The Cranky Middle Manager Show 116- The Personal MBA with Josh Kaufman
The Cranky Middle Manager Show #116 (MP3 16.1MB 35:21 Min)
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Welcome to a very cool episode of the show. If, like me, you don’t have a college degree the world can seem pretty limited, but it ain’t. There are lots of ways to get smarter, besides simply listening to this show- surely the least expensive and painless option out there. Nope, you can try and get an MBA education without the MBA…… Josh Kaufman is, and he’s our guest.
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Show Notes
0:00 Welcome to a special show about do it yourself learning. It’s what this show is all about, and it’s only right that we dedicate it to King Mongkut of Siam. You actually have heard of him if you’ve ever seen The King and I, or stood with your hands on your hips and said, “etcetera, etcetera, etcetera” pompously. Oh you have so…..
2:40 The quote of the week is from Francis Bacon. Chew on a book- or a podcast or a blog. Here’s also a shameless plug for my book “A Philistine’s Journal, an Average Guy Tackles the Classics”. You can buy it from Me or from Amazon….. whichever you want.
4:04 Welcome Josh Kaufman, brains behind The Personal MBA. What is the Personal MBA and what’s it all about? How did he figure out the component parts?
7:38 What was the reaction of the B Schools? How about regular people and a word about the invention of sliced bread.
10:01 We start to go through his curriculum. It’s all books but that will change over time I’m sure. It start with learning how to read. Seriously. For a start, you want to check out 10 Days to Faster Reading then it’s all smooth sailing after that.
15:49 a short discussion about Peter Drucker’s book, The Practice of Management. What did Drucker bring to the party? Just about everything and why there’s a Cranky Middle Manager Show and not more cranky middle managers.
He also plugs Erika Andersen’s book, “Growing Great Employees”. You can check out our conversation with her here.
20:00 Another book we’ve mentioned on the show is “Purpose, The Starting Point of Great Companies” and we’ve spoken to its author, Nikos Mourkogiannis as well.
24:35 One of the disciplines that people often fall down on is Business Acumen. What don’t managers know that they really should?
30:15 What’s he reading now that might make his list some day? Believe it or not it’s a recording from the 1950s. The Strangest Secret is by Earl Nightingale. And watch for Business Mental Models…a Personal MBA future project and a CMM exclusive. Check out www.businessmentalmodels.com
October 18th, 2007 at 1:11 am
[...] I recently had the pleasure of chatting with Wayne Turmel, host of the Cranky Middle Manager podcast, about the Personal MBA and a few of the books on the recommended reading list. [...]
October 20th, 2007 at 3:13 pm
Loved this show Wayne. I’ve read a lot of these books myself and definitely like seeing Josh’s list since it gives me a few more great books to add to my reading list. I’ve a huge believer in self guiding learning myself and have started my own blog to post book reviews and business/learning articles for others to learn from.
Thanks for all the links and the show, I love hearing from all the guests and recommended reading that they offer! The Strangest Secret is one of my top favorites as well.
November 17th, 2007 at 11:43 pm
[...] Want to quickly learn more about this great program? Read the PMBA Manifesto or listen to Josh’s interview on the Cranky Middle Manager show. [...]
November 30th, 2007 at 6:25 pm
Wayne,
Earl Nightingale- great stuff. Believe and Succeed,Very straight forward message. Will be valid for generations to come.
Keep up the great work Wayne. Your podcast help me to explore new areas, like Gen X,Ys, Spirituality, Leadership challenge(I liked the Chinese perspective) etc etc.
You are my companion for podcasts listening during my evening walk (along with HBR Idea cast and Anna Farmery- The Engaging Brand).
Regards
Karthik, Bangalore, India.
November 30th, 2007 at 10:08 pm
Karthik, happy to accompany you. Your own blog is always interesting and I am amazed at your energy and passion for learning. I’m humbled by your support and thank you for listening…..
December 6th, 2007 at 5:03 pm
[...] Interview with Josh Kaufman, the founder of PMBA. Who clicks ads? [...]
January 21st, 2008 at 6:23 am
Along with “The Strangest Secret”, another Earl Nightengale classic is Russell Cromwell’s “Acres of Diamonds”, and his longer recording of “Lead the Field”. Almost all Nightengale recordings are invaluable, try to get a copy of his 10 volume, 20 cassette program ” The Essence of Success”.
June 2nd, 2008 at 4:10 pm
[...] What about all of us who do development on our own. Josh Kaufman’s Personal MBA (you can hear him on our show here) is an example. Also don’t forget Manager Tools and all the other great blogs and [...]