Comments on: I Shall Raise Thee Up and my case study of Michael Holmes

By: Contest + free stuff = My happy birthday to you!

Contest + free stuff = My happy birthday to you! — Thu, 06 May 2010 06:14:30 +0000

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By: bondChristian

bondChristian — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:46:04 +0000

Yeah, I’d actually finished most of my review before I saw yours. I purposely didn’t read yours until after I’d scheduled this one to publish because I didn’t want it to influence me too much.

When I did go back to read yours, I was surprised how similar my thoughts matched up with some of what you said. You were right on about the quoting and references. Michael obviously put in a lot of effort on the research side, but I agree with you – I would have liked to hear more in his own words. When he did do that with some of the stories toward the beginning, I really enjoyed it.

-Marshall Jones Jr.

For anyone who’s not read it, you can check out Mike’s review of I Shall Raise Thee Up here.

By: Mike King

Mike King — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:14:59 +0000

Great honest review here Marshall, I found many of those points as well from reading his book and it’s always interesting to learn what areas affect the reader. The point about headlines was great, I never put my finger on it when reading the book, but I can see now, those were a point that I didn’t care for either, they didn’t send a message at all, they were just a word. If they had been written as a message or the point of that chapter, they would outline the content better. Perhaps, that is a result of such scattered thoughts in each chapter and that there was no single message through each of them, but many many different perspectives.

Anyway, nice reminders about some of the lessons in this book.

By: bondChristian

bondChristian — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:13:10 +0000

Wow, thank you, Richard. I’m glad you dropped into the comments here. I’ve grown to really enjoy Michael just through the brief interaction we’ve had through twitter, email, and blog comments. I’m looking forward to what else he has on the way – I hear a new book on marketing is in the works for him.

-Marshall Jones Jr.

By: bondChristian

bondChristian — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:10:51 +0000

Oh, absolutely. That’s what learning from others it all about. My grandfather, who was a school teacher for years, says, “Everyone’s a teacher. Sometimes they just teach what not to do.”

Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses. It’s our job – and opportunity – to learn from both.

-Marshall Jones Jr.

By: bondChristian

bondChristian — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:07:13 +0000

Thank you, man. I’ve tried to be as honest and helpful as I can.

-Marshall Jones Jr.

By: bondChristian

bondChristian — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:06:22 +0000

Definitely do and let me know what you think. It’s definitely not for everyone, but I enjoy the business emphasis.

-Marshall Jones Jr.

By: Why I haven’t been bothering you…and What Happened as a Result |

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:08:12 +0000

[...] But since that time some interesting things have occurred. I recently posted a guest post on Rod Kirby’s Success Center…AND…Marshall Jones gave a very thorough review of my book. [...]

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:28:38 +0000

“Do you just copy success? Why not also look at how you could improve on what others do?”

I think I start off coppying, or at least I did. Then I move onto improvement, or rather I at least start from there now. I just thought of a quote I often used in high school, “Learn from the mistakes of others, you don’t have time to make them all yourself.” You shouldn’t always copy success but you should at least look at what came before.

By: Richrd Byrd

Richrd Byrd — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:08:01 +0000

That was one of the best critiques of a book. I like the way you outline the pro’s and con’s and opinion. I know Michael and enjoy his blog immensely, it is a great read.