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Announcing the New Personal MBA Calendar!

Chris Holloway — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:41:13 +0000

Hello Personal MBA Students,

Please Read This Important Announcement:
Thanks to the brilliant work done by Josh Kaufman on the Personal MBA, you now have the opportunity to participate in one of the most innovative learning groups that exists in the country.

We are taking a major step towards achieving this vision today by announcing the next 5 books, and a tentative learning plan for the remainder of the year. You can now clearly see what you will be able to accomplish by committing yourself to the group. I am extremely excited about this; there is no other place in town where you will be able to find as much bang for your buck in terms of both money and time.

Upcoming Section: (book descriptions)
The next six sessions, with the exception of Think and Grow Rich will all come from the Productivity and Effectiveness section of the Personal MBA List. In this section you will learn:

–To become a more effective thinker and deliver better results.
–To sharpen how you approach problems and handle projects.
–A complete system for organizing your day to day activities in order to minimize stress and maximize results.
–To use the creative and imaginative powers of your mind.
–Practical information about project management.

Where Do I Get The Books? (website)

You can easily order all of the productivity books that we are studying from Josh’s Batch Book Buying tool. Just go to the website above and select the books that are contained in the schedule below. Please note that we are not studying ALL of the books in the section, so just select the ones that are in the schedule.

Schedule: (calendar link)

March 1^st – Think and Grow Rich

March 15^th – The Effective Executive

March 29^th – Getting Things Done

April 5^th – The Creative Habit

April 19^th – The Path Of Least Resistance

May 3^rd – Making Things Happen

May 4^th – July 5^th – Summer Break

July 12^th – Resume Discussion

July 11^th – Sept 20^th – Marketing Sales and Negotiation (6 books)

Oct 4^th – November 8^th – Psychology and Communication (3 books)

November 15^th – Dec 20^th – Design and Production (3 books)

Thanks to everyone who has participated thus far. We have an opportunity to make this one of the coolest learning experiments in the country. The group still needs more participating members, and now is a great time to join.

Click here to go to our Meetup Page and signup!

Dallas Personal MBA Group: Unofficial Guests of The Texas MBA Tour

Chris Holloway — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 23:49:09 +0000

This past week, Harry and I attended the Texas MBA tour event in Addison. This event had admissions officers present from all of the major business programs in the Texas area, and was basically just an informational event for people interested in MBA programs. We figured surely we could recruit one or two members for the group, and so we printed up some flyers and handed them out at the event.

Here is a copy of the flyer:

Follow up from the Kickoff Event

Chris Holloway — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:32:14 +0000

Personal MBA Students,

Thanks to all that attended the meeting last night. It was great to meet all of you and go over the vision for the group.

Upcoming Reading Selections

To those that were not able to make it, we have chosen our first three books. After that, we will select together a section from the personal MBA book list (link below) to pursue together.

The first three books will be (click the title to order):

1) 10 Days to Faster Reading
By: Abby Marks-Beale, The Princeton Language Institute

Discussion: Feb 1^st

2) StrengthsFinder 2.0: A New and Upgraded Edition of the Online Test from Gallup’s Now, Discover Your Strengths
By: Tom Rath

Discussion: Feb 15^th

3) Think and Grow Rich!: The Original Version, Restored and Revised
By: Napoleon Hill

Discussion: March 1st

Notes on the books:

You will want to order these books soon as we will be discussing the first one, 10 days to faster reading at the next meetup – 14 days from now.

Strengths finder 2.0 has an online test, and from what I understand you need an unused code from the book to use it, so I would make sure to get a new copy.

Other Important Links:

Please review these sometime this week:

1) The Group Blog - http://www.dallas-pmba.com – This is what will become the group portfolio. My goal is to have one person write an article or review on each book we cover.

2) The Personal MBA Manifesto – http://personalmba.com/manifesto/ – Explains the whole concept behind the Personal MBA. Highly recommended.

3) The Personal MBA Book List – http://personalmba.com/best-business-books/ – This is a must-read because we will be using it to pick our next section of books. You can click on any of the sections and it will give you more information on each of the books in the section.

The Dallas Personal MBA Site!

Chris Holloway — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:23:01 +0000

Hello Friends! As we get the Dallas Personal MBA Mastermind group launched, we will be adding material to this blog. The primary purpose of this blog is to give our members an outlet to communicate to the public what they are learning through the personal MBA. Topics may vary, but at a minimum we want to keep the public informed of our thoughts on the books we review.

For the next couple of weeks, the group is in the planning stages. This entails recruiting new members, getting the books ordered, websites setup, etc. After that, we will hit the ground running. The pace will only be slightly brutal, a new book about every two weeks. Definitely an exciting time!

If you are in the Dallas area and interested in joining, check our Meetup page for more info.