Editor’s note: I’ve often wondered how Winston Churchill could be so often quoted, and now I know. He wrote over 15,000,000 million published words – books, speeches, articles, letters and papers. This book contains “only” 350,000 of them. “By Himself” was a gift from my good friend, Rob Falls. It’s a “best of” Churchill – over 4,000 quotes that are attributable and arranged by topic. The author is a leading Churchill scholar which would be a career since another 35,000,000 words have been published about Winston Churchill. Obviously, it’s not a book I read but it’s become a favorite for perusing when I have the time and intention to learn from the ultimate statesman of the 20th century.
Editor’s Note: Seth’s first popular book, “Permission Marketing” was a guide for me as we ramped WorkPlace Media into a national permission database media. I’ve since enjoyed “Purple Cow” particularly among Godin theses. As with all Godin books, “Poke the Box” is a quick read. Even then, he repeats points hoping we’ll get them. This theme of this one might be his best. That is that everyone, not just entrepreneurs, can improve their and others’ lives simply be starting something – Anything. He believes most of us spend most of our time thinking about doing as our excuse for not doing.
