Grow a Pair – Larry Winget
(Gotham Books)
When you work in the public eye and you express a strong
opinion (the only kind worth expressing as far as I am concerned) you learn
pretty quickly that you are more than likely to tick somebody off. In fact you
may have people who downright loath you! So you have a simple choice; you can
worry about whether or not people like you and waffle your opinion or you can
choose what I did and not compromise and not really care if people like you or
not.
Working in talk radio, if I wasn’t ticking somebody off,
then chances are I wasn’t doing my job. This isn’t to say that I looked for
contrived ways to make people mad, I simply had a set of principles and I stuck
to them and if that makes you mad, then so be it. I wasn’t losing a minute of
sleep worrying about if you liked me or not. It is that set of core values that
I think drives what bestselling author, speaker and the pitbull of personal
development® Larry Winget is all about.
Winget’s latest book is Grow
A Pair: How to Stop Being a Victim
and Take Back Your Life, Your Business, and Your Sanity. I found myself
nodding my head in agreement and I admit it, even saying YES! out loud any
number of times as I read the book. It’s so nice to know that someone else
thinks exactly like I do!
Winget’s take on social media is right on! Yes it’s can be a
great tool for business, but too many people drive themselves to distraction
worrying about so-called “friends” and how many empty “likes” they generate.
For me, Facebook was interesting for about ten minutes, but at the end of the
day, my real friends are the folks I talk to and see in person on a regular
basis, not somebody that I haven’t seen since graduating high school or
college. Think about it; if they were really that important to you, wouldn’t
you have stayed in contact with them? Yet I know family and friends that lose
their minds if they don’t get a response to something that they posted, to the
point of getting pissed off at even real friends! Sorry, but that is just plain
stupid!
Winget lays out a very simple road map for you to follow
when it comes to relationships, business, money and life. I am certainly not
some touchy, feely self-help book kind of guy and don’t expect that from Winget.
Touchy feely this ain’t; for some it will be an affirmation and for others it
will be a much needed kick in the ass!
My plan is to gift a copy of the book to family and friends
who will benefit from it. I can hear the response now…it will range from
outrage to “this guys sounds just like you!”
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