Summary of Carrie Wilkerson's The Barefoot Executive

By IRB Media

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

Book Preview: #1 Having multiple sources of income is a must in case your main source of income gets cut off. Having a self-controlled and self-generated income allows you to be less reliant on a job, which could be jeopardized at any moment.

#2 To be an entrepreneur, you must be the owner of a part-time or a full-time business. You must control how the money is spent, and who stays or who goes.

#3 You need to quit comparing yourself to others and focus on becoming the best you. It's easy to make excuses when you don't compare yourself to others. Just beat your best, do your best, and learn your best. Then take action and you'll be successful on your terms.

#4 personal development sounds like a motivational market. However, not everyone can change the world, but everyone can change his own world. Each person should recognize his strengths and make them better in order to serve others.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Feb 15, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669347125

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Insights on Wilkerson Carrie's The Barefoot Executive

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Having multiple sources of income is a must in case your main source of income gets cut off. Having a self-controlled and self-generated income allows you to be less reliant on a job, which could be jeopardized at any moment.

#2

To be an entrepreneur, you must be the owner of a part-time or a full-time business. You must control how the money is spent, and who stays or who goes.

#3

You need to quit comparing yourself to others and focus on becoming the best you. It's easy to make excuses when you don't compare yourself to others. Just beat your best, do your best, and learn your best. Then take action and you'll be successful on your terms.

#4

personal development sounds like a motivational market. However, not everyone can change the world, but everyone can change his own world. Each person should recognize his strengths and make them better in order to serve others.

#5

You cannot make your community understand your goals and ambitions. You can, however, choose who you want to be around by self-selecting groups on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

#6

I host an annual event called BE U, which is a gathering of small business owners who are driven by their dreams. We have featured famous speakers such as Zig Ziglar and Dr. John C. Maxwell, but mostly speakers who are ordinary folks doing extraordinary things in business.

#7

When you're surrounded by people of high caliber, you draw high caliber people