Faster Than the Speed of Change: How to Transform Your Business Into a High-Performance, High-Profit, High-Satisfaction Enterprise: Secrets from a Lea

Review Summary: All of the material in this book is valuable, and for many people the workbook assignments here will represent the first time these issues have been formally addressed. As a result, most people will find themselves paying more attention to higher payoff areas and overcoming procrastination. The book has two weaknesses. First, it treats almost all of the changes needed in order to make an enterprise more successful as ones related to attitude. Most businesses need more guidance for dealing with the actual business environment challenges they face if they are to make breakthroughs. Second, the title is misleading. This book will speed you up, but will not necessarily cause you to move faster than the changes you are dealing with in the external environment. Review: Mr. Lemberg explains that this book is intended to be "a practical handbook, a detailed how-to book . . . ." You need to practice these many changes in order to be successful, and the book is designed to coach "you through the practice." As a result, a "strong purpose and clear intentions" should emerge. Mr. Lemberg guarantees his book. If after reading and applying it you are not getting accelerated results, you can write to him and he will refund the price of the book. So the risk is all on his end!The book contains 84 points with explanations. These are built around the concepts of Fast . . . Preparation, Thinking, Spirit, Talking, Direction, and Action. One of the book's strengths is that it helps you diagnose how well focused you are now, and where you need more attention before beginning to reshape your thinking. Faster Than the Speed of Change causes you to think about how to remove mental barriers, then establish your hierarchy of values, communicate more effectively with others, keep your focus, track your progress, and taking massive consistent action. The points are usually illustrated from fictional characters, such as the scarecrow from The Wizard of Oz. The content of these points nicely match up with the source material in books like Think and Grow Rich, The Power of Positive Thinking, and Awaken the Giant Within. There are also some references to mainline business thinkers. If you also need help with establishing a business strategy, you might want to read this book in conjunction with a book that focuses squarely on that subject such as Leading the Revolution.While this book will probably help you speed your progress, I'm not sure that it will cause you to move faster than the changes in the external environment. In fact, if you don't expand the range of ideas that you are working on, the book may speed your implementation of the wrong ideas in many cases. As long as you quickly recover from when that bias to action leads you astray, that will not be fatal. But you will have lost ground over someone who is leading the innovation in your industry by having a better fix on what needs to be done. After you have read this book and don

Do you want to make your business a runaway success? Do you want to achieve breakthroughs that place your company in front of the pack? Do you want to achieve outsize goals? Then this is the book for you. It discusses breakthroughs and defines lists and questions to guide your thinking about your business.BreakthroughsTo be faster than the speed of change, you must develop breakthroughs in ALL aspects of your business. The author states you need to overhaul your:- THINKING - about vision, beliefs and problem solving- SPIRIT - by which he means values and purpose- TALKING - to make declarations and commitments, and to pursue actions- DIRECTING - which involves strategy, leverage, excellence and balance- ACTIONS - emphasizing accountability and measurementListsYou do this primarily through lists. If you have a problem, you make a list of possible actions to take to remedy the situation. If you want to think creatively, make a list of possibilities. Thus, he asks you, as reader, to make lists about your:- BELIEFS - which have a big impact on what you do- VALUES - together with rules defining them, and practices to live by these values- CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS- IMPORTANT ACTIONS, etc.After you make a list, prioritize it. The top priority item should be first and the lowest priority item should be last - or perhaps removed from the list. Hard thinking is required here.Question AnsweringIn certain areas, the author guides the reader with a series of questions to be answered. He uses this approach for thinking about tough subjects, such as:- Vision- Purpose- Problem SolvingYOUR BookThere is very little exposition in this book. Most chapters are 1 or 2 pages long. You can read the whole book in one sitting. But this will do you no good. It is not a book for reading, but a catalyst for acting. If you are not ready to apply yourself by making the lists and answering the questions, don't pick up the book.But if you mean business, follow what the author suggests, create the lists and answer the questions. The result will be a thorough re-thinking and re-energizing of your business. It will then become possible to innovate faster than the speed of change.Unlike conventional books, this book is not for reading, but for doing. And if you do it, you will essentially be writing YOUR book about YOUR business.Faster than the Speed of Change is an excellent, unusual book. Buy it only if you are serious about achieving runaway success and are prepared to spend months to write YOUR company book.

Paul Lemberg lays it on the line in this book and gives the reader exercises and information needed to get moving in business and in life.If you're looking for a book on business theory, don't look here. This book is about getting things done. It's about breakthrough thinking and methods for enhancing your ability to work faster, think clearer, and accomplish more.This book is essential reading for anyone thinking about or in the process of starting an enterprise. It's also for anyone looking to create change in their life. Faster Than the Speed of Change is filled with activities (do them!--don't just read them) that really effect change.If you want to make things happen, read this book and use it as your guide to growth and breakthrough change.

What a refreshing book! I'm tired of business books that bore me to tears. Thank goodness I came across this new book by Lemberg. It's well written, succint, practical and challenging. I liked the idea that I could read a chapter a day, since they only take 5 minutes each to read, yet they are packed with wisdom I can take to the bank. Lemberg is stretching my mind to make more money now--and faster than ever before---by doing such things as making unreasonable requests of myself and others, and actually looking for BIGGER problems to solve. Like I said, this one is a keeper---refreshing and different. Heck, the author even guarantees your satisfaction! What could be better? He also has a website ... --- Joe Vitale, author of way too many books to list here