Coffee At Luna's: A Business Fable, Three Secrets To Knowledge, Self-improvement, And Happiness In Your Work And Life

by Chuck Martin

The story of an overworked manager named Bill who can'st seem to get off the treadmill. The more he works, the less he gets done. Then he meets someone called Teacher, who suggests three key principles to turn the manager'ss life around. During a series of discussions over coffee at Luna'ss, Bill learns how to dramatically improve his situation by making some easy changes.

Genres: Business

111 pages, Hardcover

First published February 28, 2005

About the author

CHUCK MARTIN (Madbury, NH) is the Chairman and CEO of NFI Research, a top management research firm, and a highly sought-after speaker.

Reviews

[Jim Welke · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent management book. The author has three steps to improvement. Find it, Change it, Pass it on. If you want to understand how to implement it, you have to read the book.

[Paul G · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book has a great concept of "everyone sharing" as a team at work or at home to accomplish a balanced life. I believe this can only work if it starts from the top down (page 101). As stated on page 55, I work for a large company that gives equal raises and bonuses across the board regardless of individual performance. They would never agree to these practices. A small business owner would do well to read this and teach each employee as they grow.

[Cameron · Rating 4 out of 5]

Stop. Look around. Get some perspective. Change what needs to be changed. Pass it on.

"we found that when people were happy in their lives, but that always seemed to come through in our dealings with customers, and that our customers always wanted to work with us. When we focus on balance, the number is always come through."

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good message, quick read. Should it have been longer? Maybe examples from real life or info that the fictional ones were based on real life would have helped. The advice in the book just seemed so simple that it’s hard to believe it isn’t more widely spread.

[Suhud Syahrani · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bacaan yang ringan namun sarat makna. Buku ini menuturkan bagaimana membangun sebuah teamwork, dan mengajarkan kita untuk lebih banyak 'mendengar' dari orang2 di lingkungan kerja kita.

[Nathan Collier · Rating 4 out of 5]

A business fable. Not that different than a lot of these fables. Was a good short read for our little book club at work.