Practical, Powerful, Essential
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As an entrepreneur and small business owner, I've found this book to be an invaluable resource for integrating IT into our business strategy. From Business Strategy to Information Technology Roadmap lays out a practical, systematic plan for businesses--whether start-ups or major organizations, profit or nonprofit--to align strategic thinking with IT structure. Pham offers an abundance of real-world examples and applicable case studies throughout, as well as insightful, actionable advice. Though the landscape of business technology is ever-changing, Pham presents a powerful, remarkably easy-to-follow IT roadmap to help any enterprise excel. A must read!
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The best, most practical and applicable leadership book that I have read in years. The authors made it engaging for the reader and therefore tough to put down. I thoroughly enjoyed it, have a number of takeaways that I intend to use in the workplace, and it is a book that I intend to return to from time to time.  Incredibly powerful lessons.  You won't regret picking this book up!
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I have networked for many hours. I have read a lot about business networking. I have taught business networking. I have never before heard of the techniques in this book.

This is new and powerful. Even better, every action suggested in this book is sincere, generous, and appropriate for respectable professionals. The book is also mindful of our contemporary communications environment, e.g. the death of telephone calls and the rise of social media, while relying on the timeless value of face to face communication.

Buy it, use it, and prosper. If not for your own good, for the benefit of the people with whom you network.
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This is short but powerful book for anyone interested in becoming their best. It's packed with practical, actionable steps you can take today to pinpoint and tackle things that keep us from being the best version of ourselves.  Chuck Bolton is a great story-teller too, so the information really comes alive in the stories of leaders who faced and overcame challenges by transforming how they lead.  I would also say that it's not just for business leaders. It's applicable anytime we're called upon to be leaders (in our personal lives as well as business).

Highly recommended.
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Insightful, practical, implementable, life changing.  Thank you, Brene Brown.  I wish everyone would read this book.  The world would be a better place.  In the meantime, I have been able to make my world a better place, and have gifted this to family members who have appreciated, and recommended it to many friends.  And when I discover that someone I know has read it and is practicing it, it is so cool!  It's not a cult, it's not a trend, it's here to stay as it is the basics for navigating our crazy lives through fulfilling our most basic needs for connection with courage and compassion.
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Effective, practical, truthful, and powerful. When these principles are applied by the power of God's grace, anyone can find purity in their lives. I highly recommend this book. Read it with a mentor as a weekly book study! Don't just read it as another resource that will get you no where. God used this book to transform much of my life. God can use this book in your life, too!
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As a business leadership coach, I find that Marilee's practical insights become empowering if as the reader we practice and apply.

  This is a sure read for both novice and expert -- the savvy business person and the struggling business person, the college student, the bride-to-be and the grandparent -- those of us in all walks of life striving to be masters of our own lives.  Discover the "how to" -- how to personally harness the power of choice regardless of the situation.  This is about fundamental change, this is about getting unstuck when life's chain of events seem to get us mired in muck, and managing our emotions, not our emotions managing us.

  Marilee includes an easy-to-relate-to story plot that enables us to see ourselves in it, transforming both simple and profound practice into new habits of thinking and experiencing life.

  Have you offered yourself, or received, harsh feedback lately?  Enjoy the read and the subsequent change in your life's experience.  Excuse me, while I get back to practicing.
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This is a very powerful and important book. We all should find ways to approach this fundamental issue in order to live our lives more fully. Amy Wallace provides a wonderful  and sensitive framework for this exploration. I recommend it highly.
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Words cannot express my gratitude to Marilyn Jenett, and this wonderful book, as well as her optional FFTP program.  After a long period of financial ruin, personal and professional failure, and related depression, I was led to this book by a peer on a metaphysically-themed forum, and lovingly report that it and the practical application thereof have dramatically transformed my finances, life, and affairs in the last year.

Marilyn compiles the absolute best of timeless wisdom taught by the great masters of the distant and recent past, adds to it her own invaluable wisdom and professional savvy, and has created a presentation that is as simple as can be while rendering exponential results.  The simplicity is critical.  In the current marketplace of "self help" and New Thought teachings, there's enormous potential for overwhelm and confusion.  But Marilyn's work helps to clear out that white noise and scattered consciousness, and get us back to the basic principles that govern our existence and our consequent results when applied deliberately.  Given how accessible and concise her approach is, I strongly feel that anyone can achieve substantial improvement via this particular book.  The emphasis on the power of the subconscious mind, and the power of our words, are at the root of the work under her grounded guidance.

Highlights that were particularly helpful include:
- The "muddy bucket" metaphor.  If we think of our lack consciousness as a muddy bucket, we understand that adding clean water, drop by drop, will eventually, over time, result in a bucket of clean water (or rather, a consciousness of clarity and positive manifesting potential).  And that it doesn't have to be completely free and clear to start manifesting positively..."51% and we get the golden ring."
- The understanding that, when we condemn others or anything/anyone outside of ourselves, our subconscious presumes that we are talking about ourselves and will render like results.  ...so, again, constructive use of thoughts and words that serve us.
- The understanding that, when we ask, it is already given, and will absolutely appear according to our own resistance and/or openness and receptivity.
- Practical avoidance of negative commentary about our finances, understanding that our subconscious is always listening.  We have the choice of commenting negatively on the observation of "what is" and thus creating more of the same, or commenting on how we want it to be and thus submitting an order that serves us.
- I could be here all day...but the book and program are filled with pearls that are sure to yield the good stuff when applied deliberately.

Also, just an FYI.  While I have taken Marilyn's program and can rightfully vouch for its worthiness and value, the content of this book is not just meant to divisively leave the reader hanging as if to "pay for the program if they REALLY want the good stuff."  Marilyn makes it clear in the book that, while the FFTP program is beneficial for advanced results and the additional lessons, one could already achieve dramatic results/improvements by just applying the "Lesson One" material that is already published in the book.  The choice is yours (the reader's), and the invitation to join or not join the program is given freely without undue persuasion.  My personal suggestion based on my own fabulous results...get the book, and then do the very affordable program.

Whatever your circumstances, this book is bound to direct you to improvement.  What are you waiting for?
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There is something brave in the voice of this book, something resounding, without embellishments. This is a most important book that goes beyond self-help and good advice. It brings an awakening to the heart - a true connection to, and trust, in self. This book addresses the most important questions of life: Where do we go from here, and how do we get there? You will find Dr. Sherman's approach very helpful - solid, practical, and filled with loving guidance.

This book is divided into two parts. Part 1 is "How the Art of Choice Works." Here Dr. Sherman describes in poignant detail how we live a life that is on autopilot. She then illustrates a simple, yet profound process to connect with the wisdom contained within the body, quiet the noisy mind, and move beyond fear. In addition, she touches our hearts as she describes her own painful childhood. Her account of suffering not only heals deep wounds within our own souls; it allows us to know that it is possible for us to create the great life we want.

Part 2 is dedicated to "The Art of Choice Exercises." Sherman states, "A self-help book is only helpful if there are suggestions in it that offer you specific ways to make changes." She follows through on her promise providing twenty-two proven, easy to implement exercises to connect with the body, quiet the mind, and feel a sense of readiness to create a life for yourself that is full and satisfying.

Dr. Sherman is a woman who knows healing inside and out. What a joy to find such an intelligent and creative approach for happiness and emotional well-being! Her exercises lead us on journey that allows us to discover new solutions to old problems. "Mindfulness And The Art of Choice" is both a powerful contribution to the field of personal transformation and a gift to those who are taking their satisfaction and joy into their own hands.

Annette Colby: Author of "Your Highest Potential"
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This book is much more than a menu for how to run meetings more effectively, although yes, it is filled with strikingly simple and practical steps to make a gathering of any kind more humane and productive. But in a deeper context, it embodies a particular theory and philosophy of leadership and planning that recognize that every person does the best they can with what they have, and that people come equipped with the capacity for extraordinary cooperation if given a chance to use their own experience and wisdom. Moreover, it is based on a set of principles that synthesize a century of research on the conditions and structures that are most likely to bring out the best in human beings, regardless of nationality, politics, culture, and other boundaries. It provides the reader with tools to create an environment and energy level that celebrate the magnificent diversity of our species and, at the same time, enable the discovery of common ground and shared aspirations.  Such a balance between honoring diversity and discovering common ground provides the foundation for previously unlikely action to make the world more just and peaceful. As I reflect on my 30 years as a physician, public health leader, and public servant, I now realize, after reading this remarkable book, that remarkable outcomes are indeed possible when people gather and engage in the higher level of dialogue and conversation represented here. The principles, exquisitely described in this book,  provide powerful guideposts for creating humane public policy and systems. More, the application of these principles can pave the way for effective grassroots programs that continue for years.  By demonstrating that ordinary people can achieve extraordinary results when given the time and space to work from their own experience and uniqueness, Weisbord and Janoff make a major contribution to the urgent challenge to keep hope alive in our troubled world.
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Practical and useful. Easy to learn and adapt.  I should have had this book years ago, and I will now share it with my family members, some of which will likely get their own copies.
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Dr. Watson's book is practical, timely and poignant. His insight is profound, yet not hard to understand.
"Maximize the Moment" is bursting with solutions to life's most perplexing situations. Once you pick it up, it becomes hard to put down. Dr. Watson's love affair with our language is evident as he paints simple, brilliant pictures using the palette of life's most complex dilemmas. His unique voice leaps off of the page and embraces your inquiring mind. This book is a MUST for anyone desiring a victorious life and a closer walk with God.
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This book is truly phenomenal. I would give it ten stars in terms of its impact.
The previous edition which came out in 2005 marked a turning point in my personal and professional life, and this new edition has impressed me even more. As a social scientist, I have been excited by the applicability of Blue Ocean to public and non-profit sectors, which this version cover more in-depth. The applicability of these theories to transform governments and the education sector has been undervalued but can be of high interest to policy-makers. Since the first book in 2005, Blue Ocean has created a wave of sensation, selling 4 million copies worldwide and being a best-seller. Powerful theories are intuitive, easy to grasp, broadly applicable in every domain and area of life, and empirically testable with practical implications that have the potential to make a difference in the world. Blue Ocean Strategy is without doubt one of the most powerful tools for transformation in this Century, having been the most widely cited in academic papers and truly cross-disciplinary.
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This is an amazingly practical book on improving yourself, your life, and your leadership skills. The author's scientific background shows in the crisply logical and directly applicable concepts and techniques that make up the book. Each chapter ends with a mental or social exercise that ingrains the concept introduced, and prepares you for the next. The book is a great read either way, but its truly transformational value is in doing the exercises. If you just read through and skip over the exercises, you will be missing out.
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It's an excellent distillation of the most essential elements of creating and living a vision.  Don't let the size fool you.  It's a fabulous example of an easy-to-read and equally important easy-to-apply book.  This is the second edition of Blanchard and Stoner's book on Vision -- chock full of new material, thinking and value.  Fuzzy, lifeless visions plague too many organizations.  People let "life happen to them."  Full Steam Ahead is the antidote to both maladies.  Define your vision.  Unleash the power of it -- in your organization, life, family.  I've bought copies of the book for my team mates, wife and kids.  Get a copy.  Sit back and begin creating your preferred future.  Full Steam Ahead is a great guide to help light the way.
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This book changed my life. It is a powerful guide for personal and professional fulfillment, plenty of clues and practical exercises to be applied in our daily life. The book is a collection of lessons, where each chapter is a unit that can be read independently, covering important and punctual aspects for personal development.
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I strongly recommend this book.