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'Rob Parsons has an uncanny ability for asking life's most challenging questions in an unobtrusive way.' (Jill Garrett, Managing Director, The Gallup Organisation, UK )
'Before you read one more book on how to climb the corporate ladder read this: it will help you make sure the ladder is leaning against the right wall.' (Kevin Kaiser, Adjunct Professor of Finance, INSEAD )
'This will be the most talked about business book of the year. It is essential reading for anyone who is serious about genuine business and people development.' (Professor Jim Saker )
'Before you read one more book on how to climb the corporate ladder read this: it will help you make sure the ladder is leaning against the right wall.' (Kevin Kaiser, Adjunct Professor of Finance, INSEAD )
'This will be the most talked about business book of the year. It is essential reading for anyone who is serious about genuine business and people development.' (Professor Jim Saker )
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'Rob Parsons has an uncanny ability for asking life's most challenging questions in an unobtrusive way.' -- Jill Garrett, Managing Director, The Gallup Organisation, UK 'Before you read one more book on how to climb the corporate ladder read this: it will help you make sure the ladder is leaning against the right wall.' -- Kevin Kaiser, Adjunct Professor of Finance, INSEAD 'This will be the most talked about business book of the year. It is essential reading for anyone who is serious about genuine business and people development.' -- Professor Jim Saker
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a book to read and re-read. It presents a profound and relevant message in the form of stories that speak both to the intellect and the heart. Everyone will read it differently, but as the blurb says, it is important that everyone considers the key issues it discusses -- "What does success mean in the modern world?"
For me, the overall thrust was similar to one of the themes of Peter Senge's "Fifth Discipline". Parsons is advocating a conscious decision to consider what one's life goals really are, and to seek them determinedly, using all the resources we have, most importantly our time. In doing this we have to understand that all of the different parts of our lives are interwoven with each other and strive for the best possible relationship between them.
Of course, we all tend to put our best efforts in the areas of life which give the biggest reward in the short-term. Why wouldn't we, when that is how we have been trained to think? But in our key relationships, as opposed to our jobs, it doesn't work that way. For example, as Parsons says in the book, the time for getting to know our children as children is very limited. Once it is gone, it is gone for ever.
Heart of Success is based on seven laws, each of which is illustrated by telling examples drawn from Rob Parsons' own impressive business career or his own life. There are some very funny stories -- many had me laughing out loud. The style is light and engaging and it is a quick and easy read.
My favourite law is the one that says, 'Don't settle for success: strive for significance!' The message is that we can change our future if we want to, but we have to think hard about the way we want to go, and we have to begin today. Quite frankly, this little book is a good stopping-place on our journey.
For me, the overall thrust was similar to one of the themes of Peter Senge's "Fifth Discipline". Parsons is advocating a conscious decision to consider what one's life goals really are, and to seek them determinedly, using all the resources we have, most importantly our time. In doing this we have to understand that all of the different parts of our lives are interwoven with each other and strive for the best possible relationship between them.
Of course, we all tend to put our best efforts in the areas of life which give the biggest reward in the short-term. Why wouldn't we, when that is how we have been trained to think? But in our key relationships, as opposed to our jobs, it doesn't work that way. For example, as Parsons says in the book, the time for getting to know our children as children is very limited. Once it is gone, it is gone for ever.
Heart of Success is based on seven laws, each of which is illustrated by telling examples drawn from Rob Parsons' own impressive business career or his own life. There are some very funny stories -- many had me laughing out loud. The style is light and engaging and it is a quick and easy read.
My favourite law is the one that says, 'Don't settle for success: strive for significance!' The message is that we can change our future if we want to, but we have to think hard about the way we want to go, and we have to begin today. Quite frankly, this little book is a good stopping-place on our journey.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
An important book challenging the corporate world & its pursuants to review their values in the light of life's highest but most often neglected goals.
What those goals will be may well differ between particular individuals & corporations. But Parsons argues inspiringly & persuasively for making choices which result in legacies beyond success - namely significance.
Although personally startled and shaken by the book to re-assess some central planks driving my own professional career in self-employment, the rewards are already beginning to outweigh the discomfort resulting from some sobering modifications to the ways I think about my working life. And this book makes it clear why such tough decisions need to be made at the expense of the more traditional 'rat-race' lifestyle.
Easily digested, yet highly provocative, motivational and coming from outside-the-box, this is quite possibly a life-changing work which every executive, worker, manager, owner & career-driven employee should strongly consider reading today, not tomorrow.
Life's bigger than business; this book can help the reader to make sure they never lose sight of it again.
What those goals will be may well differ between particular individuals & corporations. But Parsons argues inspiringly & persuasively for making choices which result in legacies beyond success - namely significance.
Although personally startled and shaken by the book to re-assess some central planks driving my own professional career in self-employment, the rewards are already beginning to outweigh the discomfort resulting from some sobering modifications to the ways I think about my working life. And this book makes it clear why such tough decisions need to be made at the expense of the more traditional 'rat-race' lifestyle.
Easily digested, yet highly provocative, motivational and coming from outside-the-box, this is quite possibly a life-changing work which every executive, worker, manager, owner & career-driven employee should strongly consider reading today, not tomorrow.
Life's bigger than business; this book can help the reader to make sure they never lose sight of it again.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I have listened to, and read countless books on the topic of mangerial success. Working longs hours, juggling home committments with my every growing career and still chasing the realisation of success. This CD painfully hits home how wrong my career equation had been. The more I listened, the more it hit me. I realised what I had been doing wrong. I now work far more effective that I ever have in my 15 years. I feel more enriched in my career because I put the things that really matter to me the most,first...before it is too late.
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Engaging, Compelling, Relevant
Parsons' book is so easy to read that you might forget that it is a 'work' book. Filled with stories, anecdotes and interesting quotations, the reader is swept along chapter after... Read more
Published 18 months ago by G. Jones
Find the right balance in your life
Rob Parsons delivers honest, straight-forward advice on how to achieve success through your personal life as well as your business life. Read more
Published on 1 Nov 2009 by Scott Owen
Thought provoking, give it as a present
Very accessible, almost too easy (I read it on a short-haul flight). Or maybe, its just so good I burned through it!
Takes a long, hard look at what success means. Read more
Published on 7 Jun 2005 by Alastair Irvine
If you're too busy to read a book then you need to read this
Rob Parsons is excellent at bringing the things that matter most to the fore. This book is an excellent read and is a reminder that there is no use in being succesful if... Read more
Published on 3 Dec 2003 by "bob_munro"
Balancing Life and Work - Brilliant
This is one of the best management books on the market - its gives seven 'rules' to follow to ensure you balance your life and work and also how to identify and maximise the... Read more
Published on 1 Mar 2003 by Jon Thompson
The Heart of Success
A truely inspiring book that highlights the most important values in life that can get pushed to one side in our determaination to make it in the business arena. Read more
Published on 16 Oct 2002 by MR A J WALKER
new definitions of success
What actually is success? Parsons quite rightly draws attention to the questionable relentless pursuit for corporate success at the expense of everything else (especially if you... Read more
Published on 25 Sep 2002 by Adrian George
First Class!
I agree with all other reviews - a simply excellent management book, putting many of my thoughts into words and switching on one or two lights too! Read more
Published on 6 Sep 2002 by D. J. Partridge
A must for people combining family life with work
I think Rob Parsons really captures your attention with a book that has so much life changing information yet is easy to read. Read more
Published on 11 Jun 2002 by Mobolaji Owoade(mobolajiowoade@aol.com)
Excellent plane/train read, very thought provoking
This book is a must read for people who believe that now is the time to spend 18 hours a day at work in the hope of having time with their families at some indeterminate future... Read more
Published on 17 April 2002
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