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Book Reviews
Barefoot’s Best Books for Christmas
December 17, 2011 - 1 Comment
You don’t need to slug it out in a in a suburban shopping centre this silly season. Instead make a beeline to your local bookstore and give your loved ones the gift of knowledge.
Read moreThe Four Hour Body
January 12, 2011 - 30 Comments
Over the Christmas break I read the latest diet-fad book, the Four-Hour Body ‘an uncommon guide to Rapid Fat-loss, Incredible Sex, and becoming Superhuman’(while resting a plate of pudding on my belly). It read like a late night infomercial…
Read moreBarefoot’s Favourite Books of 2010
December 10, 2010 - 6 Comments
Instead of slugging it out in some suburban shopping centre, I prefer to give my loved ones the books I’ve read this year that have really changed my thinking. Here’s my top five for the year…
Read moreA Life Changing Book: ‘Bounce: How Champions Are Made’
October 15, 2010 - 5 Comments
A few months ago I went to dinner with a mate of mine who handed me a copy of Bounce: How Champions Are Made, and said “this is a life changing book”. That night I went home and read the book cover-to-cover in one sitting…
Read moreA Loved Barefoot Book – #2
March 30, 2010 - 8 Comments
Scott reminisces over a book that he uncovered during his university days that has made an impact on his life.
Read moreAre You a Self-Help Tragic?
December 19, 2009 - 10 Comments
Kate calls me, drunk, from the back of a taxi. “I’m 30-something and over it,’’ she announces. It’s Monday. It’s 4.30pm. With yet another boozy business lunch under her belt, Kate was in a philosophical mood.
Read moreThe Best Money Books Going Around
December 12, 2009 - No Comments
This week I received my first Christmas present of this festive season, and I opened it straight away – against the protesting of my mate, who advised me to “put it under the Christmas tree so you have something to look forward to”. First, there’s no Christmas tree in the Barefoot house this year. Buffett, [...]
Read moreCapitalism: A Love Story
December 5, 2009 - 6 Comments
My old university roommate Jimmy was always hardcore. Not in the “chug 50 beers then run around the quadrangle with your unit out” fraternity-style hardcore, but more in a deep, passionate, thinker sort of way.
Read moreFive Biographies on Business People You Must Read to Succeed
September 12, 2009 - 1 Comment
A few years back, I caught up for coffee with a book publisher who was intent on publishing my next book. From memory, the (brief) conversation went something like this: Book publisher: “Your next book should be a guide to getting rich.”
Read moreBarefoot’s Favourite Finance Books
December 24, 2006 - No Comments
According to market scuttlebutt a consortium led by Macquarie Bank is planning to make a takeover bid for Santa Ltd. Market pundits say the fat man has been running his operation like a charity, and there have been concerns that his gift list, which ranks every child in the world as either ‘naughty or nice’ [...]
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