The Go-Giver Review

by Christopher D. Anderson on February 15, 2010

Let’s talk about truly suc­cess­ful peo­ple for a min. I’m not just talk­ing about peo­ple that are mak­ing good money. I’m talk­ing about the peo­ple that are mak­ing tons of money, live in big houses and are liv­ing the dream. More impor­tantly these are the peo­ple that are suc­cess­ful as a per­son too. They have done great deeds and are gen­er­ally good hearted peo­ple. They have reached great heights both in busi­ness and as a per­son. It’s like they are on a whole new level com­pared to most people.

I came across this con­cept when I first read Think and Grow Rich. The peo­ple are of high class, smart, suc­cess­ful peo­ple. It’s almost like they are the luck­i­est peo­ple on earth. Almost as if oppor­tu­nity comes right to them. Which it does to a degree but it’s not because of luck.

What makes them so spe­cial? Why do they seem to have all the luck? That is what The Go-Giver: A Lit­tle Story About A Pow­er­ful Busi­ness Idea is all about. This book can change your out­look on busi­ness and life as well. It is extremely enlightening.

The con­cept of that level of suc­cess and how they reached that point is still a bit of a mys­tery to me. I read about and I feel it. I grasp some of it but it always seems a bit out of reach. Maybe it has to do with my own per­sonal cur­rent posi­tion. I think there are areas of my life that I need to change. But this book, The Go-Giver, helps in reach­ing that con­cept. It makes so much sense and is so sim­ple to under­stand. It’s almost seems to good to be true.

For that rea­son alone this book is worth hav­ing. I think this is a must have next to books such as Think and Grow Rich. As I said, this book may change your out­look on things and for the better.

As for the book itself it’s a very easy read. This is both a good thing and a bad thing. The rea­son it’s good is because it’s easy to go through and that saves time, plus it’s nice when you go back through it. The bad thing is that makes it seem extremely short. When some­thing has this much juicy good­ness to it I didn’t want it to end. But I think that is part of the les­son; Keep things simple.

I found myself stuck read­ing this book. It is extremely hard to put down. In fact it was quite the dis­trac­tion when I was try­ing to do my work. But it’s fairly short so it’s not like I fell way behind because of it. To put it sim­ply, it really is that good. And as I said before I was kind of sad to see it end.

The Ver­dict

To put it bluntly, go buy this book. It is a must have and one of my new favorites. There is just some­thing about get­ting to see how ultra suc­cess­ful peo­ple work. To be able to see a lit­tle more of what lies there. It’s not about the money but to have a much more ful­fill­ing life and enjoy our time here. And to make an impact on oth­ers, to make some­thing of our­selves by help­ing others.

It’s an easy read and you’ll prob­a­bly breeze right through it. I’m going to read it again here soon and the authors Bob Burg and John David Mann are com­ing out with another book soon that I look for­ward to pur­chas­ing as well. It’s an excel­lent read and a good enlightenment.

Get The Go-Giver: A Lit­tle Story About A Pow­er­ful Busi­ness Idea here.

~Chris

note: links are ama­zon affil­i­ate links, just so you know :) . If you can find it cheaper some­where else then by all means go for it. Just pick this one up, it’s a gem.

Have you read the Go-Giver? If so what did you think? Did you enjoy it too? How did it change your out­look on things?

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1 Keith Dean February 15, 2010 at 10:26 am

Hi Chris,

I am so glad you read the book it had the same effect on me. How­ever a week after read­ing it I feel some­what different.

At first I felt a huge wave of eupho­ria as I wanted to be a Go-Giver myself.

Then slowly I began to realise that I am already that type of per­son and is one of the rea­sons I didn’t get on with the last sales com­pany I worked for. They were all for get­ting the deal on the day at what­ever cost and the whole envi­ron­ment was make money fast with no thought to the cus­tomer at all.

That’s the main rea­son I left. I was the sec­ond best sales­per­son there and was earn­ing good money but it made me feel empty.

I have gone back to basics now and am help­ing peo­ple as much as I can. I might not earn as much money — but I have my health, my sense of humour and val­ues — this is enough!

Speak soon Chris you are one of the good guys.
Keith
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Christopher D. Anderson Reply:

Ya, it has def­i­nitely lit a fire under my rear for sure. I’ve been very pro­duc­tive after I finally put it down lol. But ya, I’m not sure what it is but I’ve been doing great since I fin­ished that book. I’ve always had that inner Go-Giver grow­ing up, this book really kind of woke it back up. It’s amaz­ing the sat­is­fac­tion I get out of help­ing peo­ple. It was start­ing to ebb a bit from me for what­ever rea­son but I’m all good now.

Thanks for the great com­ment Keith! Keep up the great work! Oh and thanks for writ­ing your own review on this book, it’s the main rea­son I decided to buy it.

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2 John David Mann February 15, 2010 at 1:28 pm

Chris — thanks so much for the fan­tas­tic review! Being put in the same sen­tence, or even same para­graph, with Think and Grow Rich is quite an honor; that was one of a very small hand­ful of books that made the great­est impact on me, years ago — never imag­ined some­thing I penned would be in its company!

I love the way you opened your review: you get right to the point, and it’s an excel­lent point. What does a gen­uinely suc­cess­ful per­son look like? Must be: one who is opti­mally ful­fill­ing the orig­i­nal design. So what does THAT look like? Great question …

Hope you enjoy the new book!

Warm regards,

John

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Christopher D. Anderson Reply:

Any­time! It actu­ally took me a bit to get this review done because I was so wound up after fin­ish­ing the book that I started to ram­ble. I cleaned it up but it’s still there a bit lol.

Your book deserves a com­pli­ment such as that because I feel it really gets down to what truly suc­cess­ful peo­ple do. Every­one wants to live and enjoy a fan­tas­tic life. This is a great way to do it!

Just as when I read through Think and Grow Rich I went through this book hit­ting spots that just plain made sense. I think just learn­ing these kinds of things makes you a great per­son as long as you imple­ment them.

Thanks for com­ment­ing on my blog too, you guys rock!
~Chris

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3 Bob Burg February 15, 2010 at 2:10 pm

Hi Christo­pher, Thank you for your extremely kind review of John David Mann’s and my book. I can hardly express how great that kind of pos­i­tive feed­back makes me feel. Truly hon­ored that you found it to have that kind of value. Best Regards — Bob

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Christopher D. Anderson Reply:

It’s of very high value in my eyes and I look for­ward to your next book. I hope that oth­ers check out your book too, I loved it.

Thanks to you too for com­ment­ing on my blog, too cool :D .

~Chris

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