Book Review: Platform – Get Noticed in a Noisy World

One of my clients recently asked if I’d read Platform – Get Noticed in a Noisy World, by Michael Hyatt. I had not;  I promised her I’d buy a copy, so we could use the tips to help her promote a book she’s about to publish.  The book arrived on a Friday, and by Monday…

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Quick Book Review – Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking

  “In Quiet, Susan Cain argues that we dramatically undervalue introverts and shows how much we lose in doing so. She charts the rise of the Extrovert Ideal throughout the twentieth century and explores how deeply it has come to permeate our culture.” As an introvert myself I’ve been enjoying this terrific book, and I…

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Quick Book Review: Values Driven Business

One of the things I enjoy most about owning and operating AloeRoot Web Services is that I get to build a business founded upon my personal ethics and principles, where profit is one goal among many and not the major driving factor in the way we work. Must Business be Evil? Heck No! If you…

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Quick Book Review: The E-Myth Revisited

Here at AloeRoot, we really love books. We love sharing books that we’ve enjoyed, and so we announce the first in a series of book reviews: Michael Gerber’s The E-Myth Revisited is one of the most useful business books I’ve read to date. The principle is simple: if you’re building a business you need to…

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