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Beyond Booked Solid: Your Business, Your Life, Your Way— It’s All Inside | 
 enlarge | Author: Michael Port
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 3078
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.3 x 1
ISBN: 0470174366
Dewey Decimal Number: 658.4068
EAN: 9780470174364
ASIN: 0470174366
Publication Date: April 18, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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Praise for: Beyond Booked Solid
"If you want a four-hour work week, this book is required reading. Michael has automating business down to a science." - TIMOTHY FERRISS, bestselling author of The 4-Hour Workweek "If you liked The E-Myth, you'll love Beyond Booked Solid. Port's new book is required reading for all entrepreneurs."
--Michael E. Gerber, author of The E-Myth
"Many business advice books are like certain kinds of Chinese food--you read them and an hour later you're hungry again. By contrast, Beyond Booked Solid is like soul food. You read it, you come back for seconds, and finish it satisfied and happy, looking forward to the day when Michael Port writes his next book."
--Ben Dattner, PhD, Adjunct Professor of Organizational Psychology, New York University
"In Beyond Booked Solid, Port offers you an opportunity to capitalize on one of the most underappreciated assets in business--leverage. And he shows you how to do it with authenticity."
--Keith Ferrazzi, bestselling coauthor of Never Eat Alone
"Michael Port has bridged the gap between professional and personal success. His book generously shares tips and techniques that will help you manage a successful life, much more difficult than it sounds. This is the perfect complement to Book Yourself Solid. If you wish you had more time and happiness in your business life, this book will make it come true."
--Tim Sanders, author of Love Is the Killer App
"Michael Port doesn't just talk about this stuff. He lives it!"
--Seth Godin, author of Meatball Sundae
"If you want bigger revenues and profits, then Beyond Booked Solid is the book to read when you're tired of thinking small. It's a masterpiece because you will never think about your business (or your life) in the same way again. I highly recommend it for those who want to understand how to go from doing it all themselves to running a highly successful enterprise with no limit on what is possible."
--Dr. Tony Alessandra, coauthor of The Platinum Rule
"Beyond Booked Solid takes you beyond perspiration to inspiration. It is an innovative guide to the power of leverage; the kind of leverage that will produce amazing results while providing you with more time for your life outside of work. Buy this book if you want to leave a financial and a personal legacy."
--Steve Lundin, New York Times bestselling coauthor of Fish!
"Whether you are just starting out in your business or you're already booked solid, Beyond Booked Solid offers the tools and the inspiration to significantly grow your business and maintain work-life balance. If you want to learn tried-and-true innovations that will catapult your business to the next level, turn the page."
--Brian Scudamore, founder and CEO, 1-800-Got-Junk?
"The ideas in Beyond Booked Solid show you how to create a sustainable, profitable business and live the life you want. Perhaps even more important, you develop a keen sense of mastery and self-actualization--showing yourself that you can continuously grow and innovate, and creating a true sense of personal success."
--Larina Kase, PsyD, MBA, business psychologist and New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Confident Speaker
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A Must Read For Business Owners and Managers Who Want To Move To The Next Level in Business April 26, 2008
Recently I was contacted to read and review Beyond Booked Solid by Michael Port. Earlier he released Book Yourself Solid and this latest book is about the next steps in running and owning a business.
I've written a number of books and have been running a variety of businesses for twenty years. I've had many experiences of my own and I've read many books on the topic of business management. So, I went into the book with the expectation that it would be similar to all those other business books I'd read. My expectations were way off base.
I really enjoyed the book and found many points that I had experienced myself. There were many things mentioned in the book that I know for a fact - work. There were some places in the book where Michael Port was very clear that if the reader didn't follow his instructions, they simply would not move their business forward.
I had to smile as I remembered the number of times I told that to business owners I worked with or business partners who refused to make necessary changes. The author showed a good sense of humor throughout the book and the style was very conversational, which I prefer. I like the writing style to speak to me, not preach at me.
Some of my favorite topics included: preparing for the future, being creative (my favorite section), building blocks for business, measure your objectives, how to get things done, how to develop business systems (one of the best pieces I've read on this topic), how to hire and outsource, building alliances and partnerships, and creating balance in your life.
In the last chapter, Michael Port included personal experiences from a variety of business people that showed what is possible and how to take a simple business idea and then build it into something much bigger and more successful.
I highly recommend this book for a business owner and/or manager who is working in a busy business, but wants to take it to the next level. Its very easy to be overwhelmed in business and in real life when a business grows. But, apply the many invaluable tips and suggestions that the author shares with you and the business and your life should improve. I'll keep my eyes open for the next book by Michael Port.
Definitely the new standard April 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Beyond Booked Solid: Your Business, Your Life, Your WayIts All Inside
Implementing Michael's first book, Book Yourself Solid was the start of our success, Beyond Booked Solid, brought us the nuts and bolts of how to manage our success.
Beyond Booked Solid seamlessly blends with Book Yourself Solid. It offers advanced business building concepts into the world of the entrepreneur and service professional. His views on leadership, management and his passion for organized creativity make Beyond Booked Solid a gold mine of practical tools for all type and size of businesses.
Beyond Booked Solid is universal in nature and transferable to a wide variety of operational and organizational initiatives. It may be the business systems component that initially attracts you to this book, but you will find yourself employing these concepts in a variety of your work and life situations."
Definitely the new standard for the "how-to" in business leadership and personal effectiveness! Thank you Michael.
S.L. Sayler
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Super Sequel April 20, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Michael Port's first book, Book Yourself Solid, was a terrific book. His latest is even better.
There is so much to like about this book. It is refreshing to see an author stretch himself by writing a sequel that is a real extension to the predecessor. So many authors churn out books regurgitating that they have previously said. This book truly goes "beyond" his earlier book. Kudos, Michael Port, for being a true sequel writer.
A second strength is the very thoughtful order in which this new material is presented. The table of contents alone has great value as a checklist for business success. And, the case studies placed at the end to reinforce the learning points presented in the book was a great idea.
A third strength is the beautiful balance between sound business advice and worthwhile personal advice. As one that so believes the quality of one's business is a reflection of the quality of one's life, the author is to be congratulated for bridging the gap between business and personal attitude.
A fourth strength is the quality of the advice offered. Having spent 25+ years as a business consultant, I am frequently appalled at the quality of advice given in books aimed at the same market as this one. I found not one point that I would debate in the 200 pages. Not a single one.
I could go on and on. But, suffice it to say that I strongly recommend this book as a foundational philosophy for any entrepreneur, as well as for professionals in the large professional service organizations (e.g., law firms, accounting firms, etc.). Although the book was seemingly not targeted for the latter group, I believe that professionals in large firms could benefit by adopting Port's philosophies.
The next logical step April 14, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Beyond Booked Solid, for me, was the next natural step in the evolution of my business. As I executed the 7 core self-promotion strategies I learned from Book Yourself Solid, Michael's first book, I came to a point where my business was becoming too much to handle by myself. After reading Beyond Booked Solid, and attending a two day, in person seminar on the book with Michael, I now have a scalable, implementable, and leveragable plan for growing my business that also encompasses my values and my desires into the growth. Thank you again, Michael, for another outstanding work!
A Cornerstone Book April 13, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
The times they are a' changing, and we have to be prepared to rethink, reposition and restructure our business. Michael Port's Beyond Booked Solid not only shines light on the path ahead but it offers us innovative "next steps" to stay ahead of the game.
Michael knows we have to build our business from the inside - from our passion, our beliefs, and our values. As we get busy learning and applying new action steps to build our business, it is easy for us to lose track of that core foundation that contains the reason for all we do. Michael asks us to move beyond our unconscious beliefs and perceived limitations and go for the biggest, highest, most unbelievable vision we can conjure up.
And then he shows us how to structure it.
A Cornerstone Business Book
I've have already read Beyond Booked Solid twice and I know it's going to stay handy on my office bookshelf just like Michael's "Book Yourself Solid" has done, because there are so many important ideas in it. This is a cornerstone book, a book upon which to build a strong business foundation even as it helps you turn the corner into a new vision and version of your business.
As an invited early reader for Michael's manuscript, I quickly realized he was asking us to move to a new vantage point, to begin to see our business as a structure for which we are the sole designer of its architecture.
When Michael asked me to create the BBS Toolkit to accompany the book I got to read the manuscript again, this time looking for ways to create questionnaires and exercises that would help me (and therefore you) really apply this important work.
The Beyond Booked Solid Toolkit that comes as a free download with purchase contains 40 thought-provoking, insight-revealing exercises that have been developed from the content of this remarkable book. In fact, the realizations you reach from moving through these exercises and studying the concepts in this book are so revealing that I have added them to my own personal Quarterly Business Review, a sort of Solstice, Equinox ritual, during which I look to see if I'm truly going where I want to be going.
It's all inside
In Beyond Booked Solid we are asked to create an open space in our mind, creatively articulate our vision, and define and design our business architecture to bring that vision into its perfect form. We are then guided to innovative action steps that help us maintain our new structure and keep it aligned with our passion and values. We are guided to build our business from the inside out so that it is truly an expression of our uniqueness.
Michael Port is an explorer and a visionary and Beyond Booked Solid is one of those exceptional books that absolutely belongs on your business book shelf - one you will pull out to refer to time and time again.
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