Rock To The Top
What I Learned About Success From The World's Greatest Rock Stars
By: Dayna Steele
Foreword by: Gene Simmons of KISS
Publishing Date: March 1, 2008
ISBN-10: 1934812064
ISBN-13: 978-1934812068
Format: Paperback 192 pp
Publisher: Brown Books Pub
When you have passion for a business or a project, it can very contagious to those around you, writes Dayna Steele in her highly motivational book Rock To The Top: What I Learned About Success From The World's Greatest Rock Stars. She goes even further and contends that when passion is combined with hard work, and a little help from your friends, you've found your stairway to business heaven.
Dayna Steele's passion is on every page, as she combines her life story as an award winning radio disc jockey, with anecdotes about famous rock stars. While reaching the pinnacle of her radio career, she learned valuable business lessons from rock music legends including Gene Simmons of KISS, Van Halen, Jon Bon Jovi, Steven Tyler of Aerosmith, and many more rockers and music industry insiders. Their stories provide a powerful backdrop to the multitude of business lessons shared in the book. Dayna Steele recognizes that all business is really show business, and the most successful business people are indeed rock stars in their own right.
Dayna Steele (photo left) saw first hand how powerful personal relationships are in the music industry. Fan bases are built through personal appearances, interviews, tours, give aways, and lots of hard work. For rock bands and for business people, networking, public appearances, and maintaining contacts in the media and in the industry are vital to success.
The innovative techniques used by rock stars, to stay in touch with their fans, can be applied to any business. It's about being the rock star in your industry, and understanding that everything is show business and finding your spot at center stage.
For me, the power of the book is its motivational quality. Dayna Steele is passionate about her career, and that love of life sparkles on every page. Fans of the rock bands, whose stories are included in the book, will enjoy the personal superstar vignettes; each one containing some valuable business lessons.
The book has a crucial practical element demonstrating the use of technology, marketing, and networking to boost a company's success. Dayna Steele also points out the importance of family time, and of thanking those around you for their help in building your success. As an added bonus, I enjoyed how each chapter sub-title was the title of a classic rock song that tied into the chapter's business advice. The songs also help to absorb and remember the business lessons.
I highly recommend Rock To The Top: What I Learned About Success From The World's Greatest Rock Stars by Dayna Steele, to anyone who is passionate about their business and their career success. The advice presented, in an extremely entertaining format, makes the book a delight to read. There's nothing like learning business to the sounds of classic rock songs.
Read Rock To The Top: What I Learned About Success From The World's Greatest Rock Stars by Dayna Steele, and bring out the inner rock star success in your business career. Rock on!
