Comments on: Defining Books

By: Marcus

Marcus — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:50:04 +0000

Mark,
Good to hear from you. At first I thought it must be a huge coincidence that you contacted me on the same day I found your website… then I realized I delicioused it and it shows up on my sidebar which then must have shown up in your referring traffic etc. etc. Anyway. Good to hear from you.

Even though I only wrote this list a few months ago, if I wrote it again today it’d be almost 100% different. GTD would probably still make the cut though, which makes me interested in your book. If you feel you’ve got something better/simpler, I’ll read it. Any chance of buying it in audio or pdf? Living a somewhat nomadic lifestyle lately makes me want to keep things digital as much as possible.

By: Mark Hurst

Mark Hurst — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:04:17 +0000

Marcus, how about Bit Literacy, a much simpler book about productivity (and clearing the e-mail inbox)?

I’m biased, I guess, because I wrote it…

By: Marcus

Marcus — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:56:11 +0000

Art – good to hear from you… It’s funny how much I’d change this list after just a couple months. That having been said – I still think each of these books has a lot of value. I think Kiyosaki would readily admit some inconsistency with his own ventures and his philosophy, but I still think the principles are right on. I agree with you on the Trump comment though–I think Kiyosaki should have avoided him altogether.

By: abner

abner — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 02:14:50 +0000

I read Robert Kiyosak’s book in one sitting this summer and returned it the following day, in part because I felt some inconsistency in his ventures and rich dad story…however, he does stress some important principles I need to apply in my life which I walked away from with some gratefulness.
mmm- he looks creepy next to Donald Trump in his other books.