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The McKinsey Mind - Understanding and Implementing the Problem-Solving Tools and Management Techniques of the World’s Top Strategic Consulting Firm
Customer Review: Must read
I have never worked in consulting before and I haven’t read the first book “McKinsey Way”. My expectation from the book was very much focused on my job in financial services: provide a structure to my problem solving process. I guess the book met my expectation very well, showed me a detailed step by step approach applicable to different types of problems, issues that might come up in each step and “keep in minds” to handle these issues. Considering my non-consulting background and job-specific expectations, I would say it’s a very good “must read” book.

Customer Review: Waste of time
This is probably one of the worst books you can read about consulting. Given the credentials of the McKinsey firm and given the fact the authors claim a lot of ex-McKinsey-ites participated in this book, one can not help but being very disappointed about the content.

The writers are clearly banking on McKinsey’s name and reputation. This is a shame and should not let you lured into buying the book.

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Ommer, Do It Yourself
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Engineer to Win (3747ap)
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Do it yourself
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The Green Self-build Book: How to Design and Build Your Own Eco-home
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Customer Review: Inspirational
My partner and I were inspired to build our own house by the previous version of this book and now we are in this one so I think it’s reasonable to call it inspiring. This is a book with substance and great coffee table pictures as well. A good mix of technical advice and the stories of self builders written by a self builder and very experienced green Architect.

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Tool Box
perfect for a budding joiner!
Use the tools, attach the attachments to the box, have hours of fun.

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Customer Review: Contemplate, Prepare and then Do!
As an NLP Practitioner and Life Coach I have read a great many books on coaching and personal change and this is a book that really grabbed my attention… It is jam-packed with solid and sound advice, information and exercises that if practiced could genuinely help you make some real and significant change. There is plenty of information on the processes and stages of change as well as a concise personal change programme at the end of the book that distills all of the previous chapters into a highly workable self-coaching model. I highly recommend this book - 5 stars!
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Customer Review: What not to clean.
Had some one told me this was a spoof-cleaning book, prior to reading it I would still believe them. Some of the tips are laughable, such as keeping a stack of freshly laundered table cloths, to stick over a pile of junk to disguise it when visitors come round, I killed myself laughing about that one. It did however make me feel a lot better, about the mess. This book did have some good advise about prioritising your cleaning and saving time in general. But to be honest, I would stick to Kim and Aggies book. Sorry if I cannot be more positive than that.
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