Hey Square Readers,
**VOTING IS CLOSED**
It’s voting time!
We’re halfway through reading Fix This Next by Mike Michalowicz, so jump into some of our discussion threads and let us know your thoughts.
Since the Festive/Holiday Season is busy for most business owners, we’ll be taking off the month of December. So now we’ll start voting for our next book for January & February 2024. We have 3 books to choose from, and we’d love for you to vote to help us decide!
This month we're choosing between Finances & Profit, Getting Things Done, and Management books; all recommended by sellers like you!
1. Profit First by Mike Michalowicz
“A simple, counterintuitive cash management solution that will help small businesses break out of the doom spiral and achieve instant profitability. Just as the most effective weight loss strategy is to limit portions by using smaller plates, Michalowicz shows that by taking profit first and apportioning only what remains for expenses, entrepreneurs will transform their businesses from cash-eating monsters to profitable cash cows. Four simple principles can simplify accounting and make it easier to manage a profitable business. A small, profitable business can be worth much more than a large business surviving on its top line. Businesses that attain early and sustained profitability have a better shot at achieving long-term growth.”
2. The Mountain is You by Brianna Wiest
“This book is about self-sabotage. Why we do it, when we do it, and how to stop doing it—for good. Coexisting but conflicting needs create self-sabotaging behaviors. This is why we resist efforts to change, often until they feel completely futile. But by extracting crucial insight from our most damaging habits, building emotional intelligence by better understanding our brains and bodies, releasing past experiences, and learning to act as our highest potential future selves, we can step out of our own way and into our potential. To scale our mountains, we actually have to do the deep internal work of excavating trauma, building resilience, and adjusting how we show up for the climb.”
3. The Good Jobs Strategy by Zeynep Ton
How the Smartest Companies Invest in Employees to Lower Costs and Boost Profits
“Conventional wisdom says that bad jobs with low wages, minimal benefits, little training, and chaotic schedules are the only way companies can keep costs down and prices low. But Zeynep Ton makes the compelling case that even in low-cost settings, leaving employees behind is a choice, not a necessity. Ton shows how operational excellence enables companies to offer the lowest prices to customers while ensuring good jobs for their employees and superior results for their investors. The Good Jobs Strategy outlines an invaluable blueprint for any organization that wants to pursue a sustainable competitive strategy in which everyone wins.”
Which of these do you most want to read next?
While we’re voting by survey, feel free to tell us why you’re excited about a particular book in the comments below. And if you have suggestions for other books you’d want to read, drop them in the comments too and we’ll take a look and consider them for the next round.
We’ll announce the winning book on Monday, November 13th, and start reading it in January.
We can’t wait to read with you!
Pesso
**VOTING IS CLOSED**
Hey Square Readers,
You voted and chose Profit First by Mike Michalowicz as our book for January and February 2024!
Head over to the announcement post, pick up your copy, and get ready to start reading on Tuesday January 2nd.
We can’t wait to read with you,
Pesso
Hey Square Readers,
You voted and chose Profit First by Mike Michalowicz as our book for January and February 2024!
Head over to the announcement post, pick up your copy, and get ready to start reading on Tuesday January 2nd.
We can’t wait to read with you,
Pesso
