Review: Very Practical, Down-To-Earth Business Lessons That Actually Work....
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 23, 2014
“Being Frank” by Richard Bryan is a highly readable memoir of the writer's career as a business owner, and about the several valuable business lessons he learned from his close associate/mentor, Frank. Frank helps Richard rescue his family business from certain failure and to overcome several serious challenges, teaching him several valuable lessons along the way. Because of Frank, Richar becomes a much better and a successful business owner and manager.How was this book useful to me? Well, I'm a big reader of business books and have ambitions of starting my own business someday. I found the lessons in this book – there are 24 of them – to be totally original and seemingly effective. There is no borrowed content from other business books.Without giving away all the 24 lessons found in this book (read the book for that!), I'll just mention a few that I really liked, in my own words. In fact, reading the book was like moving from one “Aha!!” moment to another.1.No point in wasting time on e-mail communication or on social media. Doesn't really help your business in the long run. Rather, concentrate on your main priorities and communicate directly with your staff.2.Be visible, make yourself seen, lead from the front.3.Keep all business meetings short. Never exceed 30 to 60 minutes.4.Stop over-thinking things, avoid “ paralysis by analysis”.5.Business is actually quite simple.Generate cashCut out costIncrease revenue.Just concentrate on these 3 things and your business will take care of itself.6.Set your own goals, don't procrastinate.These are just some of the many down-to-earth, practical, sensible business lessons that I learned from this excellent book. I think it's obvious from my review that I really liked it.