Self Development Books

Practicing Conscious Living and Dying: Stories of the Eternal Continuum of Consciousness (Paperback)

2008-07-23T22:28:00.000-07:00

PRACTICING CONSCIOUS LIVING & DYING takes us where people go when they die, traveling with those who have been declared officially dead and who managed to return to life to share their stories. This refreshing book is a collection of sixteen very different personal accounts of people who have come face-to-face with death in many various ways. There is a rich treasure trove of experience shared in this book which invites the reader to come on a journey each of us cares about, because it's a journey we are all destined to take. I love the way each first person account vibrates with such heartfelt emotion that I feel I'm right there... and the way that many people have found ways to make the deaths of their loved ones richly meaningful.

One of the most surprising and moving stories that touched my heart was the story about search and rescue teams of firemen with their special dogs. After learning of how such close relationships between fireman and dog affect and improve the firemen's other relationships, I will never see the world the same way again. There is a gift in being fully in this moment, right here, right now, rather than mentally or emotionally elsewhere... and I feel immensely grateful to this book for helping me vicariously experience how to go about regaining that sense of childlike wonder and simple heartfelt appreciation with the simple beauty in this world.

There is truly something ennobling and empowering in consciously living one's life, and PRACTICING CONSCIOUS LIVING & DYING helps us discover the secrets of how to better to enjoy the lives we are so blessed to have right now. This book is an extraordinary breath of fresh air for anyone caught up in the minutiae of daily life who longs to catch a glimpse of meaning, continuity, connection, and inspiration beyond the hum-drum everyday.

Daring to Dream: Reflections on the Year I Found Myself (Paperback)

2008-07-22T22:27:00.000-07:00

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Daring to Dream takes the reader through a year in the author's life - a year of rebirth following the end of a 32-year marriage - into those private moments of anguish and reflection where we discover that we have the strength, wisdom and power to grow from life's most challenging experiences. "It is about a year in time, a year when I lived on the top of a mountain in near total silence and found myself. It was a year of sadness and loss but, more importantly, it was a year of incredible magic." Karen Ely's journey toward an authentic life and a stronger sense of herself is both heartbreaking and exhilarating. Her honesty reaches out invitingly, encouraging all women to turn their attention inward and listen to the beatings of their own hearts.

Chakra Therapy: For Personal Growth & Healing (Llewellyn's New Age) (Paperback)

2008-07-21T22:26:00.000-07:00

Book Description
In Chakra Therapy by Keith Sherwood you will learn that the chakras are more than colored areas in your aura. They function as distribution centers for the energy that flows through your body. If they're blocked, the energy doesn't flow and mental, physical, emotional, or spiritual problems can result. But you can clear the blockages and overcome the problems quickly and easily with the powerful yet simple techniques in this book.
You will learn how each chakra functions. Yes, the book explains this for your mind, but for your deepest, inner self - what Sherwood calls your I AM - you have to learn through intuition and true understanding. In order to accomplish this, Chakra Therapy includes meditations for each of the chakras. Even if you have studied the chakras for years, practicing these meditations will help you understand them on a deeper level than ever before.
Once you understand them you can clear them of blockages. This is the real Chakra Therapy. It begins with three simple exercises called locks, which can be performed lying down or sitting in a chair. When the energy starts to flow, you will need to know how to open and balance the chakras. The book covers this, too.
Then there is nothing to stop you. You'll discover the techniques for cleansing the chakras and working with energy through simple yoga methods and breathwork that will bring you to a healthier, more energetic, and more balanced state than ever before.
If you are ready to change your life for better health and happiness, get Chakra Therapy today.

Shaman's Path: Healing, Personal Growth and Empowerment (Paperback)

2008-07-20T22:25:00.000-07:00

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The ancient path of shamanism is alive and well in contemporary society. Physicians, therapists, and spiritual seekers are among those who are rediscovering the shaman's methods—such as drumming, visualization, and storytelling—as effective tools for healing and self-transformation. In this collection of previously unpublished writings, leading figures of the neo-shamanism movement explore the origins and practices of shamanism and its relevance to the modern world. Are shamanic healing methods compatible with Western medicine? Can shamanism help in crises or difficult life transitions? Is it relevant to the search for meaning amid the wasteland of industrialization and runaway technology? Will it help in healing the planet and preventing ecological catastrophe or nuclear holocaust? These are just a few of the questions addressed by Michael Harner, Joan Halifax, Stanley Krippner, Serge King, Jeanne Acheterberg, Stanislav Grof, and twelve other contributors to this comprehensive anthology.

A Message From St. Francis: An Ancient Mystic Speaks To The Modern World (Perfect Paperback)

2008-07-19T22:24:00.000-07:00

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Who am I really and what is this life truly about? These are the questions that are being asked more and more everyday because of the growing amount of unhappiness and dissatisfaction that people are feeling in their lives. In A Message from St. Francis: An Ancient Mystic Speaks to the Modern World, St. Francis helps to clarify these fundamental questions. He chooses the most pressing issues we are facing today, both personally and socially, and then examines and discusses each one. He shows us how our conditioning, upbringing, and societal beliefs have influenced and distorted our thoughts and ideas. This ongoing way of thinking has created negative patterns, destroyed our clarity on what is essential in our lives, and has caused us to strive for things that hurt rather than help us. He boldly and firmly asks us to deeply reflect upon and to question our motives and behavior, pushing us to move beyond our limitations and fears. From already having experienced a human body, knowing the feeling of despair, and now being able to see the bigger picture from the other side, his deep wisdom transforms and leads us on the true path of peace, love and integrity. All people, no matter what one s nationality or faith is, will connect to the heartfelt energy St. Francis transmits within the pages of this book and to the down to earth style of writing he uses to convey his messages.

Psychic Navigator: Harnessing Your Inner Guidance with CD (Audio) (Hardcover)

2008-07-18T22:23:00.000-07:00

Book Description
Did you know that you already possess all you need the tools to lead an intuitive psychic life to enable you to unlock your hidden potential? For years, John Holland has been teaching people how to awaken, access, and develop those dormant intuitive senses . . . and bring them to the surface to assist us in making better decisions as we navigate our way through our busy lives.
Psychic Navigator has been written specifically for those who are looking to reconnect with their psychic abilities, which we were all born with. Let John become your personal psychic navigator and help you create new paths to find your way back. He will explain the mechanics of your inner awareness, which can be activated and heightened using meditation and breath work, as well as providing a deeper understanding of your chakras and aura.
John incorporates much of his teachings into this highly inspirational book. It is packed with easy-to-follow practical exercises (including a guided-meditation CD) that will amplify and empower your inner guidance. As you utilize your renewed psychic senses, they will assist you with your personal relationships, your health, important business decisions, and every aspect of your life!

About the Author
John Holland the author of Born Knowing, ISBN: 1401900828, is an internationally renowned psychic medium who has been demonstrating, and reading for private clients for more than 15 years. He is dedicated to an ongoing development of his unique gifts and takes his work very seriously. John says, "If I can help people connect with someone on the other side, and bring peace, comfort, and perhaps some closure, then I feel as though I’ve done my job.
"Mediumship is more than just delivering messages," John says. "It’s about the confirmation that once our physical body dies, our ‘spirit’ lives on—and how the spirits of our relatives, friends and loved ones are still connected to us."

Daily Word: Love, Inspiration and Guidance for Everyone (Hardcover)

2008-07-17T22:22:00.000-07:00

Editorial Reviews
Robert Stack, actor
My wife and I have found this book to be a continuing source of hope and love in a not always perfect world. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Kay Mitchell, director of Development and Communications, God's Love We Deliver
Open Daily Word to any page an you'll find it is eternally relevant - it has the perfect answer to every question. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

The Spiritual Art of Dialogue: Mastering Communication for Personal Growth, Relationships, and the Workplace (Hardcover)

2008-07-16T22:20:00.000-07:00

Editorial Reviews
Parabola, Summer 1999
The Spiritual Art of Dialogue provides an excellent introduction to philosophical thinking for the complete novice. Yet even professional philosophers have much to gain from Apatow's clean presentation, for his book is a much-needed reminder of what philosophy can offer the world today.

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"This approach is very powerful and effective. It helps us get to the core issues and roots of disagreement. Apatow has put into words an ideal of communicating and relating to one another that can bring us to the self-fulfillment we all long to achieve."

Everyday Enlightenment: The Twelve Gateways to Personal Growth (Paperback)

2008-07-15T07:45:00.000-07:00

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Multi-million-copy bestselling author Dan Millan reveals the gateways to personal growth. Turn everyday life into a spiritual adventure. Dan Millmans Twelve Gateways to Personal Growth uncover the hidden purpose of life, a road map to the higher reaches of human potential. Everyday Enlightenment shows how to, discover your worth, energize your body, tame your mind, trust your intuition, accept your emotions, face your fears, illuminate your shadow. Also available as a Time Warner AudioBook.

The Personal Vision Workbook (Paperback)

2008-07-14T07:40:00.000-07:00

Product Description
The Personal Vision Workbook is a practical, activity-based text designed to help readers discover a powerful personal vision that will navigate them through difficult stages of their lives. This step-by-step guide will help the reader find harmony and align priorities in order to succeed in their life and school. It will help the reader to delve into the five primary elements of identity- mind, body, spirit, heart, and relationships- to reveal a powerful personal vision. This vision will enable the user to navigate through life's greatest challenges with a clear sense of purpose. Readers learn to align their lives around their core values and establish tangible goals directed toward a clear vision for the future. With over 25 fun and insightful activities to guide them through self-discovery, establishing core values, setting personal goals, and creating their vision, individuals are asked to think critically, ask the most challenging questions, reach out to friends and family, and craft their own story.

Soar: Spiritual Guidance for Overcoming Life's Turbulence (Hardcover)

2008-07-13T07:36:00.000-07:00

Book Description
Even though life is full of all sorts of ups and downs, there's always a way to beat an obstacle. Soar shows how to sweep up a past life's turbulence and create a life above the storms. Christian Sørensen presents the plan for self-discovery and personal fulfillment that he spent years honing as a minister. Filled with inspiring, real-life stories, Soar draws wisdom from other people's challenges and distills it into powerful truths. Through humor and sensitivity, this title soothes and motivates, all the while providing an action plan for soaring over insurmountable odds.

ColorCards : Inner Guidance Made Simple through the Vibration of Color (Cards)

2008-07-12T07:34:00.000-07:00

Editorial Reviews
David Young, editor of "The New Times," Seattle, WA
"Insight has never been this fun, but don't be fooled by the simplicity of this system of self-discovery."

Donna Reis is an international speaker, teacher, and expert in the field of color.
"ColorCards is an invaluable tool to enlighten and empower people through color."

The Celestial Voice of Diana: Her Spiritual Guidance to Finding Love (Paperback)

2008-07-11T07:32:00.000-07:00

Book Description
The author of this stunning book has had to deal with skeptics and critics, but she has also been overwhelmed by appreciation from those who have been touched by her work and feel the truth of it in their hearts.
Here are the words of Diana, Princess of Wales, from beyond earthly time and space, offering peace and reconciliation.

The Soul's Journey: Guidance from the Divine Within (Paperback)

2008-07-10T07:30:00.000-07:00

After seeing the Goddess in his childhood, years later, while sitting in a meditation hall, Dr. Edwards has six consecutive visions of six different forms of the Goddess prior to Kali lighting up his inner space with one cosmic revelation after another, culminating in profound realizations and a message from Kali.
The Goddess then directs him to share her "gift" to him with others by writing it all down and getting it published. He is shown in visions what to write along with commentaries by the Goddess, presented to him as scenes in his mind. Dr. Edwards is just as amazed as his readers will be, and humbled by his cosmic visitations from Kali. Moreover, his surprise and humility at being "chosen" by the Divine give his words a solid ring of truth.
Dr. Edwards extraordinary encounter with the Divine is one of the most impressive and inspiring books I have ever read about Kundalini. Perhaps devotion to the Mother Goddess is the highest path to fully awakening Kundalini with a Mother's Love guiding you safely home.

Intuition: Soul-Guidance for Life's Decisions (How-to-Live-Series) (How-to-Live-Series) (Paperback)

2008-07-09T07:28:00.000-07:00

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In Intuition: Soul-Guidance for Life's Decisions, Sri Daya Mata, foremost living disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda, shares the invaluable wisdom she received from him on this most important facet of the spiritual life. This illuminating guidebook covers all aspects of developing intuition, the soul's direct perception of Truth, and explores how to develop for ourselves the ability to make choices concerning relationships, career, and the spiritual life. CHAPTER HEADINGS: --Difficult Choices, Daily Decisions: Receiving Intuitive Direction From Your Soul --Solving Your Problems With Guidance From Within --The Value of Scientific Techniques of Meditation --Practical Guidance for Making Intuitive Decisions --Surrender: Connecting With the Unlimited Power of God

Simple Changes: Overcoming Barriers to Personal And Professional Growth (Paperback)

2008-07-08T07:25:00.000-07:00

Creative Visualization: Use the Power of Your Imagination to Create What You Want in Your Life (Gawain, Shakti) (Paperback)

2008-07-07T07:23:00.000-07:00

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When it comes to creating the life you want, Shakti Gawain literally wrote the book. Now considered a classic, Creative Visualization teaches readers how to use their imaginations to manifest their deepest desires. In a straight-talking narrative, Gawain uses the first part to cover the basics, with chapters such as "How to Visualize," "Affirmations," and "Creative Visualization Only Works for the Good." Once she shows readers how visualization actually works, Gawain moves on to loftier discussions, such as "Contacting Your Higher Self," "Meeting Your Guide," "Setting Goals," and "Treasure Maps."
Fear not; this isn't a spiritual-lightweight book for people with a severe case of the "gimmes." Gawain has her priorities in the right place, and she cautions readers that creative visualization will not serve greed or shallow-minded thinking. For example, she discourages the cycle of trying to have more money, so you can do what you want in life, so you will be happier. "The way it actually works is the reverse," she explains. "You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want." Yet she also writes an excellent chapter on letting go of the misguided guilt that inhibits readers from becoming truly prosperous. --Gail Hudson --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

How Would Love Respond?: Imagine If You Were Given a Gift So Powerful That You Knew You Had to Share It with the World (Hardcover)

2008-07-06T07:22:00.000-07:00

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After a horrific helicopter crash in which his best friend died in his arms, Kurek Ashley suffered for two years with severe depression, until he finally experienced a transformation through the source of pure and infinite love. After receiving a glimpse into the source of this infinite power, he transformed his own life and has transformed the lives of tens of thousands of people around the world. With this new gift and a higher purpose in mind, he offers here a spiritual toolkit for creating global abundance through love and by harnessing and directing the thought processes that create success and failure. How would love respond? This is the powerful question that changes every decision and can change lives.

One Day My Soul Just Opened Up: 40 Days and 40 Nights Toward Spiritual Strength and Personal Growth (Hardcover)

2008-07-05T07:20:00.000-07:00

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Ordained minister and "spiritual life counselor" Iyanla Vanzant doesn't know the exact moment when her soul opened up "and the spirit of the divine entered [her] body." But she will always remember the key insight that opened the door to her soul and simultaneously locked the door to her insanity: "If you know who walks beside you, you can never be afraid." This is the premise from which Vanzant has launched her enormously successful 40-day, spiritual self-help program. One Day My Soul Just Opened Up is designed as day-by-day journal/workbook to help readers believe in a divine presence while pondering daily spiritual lessons such as simplicity, peace, compassion, and nonjudgement.
The charismatic Vanzant (whom Oprah Winfrey considers to be one of the world's most admirable spiritual leaders) has a gift for humble, tell-it-like-it-is talk. She is also a wise and warm soul, eager to help others trust in love and find a relationship with God in order to get on with their lives. Readers especially like her daily list of inspirations titled "Let Me Remember." For example, under day 23, "When You Feel Angry," she uses the list to remind readers: "All things work to bring me healing"; "Forgiveness will provide relief and release"; and "Love will heal anything that is not an expression of love." --Gail Hudson

365-Days-Inner-Guidance-Inspirations

2008-07-04T07:17:00.000-07:00

Book Description
These 365 Inner Guided Inspirations are offered to both uplift each day and to stimulate the pursuit of one’s own Inner Guided communication. This book of inspirations is a companion to the book “Living Abundantly through Inner Guidance” which outlines Who and What the Inner Guide is and How to communicate with It. By developing this pure and deeply personal communication, one’s life quickly becomes synchronistically attuned to its highest purpose and lived with a vibrancy of joy, love and peace.

The Secret Diary: A Personal Workbook for Achieving Health, Wealth and Happiness (Hardcover)

2008-07-03T07:15:00.000-07:00

Simply Turns You Into A Participant Rather Than Just A Reader. I Did Not Think It Could Be So Simple And So Self Insightful. This Book Helps You To Be Your Own Co-teacher. I Thought It Very Unique. Worth The Money And More Because It Lasts A Full Year Unlike The Other Imitations.

Practicing the Power of Now: Essential Teachings, Meditations, and Exercises from The Power of Now (Hardcover)

2008-07-02T07:05:00.000-07:00

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This manual-style book instantly dives into Eckhart Tolle's principles of "living in the moment," which could be a jarring experience for readers who haven't read his preceding book, The Power of Now. For the initiated, though, this makes an excellent companion guide--rich in exercises and meditations to help readers get out of their minds so they can live more peacefully in their bodies. Sometimes it's hard to fathom what on earth Tolle is talking about: "To regain awareness of Being and to abide in that state of 'feeling-realization' is enlightenment." Be patient. All concepts will be revealed (or at least more carefully explained). Ultimately, Tolle leads readers into a new form of thinking (or actually not thinking) that erases the consuming habits of waiting, worrying, and being in fear. The first step is ending the "delusion of time." He asks, "Are you always trying to get somewhere other than where you are? ... Is most of your doing just a means to an end?" If so, Tolle has a book full of advice for you. As simplistic as this may sound, Tolle's work has spiritual merit and depth, especially for frantic Westerners who find their lives diminished by packed schedules and busy-ness. --Gail Hudson

The Secret Gratitude Book (Hardcover)

2008-07-01T06:36:00.000-07:00

Product Description
The Secret continues to be the publishing phenomenon of the year, an international mega-bestseller that has inspired millions of people to live extraordinary lives. Now comes the only official, authorized companion book: The Secret Gratitude Book by Rhonda Byrne.

The Secret Gratitude Book is one of the most powerful tools you can ever use to transform your life into total joy. When you use this book every day and write about all the things in your life you are grateful for, you will be amazed at the never-ending list of thoughts that come back to you of more things to be grateful for. You can use The Secret Gratitude Book to powerfully attract specific things that you want into your life in absolute abundance.

The book is full of affirmations and insights written by Rhonda Byrne that allow you to bring joy and harmony to every aspect of your life. Inspired by Rhonda s writings, every day you will write a list of things you are grateful for now in your life, followed by a list of Gratitude Intentions all the things you want to come into your life.

The Secret Gratitude Book is beautifully designed with a magnetic flap closer and a ribbon marker. It will help readers focus their energies and clearly and effectively maximize the law of attraction in their lives for six full months.

There are no limits to the good that you can bring forth to you. By practicing gratitude daily, you will increase your magnetic power to attract a magnificent life beyond your wildest dreams.

Unlimited Power (Paperback)

2008-05-30T18:06:00.000-07:00

Robbins argues that by using a new technique called neurolinguistic programming (NLP) anyone can become successful at almost anything. NLP teaches us how to communicate success to ourselves. One of the best ways to do this is to model ourselves on people who are successful: Think, act, and speak like a success and you are on the way to being one. Despite much helpful material (even regarding nutrition), this book scarcely acknowledges the limitations that exist in people's lives. Of course, the whole thrust of NLP is to learn to focus on one's power and not on one's limits. But the text is too wordyit reads like a transcript of a series of talksand it also needs more structure and organization. Though it strives to be upbeat and encouraging, Unlimited Power still leaves mixed feelings. John Moryl, Yeshiva Univ. Lib., New York
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Simple Steps to Impossible Dreams: The 15 Power Secrets of the World's Most Successful People (Paperback)

2008-05-29T17:52:00.000-07:00

Review
Stephen R. Covey
author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Steve Scott effectively brings a superb blend of experience, example, and encouragement to his latest book....His insight on criticism alone is worth the read.

Stedman Graham
author of You Can Make It Happen
Steven Scott provides a practical guide to help you focus on your own success plan, fine-tune your vision of your own possibilities -- and achieve your dreams.

Kathie Lee Gifford
Steve Scott writes about what he knows about. His own personal secrets for success are thankfully no longer a secret.

Ken Blanchard
coauthor of The One Minute Manager
Living your dreams will make your life worth living. In his book, Simple Steps to Impossible Dreams, Steven Scott shows you HOW!

Hyrum W. Smith
Chairman of the Board, The Franklin Covey Company
In the pages of his new book, Steve Scott has captured a very simple but powerful formula for translating one's dreams into reality. The reason this book has so much credibility for me is that I have seen him implement these principles to tremendous success -- professionally, with his family, and in all aspects of his life. This is a must-read book.

Connie Sellecca and John Tesh
What a tragedy that most adults give up on their dreams early in life. Steve Scott's new book inspires us to dream bigger dreams than ever.

Cheryl Ladd
I need another copy immediately! It was such important information I sent my first copy to my best friend before I finished it. It's EXTRAORDINARY!

Christie Brinkley
In his book, Steve Scott gives us the specific strategies and techniques that we need to learn and use to achieve our most valued dreams. He not only shows us how to make our most impossible dreams possible, he shows us how to make them probable!

Sandie Tillotson
cofounder and Vice President, Nu Skin International
In our business, we provide the opportunity for helping make people's impossible dreams come true. In his book, Steve Scott now gives the perfect tool, a step-by-step guide for turning even the most impossible dreams into reality. If you read this book it will forever change your outlook. If you live this book, it will forever change your life.

Henry Marsh
four-time Olympian, author of The Breakthrough Factor
If you are "stuck" in a job, career, or relationship that's not everything you want it to be, Steve Scott gives you more "Breakthrough Techniques" in each chapter than most people discover in an entire lifetime.

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Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Physical and Emotional Self (Paperback)

2008-05-28T17:49:00.001-07:00

An absolutely incredible quantity and quality of self-improvement strategies are packed into this inspirational book! Robbins' intensity and commitment almost physically jump out at the reader, urging you to wake up, take control and massively improve the quality of your life and those around you. I bought this 5 or 6 years ago and continue to dip into it every so often to shake myself up a bit. Just about every page contains an immediately applicable suggestion or strategy for changing your life for the better.

Is it all as straightforward as he describes? My view would be yes... and no! Sometimes no amount of focusing and mind control can change some of our deep-rooted patterns? But this book is still brilliant. Many of the ideas here have improved my life.

Some of the ideas and techniques are very simple, some far more complicated. The concentrated power of the writing is sustained throughout as Robbins continuously emphasizes the need to commit to lasting change. Early on he suggests the importance of decisions - your decisions about what to focus on, your decisions about what things mean to you, and your decisions about what to do to create the results you desire. He distinguishes between being those who are interested in personal change and those who actually commit to making things happen.

Raise your standards, change your limiting beliefs, change your strategy. Ask yourself empowering questions such as "what is great about this problem?" or "what am I excited about in my life right now?". There is a brilliant chapter on "transformational vocabulary" in which the author suggests that merely by changing the words we regularly use we can profoundly change our reality. As with many of the suggestions in this book, I have tried this and it works, especially if you keep working at it.

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The One Minute Manager (Paperback)

2008-05-27T17:56:00.000-07:00

For more than twenty years, millions of managers in Fortune 500 companies and small businesses nationwide have followed The One Minute Manager's techniques, thus increasing their productivity, job satisfaction, and personal prosperity. These very real results were achieved through learning the management techniques that spell profitability for the organization and its employees.
The One Minute Manager is a concise, easily read story that reveals three very practical secrets: One Minute Goals, One Minute Praisings, and One Minute Reprimands. The audio also presents several studies in medicine and the behavioral sciences that clearly explain why these apparently simple methods work so well with so many people. By the audio's end you will know how to apply them to your own situation and enjoy the benefits.

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Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money--That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!

2008-05-26T17:44:00.000-07:00

Personal-finance author and lecturer Robert Kiyosaki developed his unique economic perspective through exposure to a pair of disparate influences: his own highly educated but fiscally unstable father, and the multimillionaire eighth-grade dropout father of his closest friend. The lifelong monetary problems experienced by his "poor dad" (whose weekly paychecks, while respectable, were never quite sufficient to meet family needs) pounded home the counterpoint communicated by his "rich dad" (that "the poor and the middle class work for money," but "the rich have money work for them"). Taking that message to heart, Kiyosaki was able to retire at 47. Rich Dad, Poor Dad, written with consultant and CPA Sharon L. Lechter, lays out his the philosophy behind his relationship with money. Although Kiyosaki can take a frustratingly long time to make his points, his book nonetheless compellingly advocates for the type of "financial literacy" that's never taught in schools. Based on the principle that income-generating assets always provide healthier bottom-line results than even the best of traditional jobs, it explains how those assets might be acquired so that the jobs can eventually be shed. --Howard Rothman

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Cashflow Quadrant: Rich Dad's Guide to Financial Freedom (Paperback)

2008-05-26T01:00:00.000-07:00

The Cashflow Quadrant is the follow-up guide to finding the financial fast track that best works for you. It reveals the strategies necessary for moving beyond just job security to greater financial security by generating wealth from four selective financial quadrants.

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Law of Attraction: The Science of Attracting More of What You Want and Less of What You Don't (Hardcover)

2008-05-20T18:01:00.000-07:00

Editorial Reviews
From AudioFile
This neuro-linguistic programming expert is only moderately cocky about the control he says we can have when we focus on what we want instead of what we dont. He says too many people get stuck in negative thinking, punish themselves with low expectations, and surround themselves with losers instead of achievers. Our predominant vibe, positive or negative, is how the universe will respond to us. The words we choose give energy to this vibration, one way or the other. Hugh Gallaghers alluring interpretation gives this material weight. His restrained performance adds vocal emphasis exactly where its needed and conveys the core meaning with the perfect amount of gravitas. Printable worksheets allow listeners to create more effective word statements for their problems. T.W. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Carol Adrienne, Ph.D., author of "The Purpose of Your Life" and "When Life Changes, Or You Wish It Would", March 2003
"Some books can change your life. LAW OF ATTRACTION is one of them! --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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The Secret (Hardcover)

2008-05-20T17:57:00.000-07:00

Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Supporters will hail this New Age self-help book on the law of attraction as a groundbreaking and life-changing work, finding validation in its thesis that one's positive thoughts are powerful magnets that attract wealth, health, happiness... and did we mention wealth? Detractors will be appalled by this as well as when the book argues that fleeting negative thoughts are powerful enough to create terminal illness, poverty and even widespread disasters. The audio version of this controversial book, read by Byrne and contributing authors such as John Gray and Neale Donald Walsch, is uneven at best. The cheesy, obvious sound effects will not do much to add intellectual respectability to a work that has been widely denounced as pseudoscience. Mostly, this audio is hampered by its confusing and disjointed organization—techniques that worked reasonably well in the print version and the movie, such as cutting every few seconds from one enthusiastic expert to another, make for a choppy and somewhat bewildering listening experience. The gentle cadences of Rhonda Byrne's breathy, Aussie-infused voice are certainly the best part of the audio, but her material is scarce and provides mostly connective tissue between the testimonials.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

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A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose

2008-05-20T17:55:00.000-07:00

Book Description
The highly anticipated follow-up to the 2,000,000 copy bestselling inspirational book, The Power of Now

With his bestselling spiritual guide The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle inspired millions of readers to discover the freedom and joy of a life lived "in the now." In A New Earth, Tolle expands on these powerful ideas to show how transcending our ego-based state of consciousness is not only essential to personal happiness, but also the key to ending conflict and suffering throughout the world. Tolle describes how our attachment to the ego creates the dysfunction that leads to anger, jealousy, and unhappiness, and shows readers how to awaken to a new state of consciousness and follow the path to a truly fulfilling existence.

The Power of Now was a question-and-answer handbook. A New Earth has been written as a traditional narrative, offering anecdotes and philosophies in a way that is accessible to all. Illuminating, enlightening, and uplifting, A New Earth is a profoundly spiritual manifesto for a better way of life—and for building a better world.

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The Art of Money Getting or Golden Rules for Making Money (Kindle Edition)

2008-05-20T17:54:00.000-07:00

Book Description
P. T. Barnum (1810- 1891) was a famous American showman and circus owner who co-created the Barnum and Bailey circus known as “The Greatest Show on Earth”. But his circus ring master persona aside Barnum’s real specialty was as a sales and businessman. He had early as a successful salesman and later became a sideshow promoter this lead to his later work with the circus. In this book “On Money Getting” Barnum relates some golden rules and advice that are still true for entrepreneurs, sales and business people over one hundred years later.

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Dynamic Laws of Prosperity (Paperback)

2008-05-20T17:52:00.000-07:00

Customer Review
I'd give this book a 10-star rating if I could.

I've read many self-help, motivational books over 20 years time and all have help in some small way. However, this book has helped me in a MONUMENTAL way.

The book is an amazingly comprehensive explanation on how our attitudes and thoughts shape our lives, and how to approach all of life's situations so that you are prospered. The book explains that the word "rich" means having an "abundance of good" or living a fuller, more satisfying life, and that you are prospersous to the degree that you are experiencing peace, health, happiness and plenty in your world. So as well as becoming financially independent and secure, all areas of your life prosper, such as relationships, health, ect., and really, that's what everyone wants, even if they don't realize it.

Another section of the book says that if you persist in expecting and talking about prosperity and success, there is no power in heaven or earth that can prevent them from appearing in your world. What a powerful, true statement.

Catherine Ponder states: Desire is God tapping at the door of your mind, trying to give you greater good. She explains that it is NORMAL to want to prosper! This made a huge difference to my way of thinking.

I bought this book in the summer ..., read it once, immediately re-read it and highlighted passages, and am now in the third reading in the spring ... and am writing out affirmations and practicing what the book suggests. My life wasn't even in bad shape when I picked up the book, and yet I felt something missing. As I apply the principles of this book to my life, layers and layers of sadness and a certain depression I didn't even realize I had are dissolving.

The "dynamic laws of prosperity" are words I've been searching for all my life, and I am thankful, greatful, and appreciative to have finally found them.
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The Master Key System (Paperback)

2008-05-20T17:50:00.000-07:00

Product Description
Joining the ranks of Tarcher's runaway editions of Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, Public Speaking for Success by Dale Carnegie, and The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D. Wattles, here are three landmark guides to a life of prosperity-now restored to print in beautiful, signature volumes.

- Newly discovered by fans of The Secret, the metaphysical writer Wallace D. Wattles distills the rules of real power and personal achievement in his slender, immensely practical The Science of Being Great-the companion work to The Science of Getting Rich.

- Publisher Robert Collier taught millions of people how to achieve more, attain more, and live more-all by tapping the incredible faculties of the human mind. His leading book, The Secret of the Ages, is available once again in its authoritative, revised edition.

- Businessman Charles F. Haanel made a meticulous study of the "Law of Attraction" in The Master Key System-a step-by-step guide to activating the principle of mental power and a core inspiration behind The Secret.

Each of these volumes features reset and redesigned interiors, rough-front pages, and elegant French flaps, and is published at an affordable price.

Here are the cornerstone works of self-development-perfect for today's generation of readers.

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The Science of Getting Rich (Mass Market Paperback)

2008-05-20T17:49:00.000-07:00

Book Description
As featured in the bestselling book The Secret, here is the landmark guide to wealth creation republished with the classic essay "How to Get What You Want."

Wallace D. Wattles spent a lifetime considering the laws of success as he found them in the work of the world's great philosophers. He then turned his life effort into this simple, slender book - a volume that he vowed could replace libraries of philosophy, spirituality, and self-help for the purpose of attaining one definite goal: a life of prosperity.

Wattles describes a definite science of wealth attraction, built on the foundation of one commanding idea: "There is a thinking stuff from which all things are made...A thought, in this substance, produces the thing that is imaged by the thought."

In his seventeen short, straight-to-the-point chapters, Wattles shows how to use this idea, how to overcome barriers to its application, and how work with very direct methods that awaken it in your life. He further explains how creation and not competition is the hidden key to wealth attraction, and how your power to get rich uplifts everyone around you.

The Science of Getting Rich concludes with Wattle's rare essay "How to Get Want You Want" - a brilliant refresher of his laws of wealth creation.

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The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness (Paperback)

2008-05-20T17:48:00.000-07:00

Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
The original seven habits of highly successful people are still relevant, but Covey, author of the mega-bestseller of that title, says that the new Information/Knowledge Worker Age, exemplified by the Internet, calls for an eighth habit to achieve personal and organizational excellence: "Find your voice and inspire others to find theirs." Covey sees leadership "as a choice to deal with people in a way that will communicate to them their worth and potential so clearly they will come to see it in themselves." His holistic approach starts with developing one's own voice, one's "unique personal significance." The bulk of the book details how, after finding your own voice, you can inspire others and create a workplace where people feel engaged. This includes establishing trust, searching for third alternatives (not a compromise between your way and my way, but a third, better way) and developing a shared vision. This book isn't easy going; less business jargon and more practical examples would have made this livelier and more helpful. But if organizations operated with Covey's ideas—and ideals—most people would undoubtedly find work much more satisfying. DVD not seen by PW.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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LUCK FACTOR, THE (Paperback)

2008-05-20T17:45:00.000-07:00

Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Filled with real-life stories from hundreds of interviews; inspirational quotes from the likes of Benjamin Franklin and Oprah Winfrey; and graphed research data from his eight-year study of luck, Wiseman's book promises to offer "a scientifically proven way to understand, control, and increase your luck." While many believe luck is a mystical force influenced by superstitious rituals, Wiseman, psychology chair at the University of Herfordshire in England, claims lucky people simply possess four basic psychological traits unlucky people don't: the ability to maximize chance opportunities, to listen to "gut feelings," to expect good fortune and to see the bright side of bad luck. Questionnaires and exercises offer guidance on how to acquire or enhance luckiness while keeping a "luck journal" and incorporating techniques to increase intuition, stop negative self-fulfilling prophecies and learn how to effectively network. The format is marked by redundant chapter summaries, but Wiseman's upbeat, charismatic tone might persuade even skeptical readers of the transformative effect luck can have in their personal and professional lives.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth (Hardcover)

2008-05-20T05:27:00.000-07:00

Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Eker's claim to fame is that he took a $2,000 credit card loan, opened "one of the first fitness stores in North America," turned it into a chain of 10 within two and a half years and sold it in 1987 for a cool (but somewhat modest-seeming) $1.6 million. Now the Vancouver-based entrepreneur traverses the continent with his "Millionaire Mind Intensive Seminar," on which this debut motivational business manual is based. What sets it apart is Eker's focus on the way people think and feel about money and his canny, class-based analyses of broad differences among groups. In rat-a-tat, "Let me explain" seminar-speak, Eker asks readers to think back to their childhoods and pick apart the lessons they passively absorbed from parents and others about money. With such psychological nuggets as "Rich people focus on opportunities/ Poor people focus on obstacles," Eker puts a positive spin on stereotypes, arguing that poverty begins, or rather, is allowed to continue, in one's imagination first, with actual material life becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy. To that end, Eker counsels for admiration and against resentment, for positivity, self-promotion and thinking big and against wallowing, self-abnegation and small-mindedness. While much of the advice is self-evident, Eker's contribution is permission to think of one's financial foibles as a kind of mental illness—one, he says, that has a ready set of cures.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money--That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! (Paperback)

2008-05-20T05:25:00.000-07:00

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Personal-finance author and lecturer Robert Kiyosaki developed his unique economic perspective through exposure to a pair of disparate influences: his own highly educated but fiscally unstable father, and the multimillionaire eighth-grade dropout father of his closest friend. The lifelong monetary problems experienced by his "poor dad" (whose weekly paychecks, while respectable, were never quite sufficient to meet family needs) pounded home the counterpoint communicated by his "rich dad" (that "the poor and the middle class work for money," but "the rich have money work for them"). Taking that message to heart, Kiyosaki was able to retire at 47. Rich Dad, Poor Dad, written with consultant and CPA Sharon L. Lechter, lays out his the philosophy behind his relationship with money. Although Kiyosaki can take a frustratingly long time to make his points, his book nonetheless compellingly advocates for the type of "financial literacy" that's never taught in schools. Based on the principle that income-generating assets always provide healthier bottom-line results than even the best of traditional jobs, it explains how those assets might be acquired so that the jobs can eventually be shed. --Howard Rothman --.
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The Richest Man in Babylon (Paperback)

2008-05-20T05:23:00.000-07:00

Editorial Reviews

Los Angeles Times
A great gift.

Review
"What can a book written in the 1920s tell modern investors about their finances? A whole lot if it's George Clason's delightful set of parables that explain the basics of money. This is a great gift for a graduate or anyone who seems baffled by the world of finance and a wonderful, refreshing read for even the most experienced investor."
-Los Angeles Times

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As a Man Thinketh (Paperback)

2008-05-20T05:16:00.000-07:00

This excellent compilation of essays by James Allen truly holds the key to success, amongst other things! I feel so inspired after reading this book, so ready to put into practice what this powerful, little book is teaching. This "classic" has been around since the turn of the century and it seems to be even more relevant in today's stressful and competitive society. I underlined so many wonderful and inspiring passages that I intend to refer to on a daily basis. As Allen states, "a man is literally what he thinks", or as the saying goes, garbage in, garbage out! Or put another way, "All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts."

I have learned that I cannot blame others for my life, or my state of affairs - they are my creation, the end product of my thoughts and actions. Allen states that man makes or unmakes himself by the thoughts he keeps and cultivates. Man is truly is his own worst enemy!

I really resonated to his quote on fear, "Thoughts of doubt and fear never accomplish anything, and never can. They always lead to failure. Purpose, energy, power to do, and all strong thoughts cease when doubt and fear creep in." How profound and how true. How we let fear run our lives - again proving how powerful our thoughts can be. Allen further expounds by saying, "He who has conquered doubt and fear has conquered failure."

The garden of our mind is only cultivated by us. What kind of crop we want to consistently yield is solely determined on our positive, enriching, and encouraging thoughts or on our doubting, destructive and negative ones. We alone hold the key to our future, and our success, and our attainments in life. We can either have a feast or a famine - it is only up to us.

This highly inspirational book cannot help but to motivate you in some degree. I feel like I have been given the keys to a door that was once rusty and would not open, but now will yield freely in my hand. Another great quote is, "The Vision that you glorify in your mind, the Ideal that you enthrone in your heart - this you will build your life by, this you will become." This is one book that you will want to keep constantly by your side, especially for those times when you get discouraged, or when the road seems rough. Just reading one page will have you having a change of heart, with its motivation putting you back on that right path.

This book is a MUST read if you are desiring to change your negatives into positives! The power of the mind is incredible - in all areas of our life!
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Think and Grow Rich (Mass Market Paperback)

2008-05-20T04:56:00.000-07:00

Editorial Reviews
W. Clement Stone Chairman, Combined International Corporation President, The Napoleon Hill Foundation
...During our ten-year association, I learned the missing number to my combination for worldwide successful achievement. The Master Mind Principle: two or more persons working together in complete harmony toward a mutual goal or goals...Napoleon Hill's philosophy teaches you what you were never taught. Specifically: How to Recognize, Relate, Assimilate and Apply principles whereby you can achieve any goal whatsoever that doesn't violate Universal Law - the Law of God and the rights of your fellowman... --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Senator Jennings Randolph West Virginia
I knew Napoleon Hill in 1922 when I was a student in Salem College in the town of my birth. Mr. Hill came to our campus as the commencement speaker in that year. As I listened to him, I heard something other than just the words he spoke, I felt the substance - the wisdom - and the spirit of a man and his philosophy. Mr. Hill said "the most powerful instrument we have in our hand is the power of our mind." Napoleon Hill compiled this philosophy of American achievement for the benefit of all people. I strongly commend this philosophy to you for achievement and service in your chosen field. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Rich Dad's Increase Your Financial IQ: Get Smarter with Your Money (Rich Dad's) (Paperback)

2008-05-20T04:49:00.000-07:00

Product Description
For years, Robert Kiyosaki has firmly believed that the best investment one can ever make is in taking the time to truly understand how one's finances work. Too many people are much more interested in the quick-hitting scheme, or trying to find a short-cut to real wealth. As Kiyosaki has preached over and over again, one has to truly under the process of how money works before one can start out on trying to escape the daily financial Rat Race.

Now, in this latest book in the popular Rich Dad Poor Dad series, Kiyosaki lays out his 5 key principles of Financial Intelligence for all to understand. In INCREASE YOUR FINANCIAL IQ, Kiyosaki provides real insights on these key steps to wealth:

o How to increase your money -- how to assess what you're really worth now, what your prospects are, and how to start mapping out your financial future.

o How to protect your money -- for better or for worse, taxes are a way of life. Kiyosaki shows you that "it's not what you make....it's what you keep."

o How to budget your money -- everybody wants to live large, but you have to learn how to live within your budget. Kiyosaki shows you how you can.

o How to leverage your money -- as you build your financial IQ, knowing how to put your money to work for you is a crucial step.

o How to improve your financial information -- Kiyosaki shows you how to accelerate your wealth as you learn more and more.
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Hypnotic Writing: How to Seduce and Persuade Customers with Only Your Words

2008-05-11T21:11:00.000-07:00

Discover the secrets of written persuasion!

"The principles of hypnosis, when applied to copywriting, add a new spin to selling. Joe Vitale has taken hypnotic words to set the perfect sales environment and then shows us how to use those words to motivate a prospect to take the action you want. This is truly a new and effective approach to copywriting, which I strongly recommend you learn. It's pure genius."
-Joseph Sugarman, author of Triggers

"I've read countless book on persuasion, but none come close to this one in showing you exactly how to put your readers into a buying trance that makes whatever you are offering them irresistible."
-David Garfinkel, author of Advertising Headlines That Make You Rich

"I am a huge fan of Vitale and his books, and Hypnotic Writing (first published more than twenty years ago), is my absolute favorite. Updated with additional text and fresh examples, especially from e-mail writing, Joe's specialty, Hypnotic Writing is the most important book on copywriting (yes, that's really what it is about) to be published in this century. Read it. It will make you a better copywriter, period."
-Bob Bly, copywriter and author of The Copywriter's Handbook

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The Attractor Factor: 5 Easy Steps for Creating Wealth (or Anything Else) from the Inside Out

2008-05-11T19:40:00.000-07:00

In The Attractor Factor, Joe Vitale combines principles of spiritual self-discovery with proven marketing concepts to show how anyone can live a happy life in and outside of business. He shares his own quest for wealth and success while leading you through the five simple steps that will make all your aspirations, professional and personal, a reality.

A breakthrough practical spiritual guide to achieving all your goals

For the first time ever, one of the rarely discussed formulas for building wealth and achieving success in all areas is revealed in The Attractor Factor. Popular marketing and spirituality guru Joe Vitale argues that those who try hard and fail need to remake their inner beings in order to easily attract success, wealth, and happiness. Many people do the right things but get the wrong results; it’s not so much what they do, as what they are inside. The problem for most people is self-sabotage. In five easy steps, Vitale shows anyone how to become happier and more successful by doing a few simple things differently every day. Part wealth-creation guide, part spiritual road map, part autobiography, The Attractor Factor offers inspiring, effective answers for anyone who wants to feel better, be happier, get wealthier, and get ahead in life.

Joe Vitale (Wimberley, TX) is President of Hypnotic Marketing, Inc., a marketing consulting firm. He has been called "the Buddha of the Internet" for his combination of spirituality and marketing acumen. His articles are widely read and his professional clients include The Red Cross, PBS, Hermann Children’s Hospital, and many other small and large international businesses. His past books include There’s a Customer Born Every Minute and The AMA Complete Guide to Small Business Advertising.
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The Success Principles(TM): How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be

2008-05-11T19:27:00.000-07:00

If there's anyone qualified to write a self-help book on success, it's Jack Canfield, who's worked his way from scraping by as a teacher to holding a Guinness world record for having seven books simultaneously on The New York Times® Best Sellers list.

As a coauthor of the Chicken Soup for the Soul® series, he's sold more than 80 million books, and now lives "in a beautiful California estate" with his days of dining on spaghetti and tomato paste long behind him. "All you have to do is decide what it is you want, believe you deserve it, and practice the principles in this book," he says, and success is yours.

His advice is straightforward (examples: "reject rejection" and "surround yourself with successful people"), but rather derivative, with quotes from the likes of JFK, Colin Powell, Aldous Huxley, and fellow motivation author Napoleon Hill.Canfield's definition of success is primarily monetary, and he includes plenty of anecdotes depicting average folks who saved themselves from the brink of bankruptcy after following his principles. He could tone down the braggadocio; readers don't need to know that he's stayed in resorts in Hawaii, Italy, Australia, and Morocco. Despite those gripes, his cheerleader-caliber enthusiasm should benefit anyone looking to improve their lot in life. --Erica Jorgensen

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How to Win Friends & Influence People

2008-05-11T17:59:00.000-07:00

You can go after the job you want...and get it! You can take the job you have...and improve it! You can take any situation you're in...and make it work for you!

For over 50 years the rock-solid, time-tested advice in this book has carried thousands of now famous people up the ladder of success in their business and personal lives.

Now this phenomenal book has been revised and updated to help readers achieve their maximum potential in the complex and competitive 90s!

Learn:

* The six ways to make people like you
* The twelve ways to win people to your way of thinking
* The nine ways to change people without arousing resentment

and much, much more!

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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

2008-05-11T17:35:00.000-07:00

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.

Before you can adopt the seven habits, you'll need to accomplish what Covey calls a "paradigm shift"--a change in perception and interpretation of how the world works. Covey takes you through this change, which affects how you perceive and act regarding productivity, time management, positive thinking, developing your "proactive muscles" (acting with initiative rather than reacting), and much more.

This isn't a quick-tips-start-tomorrow kind of book. The concepts are sometimes intricate, and you'll want to study this book, not skim it. When you finish, you'll probably have Post-it notes or hand-written annotations in every chapter, and you'll feel like you've taken a powerful seminar by Covey. --Joan Price

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