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Vote on the Book Club book for January & February 2024 🗳️📘

PessoAlumni — Mon, 20 May 2024 18:50:24 GMT

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

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Re: Vote on the Book Club book for January & February 2024 🗳️📘

PessoAlumni — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 13:47:13 GMT

I'm looking forward to reading #1, Profit First by Mike Michalowicz. It's written by the same author as our current October & November book, Fix This Next by Mike Michalowicz. He referenced Profit First a few times throughout the book, and it seems like a great next step to focus on fixing finances.

Vote within the survey, and let us know your why it's your favorite in the comments here!

Re: Vote on the Book Club book for January & February 2024 🗳️📘

Smellthis1919 — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 18:21:38 GMT

Hi Aylon

I picked #2 ..the mountain is you

I feel that it is good fit for me right now ...i hope other people pick it 🙏 🙂 if not i will probably read it on my own

As always Aylon thanks for hosting this valuable bookclub

Truly appreciated 🙏

Cheers Arline

Re: Vote on the Book Club book for January & February 2024 🗳️📘

PessoAlumni — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 20:21:45 GMT

Thanks for voting and sharing, @Smellthis1919 ! Super excited to see what the next pick is.

Ahh, thank you so much for the kind works, Arline -- I really appreciate it and it means a lot! Just trying to do some good things to help business owners like y'all.

Re: Vote on the Book Club book for January & February 2024 🗳️📘

Tamyra_Paunchy — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 21:17:28 GMT

Oh my! Great choices. I had a hard time deciding between Profit First and Good Jobs Strategy. Eek. Can't wait to learn from the books and everyone here. I could use help/insight/discipline and strategy around BOTH!

Re: Vote on the Book Club book for January & February 2024 🗳️📘

Tamyra_Paunchy — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 21:18:10 GMT

I know, right? I feel like these are such good reads I could go through all three regardless of what gets picked here. Happy reading! 🙂

Re: Vote on the Book Club book for January & February 2024 🗳️📘

Smellthis1919 — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 22:11:50 GMT

👍🙏☺️

Re: Vote on the Book Club book for January & February 2024 🗳️📘

PessoAlumni — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 13:29:49 GMT

Thanks for voting & sharing, @Tamyra_Paunchy ! They all look really good to me too -- very excited to see what gets picked, and then we have plenty more to come!

Re: Vote on the Book Club book for January & February 2024 🗳️📘

maxpete — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 22:05:26 GMT

Tough to pick just one! But I would go with Profit First though, very keen on reading this!

Tagging @bonny & @Stacelyn24 in case they're interested too!

Re: Vote on the Book Club book for January & February 2024 🗳️📘

PessoAlumni — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 22:11:09 GMT

Thanks @maxpete ! Rooting for that one too, but can't go wrong with any of them-

Re: Vote on the Book Club book for January & February 2024 🗳️📘

Stacelyn24 — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 17:01:50 GMT

Thanks for tagging...I voted for Profit First...but I'm a little bias...I bought the book already lol. I haven't read it yet because I'm hoping it wins and we can all read it together. Fingers crossed because it didn't win the last vote and I really do want to read it lol 🙂

Re: Vote on the Book Club book for January & February 2024 🗳️📘

PessoAlumni — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 17:23:03 GMT

Nothing wrong with that, @Stacelyn24 ! That's a major point of this group -- that camaraderie and accountability of reading and learning together!

Re: Vote on the Book Club book for January & February 2024 🗳️📘

LukeNieuw — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 13:48:25 GMT

Profit first is a fantastic book. Makes managing cash flow simple without worrying about all the accounting BS. Nothing worse than viewing your P&L saying you made $X profit (which is awesome if that's your case btw) but then you're like, "where is it?" haha

Re: Vote on the Book Club book for January & February 2024 🗳️📘

bonny — Sun, 05 Nov 2023 23:28:55 GMT

Profit First by Mike Michalowicz

First of all, thank you for taking the month of December off. It's my busiest time of year and there is next to no free time so much appreciated.

Re: Vote on the Book Club book for January & February 2024 🗳️📘

PessoAlumni — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 23:12:48 GMT

Thanks for voting, @bonny !

Of course! I absolutely feel that on the busy time -- next year we'll be doing November & December off!

Re: Vote on the Book Club book for January & February 2024 🗳️📘

PessoAlumni — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 23:13:26 GMT

Thanks for sharing, @LukeNieuw ! So glad that it was helpful to you, and I absolutely can relate to that wonder of where the profit actually went. Hopefully this gets picked!

Re: Vote on the Book Club book for January & February 2024 🗳️📘

PessoAlumni — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 23:14:00 GMT

@Tamyra_Paunchy -- Yes! Definitely will be happy with any of them!

Re: Vote on the Book Club book for January & February 2024 🗳️📘

PessoAlumni — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 15:23:45 GMT

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

Re: Vote on the Book Club book for January & February 2024 🗳️📘

maxpete — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 15:24:05 GMT

Very excited for this!

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