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File this book under: NO EXCUSES. Seth Godin, author of Purple Cow and Linchpin No matter what they tell you, an MBA is not essential. If you combine reading this book with actually trying stuff, you'll be far ahead in the business game. Kevin Kelly, founding executive editor of Wired Few people know how to get things done better than Josh Kaufman. David Allen, author of Getting Things Done Fundamentals are fundamentals. Whether you're an entrepreneur or an executive at a Fortune 50 company, this book will help you succeed. John Mang, Vice President, Procter & Gamble These concepts really work: I'm booked solid with clients, making eight times more money, feeling far less overwhelmed, and having a lot more fun. If you want to live up to our potential, you can't afford to miss this book. Tim Grahl, Founder and CEO, Out:Think Group A creative, breakthrough approach to business education. I have an MBA from a top business school, and this book helped me understand business in a whole new way. Ali Safavi, Executive Director of International Sales & Distribution, The Walt Disney Company
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Are you searching for your next challenge? Are you tempted to go to business school? Before you do, save your money and read "The Personal MBA". Getting an MBA takes two years of your life. And most of it is spent on PowerPoint presentations and outdated financial models, rather than learning what it takes to run a real business. "The Personal MBA" distils the most valuable lessons of the finest business schools and the best business books of all time into simple, memorable ideas and tools. It covers concepts such as The Iron Law of the Market, The 12 Forms of Value, The Pricing Uncertainty Principle, and The 4 Methods to Increase Revenue. This book is all you need to learn the fundamentals of business quickly, and discover exactly how to apply them to transform your career.
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Inspiring, Educative and Simple!,
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This review is from: The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business (Hardcover)
Here's a book that takes out all the fear, doubts and worry out of the business world. As someone who has been owndering how to create value for the world, you sometime come to wonder how to read a wide audience. This book has given me the basics ( and so much more) about how the industry of fufilling needs and wants work. There's something incredibly fun about reading a well organized, concise and precise book like this one. If you never read anything about this field, this is a great book to begin with. Not only will you learn, but you'll understand and be able to actually do it!
On top of it, Josh put the 49 questions articles and the 100 books to read at the end as a reference. Pretty cool.
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Your Personal MBA,
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This review is from: The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business (Hardcover)
I picked up this book more out of curiosity than a planned event or intent. Besides all the MBA programs that exist in business schools across the continent, there is also a rising trend in executive education programs, where people in middle management (or line management) can enrol in a course, typically lasting forty hours to learn about what is advertised as "MBA Essentials". That is, getting managers up to speed on all the pertinent essentials in a typical MBA program.
Josh Kaufman has challenged the status quo by suggesting that you don't have to go to a very expensive business school (and rack up huge debts) to effectively learn the principles of business. I am sure he will have numerous challengers to that premise. That being said, Josh has done an excellent job putting this work together in almost 400 pages. As the publisher puts it, this is "A World-Class Business Education in a Single Volume". As a reader, you will definitely come away with a clear and concise knowledge of the five fundamentals of every business. He will stretch your mind on how to effectively work with yourself, in teams and with systems. Although the book is nearly 400 pages, it is an easy read as he divides this into easily manageable chapters. Finally, the Personal MBA "Recommended Reading List" is a treasure trove of business knowledge. This will remain as an ongoing reference on by book shelf.
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Better Than Business School,
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As a business student in unviersity, I can personally confirm that the education you can give yourself through Josh Kaufman's Personal MBA program is far supperior in terms of content than what is taught in the classroms of business school. This book is absolutely the best place to start if you want to gain business knowledge that works in the real world. After finishing this book, the Personal MBA reading list material will give you all the information you need to give yourself a fantastic business education. Consider this book the foundation to build your business education on. If you've already gotten a business degree, be sure to pick up this book to learn what you weren't taught in the classroom.I'd just like to reinforce a point that Josh makes. Simply reading this material will not be enough to turn you into a business genius. The real magic happens when you start applying the material and seeing how it works in real life. Personally, I chose to do this by taking a part time job at a start up company. Josh provides all the knowledge you will need to be successful in business, but ultimately, you need to take the initiative and make that knowledge work for you. If anyone has any doubts that you can give yourself an education better than the one you'd pay tens of thousands of dollars for in university, here's a concrete example of the effectiveness of the Personal MBA. My university recently put on a business competiton to encourage entrepreneurs. It is the biggest annual competition in the school, and awards $5000 to the winner. Dispite being the youngest student competing, with the fewest completed credit hours, I was able to win the competition using only the material I learned from the Personal MBA program. I am very excited to be launching my business in the upcoming months. The fact that I've already been able to get preorders makes me even more excited. Most of all, I can't wait to continue to learn how to apply the material from the Personal MBA program to my business. I read the Personal MBA last year and can honestly say that without it, I would simply be another business student sitting in the classroom, no different from the hundreds of thousands graduating around the world every year. Don't commoditize yourself like that. Take the initiative, educate yourself, and give yourself the tools you need to differentiate yourself. And there is no better starting point to do that than this book.
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