[craigp]

Hi,

Can anyone reccemened good books for small buisness success/making lots of money etc. ?

Was looking at the E Myth Revisited by Micheal Gerber, any good?

Looks a bit like its just about putting systems/checklists in place to help manage people to run your buisness or to roll out your bus to more locations, but I have no one to manage so not sure it will be much good for me.

Alot seem a bit 'Zen' (meditation/visualisation)

Craig

[Mike Halliday]

I found all of Gerbers stuff to be crap and airy-fairy stuff, but he is surrounded by a emperors new clothes syndrome.

 every one knows it a load of crap but no one will say because they think they will be the only one who thinks it and will look foolish. but its all crap!!

these are the books i recommend;

Time Tactics of very successful people.   B.Eugene Griessman

this book is brilliant to have next to the toilet for when you are having a good poo and need a good read to make the perfect experience. you can open it at any page, read a couple of pages and learn something useful.

Change your thinking-Change your life. Brian Tracey

another book that has wisdom on every page. Chapter 3 'dream big dreams' changed my whole business philosophy

How to say it.  Rosalie Maggio

just as it says on the tin! tells you how to say or write  the correct thing on every occasion .


these book are easy to read and not aimed at university educated people,  they are good books for the common man

[Ryan Smyth]

 "Think and grow rich" by Napolean hill
 "how to win friends and influence people" by Dale Carnegie

Ryan

[Jim_77]

Mike those sound interesting, I'll look them up on amazon

I can recommend "100 ways to motivate yourself" by Steve Chandler.  It's exactly the same, in as much that you can read one bit at a time in any order, ideal toilet book

[Mike Osbourne]

Yeah don't bother with the E-myth, it's more aimed at people who don't want to own a job and for most carpet cleaners they are happy doing that.

I believe a lot of the ideas are based on Demmings work. He took the Japanese car industry from nowhere to world wide success by measuring and improving every process and creating systems.

There's nothing stopping an individual applying these ideas to thier business and essential if you want to run more the one van, that's where most try and fail because they replicate a one man band operation.



 

[C A Payne]

"the complete memoirs of donald sinden" !

[The Great One]

Hi

This book is the only book I recommend

Rich Dad, poor Dad, by Robert Kiyosaki

Life changing

Regards

Martin

[Doctor Carpet (Ret'd)]

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I believe a lot of the ideas are based on Demmings work. He took the Japanese car industry from nowhere to world wide success by measuring and improving every process and creating systems.
 

My Dad was responsible for the success of the Japanese motorbike industry in the 1970's..............


He was a shop steward at Norton Villiers

[Mike Osbourne]

 

[craigp]

Thanks for replys, have ordered change your thinking change your life.

Hopefully I'l have a life changing moment on the shi*ter

[Pureandclean]

If you are looking for wisdom, you can't do better than the book of Proverbs, written by King Solomon, richest man in the world at the time !

[Shaun_Ashmore]

The greatest salesman in the world by Og Mandino

If you like a good story, I threw mine away it was like having an arguement with our lass when your drunk!

Shaun

[Mike Osbourne]

This is turning into an Amway book of the month list especially the big book.

[daysdeepclean]

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I believe a lot of the ideas are based on Demmings work. He took the Japanese car industry from nowhere to world wide success by measuring and improving every process and creating systems.
 

My Dad was responsible for the success of the Japanese motorbike industry in the 1970's..............


He was a shop steward at Norton Villiers

Was he something to do with "L.E.A.N" where they simplified the production line which in turn improved productivity?

[Ricky M]

the 7 Habits of highly effective people-Stephen R. Covey
 
The rules of Work-Richard Templar

The rules of Management - Richard Templar

But for a really good motivator -Mr Nice By the legend Howard Marks
Read this one 3 times 
Ricky

[derek west]

fly fishing by J R hartley
can't get it anywhere.
or should i put this on the yellow pages thread.
derek

[Doctor Carpet (Ret'd)]

"100 steps to the loo" by Will E Makeit

[daysdeepclean]

Robin Coopers "Timewasters Letters"

What a hoot!

[jasonl]

The richest man in Babylon

[Chris R]

Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life - Brian Tracy

best price is on ebay

£14 delivered

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