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The 4-Hour Workweek - the book and the underlying concept - relies heavily on Pareto analysis. What are the few activities you perform that bring you the most economic reward? The most joy? Author, Tim Ferriss, suggests that we first tackle the enormously important task of defining what is meaningful to us and what isn't, and then encourages us to eliminate the dross from our lives. Follow his steps and see if your working life undergoes enormous improvement. Your bound to free up time in your day by eliminating attention to minutiae. 'If you want to live life on your own terms, this book is your blueprint."
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" 'In order to find the treasure, you will have to follow the omens. God has prepared a path for everyone to follow. You just have to read the omens that he left for you.' Before the boy could reply, a butterfly appeared and fluttered between him and the old man. He remembered something his grandfather had once told him: that butterflies were a good omen. Like crickets, and like expectations; like lizards and four-leaf clovers." The boy is Santiago, a Spanish shepherd who wants to fulfill his dream of seeing the world. When he meets some people who tell him that he will find his treasure near the Pyramids, he decides to take the risk and sheds his old life like a snake shedding skin. The boy's journey and metamorphosis are subjects of the tale. The book is peopled with gypsies, old men, kings, warriors, desert-dwellers, and an alchemist, who describes Santiago's fate if he decides to settle for less than his dream. Destiny conspires with ambition to move him to realize his potential. A familiar theme in a New Age package.
Peggie Partello, Keene State Coll, N.H
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"I was asked to review this book and read every word, looking for a catchy reviewer's phrase, a sale's hook. I couldn't find it. Instead, I was blown away from page one. I found myself engaged by new ideas and countless take-home plays, as well as thinking about different strategies and directions I can use in my organizations. I have never read a book with more real-life right-on experiences than this one.
Jack Stack, author of The Great Game of Business
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Is love really all you need? Tim Sanders, director of Yahoo's in-house think tank, believes love is the crucial element in the search for personal and professional success. In Love Is the Killer App he explains why. Sander's advice is to be a "lovecat," which despite the cutesy moniker is his sincere and surprisingly practical prescription for advancement both inside and outside the office. It starts with amassing as much usable knowledge as possible, which he explains can be done by religiously carving out time to read and then poring through as many cutting-edge books in your field as possible. It follows with an emphasis on networking to the extreme. Sanders offers concrete suggestions, from compiling a super list of contacts to ensuring all are regularly stored in an always-accessible format. And he concludes by advocating a true mindset of compassion, which he says involves sharing this knowledge with those contacts and ultimately helping anyone who in one way or another may ultimately help you. Through identifiable anecdotes and specific recommendations, the book promotes an undeniably feasible yet decidedly offbeat program that has worked for the author and could prove equally favorable for others who apply it.
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Almost all the organizing books on the market today target the "left-brainer" - people who are generally disciplined, neat, and analytical. But for those who are more creative and spontaneous rather than logical and detail-oriented, help is on the way! In this book, Silber turns traditional organizing advice on its head and offers unique solutions that complement the unorthodox lifestyle of the creative "right-brainer."
For example:
- Discover how right-brainers can be organized in a left-brain world
- Overcome obstacles that stand in the way of being more organized
- Pile, don't file - put paper in its place the right-brained way
- Learn how being a "pack rat" can be a good thing
This creative new approach to getting it together is perfect for those who can't relate to boring traditional organizing techniques!
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Ekhart Tolle's message is simple: living in the now is the truest path to happiness and enlightenment. And while this message may not seem stunningly original or fresh, Tolle's clear writing, supportive voice, and enthusiasm make this an excellent manual for anyone who's ever wondered what exactly "living in the now" means. Foremost, Tolle is a world-class teacher, able to explain complicated concepts in concrete language. More importantly, within a chapter of reading this book, readers are already holding the world in a different container—more conscious of how thoughts and emotions get in the way of their ability to live in genuine peace and happiness.
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A Carrot A Day
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| Employees fed a steady diet of carrots focus better on company goals. They spot new opportunities faster. They have longer employment life spans (translation: lower turnover). And they can lift companies higher than you might have dreamed possible.
In this engaging and often hilarious book, recognition experts Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton offer you 365 easy-to-use recognition ideas, hints and pieces of advice. Read one a day and you will become a better leader-a manager who is able to tap the power of recognition to build a stronger workplace where people come, stay and are committed to your goals. |
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Dr. Spencer Johnson speaks of another kind of magical present; a timely parable about our never ending quest for happiness and success at work. If you are struggling with uncertainty and fear about your future, read this engaging story about a young man's journey into adulthood and his discovery of the elusive "Present" from a wise old man . . . "the best present a person can receive". The Precious Present is a book that we all can use to help us rediscover what's truly important in our work and in our personal lives.
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Author, NSA speaker, Rosemarie Rossetti, Ph.D., was struck by a 3-1/2 ton tree and became paralyzed from the waist down. She writes about her depths of pain and despair and how she got her life back through her persistence and dogged determination. Read and learn from her new inspirational book, Take Back Your Life! Regaining Your Footing After Life Throws You a Curve. Here are some of her life tips:
- Do something new every day.
- Focus on a hopeful future, not on self pity.
- Believe that the impossible just might be possible.
- Allow more time to get things done and be patient with yourself.
- To lower your stress, lower your expectations of other people.
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Business coach C.J. Hayden, lays out a very precise marketing and sales system actually designed to be completely customized for optimal effectiveness by anyone in the service industry. Employing a "cookbook model" to help readers create this individualized action plan, it first shows how to determine which ingredients are missing from current marketing and sales activities and then suggests the specific tools and tactics that will immediately get a successful effort underway. The truly unique part of this book, however, begins in chapter 6, which breaks down Hayden's explicit four-week system into 28 separate sections that are meant to be read and acted upon one day at a time.
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In our changing economy it is more important than ever for a business to find cost-effective methods for increasing sales, launching products and attracting clientele.. Whether you're planning to create a marketing strategy, preparing a press release or building a web site, your approach should have impact. As an example, while there are no guarantees that an editor will pick up your story, the potential of a well prepared press release is staggering. Many people think their story isn't newsworthy but it's all in the presentation.
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This book is written specifically for professional practices, entrepreneurs, coaches, dynamic executives and progressive corporations. For a limited time, those who purchase the book at their website will receive a SmatchMatch Alliance Journal™, which is a workbook-like companion product to the book, at no charge {a $9.95 value}. Judy and Ernest also offer a"free" AllianceWizard TeleForum(tm), on the second Tuesday of each month.
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Author, Eileen R. Hannegan, offers a transformational guide for those seeking truth and authenticity in their personal and professional lives. Her book, Your Truth: Know it, Speak it, Live it," pays attention to important life questions, deals with false truths, and helps you explore your authentic self.
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Philip Simmons is the author of Learning to Fall: The Blessings Of an Imperfect Life. In his essays, Simmons shows us how accepting failure can add to our strength - certainly a life affirming spiritual truth. We must learn to fall if we’re ever going to walk. He reminds us that all risky enterprises require falls of some sort. And yet, though every act of falling is an integral part of life, he tells us, "mostly, though, we learn to do it badly".
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Lee Silber, author of Time management for the Creative Person and Career Management for the Creative Person and his newest book, Self-Promotion for the Creative Person, is a must read for speakers, authors and coaches. Lee is an accomplished graphic artist, drummer, radio talk show host and award-winning speaker.
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In a perfect relationship, the need to forgive would never arise. Because no relationship is perfect, we make a conscious choice to release the perpetrator of an injustice from further judgment, to put aside our resentment and desire for retribution, and let healing begin. We neither annul nor sugarcoat the offense. Instead we recognize it as part of the ebb and flow in the life of any relationship and agree to move forward rather than dwelling on what cannot be undone. We acknowledge the reality of the injury but accept the contrition of the person who caused it as sincere and make room for another chance.
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Gary Michael, The Talk Doc, shows how emotional connection affects the success of public presentations as surely as private communions. In his latest book, Get In Bed With Your Audience And Satisfy Them EVERY Time, Michael says both personal and professional success depend on people's ability to connect with others at a soul level. "We get nervous before a first time sexual encounter for much the same reason we do before a speech in public" says Michael. ""In both cases, we know ourselves to be vulnerable, and suffer adequacy anxiety. Yet both situations offer unique, if different, opportunities to give of ourselves to others. Sex, when conducted with genuine affection for one's partner, becomes an instrument of comfort and regeneration. A carefully crafted, artfully delivered presentation has the same potential—just for a much larger audience."
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An extraordinary life is refreshingly different. It is one that you control, not one that controls you. It is a brilliant life overflowing with incomparable experiences that enhance your goals, giving you fiery dream-power, unsurpassed vitality and cascading energy to find and fulfil your life purpose. Once you fully tap into the compelling power of extraordinary life strategies, you will begin to effortlessly and subconsciously attract all of the exceptional people, resources, and experiences needed to fulfil your unique purpose.
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You may have the most outstanding business, product, idea or talent in the world, but in order to be successful, you have to let the world know about it. Raleigh Pinskey offers you a crash course on how to get the attention you need. 101 Ways to Promote Yourself reveals the insider secrets learned from years of experience and how these low-cost, high-powered techniques can carry you to the top of your market and beyond.
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Why great companies never try to be the best at everything. Authors Fred Crawford and Ryan Mathews say "excel at everything…and fail." Great companies never try to be the best at everything. "Human values are the contemporary currency of commerce." This is a big idea that the consumer is boss. Customers are demanding that business recognize them as individuals. Treat me with respect and dignity and courtesy.
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Sarah and Paul Edwards discuss surviving and thriving on the ups and downs of being your own boss. Informative and inspirational on self employment. Good for those who left a security paycheck behind and the struggles around the emotional side of being your own boss. Good tips on time, money and freedom. |
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The rich harvest of an entire generation's spiritual work in the West, After the Ecstasy, the Laundry is one of the most authentic and convincing accounts ever written of the lifelong path of inner transformation. Written by a Buddhist teacher and meditation master of international renown, this moving and fascinating book also draws on the firsthand experiences of dedicated leaders and practitioners within the Christian, Jewish, Hindu, and Sufi traditions. The result is a uniquely intimate and honest understanding of how the modern spiritual journey unfolds-and of how we can prepare our own hearts for awakening. |
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You’ll find this book to be a ’dashboard atlas’ for your personal communication journey, laced with Bill’s disarming style, while brandished with the wisdom and salt from his diverse experience. Professional speaker and consultant William Lampton addresses the daily challenges we confront in being effective communicators. |
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Author Debbie Allen shares secrets, unique ideas and strategies of 68 Marketing Gurus in her book, Confessions of Shameless Self Promoters. I share my secret on page 123. |
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This book offers inspirational advice and real-life lessons from 20 prominent business-women. |
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This book provides business people and job seekers everything they need to make the right first impression, whether in person-at job interviews, sales calls, social events - or by fax/email. |
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Managing Change & Technology, the two hottest topics in demand, is also the name of a free monthly ezine (electronic newsletter) published by Peter de Jager. Great information and an opportunity to submit your articles too! Check it out at technobility.com |
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Powerful Lessons in Personal Change was a groundbreaker when it was first published in 1990, and it continues to be a business bestseller with more than 10 million copies sold. Stephen Covey, an internationally respected leadership authority, realizes that true success encompasses a balance of personal and professional effectiveness, so this book is a manual for performing better in both arenas. His anecdotes are as frequently from family situations as from business challenges. |
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No one but Mitch Albom could have read Tuesdays with Morrie so effectively. As the author of this inspirational true story, Albom uses verbal inflection in exactly the right places to evoke humor, empathy, and emotion. It's an honest reading, and the underlying timbre of private memory pushes it past mere recitation to pure storytelling. |
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The more potential customers you attract to your Web site, the more success you will have! But how can you get more visitors to your Web site? In 101 Ways to Promote Your Web Site, recognized Internet marketing expert Susan Sweeney tells you how. This combination book/Web site is a comprehensive, hands-on, step-by-step guide for increasing Web site traffic by using hundreds of proven tips, tools and techniques. This book will help you make effective marketing use of Links, Search Engines and Directories, Email, Newsgroups, Mail Lists, Meta-Indexes, Ezines, Banner Advertising, and much more. Learn how to keep your customers coming back for more! You can read it this weekend and start implementing your online marketing strategy on Monday. |
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This book is a simple parable that reveals profound truths about change. It is an amusing and enlightening story of four characters who live in a "maze" and look for "cheese" to nourish them. Written for all ages, the story takes less than an hour to read, but its unique insights can last for a lifetime. To order this book from Amazon.com, click on the link above. |
