurship and emerged on the other side triumphantly.

You might never have heard of a cosmetic company known as Carol's Daughter or the energy bar RXBar. But the respective founders, Lisa Price and Peter Rahal, through hard work and some form of luck, later on sold their companies to L'Oreal and Kellogs for hundreds of millions of dollars.

Granted, not all founders were as lucky, but you could see the common theme in all.... GRIT.

Ideas happen when you are actively moving and searching

Just to mention on a chapter in the book concerning funding, Guy gives three ideas on funding a business.... Bootstrapping, Other people's money (OPM) and professional money all with examples of business enterprises that have successfully followed such modes of funding.

A similar book I'd recommend is Business Wars by David Brown.

Go Higher by Big Sean

 

Go Higher: Five Practices For Purpose, Success, and Inner Peace

Author: Sean 'Big Sean' Anderson

Hi. Am Onsando and I usually write  summaries and reviews on books in multiple genres. Today, let's talk Go Higher.

Just like any other memoir, Big Sean narrates his life living with his brother, mother, and grandmother in Detroit to achieving big in his music career.

In this book, he discusses the five practices he observes in his life to balance his career, lifestyle choices, friendships, and relationships among others.

The five points are: Accept, Strategise, Try, Trust, and Manifest. 

In manifest, for instance, he advices that you start attracting the right people in your life when you are intentional with your energy.

                Life will test you, when you get past that....It's testimony

If you are familiar with the works of  Steve Harvey, Rhonda Byrne, Deepak Chopra, and Ken Honda, well here is another one for you. Another book to emphasize your beliefs and practices that keep you going if you fall off the bandwagon.

At the end of every chapter, Big Sean shares quotes and questions to motivate and query yourself in order to encourage and give oneself a path towards becoming a better being.

Chakra Healing by Margarita Alcantra

 Chakra Healing:  A beginner's guide to self-healing                                 techniques that  balance the  chakras                   

Author: Margarita Alcantara

Hi. Am Onsando and I normally write  summaries and reviews on books in multiple genres. Today, let's talk Chakra Healing.

Chakras: Energy centers in our bodies.

There are seven chakras in the human body: root, sacral, solar plexus, heart, throat, third eye and crown chakras.

As a center of energy, each chakra can be affected  negatively which will directly manifest as a physical ailment or symptom.

The essence of the whole book is to pass on knowledge on how to identify a physical symptom or condition and zero in on a particular chakra to help alleviate the discomfort.

Our bodies are always telling us exactly where our imbalances lie.

 

The reader is advised that, several bodily discomforts can be explained. For example, lifting heavy objects can result to sore arm muscles after sometimes, poor diet can result to constipation........ But there are some actual discomforts that can remain unexplained. They can also be as a result of mental or psychological distress.

Such discomforts are a result of misaligned chakra/s. In the book, the author gives such examples. An unexplained leg pain is a result of misaligned root and solar plexus chakras which can be a result of psychologically fear of moving forward or taking the next step in life.

To realign the chakras, and hence heal our physical bodies, Alcantara advices on several methods: Affirmations, yoga, essential oils, crystals among others.

BOOK: Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

 Author: Greg McKeown

Hi. Am Onsando and I normally write  summaries and reviews on books in multiple genres. Today, let's talk Essentialism.

The essence of the whole book can be summarised as 'Saying Yes to many requests without thinking of the consequences.'

It is bizarre, especially in the corporate world, where employees equate the more responsibilities you take with the better you become. This makes them stretch themselves too thin and hence end up doing less and less at best or presenting a shoddy job.

The author goes on to give an example of the character Boxer from George Orwell's novel Animal Farm. Whenever he was given more responsibilities, his response was 'I will try harder'. We all know how that turned out.

''Some people major in minor activities''

What sets the essentialists apart from the non-essentialists is the fact that the essentialists take time to understand, explore, and listen to the problem at hand.

Some attributes the essentialists are good at are; Choosing, playing, and clarifying. For instance, on 'Play', McKeown gives examples of inventors and explorers that came across during 'play', for example, Newton, Colombus, and Watson & Crick 

A Summarized Review of Happy Money, by Ken Honda

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Happy Money: The Japanese Way of Making Peace With Your Money

AUTHOR: Ken Honda AMAZON LINK:

Hi, I'm Onsando and I write brief summaries and reviews on books in multiple genres. Today let's talk Happy Money

You should be aware that almost everything you know about money has been passed down to you from your parents, peers, and the schooling system. The good, the bad, and the ugly, all get passed down a line of generations.

In Happy Money, Ken Honda rights these wrongs by explaining how money possesses energy….Yes energy, both positive and negative.

The book takes a Zen-like approach to money and wealth encouraging the reader to live in the present and give gratitude for all that you have and in this case your money.

“If you hate your job and always complain about something in your life, your money is crying or angry in your wallet” Ken Honda

While it is essential to have money knowledge (IQ), Money discipline (EQ) is equally important.

Get a well-rounded and balanced life, have a strong supportive network to surround you and Happy Money will follow.

To get into the flow of Happy Money, Ken Honda suggests a five-step program to get the reader started.

You will also learn:

• What the scarcity mindset is
• The 3 Functions of money
• How to become a Money Magnet

Amazon Link:

Spoiler alert: When you receive and spend, always remember to say Arigato! (Thank-you)

A Summarized Review of The Art of Business Wars, By David Brown

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The Art of Business Wars

AUTHOR: David Brown

AMAZON LINK:

Hi, I'm Onsando and I write brief summaries and reviews on books in multiple genres. Today let's talk about The Art of Business Wars

The Art of Business Wars is to businesses what 48 Laws of Power is to politics.

Finding inspiration from the book Art of War by Sun Tsu, the author David Brown does an excellent job of comparing and contrasting two businesses in the same industry. He dives deep into secrets to what made these businesses succeed and some disappear into oblivion.

The skillful fighter puts himself into a position which makes defeat impossible -Sun Tzu-

We all are aware of Netflix, Beats by Dre, iPhone and Tinder but you might have a tough time recalling Monster Cables, Blackberry, Blockbuster, and Bumble among others. So, what did these successful businesses do right? Is it a change in leadership? change in technology? being first off the blocks? filling a gap? All?

I recommend this book to anyone who’s in business or would like to get started.

You will learn:

• What to/not to do in the competitive business world.
• How to handle your competition
• Negotiation skills

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A Summarized Review of Happy Money, by Ken Honda

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Happy Money: The Japanese Way of Making Peace With Your Money

AUTHOR: Ken Honda

AMAZON LINK: Happy Money

Hi, I'm Onsando and I write brief summaries and reviews on books in multiple genres. Today let's talk Happy Money

You should be aware that almost everything you know about money has been passed down to you from your parents, peers, and the schooling system. The good, the bad, and the ugly, all get passed down a line of generations.

In Happy Money, Ken Honda rights these wrongs by explaining how money possesses energy….Yes energy, both positive and negative.

The book takes a Zen-like approach to money and wealth encouraging the reader to live in the present and give gratitude for all that you have and in this case your money.

“If you hate your job and always complain about something in your life, your money is crying or angry in your wallet” Ken Honda

While it is essential to have money knowledge (IQ), Money discipline (EQ) is equally important.

Get a well-rounded and balanced life, have a strong supportive network to surround you and Happy Money will follow.

To get into the flow of Happy Money, Ken Honda suggests a five-step program to get the reader started.

You will also learn:

What the scarcity mindset is

The 3 Functions of money

How to become a Money Magnet

Amazon Link: Happy Money

Spoiler alert: When you receive and spend, always remember to say Arigato! (Thank-you)