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Tim Brownson has written an e-book titled Know Yourself Change Yourself. The book deals with beliefs and values and as Tim writes:
Your belief systems and values make you tick as a person.
The book looks at the difference between a belief and a value. It also deals with how to change a belief, some of them [...]

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Published on July 20, 2008
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ProBlogger has a post about SparkplugU - Training for Work at Home Workers. It is about SparkplugU and their courses plus their newsletter and a free e-book.
Their courses are reasonably priced and there are some that interest me, like Introduction to Starting a Blog Network with Wendy Piersall & Easton Ellsworth.
The SparkplugU Internet Business Guide [...]

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Published on July 10, 2008
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The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations is written by Ori Brafman and Rod Beckström. It is a very interesting book that compare two different kind of organizations but also mentions a hybrid or combo version, best of both.
Spiders are centralized, command and control, organizations. Historical examples are the Spanish army, [...]

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Published on April 7, 2008
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I have read and reviewed three books by Robin Sharma. Here is a short summary and links to my reviews.
The monk who sold his Ferrari is a great book that covers much of Eastern and Western wisdom around life and success. The book is well written and the concepts are nicely fitted into a frame, [...]

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Published on April 6, 2008
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I have blogged about The Medici Effect which is a great book. Now the book is available as a free download at The Medici Effect website. In the associated blog it says:
On The The Pirate’s Dilemma blog Matt Mason describes how best-selling author Paolo Coelho boosted sales in Russia by uploading a pirate copy of [...]

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Published on February 28, 2008
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The 26 page ebook, How I Built A Profitable Freelance Business for Under $50 (And How You Can Too!) explains the exact steps that Christine OKelly took to go from flat broke to earning $6,000 - $8,000 per month just by doing freelance writing. For anyone who loves writing this sounds like a dream come [...]

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Published on February 15, 2008
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Jason Alba, author of I’m On LinkedIn - Now What???, teamed up with Jesse Stay to write I’m on Facebook — Now What???
The book summary says:
Facebook is one of the hottest websites in today’s world, and is having a major impact on career and business. This book explains the different parts of Facebook and helps [...]

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Published on February 5, 2008
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The Life Coaching Handbook: Everything You Need to Be an Effective Life Coach is written by Curly Martin. The subtitle is a mouthful but I like the book and it really covers a lot. It is a book I will go back to for reference, to refresh my knowledge and to find new views on [...]

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Published on January 13, 2008
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I have posted about Task management my way - pen and paper which gives me the basic tools and a simple system. What I needed in order to achieve my own goals was a philosophy that works for me. I have tried GTD but found it too complex for my needs. Then I came across [...]

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Published on December 26, 2007
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Seth Godin has published a free e-book titled ‘Money for nothing (and your clicks for free)’. Quotes from his post:
There’s an enormous amount of superstition about what makes some pages rank high while others languish. When you look at the actual figures, though, much of that fades away.
It turns out that the new playing field [...]

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Published on December 24, 2007
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