The book ‘Driven’ by Robert Herjavec is an inspirational guide on how to reach success as an entrepreneur. Its aim is to advise people who are hoping to become entrepreneurs with an understanding of the impact success can have on life in general. Robert Herjavec often refers to his own successful entrepreneurial background as well as experiences from the TV show ‘Dragons Den’ and ‘Shark Tank’. He also refers to early personal experiences which have greatly shaped his views, including being a child actor, waiter, telephone operator for a collection company, and salesman for a men’s clothing store. These examples not only present the insightful lessons and philosophies of Robert Herjavec but also further illustrate his true ‘rags to riches’ story. Robert Herjavec’s main thesis is that; in order to achieve success in business and life you need to demonstrate risk, vision and sacrifice on a regular basis at work and in your personal life. This philosophy on business and life seems to have worked fantastically for Robert Herjavec but its bias is grounded in his unusually high tolerance for risk, which would be very hard for others to implement. In seeking an entrepreneurial lifestyle he readily admits he could not tolerate a ‘nine till five’ job and unashamedly always sides with the risk-taker over a manager or accountant as being the ‘better job’. I think this can be slightly misleading because statistically most start up companies’ fail within their first year. Throughout the book his overriding contention is that real life experiences surpass the need for good education, particularly an MBA. Given he was a graduate (although not an MBA) his attempt devalue the importance of education seems inconsistent and is probably aimed to appeal to the widest possible number of readers. The major strengths in this book are undeniably the experiences and lessons that Robert Herjavec shares, delivering them in an engaging, step by step guide. The main weakness in the book is Robert Herjavec’s failure to consider alternative approaches to success. Business literature can be short-lived with many successful entrepreneurs attempting to gain additional publicity through publicizing their views. Many books of this type quickly become forgotten. If Robert Herjavec’s book is to be treated differently it will more likely depend on how his future career pans out, than the quality of his written work.
The book ‘Driven’ by Robert Herjavec is an inspirational guide on how to reach success as an entrepreneur. Its aim is to advise people who are hoping to become entrepreneurs with an understanding of the impact success can have on life in general. Robert Herjavec often refers to his own successful entrepreneurial background as well as experiences from the TV show ‘Dragons Den’ and ‘Shark Tank’. He also refers to early personal experiences which have greatly shaped his views, including being a child actor, waiter, telephone operator for a collection company, and salesman for a men’s clothing store. These examples not only present the insightful lessons and philosophies of Robert Herjavec but also further illustrate his true ‘rags to riches’ story.
ReplyDeleteRobert Herjavec’s main thesis is that; in order to achieve success in business and life you need to demonstrate risk, vision and sacrifice on a regular basis at work and in your personal life. This philosophy on business and life seems to have worked fantastically for Robert Herjavec but its bias is grounded in his unusually high tolerance for risk, which would be very hard for others to implement. In seeking an entrepreneurial lifestyle he readily admits he could not tolerate a ‘nine till five’ job and unashamedly always sides with the risk-taker over a manager or accountant as being the ‘better job’. I think this can be slightly misleading because statistically most start up companies’ fail within their first year.
Throughout the book his overriding contention is that real life experiences surpass the need for good education, particularly an MBA. Given he was a graduate (although not an MBA) his attempt devalue the importance of education seems inconsistent and is probably aimed to appeal to the widest possible number of readers.
The major strengths in this book are undeniably the experiences and lessons that Robert Herjavec shares, delivering them in an engaging, step by step guide. The main weakness in the book is Robert Herjavec’s failure to consider alternative approaches to success.
Business literature can be short-lived with many successful entrepreneurs attempting to gain additional publicity through publicizing their views. Many books of this type quickly become forgotten. If Robert Herjavec’s book is to be treated differently it will more likely depend on how his future career pans out, than the quality of his written work.