Oct
23
October 23, 2008 – 2:46 pm
I have posted about The Rule of One or Curly’s Law, a post at Rebel Zen reminded me about Curly and his secret of life. The secret is simple, One thing. Just one thing. You stick to that and the rest don’t mean shit. The problem of course is figuring out what your own “one [...]
Aug
17
August 17, 2008 – 5:00 pm
Mary Jaksch who blogs at Goodlife Zen has published an e-book titled From Tragedy to Triumph - Winning through a life crisis. Her book is about the five steps to healing:
1. Acceptance.
2. Presence.
3. Action.
4. Forgiveness.
5. Integration.
The book is very well written and includes text about people who have used this method and came out stronger. [...]
Jul
27
Peter who runs The Change Blog and is editor at Pick The Brain has released a free e-book. The e-book includes his best articles from his own blog and Pick The Brain. The twenty selected articles are divided into five chapters:
• Inspiration and Awareness
• Remix your day
• Change
• Blogging
• Selfimprovement
The e-book is edited in a way that makes it really [...]
Jul
20
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 [...]
Jul
10
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 [...]
Apr
7
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, [...]
Apr
6
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, [...]
Feb
5
February 5, 2008 – 9:09 pm
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 [...]
Jan
13
January 13, 2008 – 9:53 pm
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 [...]
Dec
26
December 26, 2007 – 4:31 pm
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 [...]
