Books to Benefit your Business

**Jason Carruthers** · 04-21-2005, 09:50 PM

Pete Hanlin,
One of your posts mentioned the book "Selling the Invisible" by Harry Beckwith. I liked it as well. Have you read any other good business books? I'm always on the lookout for good ones.

**For-Life** · 04-21-2005, 09:55 PM

One I just finished reading is Marketing Research: That Won't Break the Bank. It is by Alan R. Andreason.

It discusses mainly how small business owners can use marketing research and how easy it is.

Very easy read.

**hcjilson** · 04-22-2005, 06:29 AM

You Can Negotiate Anything by Herb Cohen was a book I found extremely helpful. It is very easy to read and will help anyone enormously when it is time to negotiate from salary to buying a refrigerator. Its more than 20 years old, but I found that its still available through Amazon.

**jediron1** · 05-12-2005, 02:33 PM

There used to be a book by Ralph Drew I think it was called Ophthalmic Dispensing I found that book to be beyond value. He had a great way of getting across the mundane things of Optical.

Just my 2 cents

**ziggy** · 05-12-2005, 02:46 PM

Good book to give out if your the new manager.

**Night Train** · 05-12-2005, 02:56 PM

How about books about managing in general?

**Jason Carruthers** · 05-12-2005, 06:44 PM

Jediron: Professional Dispensing by Ralph Drew: I have that book. It's good but a little outdated now.

Who Moved My Cheese: I agree Ziggy. It's so short and simple that I read the entire book while in the store so I never had to purchase it.

For Life and Harry, I'll pick up your suggestions, thank you.

Night Train: I'm up for any good business book if you have a favourite. However, management and business are two totally separate disciplines. There is a huge difference between a manager and an entrepreneur. Having said that, two of my favourite managing books are "Gung Ho" by Ken Blanchard, and "How To Run a Company" by Dennis Carey.

**Jason Carruthers** · 05-12-2005, 06:45 PM

P.S. Are you inspecting some of your own work in that photo?

**Joann Raytar** · 05-13-2005, 06:16 AM

I found Dr. Deming's books helpful when I was working in a lab. I had to tweak his advice a bit to fit our needs but his points worked.

**Don Lee** · 05-13-2005, 09:43 AM

Originally Posted by jediron1

There used to be a book by Ralph Drew I think it was called Ophthalmic Dispensing I found that book to be beyond value. He had a great way of getting across the mundane things of Optical.

Just my 2 cents

I have an autographed copy in my library. Whoop-de-doo. It's still a good book but someone needs to update some of it. Is Ralph Drew still alive?

There's a book I loaned out that the ABO recommended. I think it's 'The Dispensing Optician' or 'Ophthalmic Dispensing' or something like that. It's a big blue book that's still available and I believe it's been updated. It has a lot of practical dispensing information.

Don

**swrdfish** · 05-22-2005, 02:11 PM

one minute manager,a really good book about managing from the employees eyes.

**Snitgirl** · 05-22-2005, 02:33 PM

Originally Posted by Jason Carruthers

P.S. Are you inspecting some of your own work in that photo?

LMAO

**Don Lee** · 05-22-2005, 05:07 PM

Originally Posted by Don Lee

There's a book I loaned out that the ABO recommended. I think it's 'The Dispensing Optician' or 'Ophthalmic Dispensing' or something like that. It's a big blue book that's still available and I believe it's been updated. It has a lot of practical dispensing information.

I just found the book in my library. It's "Professional Dispensing for Opticianry".

Don