Quitter Review

Title: Quitter: Closing the Gap between your Day Job & Your Dream Job

Author: Jon Acuff

Target Audience: People of all ages who are dissatisfied with their current day job and want to gain a little direction as they move to pursue their dream job.

How I found It: Jon Acuff is an author and speaker on Dave Ramsey's team. I heard about Quitter as I was listening to Ramsey's podcast.

Content - The Facts: Quitter might not be quite what you first think of when you imagine a book about pursuing your dream job. Acuff invites you into his own life, showing his own journey from day job to dream job, and providing humorous, anecdotal experiences. Instead of encouraging you to blindly leap after your dream job, Acuff begins providing a framework for you to work within, for everything from "falling in like" with your day job to avoiding "the dons" to defining success and more.

EntreLeadership Review

Title: EntreLeadership

Author: Dave Ramsey

Target Audience: Small Business leaders, particularly those with scalable businesses. But really, this book is good for anyone who is going to be in any leadership role.

How I Found It: I listen to Dave's podcast and radio show fairly frequently, and every once in a while he talks about this book.

The Go-Getter Review

 
Title: The Go-Getter

Author: Peter B. Kyne

Target Audience: Really, I feel like this book is good for anyone. It's a narrative, published in 1921, but the style reads easily. 

How I Found It: I've always known about the term "go-getter", but I didn't realize it came from a book. Dave Ramsey, a Christian financial adviser, has five short books that he makes every one of his employees read within the first 90 days of working for him. The Go-Getter is one of those books.

Content - The Facts: As I said, this book is a narrative. It's a story about Cappy Ricks and Bill Peck. Cappy is the owner of a big company, and he needs to replace part of his upper management team. In order to see if Bill is the right man for the job, Cappy arranges a test.

Baby Steps for College Students

Dave Ramsey has these 7 steps that, when applied consistently over time, will guarantee wealth. As a recent college graduate, I found that I learned a lot of these steps too late, or that they didn't seem particularly applicable to my life now. Rachel Cruze, Jon Acuff, and Christy Brown (from Dave Ramsey's Speaking Team) adapted some of these steps to be more applicable for college students, and I've brought them here to share with you, along with some of my own thoughts.