Comments on: The Simple Dollar’s Personal Productivity and Personal Development Book Review Series http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/04/29/the-simple-dollars-personal-productivity-and-personal-development-book-review-series/ Financial talk for the rest of us Sat, 16 Feb 2013 01:14:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: einzige http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/04/29/the-simple-dollars-personal-productivity-and-personal-development-book-review-series/#comment-45869 einzige Fri, 13 Jul 2007 00:44:52 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/04/29/the-simple-dollars-personal-productivity-and-personal-development-book-review-series/#comment-45869 I think Napoleon Hill’s book is trash, actually. He presages The Secret and suffers from many of the same problems that it does. He peppers his book with all sorts of supposedly illustrative examples meant to guide you and your choices, but most of the examples are stories of people being incredibly lucky, so they have almost no practical value at all. Is the book “inspirational”? Maybe, but so was Kiyosaki’s pile of crap. It doesn’t make it helpful at all.

]]> By: Marcus Murphy http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/04/29/the-simple-dollars-personal-productivity-and-personal-development-book-review-series/#comment-28887 Marcus Murphy Fri, 25 May 2007 19:42:04 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/04/29/the-simple-dollars-personal-productivity-and-personal-development-book-review-series/#comment-28887 I’m sure all the classics should get a good review:

Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey

As well as some newcomers:

The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson
The Life You Were Born To Live by Dan Millman
The Secret by Rhonda Byrnes

Thanks for you great reviews!

]]> By: Amy http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/04/29/the-simple-dollars-personal-productivity-and-personal-development-book-review-series/#comment-21823 Amy Mon, 30 Apr 2007 15:19:01 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/04/29/the-simple-dollars-personal-productivity-and-personal-development-book-review-series/#comment-21823 Re: working remotely, I tried this for several months at a previous job, and have to say I wouldn’t go back to it. It becomes very easy to go for days without ever leaving the house, or doing much beyond running a few local errands. And while coworkers can sometimes be irritating, you also don’t realize until they’re gone how much of a social outlet it is to have the sort of casual conversations that occur naturally when you work with people. Plus, it is a constant struggle to remind people of your value and presence when you aren’t in the office daily…I at least ended up spending many hours on the phone and IM essentially putting in the virtual equivalent of face time.

I think the ideal arrangement for me would be to work in the office 2-3 days a week, and remotely the rest of the time.

]]> By: Tony http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/04/29/the-simple-dollars-personal-productivity-and-personal-development-book-review-series/#comment-21804 Tony Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:26:18 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/04/29/the-simple-dollars-personal-productivity-and-personal-development-book-review-series/#comment-21804 I’m always looking for a good book to read and productivity directly effects personal finance so I’m excited to read the reviews.

]]> By: Matt http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/04/29/the-simple-dollars-personal-productivity-and-personal-development-book-review-series/#comment-21755 Matt Mon, 30 Apr 2007 05:57:47 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/04/29/the-simple-dollars-personal-productivity-and-personal-development-book-review-series/#comment-21755 I like the idea – I think the overlap between the topics is just a bit too hard to overlook. Simply being more productive in your time translates directly to money – at least it can.

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