Rating: Double Bogey YUCK! In the vein of most financial pornography, this Ken Fisher book does not disappoint. If using current events to sell/update a book, then layering in confusing jargon to sound smart, without getting to the true core of good investing is of value, then this book would have some. For me, and […]

Rating: Bogey Just a bad version/attempt at updating a classic…..The Millionaire Next Door. In the vein of books that try to capitalize on the current fear out there….the great recession, or an over powerful government that takes more and more taxes. This book try’s to state the world is stacked against you, and Money Secrets […]

Rating: Bogey With mixed feelings, I would give this book a overall negative slant. YES – there are truly helpful points, and 1 or two great images – something Carl is known for. Yet, in classic, you may be an advisor, just not my advisor fashion, many parts of his writings frustrate the crap out […]

Rating: Out of Bounds It’s funny, when reading Zero Limits he mentioned sort of this remorse he had for his previous books… I understand why. This book was garbage! It just represents the classing spammer-type format -chapters filled with “client” stories, somehow assuming causation to something in his approach. Blah, blah. Just ridiculous connections… uggghhh. […]

Rating: Birdie Boy – I really ended up liking this book -surprisingly. YES -it goes off into Bananaville once in a while. But the general message is compelling. Further, in this genre of writing, I do find it refreshing that someone can speak the ideas in plain English. What caught my eye: It took me […]

Rating: Birdie This book is a WOW, and quite refreshing. I can’t really think of another book quite like it. It is essentially a CEO, business owner’s textbook. Different than jargon, and academia—this is truly written from a guy who has been in the trenches. The only detractor is that at some points, I’m reading […]

Rating: Bogey I’d echo my previous read by Mike. That this book had a chance to be par (the greater concept of focusing your business), but in the end he gets in his own way. I think there may be a solid book somewhere in this one, but he interjects too many other stories, and, […]

Rating: Bogey This book was a tough one -several parts are Birdie worthy, then this book seems to fizzle a bit, possibly garnering a Par rating. You know the kind, you are on the green in 2, with a 5-footer, which you scoot by the cup, for a shoe kick par. You walk off the […]

Rating: Bogey Recommended by a colleague -this is actually quite an old book. And for me, it shows its age. In the guise of the old PMA (Positive Mental Attitude), this book is loaded with stories, and probably takes 150 pages more than it needs to, to express some of its finer points. For me, […]

Rating: Eagle This book is a re-read for me. I recently stumbled upon Thomas Stanley’s blog -which I found refreshing. Well, I picked up his book again, and what a revelation. Not sure if it has been the years since I last read this, or just my personal overall maturity, that I now see this […]