Business & Investing Books

The secret for the GMAT is practice and stamina.

For my own preparation, I used The Princeton Review, Kaplan's Book and ETS' The Official Guide for GMAT Review.

I will go through the advantages and disadvantages of each,...
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Not enough explanation to carry over into real time test taking.
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This is supposed to be the response from ETS to the kaplan method. It is interesting because it brings a shaddy comparison of miths and facts about the GMAT but it does not tell you how your answers affect your score, it seems to keep things...
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After seeing this guy speak at SXSW, I was able to read more about him and his work philosophy. I grew up in the 1980's and 90's listening to all the self help gurus pressing us to work more and more hours, be as productive as we could be (had to...
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First, I have to say that I was very enthusiastic about the first part of this book, as Tim suggests that people should consider other ways of living their life instead of working hard toward an eventual retirement. But later I realized after...
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Author Timothy Ferris seems to have packed a lot of life into a very brief amount of time. He offers an escape plan for those who wish to flee the 9-5 routine to follow their dreams and their bliss. How many readers will eventually cut down to a...
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This is a business book that's so interesting that it's tough to put down! The author gives excellent real life experiences and examples of what differentiates good companies from great ones. I also gave this book to my boss for the holidays he lo
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This book brings a fresh and interesting methodology to examining the causes of social phenomena. The portions I have read so far are both thought provoking and amusing.

One of the many examples the author discusses a correlation...
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After reading the New York Times profile of Steven D. Levitt, I looked forward to reading this book, which he co-authored with Stephen J. Dubner. Unfortunately, it was a disappointment.

Nothing wrong with Levitt's ideas - they're...
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While I enjoyed the book and thought it was full of interesting questions, I thought it could have explored it's theories a little more deeply. It was an entertaining and quick read but left me feeling no more enlightened at the end.
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As a Psych minor in college I read this book to see what it had to offer. I discovered while reading it that I began remembering lectures from college that where along the same line. I think this is a great book that is very insightful. Could be...
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I found that overall, Blink does not work well in Audio CD format. Gladwell uses the same words and expressions and concepts over and over. If I hear the phrase, "thin slicing" again, I might scream. It becomes highly repetitive and irritating....
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I am one of those women who is always letting my husband deal with all the money stuff. I have always felt fine just getting my little allowance and going on my happy way. My inner voice has been telling me something is wrong with this picture...
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I have been a fan of Orman's for years now, and waited with anticipation for this book. After all, I'm a woman. I earn and use money. I was expecting an intelligent analysis of the unique issues women face when dealing with money -- all those...
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I am a fan of Suze Orman and work as a financial advisor. I was very excited about the book (being a woman) but was disappointed by the lack of relevent information. The book is basically the same info from her other books just put in a...
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Little things matter. That's the lesson of "The Tipping Point." Want to lower crime in New York? You could address all problems of poverty and alienation. Or you could just clean up graffiti and start arresting people who pee in the street....
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Gladwell has several fascinating ideas. However the book suffers from poor writing, and from considering many issues closed (ie the theory of Judith Harris on how peers influence children more than parents are presented as Gospel truth) Its a...
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The Idea is interesting. But reads like a Q. Tarantino script
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Here! Here!Neal Boortz and Congressman John Linder present a superb way for the USA to collect taxes. It reduces the present tax code from over 1 million words to a 3x5 card of one simple tax that ALL will pay, including the 50 million visitors each
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This book could be considered an entertaining read, but the supposed cure it proclaims is most certainly worse than the disease. The current tax system has evolved and become increasingly complex over the DECADES that is has been in place. I...
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If you've never heard the "Dave Ramsey" show on the radio then the book is really good to introduce you to Dave's plan to become debt free. If you have listened to Dave's radio program then the book is mostly redundant in scope. However, the...
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This book does 3 things that really hit home for me and justify the 5 star rating I gave it: it's completely in touch with REALITY, it's brilliantly SIMPLE in it's presentation of both the problem and the diagnosis and it's 100% APPLICABLE to...
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This book is making the rounds at the Silicon Valley company where I work. Last week I was asked to read it by one of our technical leaders. I have a couple of major issues with this book. First, as the title says, it's a "fable" -- the people are...
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As a marketing exec, I find it pretty tough to stomach Lencioni's not so thinly veiled hatred toward marketing. In this and "Five Temptations...," marketing personnel are portrayed as negative influences on the team. In this story, the marketing...
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