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Book Clubs: Mind Your Business Book Club

The Alamance County Public Libraries offer a variety of Book Clubs to suit a variety of interests. The library even has Book Club Kits to assist in starting or continuing your own Book Clubs. Call your local library for more information.

Welcome to Mind Your Business Book Club

4:00 p.m. at the Mebane Public Library.

Open to entrepreneurs, aspiring business owners, and anyone eager to grow—everyone’s welcome!

Book is available free online at Hoopladigital.com

For more information, call (919) 563-6431

June Book Club Pick – The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Key Takeaways:

  • Be Proactive – Take responsibility for your actions and attitudes instead of reacting to circumstances or others' behavior.

  • Begin with the End in Mind – Clarify your values and long-term goals to guide your daily decisions and actions.

  • Put First Things First – Prioritize what truly matters over what feels urgent, focusing on time management and personal mission.

  • Think Win-Win – Seek mutually beneficial solutions in relationships and interactions, fostering cooperation over competition.

  • Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood – Practice empathetic listening to build trust and improve communication.

  • Synergize – Embrace teamwork and diversity by valuing differences and creating outcomes greater than the sum of individual efforts.

  • Sharpen the Saw – Invest in continuous self-renewal across physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual areas for sustained effectiveness.

July Book Club Pick: Think and Grow Rich

Key Takeaways:

  1. The role of mindset in achieving success – How Hill’s emphasis on positive thinking and belief compares to modern ideas about growth mindset.

  2. Goal setting and visualization – Whether Hill’s techniques for imagining and defining goals still resonate in today’s fast-changing business environment.

  3. The influence of mentors and networks – Lessons from Hill’s interviews with prominent leaders and how mentorship works in contemporary business.

  4. Persistence and overcoming obstacles – How Hill’s principles address setbacks, and examples of applying them in members’ own careers.

  5. Relevance in the digital age – Which of Hill’s principles remain universally applicable and which may need updating for today’s entrepreneurs.

Current Book Club Read

Meeting Dates

September 24th - Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne 

August 22nd - Influence by Robert Cialdini

July 25th - Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

June 27th - The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey

 

All meetings are held at 4pm at the Mebane Public Library

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