# Book Updates: Added Remarks and Notes – August [View on juvoni.com](https://juvoni.com/book-updates-august-2016) By Juvoni Beckford Published: 2016-09-10T15:01:49.000-04:00 Updated: 2023-02-18T02:54:10Z ## **Books Added:** ### [**Managing Oneself**](https://juvoni.com/book/managing-oneself) by _Peter F. Drucker_ Tags: Business, Management & Leadership, Self Help Rating: **6/10** Reading Ease: **4/4** Reading Time: **2 hours** > "Successful careers are not planned. They develop when people are prepared for opportunities because they know their strengths, their method of work, and their values.” — Peter F. Drucker **3 Reasons to Read** - Cultivate a deep understanding of yourself by identifying your most valuable strengths and most dangerous weaknesses - Articulate how you learn and work with others and what your most deeply held values are - Describe the type of work environment where you can make the greatest contribution ### [Anything You Want](https://juvoni.com/book/anything-you-want) by _Derek Sivers_ Rating: **7.5/10** Reading Ease: **4/4** Reading Time: **2 hours** Tags: Business, Entrepreneurship, Personal Development > “Most people don't know why they're doing what they're doing. They imitate others, go with the flow, and follow paths without making their own.” — Derek Sivers **3 Reasons to Read** - Wise lessons for aspiring entrepreneurs and others trying to make their own way. - Customer focused business building. - Personal and Professional development. ### [The War of Art](https://juvoni.com/book/the-war-of-art) by _Steven Pressfield_ Rating: **6.5/10** Reading Ease: **3/4** Reading Time: **5 hours** Tags: Art, Psychology, Self Help, Writing > “Are you paralyzed with fear? That's a good sign. Fear is good. Like self-doubt, fear is an indicator. Fear tells us what we have to do. Remember one rule of thumb: the more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it.” — Steven Pressfield **3 Reasons to Read** - Identify, defeat, and unlock the inner barriers to creativity. - You have trouble writing and or creating on a consistent basis or when you need to. - Overcome resistance, the inner battle you have with yourself. ### [The Virgin Way: Everything I Know About Leadership](https://juvoni.com/book/virgin-way) by _Richard Branson_ Rating: **6.5/10** Reading Ease: **3/4** Reading Time: **10 hours** Tags: Biographies & Memoirs, Business, Entrepreneurship, Management & Leadership > “All ideas are second-hand, consciously or unconsciously drawn from a million outside sources, and daily used by the garnerer with a pride and satisfaction born of the superstition that he originated them.” — Richard Branson **3 Reasons to Read** - A unique book on leadership from someone who dropped out at sixteen, suffers from dyslexia, and has never worked for anyone but himself. - Lessons from building the Virgin Brand of companies. - Getting the Job Done and Having Fun Getting There. ### [**Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and** the **Greatest Race the World Has Seen**](https://juvoni.com/book/born-to-run) by _Christopher McDougall_ Rating: **8/10** Reading Ease: **4/4** Reading Time: **7 hours** Tags: Adventure, Health, Fitness & Dieting Sports > “Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up, it knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you're the lion or a gazelle when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.” — Christopher McDougall **3 Reasons to Read** - First-hand story about the ancient Tarahumara tribe of runners. - Learn about the biomechanics of running and how to prevent injury. - Deep look into the sport of ultra-distance running. ## **Notes** Added: ### [**Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer**](https://juvoni.com/book/writing-tools-50-essential-strategies-for-every-writer) by _Roy Peter Clark_ Rating: **8/10** Reading Ease: **2/4** Reading Time: **9 hours** Tags: Communication, Reference, Writing > “If a period is a stop sign, then what kind of traffic flow is created by other marks? The comma is a speed bump; the semicolon is what a driver education teacher calls a “rolling stop”; the parenthetical expression is a detour; the colon is a flashing yellow light that announces something important up ahead; the dash is a tree branch in the road.” — Roy Peter Clark **3 Reasons to Read** - A collection of 50 writing tools to help improve your writing - Improve your writing style and find your writing voice - Provides more than 200 examples from literature and journalism to illustrate the concepts. ### [Managing Oneself](https://juvoni.com/book/managing-oneself) by Peter F. Drucker _Info In Books Added_ ### What are you reading this month or have found interesting? --- [Site index](https://juvoni.com/llms.txt)