Set Yourself Free: How to Have a Thriving Small Business...and Enjoy It!

By: Stanley I. Simkins

Narrated by: John Gamble

Set Yourself Free will show you how to:

• Identify what is sabotaging your business
• Get out of the rut you're in, reduce your stress level and improve the quality of your life
• Develop the full potential of your business in order to increase its value and make more money
• Make your business work as hard for you as you work for your business

©2011 Stanley Irwin Simkins (P)2012 Stanley Irwin Simkins

Great,now I just need to get my partner to read it

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

yes I have . Getting your mindset is the beginning of my future plans.

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

opening myself to all others around me.

Have you listened to any of John Gamble’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

this was my first start

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

MINDSET

Any additional comments?

thanks for a great starting point to saving me and my business

A great start

The work is highly accessible and easy to digest. At no point did I find myself bored nor did I feel there was any “filler” material. Actually, the book is quite short, which was refreshing. It’s organized in a way in which I could return to a specific chapter/key/step and begin to do the work described within. It’s a guide for those who either want to go into business for the first time, or those business owners who may have gotten in over their heads and are not sure what path to take next. The reader was well paced and easy to listen to.

The book’s strengths can also be it’s weaknesses. If you’re looking for something academic, this is not it. If you’re looking for a guide to starting and running a business, this is not it. No formulas, no specifics on profit/loss, budgets, HR, payroll, taxes etc. That being said, it’s clearly not the goal of the author to disseminate this information here, and he does give some resources at the end of the book, which hopefully can help sort the details of a small business owner’s particular circumstance. The author actually invites readers to contact him directly, which is pretty cool.

Overall, it’s a good read and gives a clear methodology for dealing with problems that arise and comes to a logical conclusion that incorporates risk tolerance and is highly focused on how much risk you are willing to take to reach a desired outcome as opposed to making emotional decisions.

A good article, not a book.

What would have made Set Yourself Free: How to Have a Thriving Small Business...and Enjoy It! better?

Make it an article.

What do you think your next listen will be?

Not sure

Would you be willing to try another one of John Gamble’s performances?

No, too boring.

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

A few good points.

Any additional comments?

No, I have no further comments.