Sam Horn book summary by Anne Day for actionablebooks.com I was excited to read Sam Horn’s new book Got Your Attention?: How to Create Intrigue and Connect with Anyone. I have been a fan and follower for years, after reading her book POP and with her latest book, she doesn’t disappoint. And full disclosure, she

FOUR SECONDS: All the Time You Need to Stop Counter-Productive Habits and Get the Results You Want Peter Bregman by Soundview Book reviews: SOLUTIONS TO FAMILIAR MISTAKES At a party in Greenwich Village, author and consultant Peter Bregman hears a yelp as one of the guests steps on the host’s dog. The guest yells at

The Creator’s Code The Six Essential Skills of Extraordinary Entrepreneurs by Amy Wilkinson Soundview Book Reviews: Consultant and entrepreneur Amy Wilkinson’s book, The Creator’s Code, is a step-by-step guide on how to become a successful entrepreneur. It is based on 200 interviews with those who have achieved the heights of entrepreneurship — from well-known pioneers

by Soundview Book reviews: Consultant and author Paul Stoltz has previously written extensively on adversity, developing what he calls the “Adversity Quotient,” which measures the ability to leverage setbacks and failures into success. Stoltz has more recently discovered, however, that while AQ is essential to success, it is not sufficient. As he explains in his

by Jonathan Fields of the Good Life Project: “When you take art, the thing you are actually learning to do is to see.” Do you remember being a kid and loving to draw? But at some point early on you learned that your art wasn’t good enough? So you stopped. What if you had learned

by Tim Ferriss of thefourhourworkweek.com This post and episode is intended to help you with unexpected problems that will crop up any week. My guest is Ryan Holiday, who became Director of Marketing at American Apparel at age 21 (!) Since dropping out of college at 19 to apprentice under strategist Robert Greene (author of