A Book About Implementation By Brian P Moran and Michael Lennington
Date Purchased: Sept 11, 2017
Date Started: June 28, 2026
Date Finished: July 11, 2026
Reflections and Random Thoughts
This is my 4th time reading this book. I posted about it back in 2024, but I’m going to delete that post – it has a chapter-by-chapter list of my takeaways, and if you want that, you’ll need to subscribe to my notes list:)
Insights
I previously refused to engage with the vision exercise – this time around, I found it to be one of the most engaging exercises in the book.
Key Takeaways
“If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.”
This quote is often attributed to Thomas Jefferson, but that attribution is unsupported. The Thomas Jefferson Foundation says it does not appear in his writings; the earliest known printed use they found dates to 2004, with no confirmed original author. (Monticello)
Something Actionable
The entire book is actionable – that’s what makes it a 5 Star book in my opinion. But if I had to choose 1 thing, it would probably be to write down what you want and review it daily. It’s not new advice, but that doesn’t make it any less effective.
What Everyone Else Thinks
4.7 on Amazon but only 3.9 on Goodreads, so that is interesting??
1% 1 star and 1% 2 stars on Amazon –
The one star review on Amazon begins with “This entire book can be summed up with “ignore legal and tax timings, think small, stop procrastinating.” and ends with “Ultimately, the book is poorly structured, poorly written, and holds no real wisdom, you are better off getting autobiographies such as “grinding it out” by Ray Croc, or “made in America” by Sam Walton.”
Usually I find the 1-star reviews to be at the very least amusing, but in this case it’s just BS – the book is concise and well-written. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, of course, and you can’t please everyone – but bottom line, if you’re trying to get things done, it’s well worth the read.
There are 1025 reviews on Amazon as of this reading, but over 9000 on Goodreads – that probably accounts for the lower score – overall, more people find this book helpful than not – those that don’t like it find it oversimplified.
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