Posts by Curt Stowers
Monday Morning Motivation – Leaders
(Sharing Resources to Help You Grow Personally, Professionally & Financially) Sometimes it helps to get a little dose of encouragement — along with a good cup of coffee! — to start the day. Hopefully the message below will help you get off to a good start for the week. Please feel free to forward the newsletter on to…
Read MoreMaking Sure You Can Collect a Paycheck in Retirement
You’ve spent the last thirty plus years of your life building a nest egg. You watched your expenses, saved a fair amount each month, and used a good strategy to build up a 401(k) balance bigger than you would have ever imagined was possible. As the last person leaves the room from the retirement party,…
Read MoreBook Summary – The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
One of the most widely read and most widely referenced books on personal development is Stephen Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. The habits are
Read MoreBook Summary – Rework
Jason Fried and David Heinemeir Hansson are the cofounders of 37 Signals. The company is renowned for their incredible products AND for being incredibly lean. In Rework they share what they have learned about building and running a business. In this summary I’ve distilled down each of their points to a single sentence or two. …
Read MoreBook Summary – Execution
In Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done, Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan outline the necessary steps for an organization to get things done. They highlight three key building blocks (essential leader behaviors, culture, people) and three key processes (people, strategy and operations). While the framework is quite simple, it is extremely powerful. The details…
Read MoreBook Summary – The e-Myth Revisited
The key idea of The e-Myth Revisiting is that you need to focus on working “on” your business versus “in” your business.
Read MoreBook Summary – The 4-Hour Workweek
At the heart of Ferriss’ 4-Hour Workweek is the concept of lifestyle design
Read More18 Leadership Lessons from Colin Powell
A number of years ago, I had the privilege of receiving a Powerpoint presentation that had been pulled together by Colin Powell on the 18 lessons that leaders need to understand. Since that time I’ve reviewed the principles countless times, shared with others hundreds of times, and done my best to apply them faithfully. …
Read MoreBook Summary – Changing For Good
The key point of Changing for Good is that change is not “one thing”. Rather it is a series of stages through which an individual progresses.
Read MoreBook Summary – The Compound Effect
You can sum up The Compound Effect with four words — “It’s The Little Things”. Unfortunately too many of us are unwilling to do EXACTLY those little things.
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