In this post:
What drove me to get the book
– Patrick’s technique on choosing books
– Having the brightest of minds by your side
– Reading ease
– For publishers summary and acquisition
My Experience
– Phil’s burnout
– 100 percent belief
– A tiny setback
– An awesome book, had me full of emotions!
Conclusion
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Patrick's technique on choosing books.
First of all I always carry Patrick’s decision-making process on picking up books with me.
And so I look at the Author, Subject, Reviews and Credibility of recommender before choosing the book.
So in this case the Author is the co-Founder of an extremely successful shoe company with worldwide distribution – Nike.
The Subject is Biographies of Business leaders
And the Reviews from what I’ve seen at the amazon website are great.
I’ve had no recomender for the book.
Having the brightest of minds by your side
As you have probably already guessed, I am looking to Improve myself constantly, and reading biographies of great people in the business sphere can most definately contribute to a positive change in my mindset. By showing us the patterns the successful people follow, and understanding the details of their life. Another example of how It´s contribution is expressed, is when you run into a certain problem, and you may summon their wisdom to handle with it the “right way”.
Meaning the way that might bring you to results that will be in some way close to theirs.
It is as if those Titans came to your room to give you a private lesson for 8 pounds or less and gave you all their personal life knowledge in a few hours. That power is amazing.
Moreover the book is written by the person himself, and that is also great. I prefer those kind of books rather then externally written ones.
Reading ease
Another thing that drew me to the book, is that I felt it would be a great read – which means that it would have a great narrative.
From the reviews I read it seemed to be one of the books that was going to teach you a couple of lessons to say the least, but in addition it is going to do that with a great narrative, meaning, a story that would be hard to stop reading.
To explain that saying better I would show a few contrary examples of specialized knowledge books.
As the example of Mark Gray’s 5 Bundle Blogging Book or the Affiliate Playbook which mostly consist of terms, and are not exactly a story but rather guide books with a lot of terms and explanations.
For publishers summary and acquisition
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Shoe Dog Book Review - My experience
The narrator makes the story appear a bit like a Novel in the sense that events and feelings are described together, which makes you connect to the narrative. There is a plot that you follow and different characters who you get to know from Phil´s perspective.
Phil's burnout
Certain parts of the book touched me deeply, as the part in which Phil said that he got out of shape and explained it as ¨something that happens to a lot of athletes, they have a burnout¨. I didn´t expect to see such a saying written in the book, not a lot of people talk about their failure to execute, yet he does. And at the same time he doesn´t really excuse it but rather recognizes it as a failure.
But on the other hand, he also shows how concentrated he was on his business. So much that he even neglected the running, a very important thing to him! Even though he came back after a short while. And there is a lot to be learned from that.
I´ve already counted three things to be learned:
1. We need to completely concentrate on our endeavors if we wish to succeed.
2. We should not be afraid to go back on track, literally, if we stopped for a little while. Yet we should not take it as an excuse. Rather it shows that if you fell, it is not too late to get back up.
3. Even the best of them are not perfect, we are all human.
That example serves to show how honest Phil goes in describing his journey and feelings and thoughts that have been going in his mind at the same time.
100 percent belief
Another characteristic that I have appreciated was that he was ready to stake completely everything on success. The amount of self confidence he had in himself throughout the story to put himself and everything at risk is also something that had me shaking and caught in the drama.
A tiny setback
A certain thing I liked a bit less is that there were slight moments in which he was not completely honest to his business associates ( Kitami ) , but he criticizes himself in the book for that as well and in the end, we are all human, and again, not perfect.
An awesome book, had me full of emotions!
Still the book is written in a great manner and it is extremely hard for me to find anything bad to say about this book or Phil´s story.
He is a very hard working man, and I bow before him for that, my respect is extremely great to him for the amount of work he put in to get to where he is.
By the end of the book I was left in tears of appreciation to the way he had gone through, and his refusal to give up. After looking at this incredible Man´s Story, I was thinking of myself. Thinking how much more I have to do in this life, and how much is achievable.
Shoe Dog Book Review - Conclusion
I know that you guys value your time, and that a good choice of books is important for you. That’s why I’m here to tell you that for me – A person who strives to understand business better and to be the best he can. This book was good. Because it helped me get to know the person behind the book – Phil Knight.
It really did feel as if he was sitting next to me and telling me his story in detail. With the book, I got the opportunity to form my insights and my feelings about his story, that will stay with me in my daily life.
So I would suggest it to any person who has Dreams and Ideas that seek fulfillment. From my point of view as a beginning blogger I will have to learn from many people along the way to success. Knight and Goggins are just the first two. But every one of them is a force to be reckened with.
Suggested by Bill Gates and Warren Buffet
Bill Gates"A refreshingly honest reminder of what the path to business success really looks like ... It's an amazing tale."
You could also find Bill Gate’s review of shoe dog on his blog. And yes, he has a blog, I was also shocked to find that out!
https://www.gatesnotes.com/Books/Shoe-Dog
Warren Buffet"The best book I read last year. Phil is ... A gifted storyteller."
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