In the last 4 decades I’ve spent large amounts of money on buying books. When I say large sums, you should think to something big, really-really big, like thousands of dollars and many other currencies like pounds, forints, lei and so on. I’m not speaking only about the amounts used for paying their price. Time is money, and reading those books, even partly was not entirely for free, I spent many precious hours on digging into them, or just skimming the contents and looking for something particular. And as we all know, time is money. But if I have to conclude: was it worth it or not, I could say that books (business and all the rest) literally draw the way of my life.

Today I started to read something new (for me). The Personal MBA by Josh Kaufman is one of the most interesting books I ever read about why we don’t need an MBA degree (although I hold one). Instead, the guy says, you can create your own study program, just need to get the right books to accomplish your goals. But come on folks, is this really the right way, or just another ad to make us buying books? Okay, I was joking, I believe in books and knowledge, especially when I can digest them and can use their content in my everyday life.

Want to see how it works? Read the story, as I plan to do it in the next couple of weeks, and you’ll find exactly 226 principles – which will lead your steps. The first one is about value creation. “Every successful business creates something of value.” True. If you read further you’ll understand THE IRON LAW OF MARKET, THE MERCENARY RULE, THE CRUSADER RULE, THE ITERATION CYCLE, SHADOW TESTING and so on. Yummy! Maybe they truly make the difference in the life and business. I’m going to try this in the following days. Come with me, let’s discover what’s inside, be my personal MBA classmates!

http://www.personalmba.com/