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Summary: A great book on succeeding in todays economy...
Review: The point Tim tries to drive is this. In todays world, the technology skillset is not enough. You can be replaced if you solely depend on skillset. To avoid becoming a commodity, you need to keep your eyes open for opportunities, network and assimilate. All his with a humble selfless attitude. Help others succeed and you will succeed.Tim highlights practical steps to become a 'love cat' a mindset that will set you on course for overall success in your career and personal life. Read this book !
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Summary: its been there all along, he finally said it
Review: Tim's mantra of self-improvement through constant reading, networking by being genuinely interested in the success of others and doing business with compassion are the basics to not only business success to personal happiness AND fulfillment. Several times throughout the book I found myself thinking to myself "DUH, what didn't I think of that?!"...Tim also provides a very practical methodology to put his concepts into practice. This book was given to me by a new boss and what a breath of fresh air. Nice, smart people DO succeed, not only in business but in life.
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Summary: Ancient wisdom packaged for the 21st century
Review: Love is the Killer App is suffused with the optimism of the late Nineties, and I say, it's time we bring irrational exuberance back into the workplace.
After suffering through two years of California-style recession in the tech sector, it's time we dust off some of the dot-com classics by Tom Peters, Malcolm Gladwell, Seth Godin and, of course, Tim Sanders. We've thrown the baby out with the bathwater. Ethics, leadership and execution are great topics, but let's not forget warmth, collegiality and compassion. No one makes the case for these Nineties "core values" better than Tim Sanders.
Don't expect Tim Sanders to provide you better networking techniques or better rules for compassionate behavior. Sanders' examples of networking success are few and highly personal. One can't resist thinking that he got pretty lucky climbing the career leader from itinerant musician to working for Mark Cuban to becoming Chief Solutions Officer (whatever that is?)for Yahoo! Many dot-commers didn't get so lucky. Still, he did it, and we didn't.
The success of Sanders' book is his personal appeal for education, networking, and compassion. Sanders doesn't want us to think to long about the benefits of knowledge sharing, he just wants us to out and do it. To him, the benefits are self-evident and the key to our success as individuals connecting with other individuals, which is his definition of love. Get outside of yourself, be generous with your talents, be helpful towards others. Ancient wisdom packaged for the 21st century!
Don't think too hard about buying this book. It's short. Just read it.
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Summary: Mentor in a Box
Review: Through this book, Tim Sanders has achieved the status of Mentor. After running my own business for seven years or so, I recently rejoined the corporate world. It's been a struggle for me to try to acclimate to what feels to me a very "uncreative" and idea hostile environment. Tim's lovecat theory has given me a new way to view my situation. I can create a better environment around me by passing on the things I've learned to those who can benefit - and want to benefit. Sharing knowledge to help others will turn you into someone other people want to be around. In other words, don't share knowledge just to prove how much you know. Choose the right person, time and context, and the love will happen. The book is very inspiring and motivating, and never condescending. It will also inspire a few laughs. This is one of those rare books that would benefit and appeal to anyone with a job.
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Summary: He is not about sales process, he's about "likeability"
Review: I saw this guy speak at a sales conference and he killed. He walks into the room dressed with a hipster haircut and long thin sideburns and bangs down to his eyes. He had a hipster suit on as well. When I saw him I heard some grumbling from the midwest reps etc. and I thought "this guy better be good or he's going to get eaten alive". He was hands down the best speak I have ever seen (and I've seen hundreds). He had the room of 1400 people in the palm of his hands. He made grown men get tears in their eyes (I'm not kidding). His bottom line is if you can show your love and receive love from your prospects or co-workers you will kick ass. It's all about likeability folks!
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Summary: The Lovecat Way!
Review: Lovecats. That is what Tim Sanders tells us we need to be in order to be successful in today's world. Sanders, Chief Solutions Officer at Yahoo!, takes his message on the road as he consults with executives at top corporations on marketing and Internet strategy."Love is the Killer App," is a thesis on networking. Sanders stresses that the way to win friends and influence people is to give them value first. He advises to share your intangibles - your compassion and your knowledge with people with whom you want to do business. This is being a Lovecat. Sanders goes on to illustrate the importance of learning as much as possible so that you have something of value to share. His formula for this is to read books - all the time! And, while reading, outline the book and understand the key points or "Big Statement" the author intended to make. Then, when you meet someone, find out what interests them and what challenges they face, and share what you have learned that would be relevant for them. Through this little book, Sanders shares his own key to success - Nice guys rule!
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