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| Title | : | Anyone Can Do It |
| Author | : | Duncan Bannatyne |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 302 pages |
| Published | : | 2007 by Orion (first published October 12th 2006) |
| Categories | : | Business. Biography. Autobiography. Nonfiction. Self Help |
Duncan Bannatyne
Paperback | Pages: 302 pages Rating: 3.89 | 1024 Users | 58 Reviews
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"...whatever you do, and no matter how much money you make, it's not really worth it if you don't have fun." (Duncan Bannatyne, Anyone Can Do It, Page 287)Written by multimillionaire, Duncan Bannayne. He grew up poor to a working class family where his father worked at the local foundry. He never thought in his wildest dreams that he would accomplish so much with his life in that he had no family connections, no money, and no education. He says near the end of his book "I have such a great life that some days I have to pinch myself. Am I really that scruffy kid from Clydebank? Of course I am; and if I can do it, then anyone else can do it, too."
He starts this book off by telling of his family history of having to share a house with other families, his father was in world war II, and after the war, he started a family, which was his major accomplishment. He then relates how he realized he was poor when he would see other kids going on holidays with their families or them having a bike and he didn't have one. He determined as a kid that he was going to be rich. He then tells of his sister dying out of no where and then inheriting the role in his family of being the oldest child. He went to the army and was dishonourably discharged for throwing his commanding officer overboard. He then worked at odd jobs and fixed up cars in his spare time. While he was at an auction, he saw an ice-cream truck for sale, and bought it and started a successful ice cream business. He then tells of how he heard the government was giving money for businesses to take care of elderly in care homes. He and a partner started one, and then two and then three. He then floated or listed this company on the stock exchange and then became very wealthy. He got out of this business and started fitness facilities, a hotel, and he had some stints in some other businesses, but his most lucrative one was his fitness businesses.
Throughout this he tells of his divorce with his first wife, and then his relationship with his second wife who he met in one of his home care businesses. Then he tells of his dream of becoming an actor or someone famous, and went to acting school in London. He got some acting parts, and then how he became famous on the show Dragon's Den and the inner workings of the same.
My favourite parts of this book are when he talks about his philanthropic endeavors in Romania. I won't lie, some of his stories made me cry. During all this he even tells of an encounter he felt with God. He says, "I felt that I had been consumed by this presence, that something had completely shrouded and taken hold of me. It was unmistakable: I knew who had come and I also knew why. It wasn't a spiritual thing, it was a Christian thing, and I felt I was being told, 'You've arrived, join the faith, be a Christian, this is it.' It was profound, and I stood there, stunned, considering the offer and building up my businesses and I wanted to keep on making money, and I also knew I wanted to carry on doing the things I wasn't proud of - I knew I was never going to be this totally Christian guy going to church on Sundays. So I said, 'No, I'm not ready.' And God said, 'OK,' and disappeared."
Business lessons where also weaved throughout this book. I'll leave this review with a few I highlighted:
"Life is too fragile and valuable to be spent doing something you hate."
"...you can run a business any way you want to, but to be successful you must recognise your weaknesses and employ people with complementary skills."
"In business, it doesn't matter if you come late to the market: if you can do it better than your competitors, you can still make money."
"I've learned early on that you do better deals when both parties get something out of it, and it helps when both partners are motivated by more than money."
"You can run your business any way you like, but you'll run it better if you build it around your strengths and delegation is one of mine."
"Being free to look to the future and work out how to grow is key to building a business: it's what a chief executive is there to do."
"I believe we're all in the right place at the right time at some point in our lives: success depends on recognising when your moment has come."
"A motivated seller, like a motivated buyer, is an opportunity not to be missed in business."
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| Original Title: | Anyone Can Do It |
| ISBN: | 0752881892 (ISBN13: 9780752881898) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 3.89 From 1024 Users | 58 ReviewsColumn Appertaining To Books Anyone Can Do It
Duncan Bannatyne is the second biography of a British entrepreneur I read about (after Richard Branson). Mr. Bannathyne has an interesting story to share, he started he entrepreneurship career by selling ice-cream in the summer, venture into health care homes, fitness clubs and others businesses making him a multi-millionaire.He indeed is a very inspired business person, especially toward the end of the book, he shared about his involvement as one of the panel investor in the TV reality show -An excellent read and highly recommend people to read.
Duncan Walker Bannatyne, OBE, is a Scottish entrepreneur, television presenter, philanthropist and author. He was born in Clydebank on the West Coast of Scotland on 2 February 1949. His business interests include hotels, health clubs, spas, media, TV, stage schools, property and transport. His OBE was awarded for his contributions to charity. Banntyne has written seven books. Anyone Can Do It was his first. Bannatyne's father,Bill, was a most interesting man. He served in the Argyll and
This is an interesting book. Duncan was/is certainly very gutsy and developed his companies at a rapid rate, but he had a good head to work out the mathematics on each company. At different times in the book the word 'ruthless' crossed my mind, but in the last chapter he described how he wasn't ruthless in his approach. He was a tough negotiator and walked out on several big deals based on principle (but they came crawling back to him). Interesting insight into his world.
Once you can wade through the me, me, me aspects of this book it is a good read. It's an empowering story for would-be entrepreneurs and there are some sound business tips hidden in there too. Don't take no for an answer from planning authorities and banks, build a strong team who you can really trust - then delagate!Duncan Bannatyne went up in my estimations with the amount of good charity work he does too. He's a no-nonsense guy with a big heart - and possibly an ego to match
[Audiobook Review]I think the audio book was an abridged version, because it was so short, and might actually be interesting in reading the authors full book. Duncan Bannatyne was late at the getting rich game. He started at 30, and a few years later he became a millionaire, which makes his book somewhat more interesting to someone in my position, who is 31. I think what makes Duncan interesting is that he just DID things, he didnt seem to overthink them, didnt make tons of business plans, just
I enjoyed this. Interesting to see how a Glasgow lad had made the best of opportunities he saw. A good insight into the mind of an entrepreneur. Should be called "Anyone can do it (but most people can't be bothered)".
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