The Lifelong Learner :: Do what you can, with what you have, where you are -Roosevelt ::

This book started out great. It is spoken with a great call-to-action voice. I really liked the first hour or hour and a half. But after that, the material covered did not really interest me. I did not finish the book — as the author suggests. I do not have a plan to hire offshore assistant. I do not want to setup an auto reply to my email, etc. These issues might be applicable to an executive but not for a normal guy like me.

I highly recommend listening to the first hour: it’s a 5-star material. After that, I would just stop.

The author does have some great suggestions. For instance, keep applying to 80/20 principle to you business/personal life and concentrate the top 20%, top 10% on the things that bring the most reward.

Another thing that was interesting is the information diet. The author advocates stopping wasting time reading magazines/news. He advocates reading what really interests you. Tired of the book you’re reading, put it away!

One other thing, which I’m actually implementing, is to stop checking personal email the first thing you come to work. It puts you out of focus. I agree. I now check email during lunch time and at the end of the day.

It was interesting to hear all of the author’s business startups and bold moves.