On Power
My Journey Through the Corridors of Power and How You Can Get More Power
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Narrateur(s):
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Alan Sklar
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Auteur(s):
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Gene Simmons
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You deserve to have power.
It is yours for the taking.
Gene Simmons is here to unlock the doors to the temple.
Gene Simmons, KISS front man, multihyphenate entrepreneur, and master of self-invention, shares his philosophy on power - how to attain it, how to keep it, and how to harness it as a driving force in business and in life.
As cofounder of KISS, America's number one gold-record award-winning group of all time, Simmons knows the thrill and seduction of power firsthand. But gold records alone don't equal power. The decisions you make once you attain a certain level of success are what separate the pretenders from the pantheon.
Inspired by Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince, Simmons offers his unique take on the dynamics of power in every realm of life, from the bedroom to the boardroom, to the world of rock, celebrity, and social media, to politics. With one-of-a-kind anecdotes from his life and career as well as stories from historical and contemporary masters of power, including Winston Churchill, Napoleon Bonaparte, Warren Buffett, Michael Jordon, Oprah, and Elon Musk, Simmons crafts a persuasive and provocative theory on how the pursuit of power drives civilization and defines our lives.
The rules of power are changing in today's fast-paced, hyperconnected world in a way that Machiavelli never could have imagined, and we all need to learn to adapt. Simmons tells listeners: Ignore the negatives. Be unrelenting. Rise above the rest. You are the architect of your success.
©2017 Gene Simmons (P)2017 HarperCollins PublishersCe que les auditeurs disent de On Power
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Au global3 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Histoire3 out of 5 stars
- Adam Prezio
- 2020-06-18
Overtly Macho and Based, but Fairly Wise
This book is about what you'd expect from a persona like Gene Simmons has. It begins with the usual account in his books of his humble upbringing and determined rise to fame, which is respectable and admirable, yet overplayed in his publications.
Upon establishing the groundwork with his life story, Simmons then moves to the premise of the book: how we all supposedly want increasing amounts of worldly success. He references other forms of philosophy and psychology - even the stories of other successful celebrities - to justify why all humans will innately follow the primal urges of "Get things, avoid pain, use sex and aggression, etc." if we are to be satisfied with our lives. I acknowledge that these are the means and methods of baser forms of human thought, but they are hardly the height of human potential, therefore not everybody is willing to use such means in their pursuit of success and excellence, nor is everybody even driven to pursue great deals of worldly success, even in the healthiest of mindsets.
All that said, this is a book centered around greed. Human beings do have wants and needs, and even if this book is informative of the ways to satisfy those wants and needs in the world we have today, it effectively helps to keep us in lower mindsets that are not the most wise for the whole of human progress. We're not necessarily meant to be soft and free of ambition, but we're not necessarily doing our best if we're just acting like sophisticated savages.
(And to be clear, I'm a longtime KISS fan. I've met Gene in person, and seen him live three times.)
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- Kyle Ferguson
- 2020-07-06
Great book on power!
Thank you Gene for writing this great book. I learned a lot about being relentless and how to overcome adversity. We are not that far away from Nico Machiavellian times, and you made me realize this.
Your book is a must read for all and I highly recommend it!
Thank you
With love and gratitude
Kyle Ferguson
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