Here are three letters to describe this book: F U N.
Little Gold Book of YES! Attitude by Jeffrey Gitomer is a highly readable book with information presented in a bite-sized format. Plenty of checklists are included, and each one hits the jackpot. Nice use of colour, interesting graphics and cartoons, and yes, my favourite part: lots of quotes—by Gitomer and others.
This is an action-packed book, so you can’t just sit there and expect to gain a positive attitude by reading it. You have to take action. This book will make you think, and no prize for guessing, TAKE ACTION.
If you have trouble distilling information from all the self-help books you’ve read, this book is a good place to get the big picture. If you’ve been overwhelmed by information overload when you’ve read a multitude of materials, this book would be a good refresher or aggregator. It gives you a framework to build on as you expand further. Quoting Jeffrey Gitomer: “Create your own personal library.” I LOVED THIS!
I like the point he makes about improving our attitude a little each day. He gives an interesting illustration: “An apple a day. Not 7 apples on Sunday or 31 apples at the end of the month.” Great point. I can’t imagine stuffing a good 31 apples all at once. But that’s precisely what most of us do—stuff everything in at once and expect an overnight achievement.
I want to highlight one particular point by Gitomer—a point he mentions throughout his book—READING. Reading is fundamental to attitude self-awareness. In GitBit, a freebie on his website, he shared an attitude library: a list of 10 must-read books. These books have made a significant impact on his life. His library includes over 900 books, but he pays special attention to these 10. I already owned a few of them and shipped the ones I didn’t. He’d recommended AbeBooks.com, a website that sells out-of-print and used books, where I found two of the titles I needed. Shopping at AbeBooks.com is a breeze.
Little Gold Book of YES! Attitude is easy to read and can be finished quite quickly. I chose to spend three days mulling over it. This book warrants pondering, lots of doodling, planning, and re-reading. In fact, you’re supposed to read a particular section of the book daily for a year as a reminder of what we need to do in our quest to achieve a positive attitude, but I short-circuited the process. Happy reading, y’all!
