BookXcess Reviews The 4th Secret of the One Minute Manager – Ken Blanchard & Margret McBride

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

The 4th Secret of the One Minute Manager – Ken Blanchard & Margret McBride
Price: RM19.90

1. So, what’s this book about?
The 4th Secret of the One Minute Manager (also known as The One Minute Apology) is a follow up to the bestselling book The One Minute Manager. That said, it is not necessary to have read the latter in order to read the former. In a nutshell, The 4th Secret shows how an apology can be a powerful tool to make things right between the people in your life and yourself.

2. What’s special about it?
The 4th Secret is co-authored by Ken Blanchard, who is the co-author of the famous The One Minute Manager and there’s also a foreword by Spencer Johnson, who’s best known for his evergreen self-help book Who Moved My Cheese? and also co-author of The One Minute Manager.

3. What did you think about this book?
The 4th Secret is an easy read. It is a slim book and the font is larger than usual, so a quick reader can finish this in a sitting and a slow reader will not take too long consuming it. The fourth secret is revealed through a modern parable that is easy to relate by any reader. Like most self-help books, it feels like it is imparting knowledge that we already know. The difference is that the lesson is summarised so well that remembering it is not difficult at all, which makes it that little bit more effective as a self-help book.

4. Would you recommend this book to anyone?
This is a great book for people in the workforce. However, The 4th Secret can be easily applied to anyone’s life, as it is really about how an apology can improve the relationships in your life. A hardcover book for only RM19.90, it’s definitely a book that’s affordable and more than suitable as a gift to your friend, family or employee.

5. Random question: What other self-help books do you recommend?
I really enjoy books by Paul Arden, who’s most famous for Whatever You Think, Think the Opposite. However, I prefer his first book It’s Not How Good You Are, It’s How Good You Want To Be. The first title sold like hot cakes last year when BookXcess had it in stock!

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