Personal Development Books

This is a how-to book from Weisman, with examples and parables almost everyone can relate to and implement. Whether your children are small or grown, or you don't have children, the ideas in this book for giving back a little of yourself to the world and feeling good about it abound. While we all hope that our children can follow our example of giving back in goods and/or services, this book can be a welcome and quick refresher course for what to do this summer or next year. By involving others, such as children or other family members, lasting memories and real impacts can be made, large or small on the world, whether it is helping raise funds or awareness for a local community cause or providing assistance half a world away. Weisman writes in a simple and humorous style that allows one's own imagination to start working, and provokes one to explore web-based opportunities that can result in meaningful family time. Sometimes it's easy to just send a check, but many of her ideas involve lasting impressions that can be created for your children or grandchildren. In the end, she gives ample examples of how individuals, one at a time, can make a difference. Many of her examples provide at least as many rewards for the giver as they do for the recipient. In the end, that's what makes it all work and a memorable read. After finishing, I went to her website, which is, like the book, refreshingly simple, funny, and leaves a lasting impression.

I wanted to let you know that I enjoyed reading your book, "Raising Charitable Children". The reading is easy and the examples of using your family gives it the right touch. I am sending a copy to each daughter. I know they will enjoy the book as well. I have told them about the book and
they are very anxious to read it. It is inspiring and so easy to use your suggestions. For those of us in the non profit world, your book will help us considerably. Thanks for writing so creatively and inspiring our young adults!

Carol Weisman's book is genius. It's fun and quick to read and you are left feeling you now have a more positive direction in which to live out the rest of your life. The 'resources' list at the end of the book is great. Even if your children are teenagers or already grown this book is a spiritual boost. There are no 'do-overs', but our culture can use more enlightened individuals of any age and stage in life- which is what you'll be after you have quickly absorbed what she has to teach you. I have had the great good fortune of hearing Carol Weisman speak. She is as genuine and wise in the flesh as she is on the page. You want to incorporate her sage and practical advice into your life. I have also met her sons. They are as she portrays them.........responsible, generous, funny, loving, kind, happy, thoughtful and philanthropic.

I found this book so funny, so frank and so refreshing. Lots of great, practical ideas, not just about what to do in terms of charity and volunteering but about why and how to do it and how to involve your kids in meaningful ways. The author doesn't suggest you have to go about this charity thing HER way; instead, she helps you discover YOUR way. I liked that.
There was a lot competing with Carol Weisman's book for my attention when I bought it -- several books already on the nightstand -- but once I picked up RAISING CHARITABLE CHILDREN, I couldn't put it down (an easy, meaty read)... and my youngest is almost 20 years old, so it's not like I'm doing a lot of hands-on parenting anymore.
I started reading with a bit of a chip on my shoulder -- I felt I had done a lot of things "right" in raising my own charitable child and wondered if the author would disagree. As I read, I felt both validated but also motivated to take some additional steps, even at this late stage in my parenting.
Already, this book has changed the way my family celebrates birthdays, thanks to the "Grandma's Birthday Gift" chapter, and it will change the way we support our favorite causes from here on out. Look out, future grandkids!
I'm sending copies to everyone I know who has a baby. Beyond that, I believe every teacher, every pastor, every coach, every CEO should apply the lessons from this book -- its wisdom is so adaptable. In a mere 125 pages, Carol Weisman captures the most important keys to making our world kinder, more civilized and a heck of a lot more fun.

As a school counselor, counselor educator and a parent, I found this book to contain a wealth of information. The lessons are clear, appropriate and meaningful to the topics being presented. I recommend this book as a valuable resource when consulting for school districts and working with parents.

Kater's book finally gives parents and educators alike the long-overdue confidence they need to raise girls within a world that is always pressuring them to "shape up" or forget about being happy. This book can serve as a teaching tool for young parents, a welcome eye-opener for parents of adolescents, or, for any reader, a fascinating new look at girls' enormous struggles with maintaining body image perspective in the face of our too-often unhealthy mediacentric culture. Kater is a proven leader in her field and someone who we must listen to if the horrible trends of eating disorders and rock-bottom body esteem are to be reversed.

It's never too late to be a positive influence on a child's body esteem! This wonderful, highly organized and simple book shows us how to practice and promote positive attitudes and behaviors that will help children, and adults, develop a healthy body esteem. Whether a child is 2 years old, or 20 or 40, her/his body esteem can be influenced by those people she/he cares most about. The 10 essential lessons layed out in this text show us ways to promote healthy, fun eating, regular exericise and a positive body image. I found that this book not only helped me be a good role model for the children I influence, but it also helped me develop my own healthy body esteem!

Kathy Kater's book is full of clearly-written, practical advice for parents who are concerned about their child's body image. She writes not only from the perspective of a therapist and educator, but from her own experiences as a parent of a son and daughter. Each of the book's "ten lessons" contain suggestions that can be readily integrated into the situations and conversations parents typically encounter. The book is clear, concise and well-organized. It is easy to pick up later and locate information when you need to. I have two teenage daughters, and I wish the book would have been available ten years ago!

This book was truly essential as the chapters were quick and easy
to read and understand. My existing relationships improved and many
new relationships have developed. My career as a consultant has
gotten hot since reading this book. It's also a book to keep for
reference purposes.

Always enjoy John Maxwell. The entire 101 series has lot of common sense reminders. Can apply in cross-cultural settings as well. I shared this with our VP of International and he is sharing it with his regional directors.

This is a great book. Especially if you like John Maxwell books. This is a compilation of several chapters from some of Maxwell's other bestsellers, and it serves as a great refresher on key leadership principles. The chapters on integrity, and family are worth the price of the book. It is a great, and easy read.

Leadership expert John Maxwell is extremely good at expressing complex truths in series of simple sentences that individually seem obvious. As the pages go by, one realizes one is being exposed to a well-thought out comprehensive world view as to how people should lead other people in a manner than benefits society as a whole.

Relationships are important to success, the author writes, because relationships are the glue that holds team members together.

What a leader needs to know about others, the author writes, is that people don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.

Leaders can encourage others, the author says, by believing in people before they have proved themselves. This is the key to motivating people to reach their potential.

Leaders can connect with people, the author says, by always remembering that the heart comes before the head.

Leaders can become better listeners, the author says, by treating every person as if he or she were the most important person in the world.

Leaders can build trust with others, the author says, by having their words and actions match.

The most important relationships, the author says, are at home. Succeed at home, and all other relationships become easier.

A leader can serve and lead people at the same time by loving the people he or she leads more than his or her position, the author says.

As the author always does in the many books he writes, he backs up his views with famous historical quotes and anecdotes.. He quotes longtime Reagan aide Michael Deaver on how Reagan managed the press--he liked people and succeeded in getting the press corps to like him--and his staff--he found ways to make clear to everyone how important they were to him.

The author quotes President Harry Truman that "When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint--understand what he is trying to do--nine times out of ten he is trying to do right." He quotes President Woodrow Wilson as saying "The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people" and President Lyndon Johnson as keeping a sign in his office saying "You ain't learnin' nothin' when you're doin' all the talkin."

The author quotes World War I hero Marshal Ferdinand Foch: "There are no hopeless situations; there are only men and women who have grown helpless about them."

The author quotes Pennsylvania Revolutionary War era great Benjamin Franklin as saying that "Those things that hurt, instruct." He quotes Pennsylvania founder William Penn as saying "Never despise or oppose what thou does not understand."

The author quotes philosopher-poet-longshoreman Eric Hoffer: "It is not love of self but hatred of self which is at root of the troubles that afflict our world." He quotes Jeff MacNelly's comic strip character Shoe, a crusty newspaper editor, as saying "When it comes to believing in myself, I'm an agnostic." He quotes the evangelist Bill Glass as saying "Over 90% of prison inmates were told by their parents while growing up, 'Thy're going to put you in jail.'"

The author says that solid relationships are built by respect, shared experiences, trust, reciprocity, and mutual enjoyment.

The author says that important things to know about people is that everybody wants to be somebody, nobody cares how much you know until he knows how much you care, that everybody needs somebody to come alongside and help, and everybody can be somebody when somebody understands and believes him or her.

The author says that most people don't have faith in themselves, most people don't have someone who has faith in them, most people can tell when someone else has faith in them, and most people will do anything to live up to faith in them.

To become a believer in people, the author advises that people emphasize their strengths, list their past successes, instill confidence when they fail, visualize thier future successes, and expect a new level of living.

Leaders should recognize that the heart comes first, they should connect in public and in private, they should connect with people one at a time, they should expect the best of them, and they should recognize that the tougher the challenge the greater the connection. Southwest Airlines CEO Herb Kelleher is cited for the many ways in which he makes meaningful connections with his employees; Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton is also cited for going out of his way to have a long talk with a company truckdriver to both pay him respect and gain information from him.

The author's advice for developing listening skills is: look at the speaker, don't interrupt,focus on understanding, determine the need of the moment, check your emotions, suspend your judgment, sum up at major intervals, ask questions for clarity,and always make listening your priority.

Personal integrity is key to building trust with others, the author says. Integrity is not determined by circumstances, not based on credentials, and not to be confused with reputation. One can become a person of integrity by committing oneself to honesty, reliability and confidentiality; deciding ahead of time that you don't have a price; and each day doing what you should do before what you want to do.

To build a strong family, the author says, both partners have to work to stay together, express appreciation for each other, structure their lives to spend time together, deal with crises in a positive way, communicate continually, and share the same values.

To serve and lead people at the same time, one should have a servant's heart, put others ahead of one's own agenda, possess the confidence to serve, initiate service to others, not be position conscious, and serve out of love. To improve one's servanthood, one should perform small acts of kindness for others; learn to walk slowly through the crowd, making it your agenda to get to know each person's needs, wants, and desires; and to move into action and start serving.

Anyone in a leadership position, or aspiring to a leadership position, will benefit from reading this book. All the wisdom of the world can not be summarized in lists and aphorisms, but the author's methods go a long way to bringing common sense to the uncommon responsibilities many people face on a daily basis. This is an excellent book for those who wish to use their power to do much, much more than advance themselves.

This little gem of a book captures the essence of Spring in a remote farming village in Southern Japan in all its beauty, earthiness and mystery. As the sole gaijin living in an ancient village (the family whose house he stayed in had owned it for over 20 generations) the author is at once both a detached, curious and perceptive observer of daily Japanese village life and, at the same time, somehow magically involved in their seasonal rhythms and rituals. Miller is an accomplished photographer and poet. His photos and, even more, his haiku poems marvelously convey the beauty of the scenes around him - the forests, cherry blossoms, carp ponds, deep green paddy fields... Reading his poems you can almost smell the mist rising off the damp soil at night, the fragrant morning air, and hear the whispering of the wind in the bamboo groves and the melodic chanting of the farm women tending the fields. Don't we all wish we could sometimes get away from city life and contemplate the beauty of nature in simple village life - and, by doing so, somehow capture their essence while penetrating deeper into our own spirits, as the author has done? Overall, a marvelous book!

Russell Miller has lived and traveled extensively in the Far East, especially in Japan. In his pictorial photography Book "Spring", he depicts a one month stay in Yabe Japan, an hour and a half east of the Japanese City of Kumamoto. The text chronicles the stay, but the photographs are the reason for obtaining the Book. From the exquisite photographic cover, to the garden on p. 99 and the flowering bushes on p. 109, the photographs capture the artistic beauty of Japan. My only complaint is that I wish some of the photographs were larger.The printing quality of the book was outstanding.

Spring, for me, is a sort of journal with huge benefits. The writings are random thoughts both simple and complex, enriched with many delightful haiku and stunning photos.

I marveled at the author's "journey" without agenda. His descriptions of the small piece of another world [Yabe, Japan] in which he resided for a month are moving, funny, and fascinating. Everything, people, places and the natural environment, is offered as savory treats.

For me, Spring provides an experience I can enjoy over and over again.

This is a great book for those who really appreciate the culture of Japan. I love the fabulous photos that captured the images of the Yabe and the people. The stories and experiences written are very touching and sometimes funny. I like to flip to random chapter to just read the haiku poems. This book is truly delightful!!!

Due to the nature of the diseases, FSH, Cogenial, Limb-Girdle, and Mysenthia Gravis, all of the Muscular Dystrophy family, the medical profession failed to recognize the symptons of these debilitating diseases and diagnosed this condition as depression which resulted in being in several state mental hospitals for years and given powerful anti-psychotic drugs causing hallucinations which reflected to a beautiful childhood. However, with the quick response of a didicated team of drs. from California the correct diagnosis of MD was discovered and treatment was given and the book tells of a beautiful love story as its ending. Not always the easiest read because of such a trauma but it shows the reader the awful consequences resulting from a physical illness such as muscular dystrophy mistaken by outstanding doctors for a mental illness.

I have just finished reading this book and am anxious to see it go to the top of every reading list and a movie, too. It is such a captivating read and also such a revealing study of personal experience in a mysterious world of the mind out of control because of mind altering drugs even if they are being prescribed by doctors. It was so very incouraging to see there is hope and life afterward. Frank Wray, I applaud you!

I found this book to not only be uplifting but also very rewarding. For those who face obstacles in their life, this book will surely be uplifting and rewarding!

It is one thing to have the courage this author has to have survived such a truama and, another to have written this true story and, yet another and most importantly to have the courage and stand up and speak for those who cannot speak for themselves. This inspirational book is one that will touch many lives and will live forever in ones heart. It is also a most beautiful love story that will make grown women and men cry.

Initially, I was excited about the material that I requested next day delivery! This material is certainly a great start or beginning for anyone new to MLM or wants to build a serious organization of like minded individuals.

MLM or Network Marketing will one day earn the respect that it deserves as more professional networkers multiply within the industry. Independence within the industry brings many without integrity giving the industry a bad name.

Folks, it is imperative to personalize your MLM business. Meaning do not rely solely upon the corporate replicated websites and other related materials to do the job for you. You must truly take an sincere interest in both the customers and your recruits. What will you personally do for them?

What kind of support will you personally provide for your recruits or prospects? Internet technology is great, but the personal relationships will always be what truly networking is all about. If the Internet technology was the only solution then the mlm companies would do all of the marketing themselves without the thousands of network marketers or distubors or independent reps, right?

Phil offers a great start for those interested in entering an exciting profession, thats right, "Profession" It will becomes the best profession one day as more professionals enter. I am just getting started and will become one of the greatest network marketers of all time because of my sincere desire to help others succeed and willingness to work hard! Work is not a dirty word especially when work is fun! (smile)

I have paid hundreds of dollars to attend trainings and courses that were not nearly as good as this tape set. It comes with a great workbook to track your progress and develop the principles needed for success in MLM. I also love Dr. Rubino's book,"Secrets of Building a Million Dollar NWM Organization From a Guy Who's Been There Done That and Shows You How to Do It Too." Very thorough and enlightening.

10 Weeks to Network Marketing Success: The Secrets to Launching Your Very Own Million-Dollar Organization In a 10-Week Business-Building and Personal-Development Self-Study Course is a life-cahnging personal development course that will put any serious distributor on the path to success in network marketing. The set consists of 6 audio tapes with 10 insightful weekly topics to guide the user to implement those actions that will most dramatically support great, rapid success. The 37 page workbook allows for one to record answers to the transformational weekly exercises that the author (whose other books- The Power to Succeed: 30 Principles for Maximizing Your Personal Effectiveness, Book I,The Power to Succeed: More Principles for Powerful Living, Book II, Secrets of Building a Million Dollar Network Marketing Organization From A Guy Who's Been There Done That And Shows You How To Do It Too and The Magic Lantern: A Fable About Leadership, Personal Excellence and Empowerment are all excellent as well) provides to move your business forward. The best part of this series is that the participant will grow personally by the end of the 10 weeks just by implementing the exercises given. This course is well worth the investment. In fact, I believe it's easily worth 10 times the cost as it will launch anyone who follows the exercises into massive action and success.

This pocket guide is full of golden "nuggets" of information to help you to accomplish more with less stress. I have found the ideas to be highly useful and practical in both my work and home life. Whenever I'm feeling overwhelmed by all my responsibilities and deadlines, I pull out this booklet and I'm always able to quickly find a piece of advice to help me to reduce my stress and take a better approach to the situation. I encourage anyone who is feeling like they need more balance in their life to buy this pocket guide.

Ellen Samiec's new book is packed with 101 arrows that are sure to strike home in today's maze of obligations and stress. This is not another blase, feel-good book. Rather, each point has been carefully thought out by an author obviously experienced in dealing with busy executives and other career people who are juggling 101 things every day.

As one of such people, I found each of Ms. Samiec's points to be precisely worded and very relevant. Not only that, but implementing her ideas enabled me to substantially increase my effectiveness. This is all the more impressive, given that I have a logical mind and absolutely no time for vague generalities and fluff.

In short, this author is the real goods who will appeal to intelligent minds striving for excellence.

A great little pocket guide that you can take anywhere with you, filled with quick tips and ideas that you can apply "on the spot" to help you work smart, communicate better, reduce stress, manage distractions and interruptions, and help you gain more balance in your life. Practical and effective.

Cheri achieved a great goal here as she shares with the reader a wealth of tips and tricks to revamp one's life in no time...well, in 30 days :)
To achieve your perfect life you will need to commit to te program and do your exercices. It works!

Cheri Baumann's techniques offer a simple no-nonsense way to getting your life together and enjoying the possibilities of a life worth living. This was an empowering book where life strategies are set in motion that will transcend all the areas in your life. This was a great read and an excellent tool in achieving my goals.

Wow. If you're looking to gain personal success in every area of your life this is the book for you. This book provided me with an easy to follow approach to build a realistic life strategy based on "my" beliefs, values, wants, and needs. The material is accessable and the exercises in the book are written in a way that is like having a personal life coach with you on every page. I would recommend this book to anyone. It's the best self help book I've read.

-Bruce Roberts

Great book for designer and technical architect, the presentation of the book is very good, it go through the guidelines, implementation examples and case studies in nice and simple way support by good charts, graphs and tables. That is one of few books in the market which cover all the phases of software life cycle including analysis, application architectures and design... Its easy to read and understand, but hard to find in the books stores, my guess its one of the great books I had in my library from couple of years.

Great book for designer and technical architect, the presentation of the book is very good, it go through the guidelines, implementation examples and case studies in nice and simple way support by good charts, graphs and tables. That is one of few books in the market which cover all the phases of software life cycle including analysis, application architectures and design... Its easy to read and understand, but hard to find in the books stores, my guess its one of the great books I had in my library from couple of years.

The author made no assumptions regarding the reader's technical knowledge. Thus, he provides a comprehensive guide beginning with the fundamentals of application re-engineering to the technical details of Web development; e.g., CGI and JAVA. Experienced architects will rejoice, because finally someone put all the information needed in one book. Those who are inexperienced with architectures or re-engineering can sit down and learn how all the different pieces fit together. This is the only book I have ever seen that puts all the pieces of application architecture and system design together tjat is easy to read, easy to understand, and steps through each part of the process. Well done!

Beyond Success is uplifting, motivating and full of common sense. In this age of corruption, me-firstism and none trust of the unknown and unusual, the book offers some relief from from these life spoiling realities. It offers good advice and is well worth reading.

Biro is a wonderfully inspiring author. Beyond Success is a joy to read. It's motivational, sweet, and just a wonderful experiance. I give it two thumbs way, way up!

This easy to read, wonderful book, that makes you think. It's great at helping you find out(or figue out), what YOU really want out of your life. This is a joy to read and I think everyone will love it. Buy some extras for friends & family(I did). Life is too short. It is possible to have more abundance in your life.