The Seven Minute Difference: Small Steps to Big Changes

by Allyson Lewis

A financial manager advocates making a list of lifetime goals and undertaking seven-minute micro-actions aligned with these objectives, which in turn can lead to major improvements and success at work... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1419537237
• ISBN13: 9781419537233
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Kaplan
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Exceptional

In just seven minutes, the course of Allyson Lewis' life changed. In just the few hours it took me to read Allyson's book, The Seven Minute Difference, my life changed. Allyson's book does not just provide advice, but actionable steps that can be taken to take charge of your life -- professionally and personally -- to achieve the goals you want to achieve. She is a hands-on writer and the book is chock full of tangible ideas for ways you can implement the Seven Minute Difference in your life. It is an easy-to-read book and one that you will want to own, not borrow, so you can underline and highlight the points you want to remember and come back to again and again. Allyson makes her points with both enthusiasm and poignancy and I personally have purchased 6 additional copies to give to friends. As Allyson says, "change happens in an instant," and the changes you want to make in your professional and/or personal life will happen when you read this book.

Excellent concept... well presented

There are only so many ways to present the same information, but Allyson Lewis seems to have found a new one. The concept of seven minute exercises is GREAT! There are procrastinators and unmotivated people everywhere who can be impacted by this book. Lots of books tell you you should change this or that, but they fail to make the change appealing or even possible. This book proposes that change can happen in little seven minute increments. That concept alone, will change thousands - even millions - of lives. I think this would be a great gift book for any procrastinators or unmotivated people in your life.

Thanks for sharing some great insight.

Allyson's book, The Seven Minute Difference: Small Steps To Big Changes, draws from the insight that she has gained from more than 23 years of experience in the financial services industry. The Seven Minute Difference motivates you to question and define your purpose in life and in business, and offers simple, powerful advice on realizing your potential and achieving maximum productivity. The key theme of Allyson's book is "Change happens in an instant. It happens the moment you decide to change." She encourages growth through daily micro-actions that can be implemented in as little as seven minutes. Examples of these small actions can be things as simple as creating a daily action plan, clearing a cluttered work space, or taking the time to thank a coworker for a job well done. These small steps can bring about the biggest changes, and can often make the difference between mediocrity and excellence. Throughout the book, she guides you in defining your purpose, outlining manageable goals, and suggests micro-actions to help you achieve them. You will learn to prioritize, organize, and simplify the elements of your life which will result in increased levels of productivity and success. By following her advice, the reader will begin making the small, but necessary changes that will eventually lead to personal and professional growth.

Awesome, simple, actionable, inspiring, effective!

Like most of the great business books of the last 2 decades, The Seven Minute Difference has a simple premise: life changes in an instant - it changes the moment you decide to change. Easily on par with the greats - The One Minute Manager, Fish!, Who Moved My Cheese, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - this book starts simple. You'll have many "IATK moments" ("I Already Knew That"). But then Lewis delivers the zinger - how many of these small changes (she calls them micro-actions, and the book is LOADED with them) are you ACTUALLY DOING? For it is in the doing where the power lies. Want to lose weight? Forget about fad diets and extreme exercise programs. They'll never stick. Start today with reaching for a water instead of a soda. Micro-action done! Want to get more clients and make more money? Fine. But don't go on a tear revamping all your marketing material or hiring expensive consultants. Make 2 extra phone calls a day. Micro-action done!! Want to get promoted faster? Forget about playing office politics or thinking up manipulative schemes. Spend 7 minutes hand-writing a note to a colleague, manager, or client. And spend 15 minutes a day reading a good business book. Micro-action done!! Like one of my favorite business authors, William Bridges, Lewis talks about all these changes "happening in an instant." And they really do. The transformation occurs not in the change (which is immediate) but in the transition (which happens over time). But it all can start today. The book is very positive, very encouraging, and best of all, very concrete and actionable. Each chapter is loaded with micro-actions and 7-minute key points. As a consultant and speaker, I've seen many books bought in bulk and distributed to all hands inside a corporate environment. I've seen CEO's force the "motivational Kool-Aid" down their employees' throats. It's not pretty. The Seven Minute Difference, on the other hand, is a book that EVERY CEO, EVERY executive, EVERY manager, EVERY frontline corporate insider, EVERY entrepreneur, and EVERY man and woman can learn incredible lessons from. This is a book worthy of the largest possible audience, both inside and outside corporate America. Yes, it IS that good. Don't just read this book. Highlight it, dog-ear it, share its wisdom with others. And most of all, ACT on it. Make the changes that are most important to YOU - 7 minutes at a time!!!

Get the life you truly want--read this book!

We are all overwhelmed by information overload, jam-packed personal calendars, and to-do lists that never stop. Many of us are working in jobs that don't allow us to do what we do best every day. And many of us spend hours dreaming about what it would be like to have passion for our work again. This is all about to change in an instant! The Seven Minute Difference delivers powerful micro-actions that you can do immediately building massive momentum in your life! The genius of this "personal success mastery" book is the practicality of its solutions, and the accessibility of the concepts. I have read this entire book on a single airplane ride, three times! Every time I get juiced and focused on powerful strategies to get my life and my work moving forward. This book helped me realize what I had to do immediately to become a better husband, a better father, and a better entrepreneur. Read this book-and most importantly "DO THIS BOOK." It will change your life, seven minutes at a time! If you know someone who is stuck or not achieving their greatest potential, give them this book, and you will give them their greatest gift of all-the ability to take control of their dreams, their passion and their life!