02.2017 The ONE Thing

Introduction:

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Overview:

The One Thing explains the success habit to overcome the six lies that block our success, beat the seven thieves that steal time, and leverage the laws of purpose, priority, and productivity.

Book Details:

Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: Bard Press; 1 edition (April 1, 2013)
ISBN-10: 1885167776  
ISBN13: 9781885167774
Awards: Axiom Business Book Award for Business Theory (Bronze) (2014)

Get Book: 

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Questions:

• How is the process the book recommends similar or different from how you decide your purpose/priorities/actions?
• What do you agree or disagree?
• Did you find the book persuasive? Why or why not?
• Does the book offer ideas that you are interested in adopting?
• Have you ever used any of the strategies in the book?
• If you are interested in implementing of the ideas, how do you plan to implement?
• Has anyone ever given you similar advice? In what context?

Discussion:

• Struggles with focusing, clarifying goals
• Prioritizing to do lists 
• Multitasking
• Realistic or not to apply book principles to be extraordinary - one thing, or work as well as home life/social relationships
• Can you have a social life/family life while applying book principles
• Techniques for applying lessons 

Moral: Know your goals (what to focus on), limit distractions, and being realistic with time... or be forever disappointed.

3/3 bears liked this book

The Big Short

Book Club #15.
Lesson: Financial markets/terms are intentional confusing to mislead

About the Book:

The Big Short

Summary: 

People created, sold, and misrated subprime mortgage loans. A couple of different individuals saw the disaster to come when CDOs built on subprime mortgage loans would eventually crash when borrowers would have problems repaying their mortgages after low teaser rates. The world fell into the resulting financial crisis, but some people bet against the market and won large.

Questions:

1. Did you have a favorite character/relate any of the characters?
2. What did you know about the financial crisis before the book? What did you learn?
3. Does this make you think about banking and financial markets differently?
4. Did anything shock you?
5. Did you see the movie? How did it compare to the book?

Conversation Summary:

Discussion topics:

• Movie/book good job explaining terms
• Liked Christian Bale's character Michael Burry
• Mortgages and reading banking terms/fine print
• Boundaries in federal regulators vs. industry
• Penalties for wrongdoers

3/3 bears liked this book