Monday, October 27, 2025

Book Review: STORE TRAFFIC IS A GIFT

 STORE TRAFFIC IS A GIFT by Mark Ryski 

A trade secret starts coloring a canvas. In retail, foot traffic is indispensable for survival, let alone growth. The picture then explains how, one can master the art of monitoring, and convert foot traffic into sales that calls for data-driven discipline and diligence.

First few chapters of the book deal with store foot falls and discuss the nitty-gritty of transforming those into sales. Things like the need for close observation to detect and nullify conversion barriers are covered. Come to chapter 4, and get introduced to the idea of 'super conversion', where, techniques of analyzing current performance and boosting conversion rate are discussed. Next few chapters look at real challenges, like choosing staff and their training, and the need, as well as the ways, to study constantly, the performance of one's store. A chapter is devoted to the latest in all this, like amazon effect, self-checkout, and other dynamics of online business model.And an insight into how, artificial intelligence (AI) and other technologies may impact the physical store, store traffic, and shopper conversion, brings the book to a close.

I liked the book. It presents many new and improved ideas with clarity and style. Also, in each chapter, the 'takeaways' make it easy, the practical implementation of all this, as well as refreshing one's grasp and acting as a ready reference. 


Tuesday, October 14, 2025

Book Review: Make Your Destiny Happen

Make Your Destiny Happen by DONZEL A. LEGGETT

The book begins with a remarkable story. Which starts at Key West, Florida, describes one's background, and explains how he could accelerate his career. The creation of author's life plan and the Destiny Development Delta model, comes next, followed by tips to recognize, avoid, and escape the cycle of no destiny control. Clear instructions show how this model can power one's personal transformation to take control of life and make one's destiny happen, like recruiting truly diverse mentors. A formula for success is described, making it easy to follow practically, all the aspects covered, like milestones, mentoring, or progress-tracking.

I feel, the author has presented a unique model for transformational success. With an in-depth explanation, personal stories, and examples to bring it all to life. This book can act as a worthy companion for one desirous of planning and controlling one's destiny. Aptly placed personal stories and bulleted lists enhance the value of this book as a serious study, while making it an easy read too.


Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Another Book

 
Human life needs a lot of attention, and so says many. While thinking of it, I find, what is protruding is ‘our error-prone nature’. Why there are no errors with all others, we need to ask. The answer is short, ‘they all follow religiously, a lifestyle where there is no error’. If we then wonder, ‘why is that we have no lifestyle’, we will get an answer, 'our thoughts never traveled in that direction'. So, what do we need to do? Invent and follow a new style of thinking, which will make us look for a lifestyle to follow. Published a book about it.



Thursday, October 2, 2025

Book Review: Rookie Real Estate Agent

 

Rookie Real Estate Agent: Launch a Limitless Career That Lasts, by Jay Papasan
The book begins with lessons from taco, the author's family dog, about a few inviting techniques to follow in life. Like, always anticipate an unknown, show a professional touch in all matters, be ready with a vigilant outlook, never losing the focus from the prey, and all the while sticking with the pack. This is followed by a look into the myths and truths of real-estate business and also the avenues that have the potential to earn from. The need to understand clearly, one's own market, is explained, while jotting down a less mechanical approach to follow in one's endeavors. An elaborate discourse on the habits that can lead to success comes next, which takes the next few chapters. An insight into the challenges of putting all these into action brings the book to a close.
This is a good collection of ideas from a well-versed source. It looks like, there is no aspect of real-estate business that is not discussed here. Fresh ideas progress logically, preserving continuity of thought and making it easy to register. With practical tips and suggestions at every corner, this book is destined to be a constant companion of professionals who choose this field.

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Book Review: How to Implement Self-Service..

How to Implement Self-Service Without Failing, By Adriana Rivas, is a blueprint for retailers looking to scale heights of sale. The book begins in Memphis, Tennessee, with the story of the world's first self-service grocery store. It then traces how, several global brands, like McDonald's have unlocked the full potential of self-service through innovative execution.
After dwelling on key areas like deployment strategies, leadership options, and possibility of partnerships, the book takes on real-time assessment of performance. and profitability of one's implementation. Then comes a good discussion about returns, as well as a review of the the challenges of employee management. More than telling how to avoid mistakes, another chapter is fully devoted to learning lessons from failures. Implementation checklists and performance tracking resources are also there, making the book an on-the-job companion and ready reckoner, for managing retail.


Monday, September 15, 2025

To A Real Reason

I agree with all. Human life is in a disarray. Yes, we all realize this, and there is none among us who does not have a remedy for it. However, all the remedies revolve around something abstract, like god, demon, or other esoteric ideas of whatever can catch one’s imagination. And, with this, I do not agree at all.

There must be a real reason for this disarray. In my search for it, I tried to examine different facets of our persona, and every time, the results looked rather special, and enlightening, prompting me produce it as a book. As I went through those books again, I found, effectively, each of those books is rationalizing, at least one of the distinctions and waywardness that could have been leading to many instances of disarray, by terming ourselves unique. As a result, each of us will continue to step over or clash with every other one, while doing nothing else but religiously following one’s own, unique, call!

I summarize those results below, along with the book that took inspiration from each such outcome, which also can help us in finding the real reason mentioned above.

My book, Life of Style, attributes to the absence of a unique lifestyle, the issue of human society in a perpetual disarray. A distinct lifestyle would have made us just another one of life with its own style, silently doing away with the ‘unique’ status!

My book, Overhaul Life, finds that we have been holding on for no reason, to all the remnants of the past, and presents as a solution, a periodic overhaul of human life. In fact, had we been doing so, we humans would have had nothing unique in us!

My book, The Unsure Male, finds as a cause for all that is wrong with us, a shortfall found in all that is male. In fact, human is a unique one because of nothing else but the steps they are constantly taking to counter this shortfall!

My book, Human Element of the Human, makes a successful search for the element, the correction to which can also correct, every element that makes us unique!

My book, Fathoming the Enigma, tries to search for the origin of our unfathomable status, and finds that forces of time and tide would have corrected it by now, had we not been celebrating all of those as our unique elements!

My book, Hubs that Provoke, warns of the harm, in things that we cherish as our unique elements!

My book, More Hubs that Provoke, warns of the harmful, in a few more things we cherish even more.

My book, An Easy Route to Peace, tries to focus on maintaining peace by preventing things that disturb peace.

My book, An Easier Route to Peace, talks of a way to maintain peace without even thinking about peace.

My book, Is Wisdom, a Must?, tells about the pitfalls associated with wisdom. If not for wisdom, we wouldn’t have so successful in finding fresh reasons to be unique!

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My book, Evolution and The Future of The Unique Human, tells how, an inclination towards uniqueness became an integral part of the human race, and how it will not be a good fit for the rather unpredictable and eventful human life!

I think, one can clearly see, some of my books try to examine the falls, traps, and difficulties that are there with our life, and some others suggest a remedy, and paint our future, if we overlook all this and continue with the present style of living.

Now I have a question. Suppose we want to continue with our present style of living. What options do we have, to delay and avoid such a dismal future?

From what is mentioned above, as long as one do not acquire the ‘unique’ status, things are quite OK. So, what exactly is bestowing the ‘unique’ status? In fact, a conclusive answer to this question is all that is needed to bring peace and tranquility to our society.

So, let us ask, what exactly makes us unique? Come to think of it, most of all that we do should be looking unique to us, simply because there is no other constituent in the living world, who apes us. But, this is not what should be in our mind, when we call ourselves unique. All forms of life revel in exercising each one of its faculties or talents, wherever it suits. Whereas, the human form of life revel in celebrating certain of their faculties over and above the natural, while restraining themselves, as far as a few chosen ones go. I agree, this does not look natural at all, and someone among us should have been alerting us. But, by terming it as a unique quality found only among the human, we let the celebrations silence the warnings. Every style we choose while celebrating, and all the reasons we adopt for ignoring the warnings, make us unique.

Thus, being unique was meeting a purpose. Over time, the original need seems to have dwindled, both time and tide having its say. Still, we continue to be unique, for no purpose, constantly causing consternation. And so, this is the real reason, which has been keeping the human race perpetually in a violent state.

My book, The Way to A Lifestyle, takes credence of all these, and suggest steps that can take us to a new lifestyle. Human race needs a lot of attention, and for results to happen, we need to identify the most significant issue, and start appropriate action. Our lifestyle, a common factor to all issues, is the one that needs attention the most.

This book identifies that we have never felt the need for a stable lifestyle, since, every new one we adopted was meant to tackle a troubling issue. And I am trying to find what we can do as a permanent remedy. Obviously, we need to address the propensity for issues that has turned human society into a violent one. For that, firstly, we need to find, ‘what matters the most’ in forming an aura of violence around us. Here I find, it is nothing but ‘our error-prone nature’. Why there is no such nature with any other version of life, I then ask. Comes the answer, ‘they all follow religiously, a lifestyle, where there is no room for an error’. I then wonder, ‘why is that we have no lifestyle’, I get the answer, our thoughts never traveled in that direction. So, we need to follow a new style of thinking, which should be making us look for a lifestyle to follow.

A Thought

Another RECIPE for Peace