Prosperous Project Management

Tips, techniques and pragmatic strategies for excellent Project Managers, Toastmasters and high personal achievers. Wayne Botha is a rare Project Manager, with passion for achieving results through Project Management, while improving inter-personal relationships, and developing Project Managers in the process. Wayne is a faculty member at Toastmsters Leadership Institute and Axia college of University of Phoenix.

Saturday, June 14, 2008

It's called work for a Reason!

Larry Winget's book "It's Called Work for a Reason!" arrived in today's mail. I devoured it. Larry is a unique speaker and all presenters should consider his advice to see if he is doing something that you can learn from.

Go to his website and watch his demo video to get a taste of his presentation style.

p.s. I have no financial interest in promoting these books - I am just passing along information to make you a better presenter, which leads to serving your audience better.

Your audience benefits when you learn from great speakers and be a better speaker for the experience. If you think you cannot learn from the best speakers in the world currently, then where do you think you will learn? From "Smile Sheets"?

I recommend that you read "It's called work for a Reason!". Why would you read this book? Specifically, because it has some nuggets that resonate with me. Like Larry, I have never been willing to "Live within my means". I appreciate the finer things in life and am willing to figure out ways to increase income instead of sacrificing my dreams or denying myself a Caramel Latte.

As you read, you willl be forced to think about some points made in the book. I disagree on assumptions made in the book, and had to think through why I disagreed, which led me to clarify my assumption in my notes about this book. (I always take notes while reading a book so that I can review the gist of the book in the coming years in just a few minutes)

As I discussed in a previous posting, today's best sellers are easy-to-read in an hour or so. We don't have time anymore to invest 3 weeks reading a business book. "It's called work for a Reason!" is another example of "Say what you want to say - get your point across, and I will implement or ignore it, today".

In summary - if you are speaking to a results oriented business, then read "It's called work for a Reason!". You will serve your audience better if you have considered Larry's points of view.

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