!1: Now is the time Improve Your Self Esteem (be happier--includes CD/ MP3 information) Order Today!
Nice Design by :
Over All Rating Reviews : Great Deal :
Date Created : Sep 19, 2010 10:42:11
This comprehensive guide will help you improve your self esteem now....Contents include....
Be Optimistic for Happier Life A Positive Outlook for a Positive Life Know your self-worth The benefits of using positive self-talk How positive affirmations can change your life Chapter II:It’s All in Our Mind Focusing the mind on the positive The sky is your limit How to develop your creative side Creativity Tips and Resources Listen to your inner thoughts Mental imagery works Taking care of your mental health Chapter III: Overcoming Negative Thinking Dispelling fears for a more positive outlook Overcoming dissociation Overcoming Doubt Overcoming Feelings of Helplessness Overcoming Inner Conflicts Overcoming Intimidation Overcoming the need to be in control Overcoming Trauma Chapter IV: Becoming an Optimistic Individual and Achieve Goals in Life Developing your self-image Change the Shape of Your Self-Image How keeping a journal can help you succeed Develop your intuition Start Early To Combat Low Self Esteem Stop underestimating your worth Developing your full potential Boost your Self-Esteem by Running How to Unearth Your Hidden Strengths How NLP Can Help You De-cluttering for success CD/MP3 reference
±1±: Now is the time Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion Order Today!
Nice Design by :
Over All Rating Reviews : Great Deal : $10.65
Date Created : Sep 04, 2010 19:34:05
Do you have a hobby you wish you could do all day? An obsession that keeps you up at night? Now is the perfect time to take those passions and make a living doing what you love. In CRUSH IT! Why NOW Is The Time To Cash In On Your Passion, Gary Vaynerchuk shows you how to use the power of the Internet to turn your real interests into real businesses. Gary spent years building his family business from a local wine shop into a national industry leader. Then one day he turned on a video camera, and by using the secrets revealed in this book, transformed his entire life and earning potential by building his personal brand. By the end of this book, any reader will have learned how to harness the power of the Internet to make their entrepreneurial dreams come true. Step by step, CRUSH IT! is the ultimate driver′s manual for modern business.
Gary Vaynerchuk has captured attention with his pioneering, multi-faceted approach to personal branding and business. After primarily utilizing traditional advertising techniques to build his family′s local retail wine business into a national industry leader, Gary rapidly leveraged social media tools such as Twitter and Facebook to promote Wine Library TV, http://tv.winelibrary.com, his video blog about wine. Gary has always had an early-to-market approach, launching Wine Library′s retail website in 1997 and Wine Library TV in February of 2006. His lessons on social media, passion, transparency, and reactionary business are not to be missed!
With customer reviews on "Crush It" approaching 500 (and possibly more by the time this is posted), how does one decide which review provides the most accurate overview of this book? After all, the author talks about the need to be honest, so which review in fact be the most honest?
Although I must confess that I haven't read all the reviews posted here I did attempt to scan as many as possible at each star level. As I read a 1 star review I find myself agreeing with the reviewer that the reviewer's comment that "success has as much to do with the strategy, the team, and preparation as it does the desire to crush it." In looking at a 2 star review, I also find myself agreeing the reviewer's thoughts that Gary Vaynerchuk started his "crush it" journey by tapping into his father's already successful wine merchant business. Yes, most people who might read this book and have a desire to "crush it" simply do not have a successful family business to build on.
Moving on to a 3 star review, I find one reviewer who notes that although this book is inspiring, it lacks detailed information to help readers "become successful using the methods he promises". Once again, I think this is an accurate comment to describe the book "Crush It".
Next, I looked at the 4 star reviews (and I also immediately noted that there are more 4 star reviews than all the 1, 2 and 3 star reviews added together). Here, I note a reviewer who quotes "The promise of Crush! is that technology has disrupted the historical boundaries of business, making it possible for anyone with knowledge and passion to build a business that capitalizes on that experience." The reviewer then states that he supports this quote (and the reviewer also notes that he has personally started five businesses that seem to provide some credence to his thoughts). I think it is also significant to note that the same reviewer talks about the expertise that is required to crush it and perhaps this is one weakness of the book. I agree.
Finally, I come to the 5 star reviews (which is abundantly clear comprises the greatest number of reviews). From these reviews, one of the words that I see mentioned frequently is "inspirational". One reviewer in the 5 star category states this slightly differently by using the word "catalyst". It would seem to me that anyone who wants to be successful in any endeavor needs some inspiration or a catalyst to take action and if the content of a book provides that catalyst then I would think that in spite of any other weaknesses, this book would deserve a high rating.
So, the reader might now wonder, " How many stars would I award Crush It!?"
In responding to this question, I think my overall star scoring for the book is directly related to how it might help me to be a more successful as an author and as an entrepreneur? After all, $[...] is a small price to pay if there is just one practical idea or resource in the book that can make a professional difference in my life (and I wouldn't necessarily rate this book in terms of personal growth because we can all enrich our lives by living our passions without ever "cashing in" on them. Living our passions and the resulting happiness does not have to be tied to money).
In reading Crush It!, I first of all noted that the author defines passion as: "It means that when you get up for work every morning, every single morning, you are pumped because you get to talk about or work with or do the thing that interests you the most in the world." As a professional career counsellor for more than twenty years I agree with this statement, and happiness might come a little easier to a lot more people if you could identify and live your passion (even if your passions don't relate to your job or earning money). The flip side of this though is that some people get so caught up in the adrenalin rush of their passion that their relationship with others suffers.
In looking at the next comment I highlighted in this book, I note Gary's words "EVERYONE needs to start thinking of themselves as a brand." While this may be very important for some people in, I can't agree that everyone needs to think of themselves as a brand (unless we expand the notion of "branding" to being "the best parent", or "the best friend", etc.). From my experience in working with people, some people are quite comfortable (and it is okay for some people to be comfortable) being followers or going to work each day and following instructions. Along the same line, I disagree with the author's comment that "Learn to live your passion, and you'll have all the money you need plus total control over your own destiny." How many parents are there whose passion is their family, and who will never have all the money they might need because their family comes before ungodly hours at work? Are there many people who lived their lives more passionately than let's say someone like Vincent Van Gogh? And yet, if history serves me properly, Van Gogh's passions never led to personal wealth.
So how then was Crush It! useful to me? While Gary's comment that "you gotta be you" is not earth-shattering advice, none-the-less, it is advice that we all need to be reminded of from time to time, and I include myself as someone who needs to be reminded of this. For me, most important of all (and yes this is a theme in some other books) is the emphasis that the internet is providing an opportunity for anyone (with the right expertise as we have already noted) to market their product or business in a manner that didn't exist just a few years ago. As an author who has sold many books ("The Millionaire Lifeguard, my newest book)with a great deal of money and time spent on traditional advertising, this "new" way of doing things has the potential to make a significance in my success as an author. I appreciate Gary's passion in talking about this and his practical thoughts about various platforms to user in promoting a product. This was useful advice for me and although simplistic, for someone who was resisting using platforms such as Facebook or Twitter, it led me to read more in-depth books about Wordpress, Facebook, Twitter, etc. (in other words Crush It! was a catalyst).
Finally, one word I read a several times in the book is "hustle". While this is a word that sometimes has a negative connotation, overall I think the author's emphasis here is passion will not lead to success unless this passion translates into action (work, hustle, however you want to say it). In fact, the author states "Expect this to be all consuming". From my experience this is very true (although I do feel the need once again to point out that it is okay if your passion is your family or a hobby that never leads to the gaining of wealth or the growth of a business).
In conclusion, I give Crush It! 5 stars. This is a book that as others have said is inspirational (in spite of any other shortcomings). For me, I was inspired to read more in-depth books on some of the topics that the author briefly touched on. I believe that any book that actually motivates to take some kind of action that contributes in a positive way to achieving my dreams deserves to receive 5 stars.
So which review should you choose? As Crush It! points out, you should be true to yorself and choose your own. on Sale!
