2010 February | Ali Allage (SPT) - Serial Entrepreneur, Writer, Automotive Enthusiast, Web Innovator

Feb 26th, 10

First let me say I’m pretty proud that I actually committed to reading each book in my collection and not doom them to a life of dust collection. My first choice: “The Naked Entrepreneur“, written by Troy Hazard and Maria Elita. Being an entrepreneur myself, I love reading about experiences that others go through when starting a business, running a business, or just running themselves in general. It makes me feel that I’m not alone in the world. The focus of this book is to look into yourself and to be more real.

The setup of the book is different than most other books I’ve read. The story is about Troy’s journey in finding himself through a hectic life and how Maria guides him to truly find himself.. Each chapter is setup to document Troy’s self journey from his point of view with a wrap up of Maria’s point of view as she interacts with Troy and manages her own life. Two worlds colliding. Like many entrepreneurs Troy got to the point where he worked himself to near meltdown . The stress not only cost him his relationships with others but also impacted who he was as a person.

This was a story I could relate to. It’s very easy to get caught up in business and life issues. One thing I did notice was how much I stressed over situations I had no control over. An example would be signing on new clients. As a growing business all I want are new clients to grow the company. One thing that always stressed me out was towards the end of any new business deal, whether the client will go with us or someone else. After reading this book, I realized that certain situations like my example are totally out of my control and should learn to surrender to that. By surrendering, I learn to move on to the next deal. The other nugget I learned was how I put such importance on money and materials, instead of enjoying life and people around me. I was ingrained to define success by meaningless possessions and of course cash, instead of counting quality of family, friends, and the simple things in life.

For any entrepreneur looking to be more real with themselves instead of living in fear (stress), pick up a copy of the “The Naked Entrepreneur“.

DISCLAIMER: You have to be ready to accept the fact you need help and open your mind before you read this book, otherwise you will think it is BS.

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Feb 12th, 10

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One Book a Week

This past snow storm in Maryland kept me caged up in the house and when you have time on your hands, the wheels of thought start to turn. My home office is in our basement/dungeon and in it, I have a nice set of bookshelves that not only house books, but other little odds and ends. Sitting back one crisp cold snowy morning in my office chair, I gazed over at this fairly large collection of unread books that seemed to occupy most of the real estate on both shelves. Surprised at this enormous collection that obviously was left to collect dust, I stirred up the motivation to see what my purchase whims left me with. Looking over titles such as: “Idiots Guide To Creative Writing” to “The Answer” and best of all “10 Hour Work Week”, I wonder if I actually read any of these and if I did, have I learned anything.

The point of all this is I’m pledging my commitment to reading each book in my inventory and posting a summary about it. My hope is you “the reader” will read my summary of each book, possibly buy it, read it, and improve your life in some way. Benefit for me: I learn something, feel really important, and best of all do something that can help someone else. Yes I know Amazon reviews work just as well, but can you have a direct dialog with the reviewer publically and ask more questions? No? Well there you go.

As far as schedule goes, I’ll try to knock a book a week (+/-) and put my official report. Check back soon.

P.S. – I know I still have sections of the site not populated… I’m getting to it.

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Feb 4th, 10

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Life Lessons on Your Birthday

Life lessons are an invaluable emotional tool that can set you up on a path of being successful, only if you stop to notice them. So how do you pick up on the lesson itself when sometimes you are too busy to notice it? Even worst, you are too proud to acknowledge it. For someone like me who is still an adolescent not only in heart, but also mind, my barrier has been my pride. In my eagerness to succeed at a very young age, I sometimes forget the meaning of my actions and the consequences of those actions.

Turning 30 today has brought on a new wave of thinking for me, almost like a discovery mode. Starting a new decade in my life, I believe a promise I need to make myself and to others in my life is to reduce the exaggeration mindset and come down to more reality. Not something most see as an issue, but for someone who uses it to gain respect, it can get carried away.

I think everyone entering a new decade in age should do an audit of themselves over the past decade and try to improve over the next 10 years. Pretty heavy stuff I know, but hey it’s my blog…

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