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Best Nonfiction Books – October 2014

Staying on top of the latest trends and ideas in business is not an easy task.

You do not lack information with the number of websites, blogs, videos and social media options that exist today.

The hard part is knowing what to focus on and who to listen to.

Here at Bookleverage I curate the best nonfiction books so you spend your valuable time on the right books.

Hundreds of nonfiction books come…

Turning Obstacles into Advantages

“The impediment to action advances action.  What stands in the way becomes the way.” – Marcus Aurelius

Life can suck sometimes.

You do the right thing, you are honest and you work hard and yet every day you see other people attaining success.  People that may not deserve it and come by it through questionable means.

Not only that, but you are the one that has obstacle after obstacle thrown in…

3 Big Ideas Video – Young Money by Kevin Roose

In this edition of 3 Big Ideas Video I’m discussing Kevin Roose’s Young Money: Inside the Hidden World of Wall Street’s Post-Crash Recruits.

Plenty has been written about the financial crisis from the perspective of those affected and those who had a major part to play in it. What Kevin Roose does in his excellent Young Money is look at Wall Street after the crisis from the viewpoint of its…

3 Big Ideas Video – Willpower by Roy Baumeister and John Tierney

In this edition of 3 Big Ideas Video I’m discussing Roy F. Baumeister and John Tierney’s Willpower.

Full of wide ranging stories and examples, Baumeister and Tierney make the convincing case that much like a regular muscle willpower can be depleted and become ineffective in protecting us from our “consequences-be-damned” selves.

Willpower the book not only supports this contention, but lays out…

3 Big Ideas Video – The Hard Thing About Hard Things

In this edition of 3 Big Ideas Video I’m discussing Ben Horowitz’s great new book The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers.

In the vein of business classics like Andy Grove’s Only the Paranoid Survive and Michael Lewis’ Moneyball, Ben Horowitz has written not only his coming of age as CEO story, but an invaluable book for anyone who wants to learn what…

Best Nonfiction Books – September 2014

Hundreds of nonfiction books come out every month.

The hard part is knowing which are worth the time and money to read and buy and which are nothing more than extended magazine articles or vanity pieces.

I scour the internet every month looking for hints, reviews, recommendations and suggestions for the best nonfiction books being released.

I then whittle that list down to 10 of the best…

3 Big Ideas Video – Love is the Killer App

Love is the Killer App was the first book I read that made me believe that my passion for reading nonfiction could turn into something beyond just a personal pursuit.

In this episode of 3 Big Ideas video I discuss three ideas that stood out to me when I first read the book and every time since.  I could easily list ten more, but I had to stick to three to keep the video short.

In Love is the…

3 Big Ideas – Mindset by Carol Dweck

Carol Dweck’s Mindset: The New Psychology of Success is one of my all-time favorite books.  I could have done this 3 Big Ideas video without reviewing the book because it has had such a lasting impact on my life.

After reading it and discovering the difference between “growth” and “fixed” mindsets I was able to recognize why I made the choices I made in my personal, professional and academic…

3 Big Ideas Video – The Checklist Manifesto

The first in a long line of 3 Big Ideas videos features a favorite book of mine by Atul Gawande, The Checklist Manifesto.

First, some back story.  I’ve had a copy of Camtasia screencast software sitting on my computer for a couple of years now.  I finally decided recently to clean out the cobwebs and use the dang thing.  That means you can expect more 3 Big Ideas videos coming from me from now…

Nonfiction Books Reading List July 2014 – The Books I Read to Get Ahead

These are the great nonfiction books I read in July.  Clearly most are tilted toward internet marketing and writing, which are two topics that have come to dominate my thinking recently.

Jeff Walker’s Launch was responsible for me finally setting up a newsletter.  Thank you Jeff!

That is the power of a great book read at the right time – action.  These books also helped me add to my arsenal of…

10 Great Business Books – August 2014

Hundreds of business books come out every month.

The hard part is knowing which are worth the time and money to read and buy and which are nothing more than extended magazine articles and vanity pieces.

I scour the internet every month looking for hints, reviews, recommendations and suggestions for books being released.  I then whittle that list down to 10 great business books to share with my…

Book Review – Podcast Launch

One of the great products of the internet has been the rise of the self-made internet millionaire.

Much like a Horatio Alger story, the internet millionaire embodies the hero’s struggle.

He or she is a good guy/girl who just wants to do right, but they find themselves in a tough spot.

It could be a bad boss, a job with no future or just a feeling of despair that the life they are living is not…

I’m on a mission to spread the love of non-fiction far and wide.

And that is why Bookleverage is now on YouTube.

At least for me when I get on YouTube the only book commentary I see is about sexy vampires, a dystopian future with love-crossed teenagers or a combination of the two.

But not anymore nonfiction book lovers, because Bookleverage is on YouTube for good!

I’m going to start out with…

So there I was, staring at the screen, thinking over my options.

Do I press OK and release the start of my dream to the world (or at least my Facebook friends) or do I move on and just accept the status quo?

It’s funny the little fears and the big tests that we all face as we struggle for success.  And what would seem to others as nothing, take on gigantic proportions in the minds of some.

I…

Just What the World Needs, Another Newsletter

I’m in the process of putting together a bi-monthly newsletter.  Bi-monthly means twice a month.  And I only say that because like most people I wonder why people don’t just say twice a month.

But when you are talking about newsletters you have to say bi-monthly or the newsletter police send you a letter.

So why another newsletter?

As someone who pooh pooh’s society’s fascination with “surfing…