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Summary: Coaching wisdom from one of the best!
Review: For those coaches, executives and entrepreneurs who are looking for a new perspective on achieving success, I have good news--Fortgang's new book, Take Yourself To The Top is full of smart, edgy coaching for those who date to take full responsibility for their success.
Fortgang's challenge: "If you are willling to take charge of your career like never before, if you're prepared to be responsible for the choices you make and you have the guts to have it all, then get ready to take yourself to the top."
Coaches and clients alike will benefit from the wit and wisdom found in Take Yourself to the Top. Some of what you'll learn includes:
* How to acheive the elusive gift of self-discipliine.
* Identify and overcome obstacles that keep you from reaching your goals.
* Get what you want AND want what you have.
* Give up the "survival mode mentality".
* Create quality relationships that can rocket you to the top
Take Yourself to the Top fills a void in the traditional career/business success advice by providing "Coaching wisdom" from one of the best! For those folks interested in building a successful business, I'll leave you with a piece of advice from Laura Berman Fortgang:
"Wait for a miracle and it will never come. Take responsibility and you'll invite a miracle!
Cheryl Richardson
Executive Coach - Author of "Take Time For Your Life" (Broadway Jan. 99')
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Summary: Helped me make my successful business flourish
Review: I first read this book just over a year ago. I employed her ideas after every chapter and watched them ripple through my staff and clients. I was surprised that ideas, sometimes a simple change in my perception of everyday situations, could actually change my business reality. My people responded to the changes immediately and seemlessly. The book taught me more about the intangibles of leadership than any other reasource I've found. Other specifics: She helped me spot where I was wasting energy, in work and worry; Tweeked my creativity toward managerial concerns; And more, she's planted the seed for my ultimate movement (logistically & emotionally) away from the incredible amount of personal investment that it's taken to build my business. In the last year we've grown over 100%, nearly completed the difficult task of becoming direct manufacturers reps in a highly entrenched and protected industry, and made the move from local to national clientele. The business and I have changed so much that I'm reading it again to see what I get out of it now.
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Summary: Hoped for much more.
Review: I have read the reviews posted here before buying this book, and was disappointed with it. The book contains too many "duh!" generalizations and conclusions. Just shows that he (or she) who shouts the loudest is not necesarily right.
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Summary: Vastly disappointing - a trite waste of time
Review: I read Amazon's excerpt and a couple of recommendations I thought I could trust before buying this book. It's worthless, obvious, hype-yourself-up, tired "advice." I resent that it is not worth the cost of shipping to return this book to Amazon, because I would otherwise do so. It doesn't rate space in my collection of thousands, nor would I give it as a gift to anyone I wanted to keep as a friend. I don't believe it would be of any actual harm, but I wouldn't want to waste their time. I'm donating the book - perhaps it might help someone who has lived such a stunted life they don't already know this stuff.
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Summary: Insightful!
Review: Laura Berman Fortgang introduces the concept of the personal career coach, someone who encourages people to take charge of their lives in and out of the office. Personal coaches push employees to find out what they really want from their careers and get it, by locating and overcoming obstructions in their lives, being self-disciplined, and planning systematically. This concise, well-written book offers lots of examples from Fortgang's own coaching experience. Although it is probably more useful as a psychological manifesto than as a strict business guide, we from getAbstract recommend this book as a step in the right direction for those who wish to energize their careers.
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Summary: Take Yourself to the Top
Review: Laura Fortgang's book Take Yourself to the Top is a masterpiece! If you are looking for straight "look you in the eye" advice about making tough gut wrenching decisions about your future, this book will definitely help you ask yourself all the right questions.
The book is well written and organized and I really enjoyed Laura's straightforward no nonsense approach. I certainly was not disappointed in any way with the contents! Hopefully sometime in the not too distant future she'll be back with more excellent coaching tips and life strategies!
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Summary: Take Yourself to the Top
Review: Laura Fortgang's book Take Yourself to the Top is a masterpiece! If you are looking for straight "look you in the eye" advice about making tough gut wrenching decisions about your future, this book will definitely help you ask yourself all the right questions. The book is well written and organized and I really enjoyed Laura's straightforward no nonsense approach. I certainly was not disappointed in any way with the contents! Hopefully sometime in the not too distant future she'll be back with more excellent coaching tips and life strategies!
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Summary: POW!*# POOF!
Review: Take Yourself to the Top--Radically changed my life...I'm a professional Radical Life Coach--I have learned to quickly and radically change my clients life. Leonard is on the cutting edge of exploding old paradigms and replacing them with authentic and exciting paths of adventure. I went from a corporate job making $40K to making a six figure income and surrounded by the most grounded people possible. I focus on three areas: Wholeness, Love & Health! I conduct workshops, individual power sessions, write books and articles... The best part of being a coach is the freedom to make the world better. Feel free to confer with me about a future as a coach. Check out my new book: Emergency Relationship Kit...Stop Wasting Time...and Never Look Back! (aripalmbeach@usa.net
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Summary: Back to school book reviews, this one I wanted to do!
Review: This book certainly underscores the need to have a coach. In olden days, when family members and community leaders "cared" for future generations' well-being, they in reality acted as coach - as defined by the author. To-day the world survives with "me&mine" & bottom line mentality. MENTORING & COACHING is rare. This book encourages reader to have one or be one!
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Summary: Fabulously inspiring
Review: This book is wonderful! I am a sales representative and in the midst of getting my MBA. The most dreaded question I get these days from those I care about is "what are you going to do with the MBA?" I've been going through the motions without a clear vision of what I want. This book (the audiotape format fit better into my schedule) has really helped me think through what I want to do, and I'm eager to sit down and do the exercises prescribed to determine my post-MBA path. The message of deciding what you want and going after it is very powerful, and the real-life examples of her clients are encouraging. I'm becoming a believer that coaches shouldn't be left behind when you leave the high school and college sports teams. Read or Listen to be inspired.
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