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May 06, 2010
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The Secret
You've heard about it, you've seen it around, now see it for yourself and unlock the power of becoming the highest version of who you already are.Brian Tracy: Goals!
Industry Leader on this subject. This book does a great job at not just relying on the theory, but providing a step-by-step breakdown on how to act on your ambition.Chip Heath: Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
Daniel H. Pink: Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Dave Ramsey: The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness
Douglas Andrew: Missed Fortune
Every Homeowner should know, read and practice the Home Equity principles taught in this book.Earl Nightingale: Earl Nightingale's The Strangest Secret
30 day quest | How many times can you commit to this timeless wisdom this year?Eckhart Tolle: A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
Most would consider a good book to have, oh 1 great point per chapter. Really great books, maybe 2 or 3 per chapter. This one has a tendency to have about 1 per page! There is a ton of really usable info adorned in this piece, the follow up to his popularized "The Power Of Now" which I haven't read. I really got a lot out of this one and I wish that for you.Garrett B. Gunderson: Killing Sacred Cows: Overcoming the Financial Myths That Are Destroying Your Prosperity
This book is amazing! If you are alive, and you are breathing right now, and you want to grow then you have to buy this book and read it at least 3x.Harry Beckwith: Selling The Invisible
The focus of getting the word outside distracts companies from the inside and from the first rule in service marketing: the core of service marketing is service itself.Jack Canfield: The Success Principles(TM): How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
Jack is great at taking the best practices out there, right now, and putting them into single-serving utilities that you and I can practice today. Its contemporary and a quick revisiting of what you know you should already be doing...so why not today?Jim Collins: Good to Great
Collins research group studied the alchemy of what made the 12 most successful companies in the last 2 decades. Very insightful ideas about how to guide any business through his contention that "Good is the enemy of Great".Joel Greenblatt: The Little Book that Beats the Market
Lets see!John G. Miller: QBQ! The Question Behind the Question
Personal Accountability - ask the right questions, get the desired results personally and professionallyJohn W. Schaub: "Building Wealth One House at a Time: Making it Big on Little Deals"
What a great First Time Home Owner Book. I love to give this out to my First Time Clients with my notes and highlights in it - just as they are leaving our Initial Consultation.Joseph Michelli: The Starbucks Experience: 5 Principles for Turning Ordinary Into Extraordinary
Ken Blanchard: Raving Fans: A Revolutionary Approach To Customer Service
Lance Armstrong: It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life
Transformative. wow. life-changing wisdom.Lee Eisenberg: The Number: A Completely Different Way to Think About the Rest of Your Life
The number represents how much you will need for your retirement, and what that number means to you. Eisenberg's introspection on the precession to retirement, though, is his unique story. He talks about "debt warp", how we only make 10% more since the last generation, we are 80% more in debt.Malcolm Gladwell: The Tipping Point
Sometimes it's just the slightest push of frequency can cause a trend, a tipping point, that can transmute an average thing or event into an epidemic. Changing the way people think about disceminating ideas.Michael Berg: Becoming Like God: Kabbalah and Our Ultimate Destiny
If the title makes you shy away, I understand how you feel. I felt the same way. But I decided to break through that and give it a good read anyway. The wisdom packed in here knows no boundries of religion or belief systems, its just "right on". Great insight to life.Michael Gerber: The E Myth Revisited
Small Business BibleMichael Hall: Mind Lines
reframe.Michael Pollan: The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
Heard this author from an interview on NPR and was so impressed I drove straight to Borders and bought his book. Great idea; great writing; great story. Perspective cleansing.Nancy H. Taylor: Go Green: How to Build an Earth-Friendly Community
This book is perfect for anyone who is interested in an easy to learn primer to "Going Green". She breaks it down in an easy to swallow format that you can make into easy, actionable steps.Napoleon Hill: Think and Grow Rich
Gave birth to almost all of the personal enrichment series that followed. Most profound discovery in all of time: "You become what you think about most of the time."Randy Pausch: The Last Lecture
You may or may not have seen Randy's Last Lecture performed on YouTube. If not, please go do that for yourself right now - it will change your course forever. Then, read this great book which takes it deeper to the place you need it to be to stick.Ric Edelman: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Wealth: The 8 Secrets of How 5,000 Ordinary Americans Became Successful Investors--and How You Can Too
This is such an important read, and he makes it fun too. Take everything you think you know about money, check it in at the door, then come in sit down with a tea and start over - This time with the facts!Rick Warren: The Purpose Driven® Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? (Purpose Driven® Life, The)
Robert B. Cialdini: Influence: Science and Practice (5th Edition)
Quite possibly the most comprehensive chunk of universal wisdom you could ingest. If you're ready to see how deep the rabbit hole goes, pick up this gem of social truth. its contents will enlighten and bring focus to all of those things that you noticed but never took the time to understand. Scientific influence continues to be effective even after the subject is aware of it happening to them.Robert G. Allen: Nothing Down for the 2000s: Dynamic New Wealth Strategies in Real Estate
Compartmentalized approach; I liked it because I found myself with a very comprehensive outline of notes after putting this book down. It lends to a "to-do-plan", laundry list style which works well with me.Robert G. Allen: Multiple Streams of Income
I strongly recommend this book. This is the most comprehensive approach to touching all the bases as I have seen.Robert Kiyosaki: Rich Dad, Poor Dad
Principles of Money, changing your perspective to become an individual money thinkerRoger Fisher: Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In
Seth Godin: The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)
Godin, considered by many as today's leader in consumer perspective marketing, has done something really special here. The quote from the Google story changed a core perspective I had held on patience.Sharon L. Lechter: Cashflow Quadrant: Rich Dad's Guide to Financial Freedom
Stephen R. Covey: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Some of the most well known business philosophies came from this work. My favorite: "Love is a verb; the feeling is simply the fruit of love". Find your favorite in this classic.Steven Pressfield: The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles
This book is genius. Don't let the title trick you; everyone is an artist - personally and professionally. This applies to everyone and is a gem that belongs in everyone's quiver. MUST HAVE!Susan Roane: How to Work a Room, Revised Edition: Your Essential Guide to Savvy Socializing
This was a neat book. Ended up being a valuable read w/ good tips for someone at every level of social comfort. Nothing more valuable than a war chest of tactically approaching networking and social engagements.Timothy Ferriss: The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
"While an executive strives to manage his/her time, for an entrepreneur to achieve effectiveness they must learn to manage their energy". This is a comprehensive journal on installing the how to every entrepreneurs what.
