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Summary: One for the bookshelf!
Review: "Good habits are hard to develop, imagine an easy way" -You'll find the path here.
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Summary: The Basics...just 1% a day....
Review: ...will set you on your way to success. Ringer drills home the point of improving a little each day. Hits it right on the head when he states that success is not revolutionary. This is a sleeper of a personal development book...a book that does not get as much credit as it should considering all the sage information that can be sifted out of it. I loved the empathy that he showed when describing his troubles with the psychological hangup he encountered with overeating. I thought I was hearing myself talk when I read Ringer say things like "I've eaten so much already, what the heck, I'll go for broke and really pig out and see what kind of damage I can do." This "exception rule" was my favorite. If I had ten thumbs, all of them would be up with regards to to "Million Dollar Habits". I normally don't bother writing reviews...but Ringer deserves every ounce of praise that I pour on him in this A+ review.
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Summary: Ringerful
Review: A lot in this book is very helpful. Ringer says the habits are simple. Well, if they are so simple, how come everbody doesn't follow them? But then I read the founder of Gateway (or was it Dell) Computer's quote when he was listed on the "Forbes 400". He was on that list as a billionaire. He said, "Business is simple. It's not easy, but it's simple." And it made me think of this book. Losing weight is simple. Even Forrest Gump could comprehend that to lose weight, you need to eat less than you burn off. But then 54% of the USA is overweight-to-obese, despite how simple it is to lose weight (it's just not easy). Well, same with this book. The rules related are simple, but not easy. And one thing that makes Ringer's advice something worth listening to is, he has messed up a lot. He made and lost a fortune twice, and was $1/2 a million in debt after the second time. But climbed his way back to wealth a third time. So that suggests his rules work. A lot of people get rich through luck. But if they went broke, they'd stay broke (as some do). But if Ringer can become rich three seperate times, maybe so can the rest of us. He messed up, but learned not to mess up, so maybe we can learn too.(He relates some of this in the "financial hurdle" chapter in his book LOOKING OUT FOR NUMBER 1).
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Summary: Ringer's Best
Review: I love all of Ringer's books, but this is his best. Much of his previous books were an offshoot of Ayn Rand's objectivist ethics, an attractive, but not always viable worldview. Ringer seemed to have written this book as an addendum to his previous works, when he was a hard-core Ayn Rand disciple. In Million Dollar Habits, he admits that Ayn Rand is great stuff- for people who live on a planet of Howard Roarks and Dagney Taggerts. Million Dollar Habits isn't for people who live on that planet- it's for the people of planet earth! In this book, he takes a more flexible, positive world view. The advice here is much more practical a real-world. Those who found Ringer's previous works good but impracticle should read this.
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Summary: Ringer's Best
Review: I love all of Ringer's books, but this is his best. Much of his previous books were an offshoot of Ayn Rand's objectivist ethics, an attractive, but not always viable worldview. Ringer seemed to have written this book as an addendum to his previous works, when he was a hard-core Ayn Rand disciple. In Million Dollar Habits, he admits that Ayn Rand is great stuff- for people who live on a planet of Howard Roarks and Dagney Taggerts. Million Dollar Habits isn't for people who live on that planet- it's for the people of planet earth! In this book, he takes a more flexible, positive world view. The advice here is much more practical a real-world. Those who found Ringer's previous works good but impracticle should read this.
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Summary: Not as good as "Looking Out For #1"
Review: I love Ringer's books. Though I've never met the man, over the years I have come to regard him as a kind of trusted advisor. When I screw up (and that happens a lot) I can always pick up "Looking Out For #1", Ringer's previous book, and see why. Invariably, the cause of my failures can be easily traced to my lack of adherence to the "Universal Truths" found in Ringer's books. These "Universal Truths", however, are found in just about every other book on success ever written. What makes Ringer special, then, is his humorous, no b.s. style of writing. He goes out of his way to relate his own failures in life--something few success authors do--with such self-effacing humor that you won't mind when he slaps you in the face to point out where you need improvement. With "Million Dollar Habits" Ringer somewhat rehashes his earlier material--thus the four stars. He uses the time-tested technique of all successful authors in fluffing up a spin-off to his earlier works. Indeed, you will find that "Million Dollar Habits" feels surprisingly familiar to "Looking Out For #1", and it is. Nevertheless, I will likely buy and read just about anything Ringer publishes. I need to hear what he has to say from time to time. We all do.
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Summary: Not as good as "Looking Out For #1"
Review: I love Ringer's books. Though I've never met the man, over the years I have come to regard him as a kind of trusted advisor. When I screw up (and that happens a lot) I can always pick up "Looking Out For #1", Ringer's previous book, and see why. Invariably, the cause of my failures can be easily traced to my lack of adherence to the "Universal Truths" found in Ringer's books. These "Universal Truths", however, are found in just about every other book on success ever written. What makes Ringer special, then, is his humorous, no b.s. style of writing. He goes out of his way to relate his own failures in life--something few success authors do--with such self-effacing humor that you won't mind when he slaps you in the face to point out where you need improvement. With "Million Dollar Habits" Ringer somewhat rehashes his earlier material--thus the four stars. He uses the time-tested technique of all successful authors in fluffing up a spin-off to his earlier works. Indeed, you will find that "Million Dollar Habits" feels surprisingly familiar to "Looking Out For #1", and it is. Nevertheless, I will likely buy and read just about anything Ringer publishes. I need to hear what he has to say from time to time. We all do.
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Summary: Great No-Nonsense Self-Help
Review: I was led to this book through another book that I was reading about my business. It gave a list of books to read that were great and worth reading and this was one of them. I never would have picked this book up, had it not been recommended to me as the title would not have attracted my attention as a book I would like to read. I guess the old saying "never judge a book by it's cover" rings true in this case!!
This book was fantastic in my opinion. I have read many many many self-help books and this one is one of very few I have read that I feel will stick with me through my life. The advice and "habits" in this book are so basic and yet presented in such a way that you realize them in a new light. It is no-nonsense, no flowery words, no "affirmations", or cutesy-lingo...Ringer tells it to you straight and from his own experiences. He is funny and likable and so very wise.
I highly recommend this book for anyone who really wants to live an authentic, successful life and who isnt looking for something for nothing.....GREAT BOOK!
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Summary: Solid principles for success.
Review: I've read a lot of books on success, and they all say basically the same thing: Have a goal, keep a good attitude, work hard. But reading it isn't enough. Some fundamentals have to be constantly reinforced. Ringer presents ten basic principles for success and presents them well. He adds a couple of important principles many writers neglect, like how to deal with people who drain you of your enthusiasm. It is easy reading, and will reinforce your commitment to doing the fundamentals. Sometimes you just have to hear something one more time to make it stick. I'm the author of the book, Self-Help Stuff That Works, and I am an expert on effective self-help material. Million Dollar Habits fits the bill. Definitely worth reading.
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Summary: Making success a habit
Review: Million Dollar Habits - in this book, Ringer focuses on the importance of practicing habits that lead to success:
1. The importance of accepting reality in life
2. How your attitude determines your achievements in life
3. Keeping perspective in life - how you can profit from negative things that happen to you in life
4. Focusing on today - Voltaire: "Do not anxiously expect that which has not yet come, do not vainly regret that which has passed."
5. The necessity of moral values in business.
6. People - the link between human relations and success.
7. Self-discipline and preparation - the hero is not impulsive, he prepares.
8. Action - the only way to achieve goals.
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