Comments on: Investing In Yourself: A Practical Guide

By: Leko

Leko — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:48:55 +0000

Very good

By: Leko

Leko — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:48:55 +0000

Very good

By: Bagger

Bagger — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:12:59 +0000

Wow. What a superb primer. (Only niggle – I read Jaffe's book and it was sh-t. Don't bother with that one)

By: Josh Davey

Josh Davey — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:02:56 +0000

lol fine fine. *gets back to work*

By: communicable

communicable — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:54:00 +0000

good post! reading The Cluetrain Manifesto: The End of Business as Usual now

By: Malcolm Bastien

Malcolm Bastien — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:51:58 +0000

Thanks Marianne. A lot of people highly recommend Randy's “Final Lecture”, as well as another talk given by Randy on productivity I believe, though I haven't seen it as yet.

By: Malcolm Bastien

Malcolm Bastien — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:50:39 +0000

True! I bought that book for someone a little while ago, it's been getting a lot of good feedback from reviewers. What career path are you looking at?

By: Malcolm Bastien

Malcolm Bastien — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:49:32 +0000

I'm saving all my linking to Madeam once the new hotness of a website you're working on goes up….HINT

By: Josh Davey

Josh Davey — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:58:24 +0000

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By: Milo

Milo — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:38:53 +0000

Hi, very useful post and very well-timed as I am currently researching like crazy in order to boost my career. In terms of useful books on the same topic, Career Renegade by Jonathan Fields fits in nicely with your points.

By: Marianne O'Connor

Marianne O'Connor — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:08:38 +0000

For those who would rather watdh/listen than read, I'd highly recommend going to YouTube for Randy Pausch's Sept. 2007 CMU lecture.

It's inspiring, touching, humorous and real. Quite the balance to strike, but Randy achieves it — seemingly effortlessly. If you haven't seen it yet, check it out. http://is.gd/bIY

By: Malcolm Bastien

Malcolm Bastien — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:42:25 +0000

Thanks for the comment Alex.

Ya, your blog and that one post I've found especially invaluable… I'm going the analytics career myself and thought the slideshow was really great because of how it easily broke down the steps and communicated it all to an audiance not even necessarily already in analytics.

By: Malcolm Bastien

Malcolm Bastien — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:40:25 +0000

They thanks a lot Puleen. I'll add those to the list when I have some time later today.

I agree that those books should be on there. Dale Carnegie's books are some great additions. Maybe something along the lines of learning to communicate well, and how to build relationships should be a category of its own…

By: Puleen Patel

Puleen Patel — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:26:31 +0000

Excellent post and a great collection of references/sources.

Might I recommend a few additional books that I definitely recommend. These books I found are great source for better personal and professional development.

1. The 4-Hour Work Week (Tim Ferris) - Great book that shows you how to work smart and be more efficient.

2. How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (Dale Carnegie) - A classic book that I am currently reading to better understand why I worry about finances / work among other things.

3. How to Win Friends and influence people (Dale Carnegie) - This is by far the best book that has helped in the way we interact with people and how little things such as "smiling" can help us influence other people.

4. The Last Lecture (Randy Pausch) - Hands down one of the best books that really gives you an insight into Randy's life, his way of living and his passion of "Living your childhood dream". RIP Randy!

Hope these help the other readers of this post/blog.

Regards,

Puleen

By: digitalalex

digitalalex — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 01:29:35 +0000

I'm glad the presentation was handy!

I vote double for Ferrazzi. Beyond that, The Automatic Millionaire is kind of cheesy, but the entrepreneurial and savings principles it espouses are worthwhile.

I read the blog Getting Rich Slowly a lot.

-Alex

By: Malcolm Bastien

Malcolm Bastien — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:27:26 +0000

Thanks for the recommendations Will. I had a feeling you would have some self-development books to recommend!

I makes a lot of sense as well because without some basic things like character or confidence you wouldn't be likely to get anywhere worth going.

By: Will_L

Will_L — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 23:32:48 +0000

Hands down, What Smart Students Know by Adam Robinson – A MUST for students (and anyone else for that matter) in terms of building a strong foundation for learning that can be applied to personal interests as well.

Also, 80/20 Principle by Richard Koch – can supercharge your productivity by focusing 'on the important few versus the trivial many”

Finally… Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill – probably THE most cited book by personal development / motivational gurus… oh and you might get rich as a side benefit