Am I Being Too Subtle?: Straight Talk from a Business Rebel

A must-read... or even better, thanks to being narrated by Sam Zell himself, a must-listen! This was my first ever audio book and I listened to it on a trans-continental drive. As an investor in shares and property and an entrepreneur, though nowhere near as successful as Mr Zell, I really really enjoyed his book on many levels; Lessons learned, great historic, personal stories, anecdotes from a mega successful life, it's all here. Fabulous.

A wonderful book that lifts you up and puts a smile on your face. Reading this book, I can really tell why this guy was as successful as he is. You can fake his enthusiasm for life and just doing well. Guess what, I think a little of that magic has rubbed of on me. I can recommend it wholeheartedly.

Very honest views on how to succeed.

It's always nice to read how someone extraordinarily successful actually became so successful. Sam tells it in smple words. It's all about character. He has kept his feet on the ground. Applause for that.

Inspirational

You'll get your money and time's worth and much more. Definitely worth the price

This book is missing so many pages. I started reading this this at the weekend and found this

Any self-made billionaire’s story ought to be somewhat interesting and informative but you don’t get that from this book. Most of it is stories of how Zell thought A while everyone else thought B and how he turned out to be right. What you don’t get is any real indication of why he thought differently, the explanations offered are so cursory it’s difficult to believe they represent the whole of his analysis. The occasional truism (‘liquidity equals value’)/ catchphrase doesn’t add much on top of that. Clearly a smart operator but I’m not sure how much the reader can take away from this victory lap.

Interessante per conoscere la storia di Zell, ogni tanto anche qualche spunto interessante.

BEYOND GREAT!!!! Holy smokes; I was just noticing some lower than 5 Stars Reviews. You have no idea how great this book is. I'm 83% through the book in under a week and have over 55 highlights/notes in my Kindle. This is instantly an Investment Classic. This has to be Top 3 of all time books ever written on "how to think" and "how to structure deals" and "tax efficiency" and "how to create/build a company culture". For those with less stars, go fly a kite and continue to put your head in the sand. I can't believe how great this book is and I was raving to my wife, "I can't stop reading it, this is the best among all real estate biographies/action books I have ever read". I have read ALL THE MASTERS including the other Sam Zell book by Johnson. I have read: Zeckendorf, Rouse, Hines, Trammell Crow (2), Maverick RE Investing & Financing (2), AG Spanos, Dynasty Families, Fred French syndication, etc, etc (pretty much anyone who is anyone is real estate and development). My favorite RE Investors include (current & today): Zell, Barrack and Sternlicht. If you didn't glean an MBA in deal making or actually past that, you are a moron (is that too subtle?). This is up there with all the best real estate books ever written and the best Value Investors classics on "how to think & structure or underwrite deals" (not technical, but big picture) such as: Graham/Buffett/Munger (probably most akin to Munger like thinking), FWS by Ponzio, Einhorn, Klarman, Charles Koch (both books by Koch on culture such as Science of Success / MBM / Good Profit just worth $22B), Greenblatt. If you are new to real estate or seasoned, you need to read this book. It is ripe with "wisdom". I wish I could have been fortunate enough to work with Zell and those who have at EQR, EOP, Equity Commonwealth or others; consider yourselves blessed. What a hero. The Tribune naysayers, you should have listened to him, he actually cares and aligns interests. Truly a unique wise and sound individual. I have left a few reviews in the past, but you are a fool not to read this book and if you have less than half the book highlighted, you aren't seeing it. Thank you Sam Zell. I am forever grateful of shortening my learning curve and hope to come even 25% close to what you have accomplished. This is RE Investment, Risk Analysis, LBO's, Value Investing all-in-one. Sam Zell is a master of making complex situations "simple". He can synthesize information into basic concepts and formats. What takes most people a paragraph or more to convey, he can do it in a sentence. Brilliance & Genius in simplicity. If you can't see it, I'm sorry for you. If you can say "thank you" and "blessed to have read this book". Sam: "THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WRITING THIS". I hope to do similar things and have learned so much.

A great book, easy to read and with profund insights. An amazing story and biography. I recommend it to anyone interested in business and investing. I will also buy a paper copy to keep in my library. You won’t be disappointed. Read it and enjoy ;-)

Muito bom!

The book is excellent; Sam is sharing words of wisdom uncovering some principles that worked so well for him. Straight from the source, no BS, easy to read and understand. The only negative aspect after reading this book is that I haven't read this earlier.