Personal Development Books

The collaborative work of Becky and Michael Gross, "Sleeping With Your Business Partner: A Communication Toolkit For Couples In Business Together" is the newest title in Capital Books' outstanding 'Capital Career & Personal Development Series', and focuses specifically upon operating a 'Mom & Pop' business enterprise where the husband and wife work together. There are both benefits and detriments to such an arrangement that arise from gender differences, conceptual differences, the need to balance family and work, conflict resolution strategies and techniques, personal and professional communication skills, the demands of teamwork and the necessity of positive attitudes. Superbly written, deftly organized, and thoroughly 'reader friendly', "Sleeping With Your Business Partner" should be considered a 'must read' for anyone thinking about (or already engaged in) a business with their spouse.

Software Solutions For The Successful Actor is a recommended pick for users of the ActOrganizer Database Program: Software Solutions For The Successful Actor provides clear user's instructions on how to pair this organizer with moves in the theatre industry, providing one disc with four easily-used files which help an aspiring actor keep track of contacts, auditions, expenses and mailings. Software Solutions For The Successful Actor is an excellent and highly recommended software/manual blend.

We just got this book and we are already playing these games all of the time! The design of the book makes each game simple to understand, most of them don't need any special set up or props, and the activities are divided into age groups (2-7, 8-12, 13-15, 16+ and adult) But the book is about much more than fun activities, it is about a whole way of approaching life to find the joy in everyday situation (she includes activities to deal with getting dumped by a teenage boyfriend, on how to make important carrer choices, and on how to avoid the blues, even when they are the result of something very sad). One game I especially like is for ages 2-7, called "young ones" in the book. It is called Grouchy Food. The game is for when your child is grouchy or sad or in some other unplesant mood you say to them "Hmm, you look like you are in a grouchy mood today, I better adjust the lunch menu so you can eat what grouchy people eat. What do grouchy people eat, anyway? Worms, probably." Then you make spagehetti (we added food die until it was brown). The author notes that sad people sometimes need a little blue food coloring in their eggs, "lots of water to drink so they have extra for their tears," and "gental" pudding for dessert. How could any kid stay upset after that?! According to Barbara Sher laughter is an "organic, free, all-natural blues buster" and you and your kids will find plenty to laugh about with this book on hand.

This book is a must read, must do for every woman. It is like a mentor that you will turn to when you are lost and confused. Lot of things you will yourself realise as you go thru life, but this book will consciously focus on them and help you to sort out things.

A good friend gave this tape series to me as a gift at a time when I was considering relocating from Cleveland to Chicago for a new job. I didn't listen to it at first as I was "too busy" with my move. It turns out that my new employer had sugar coated the position, and that it was nothing like it had been represented. Days into the job, I was depressed. I started listening to Schoeniger's tapes. And I loved it! Gary Schoeniger has a calm confidence that helped me to open my mind to a different approach, a new attitude and a better feeling about myself. I realized that it was my talent this new employer sought and that others would want it too. I decided that despite a lot of fear and anxiety, I would quit (after only 4 weeks) and market myself as a litigation consultant. Using Schoeniger's techniques, I started cold calling, and now I have a successful business working with companies on their business conflicts. I would never have taken such a risk had I not listened to "Starting From Scratch". It is by far the most useful and practical of the "self help" works I have ever experienced, mostly because Schoeniger helps you with an actual plan for action.

Now in an updated second edition with two new chapters addressing the political realities of the No Child Left Behind Act, Staying On Track: An Educational Leader's Guide to Preventing Derailment and Ensuring Personal and Organizational Success is a guide written especially for educational administrators. Focusing especially upon the most likely threats to derail an educational leader, the potential accountability for high-stakes testing, and the most important skills for improving data-driven decision making, Staying On Track offers advice in plain terms, checklists of key points to remember and implement, and a season-by-season overview of what to expect in the career of educational administrator. A helpful and practical-minded guide to being the best administrator one can be.

This books is to the point and factual. It really makes you think about your life and career direction. On each page are nuggets to motivate and inspire yourself. I'm happy I got the book. Anyone who seeks direction or instruction will enjoy the contents. The spiritual principles outlines in this book are "AWESOME".

This book really help me to know about myself better than ever before

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Okay, maybe "Father Knows Best" but let's face it, Dad doesn't always get it right. In this hilarious new book from TV broadcaster Steve Doocy, we're up close and personal when Dad swings and misses ---- just like most of us do during our dad years. Oops, Dad just whiffed one.

Sounds like real life!

No worries --- this is not a "blame the dad" book --- just a funny, often wise, well-written look at life in the Dad Zone. You'll laugh a lot and sometimes you'll be laughing at yourself: go ahead and admit it, you've lived this stuff, you just didn't put it on the record.

Doocy's best book so far: buy it and enjoy!

Dr. David Frisbie
The Center for Marriage & Family Studies
Author of: Raising Great Kids on Your Own: A Guide and Companion for Every Single Parent