Looks like I'm copying Phils thread but I was gunna do this anyways he just got in there first. Plus this one's regarding real books.

I'm only gunna list books I read from this year onwards because I want to keep a proper track of all the books I read from now on.

I'll do short reviews on some of them. Which will be in no way extravagant detailed accounts. Just quick, in-a-nutshell opinions.

Feel free to add comments or opinions of your own to any of the books I list that you've also read, or if you have any questions ask away.

At the weekend I read The Lean Startup - It's a book for entrepreneurs or aspiring entrepreneurs, with many case studies and practical "outside the box" advice on business and entrepreneurship.

Just finished The Secret which I started last night done 100 pages per night - It's based on this "law of attraction" that I'm sure most of us have heard about. Basically if you live and breath positivity, and positive thoughts about what you want, you will receive it... I'll keep you posted on how fast I get a million quid and 3 glamour model girlfriends.



I'm going to be reading a hell of a lot more now. My only problem is that I've got so many hard copy and ebooks I'm spoilt for choice so I've often found myself start a book for a few chapters then ditch it and go on to another... but I'm not playing that shit no more.

The secret in a nut shell is basically to have passionate & authentic belief in yourself & have a positive mental atitude. Thats about it really.

Fuck you dan...

Fuck you.

Love you too Phil x

Last night at the gym I thought to myself that the staff at PureGym who see you regularly must notice the changes in the physique of the regulars, since I look amazing now compared to when I started..

..shortly after that a random instructor commented on my physique, that I was "looking good bro, the hard work is paying off"


Must have been the law of attraction


Or maybe it was just a coincidence.

I've started spending a lot of my lunch hours at Waterstones book store 5 minutes away from work.

I'll go there, pick up an interesting looking self-development or business book, & spend 30 or 40 minutes reading.

I check the contents & go direct to chapters & sections that are relevant to things that interest me or that I want to learn. Then read through as much as I can in the 30 or 40 minutes.

Sure, I obviously don't read the book in depth. But I pick up plenty of nuggets of info & little motivations & positive things.

It adds a further 2.5 to 3 hours of reading per week.

Today at the bookstore I had a browse through How to start a business without any money by Rachel Bridge - I read 3 of the most relevant chapters to me & took pictures of the recap pages at the end of (at least 20) chapters... Picked up a few nice little tips

Yesterday I had a read at a book from the "Brilliant" series How to influence in any situation - basically like a body language book with a bunch of extra tips on dominance etc... A lot of stuff I've already read about before but seen it as a refresher or kick up the backside in some areas

Are you actually taking anything from these books, or are you reading loads of books or just skimming them?

Finished a book yesterday called Influence, the psychology of persuasion - very interesting book that points out a lot of stuff that happens to us on a regular basis in regards to how easily our minds & behaviours can be manipulated.

Obviously, most of you reading this will be smart enough not to fall into such traps however as a psychologist this was a very interesting read & my favourite book since I started this thread.

I'm reading books in full in my own time.

When I go to the bookstore on my lunch breaks I just grab a book & skim it yes. I'll skim it & see what it's about & then pick a chapter or 2 that I'm interested in & read them. Then flick through the book reading all the summary pages.

Yes I'm getting stuff from this. Even if it's just little nuggets of info here & there on my lunch break.

I also now consider myself an autodidact. Which is a self-taught person.

I'm not trying to act clever I didn't even know that was a word until 2 months ago.