Review:  Booklist

The powerful business idea referenced in the title is that “shifting the focus from getting to giving and putting the other person first is the key to business success and personal fulfillment.” The authors inform readers of the five laws of success: the law of value (your true worth is determined by how much more you give in value than you take in payment), the law of compensation (your income is determined by how many people you serve and how well you serve them), the law of influence (your influence is determined by how abundantly you place other people’s interests first), the law of authenticity (the most valuable gift you have to offer is yourself), and the law of receptivity (the key to effective giving is to stay open to receiving). Explanations of these concepts and how to employ them are clear and to the point, and as with all successfully written business books, it will provoke thought and probably action as well.

— George Cohen, Booklist