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 Condensed Books 

Each book has been condensed to between 10 and 20 pages.  In 15 minutes, you will understand how each book can radically improve your life.

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 FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT 

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Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money--That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! by Robert T. Kiyosaki, Sharon L. Lechter

 FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT 

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The Courage To Be Rich -- by Suze Orman

  • The best advice for how to get control over your finances.
  • The psychology of how and why you feel the way you do about money.
  • www.suzeorman.com 

 FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT 

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Smart Couples Finish Rich -- by David Bach

 FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT 

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You DON'T Have To Be Rich -- by Jean Chatzky

  • Proper money management is worth $25,000/year in salary
  • After $50,000/year, money doesn't increase happiness much
  • Money doesn't equal happiness, BUT the happier you are, the more money you tend to make.
  • www.jeanchatzky.com

 FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT 

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Balancing Act -- by Joanne Yaccato

  • Don't leave finances up to your partner
  • The simplest way to look after your financial future

 FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT 

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Multiple Streams of Income -- by Robert Allen

  • Real Estate
  • Stocks
  • Business
  • Entrepreneur Skills

 FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT 

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Retire Young Retire Rich: How to Get Rich Quickly and Stay Rich Forever by Robert T. Kiyosaki, Sharon L. Lechter

 FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT 

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Raising Your Child's Financial IQ by Robert T. Kiyosaki, Sharon L. Lechter

 FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT 

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Raising Your Child's Financial IQ  (supplementary resource) by Ann Nevin, Ph. D. in Educational Psychology

 FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT 

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The Millionaire Mind by Thomas J. Stanley

  • Live Below Your Means, Avoid Consumer Debt
  • Invest In Things That Have Long Term Value
  • Work Hard
  • Work at What you Love
  • Manage Your Money well by getting good advice

 FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT 

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Think and Grow Rich -- by Napoleon Hill

  • Before you achieve it you've got to believe it
  • Leadership & Success

 FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT 

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Ordinary People, Extraordinary Wealth -- by Ric Edelman

  • You don't need to make a lot of money to become rich
  • Tips on how ordinary people have created a fortune, little by little over time

 FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT 

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The Two Income Trap -- by Elizabeth Warren & Amelia Warren Tyagi

  • Be certain your expenses can be covered with one income
  • Two-incomes have actually made the family MORE likely to experience financial ruin.

 FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT 

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The Money Coach: Your Game Plan for Growth, Tax Relief, and Security by Riley E. Moynes, Jack P. Friedman

 FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT 

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Free Parking: Earn Less- Live More: Alan Dickson

  • Being "rich" isn't all it's cracked up to be
  • How to enjoy financial freedom while living a more Spartan lifestyle
  • www.freemoneypress.com 

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT 

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1.  Life's Greatest Lessons -- by Hal Urban

  • You can't control life, but you can choose your attitude
  • Learn to laugh and treat challenges as learning opportunities
  • Success may involve money, but it's more than money
  • This book most closely mirrors the philosophy of Incredible Potential
  • http://www.halurban.com

 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT 

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2.  Real Moments -- by Barbara DeAngelis

 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT 

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3.  The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People -- by Stephen R. Covey

  • Determine the end goal before you begin
  • Do things in the right order, put the tough stuff first
  • Figure out ways for everyone to win, you'll all do better
  • http://www.franklincovey.com 

 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT 

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3.  The Power of Focus -- by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen and Les Hewitt

  • Simplify your life in order to focus on what requires your attention
  • Determine your core values and live by them
  • Learn where success and confidence comes from

 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT 

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4.  Life Strategies: Doing What Works -- by Phil McGraw

  • Get real!
  • Get over your negative messages to yourself.
  • You have a choice
  • Stop complaining, acknowledge that you have the control and take it
  • http://www.drphil.com 

 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT 

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Self Matters:  -- by Phillip C. McGraw

 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT 

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Take Time for Your Life: -- by Cheryl Richardson

 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT 

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Stand Up for Your Life -- by Cheryl Richardson

 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT 

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The Secret of the Shadow -- by Debbie Ford

  • It is easier to make up a story about ourselves and live within it because we know it, than to begin to determine who we really are and what our real purpose is.
  • We would rather have a negative self image than not matter to others at all.
  • http://www.debbieford.com 

 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT 

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The Right Questions -- by Debbie Ford

 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT 

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How To Win Friends & Influence People: by Dale Carnegie

 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT 

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The Luck Factor: by Richard Wiseman

 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT 

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Creating Love -- by John Bradshaw

  • Understanding how the family you grew up in has created the person you have become.
  • Healing the wounds of the past so you can move forward
  • Creating a healthy self so you can develop a healthy family

 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT 

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Emotional Intelligence -- by Daniel Goleman;

  • Emotional Intelligence is a greater predictor of success than Intellectual Intelligence
  • You can predict with a high degree of accuracy how successful a 4 year old will be as an adult through measuring their Emotional Intelligence
  • http://www.eiconsortium.org/members/goleman.htm 

 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT 

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Building Moral Intelligence  -- by Michelle Borba

  • Lead by Example
  • Live a life that provides you time to be a good role model

 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT 

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  The Road Less Traveled: -- by M. Scott Peck

 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT 

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The DNA of Success: Know What You Want to Get What You Want by Jack M. Zufelt

  • You will succeed at the things that you are completely committed to

 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT 

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Success Bound: Breaking Free of Mediocrity -- by Randy Gilbert

  • Failure is part of the road to success
  • People aren't "failures", failure is simply an opportunity to learn from

 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT 

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The Purpose of Your Life: by Carol Adrienne, James Redfield

  • Author of the Celistine Prophesy
  • Your purpose is not your job, but your job should fit your purpose

 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT 

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Peter L. Hirsh "Living With Passion" book excerpts.

  • Purpose is not something you complete.  Purpose is about making a contribution to others.

 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT 

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Unlimited Power: The New Science of Personal Achievement -- by Anthony Robbins

  • Motivation for those trying to reach their potential

Read feedback on Tony Robbins' Courses & Seminars

 CAREER CHOICES 

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Finding Your Perfect Work -- Paul and Sarah Edwards

  • Begin the process of working towards a job that perfectly fits who you are and what you love.
  • www.homeworks.com

 CAREER CHOICES 

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How To Get What You Really Want (Wishcraft) -- by Barbara Sher

  • Discovering what you were really meant to do
  • Planning your ideal life
  • Brainstorming ideas
  • How to develop groups that will help you develop ideas
  • http://www.barbarasher.com 

 CAREER CHOICES 

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Do What You Are : Discover the Secrets of Personality Type-- by Paul D. Tieger, Barbara Barron-Tieger

  • Understand how your personality type affects how you interact with the world.
  • Learn what type of work you are best suited to and what you'll be happiest doing.
  • Learn how to relate to and understand others and what makes them tick based on their own personality type.
  • www.personalitytype.com

 RELATIONSHIPS 

 DATING RESOURCES 

www.eharmony.com  (This is an excellent place to meet highly compatible individuals)
www.matchmaker.com

 MARRIAGE RESOURCES 

www.marriagebuilders.com (This site contains exceptional resources that you can work with, either as a couple, or together with a counsellor)

 RELATIONSHIPS 

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1.    Getting The Love You Want   by Harville Hendrix, Ph. D.

  • Why we pick the types of partners we do
  • Why the honeymoon ends
  • How to build a deeper level of love that lasts

 RELATIONSHIPS 

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2.    Relationship Rescue by Dr. Phil McGraw

  • This book dispels the myths that create unnecessary stress in relationships
  • This book provides strategies that rely on only one partner to do in order to change the dynamics of the relationship
  • www.drphil.com 

 RELATIONSHIPS 

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3.  His Needs, Her Needs: Building an Affair-Proof Marriage   by Willard F. Harley Jr.

  • Men's 5 most basic needs from his wife:
    • Sexual fulfillment
    • Recreational companionship
    • An attractive spouse
    • Domestic support
    • Admiration
  • Women's 5 most basic needs from her husband:
    • Affection
    • Conversation
    • Openness and honesty
    • Financial security
    • Family commitment
  • http://www.marriagebuilders.com 

 RELATIONSHIPS 

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4.  Relationship Skills For Lasting Love (Mars & Venus Together Forever)  by John Gray, Ph.D.

  • Times have changed.  We no longer need a bread winner and a baby raiser.  We are looking for different things and have developed different needs.
  • MEN:  How to get her to shut up (by listening long enough that she knows you care).
  • WOMEN:  How to get him to listen (by letting him know that you're just sorting things out out-loud and don't necessarily believe what you're saying)

 RELATIONSHIPS 

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Getting Ready for Marriage Workbook : How to Really Get to Know the Person You're Going to Marry by Jerry D. Hardin, Dianne C. Sloan

 PARENTING 

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Kids Are Worth It!: by Barbara Coloroso

 PARENTING 

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Parenting With Love & Logic -- by Jim Fay & Foster Cline

  • How to stop using rules and punishment and getting kids to think for themselves.
  • Applying Natural Consequences to your children's actions in a way they learn from rather than punishing them for what they've done "wrong".
  • I don't know if I can do a synopsis of this book.  If you're a parent - BUY THIS BOOK.
  • http://www.loveandlogic.com 

 PARENTING 

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Parenting Teens With Love & Logic -- by Jim Fay & Foster Cline

 PARENTING 

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What A Difference A Daddy Makes The Lasting Imprint A Dad Leaves On His Daughter's Life -- by Kevin Leman

  • If you don't help your daughter understand the way men think, they will either be left in the dark or educated suddenly by someone who doesn't care about them as much as you do.
  • www.realfamilies.com 

 PARENTING 

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A Mind at a Time -- by Mel Levine

  • We all have areas of strength and weakness
  • There are strategies that can help any child (or adult) become more successful in their area of weakness.
  • http://www.allkindsofminds.org 

 PARENTING 

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The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Families:
by Stephen R. Covey, Sandra Merrill Covey

 PARENTING RESOURCES 

Jim Fay - Love & Logic rather than Rules & Punishment

Parenting Ideas

Fatherhood Articles

Articles on Parenting, Teenagers, Families & Relationships

Dr. Mel Levine on Learning & Attention Types

The following two articles are written by the authority on "difficult" children, including those with developmental disabilities.  They are written in a more clinical fashion, but I have attempted to change their wording so as to maintain the meaning, while simplifying the content.

Michael R.S. Weiss Ph. D:  Shaping Children's Behavior

Michael R.S. Weiss Ph. D:  Increasing Your Child's Potential

 

 ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS 

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  Organizing Plain & Simple by Donna Smallin

  • When you're serious about doing the work necessary to get organized, this book has all the answers.
  • Home, finances, time, life, moving etc.

 ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS 

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  Organizing From the Inside Out by Julie Morgenstern

 ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS 

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Get You Act Together by Pam Young & Peggy Jones

  • Step-by-step instructions on how to put your life and organization in order from two self-professed former slobs
  • http://www.shesintouch.com 

 ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS 

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Unclutter Your Life by Katherine Gibson

 PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT 

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  The Ultimate Weight Solution: The 7 Keys to Weight Loss Freedom -- by Phil McGraw

The Get with the Program! Guide to Fitness & Healthy Eating -- by Bob Greene

 SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT 

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Power vs. Force by David Hawkins, M.D

  • Elevating the consciousness of man
  • Power attracts, it is Win-Win.  Force demands, it is Win-Lose

 SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT 

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The Soul's Religion: Cultivating a Profoundly Spiritual Way of Life by Thomas Moore

  • Spirituality vs. Religion
  • Legalism vs. Faith

 SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT 

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Manifest Your Destiny:  Nine Spiritual Principles for Getting Everything You Want by Wayne W. Dyer

  • Happiness is a choice, not something you discover
  • Do not judge, compare yourself to others, demand that you defeat anyone, or that you be better than anyone.
  • www.drwaynedyer.com 

 SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT 

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Believers In Exile by John Spong

  • Insights for those who feel alienated by fundamentalism, but still are looking for a connection to the God of the Christian Bible.
  • Explanations for why the sense of alienation develops, what it really means and how to accept the lack of "Black & White" answers that legalism once provided. 

 SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT 

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Quest For Life Video Series Trilogy: Deepak Choprah, Stephen Covey, Dr. Bernie Seigel, Thomas Moore, Marianne Williamson, David Whyte

  • Discovering Your Potential
  • Keys to Longevity
  • The Spirit and Path to Success
  • The Secret to Relinquishing Fear
  • Abundance Mentality 
  • The Source of Your Spiritual and Physical Power 
  • Taking Back Control of Your Life
  • Become an Authentic Success

 Business Development 

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Good to Great Why some companies make the leap...and others don't.  by Jim Collins

  • Good is the enemy of great
  • It takes no more energy to be great than it does to be mediocre
  • You must confront the facts and determine what you CAN be the greatest at, even if it doesn't resemble what you're doing.
  • There is no big event, magic or special technology that can make you great, just a lot of good small decisions.
  • www.jimcollins.com  

 Business Development 

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Winning by Jack Welch

  • The authoritative book on leadership

  • Picking winners - both in business and in HR

  • Making the tough calls

  • Lead and Inspire vs. Control and Command

 Business Development 

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Entrepreneur Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber

  • If you own or are thinking of starting a business you MUST read this book.
  • This book covers all the details that I had to teach clients when working as a business consultant in order for them to turn their business around.  If you can make the same changes from reading this book, you'll save thousands on consulting fees, improve your bottom line, and most importantly - love the business you own.
  • www.e-myth.com 

 Business Development 

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  The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

  • The three critical people in the new economy
  • How small details of context affect the big picture
  • How we simplify details and relationships in order to make sense of the world
  • www.gladwell.com 

 Miscellaneous 

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  Blink by Malcolm Gladwell

  • The more of an expert one is in any given field, the more they use a subconscious, intuitive process that occurs in a split second - often with greater accuracy than conscious analytical processing.
  • www.gladwell.com 

 Miscellaneous 

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  Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner

  • The hidden side of everything
  • Don't believe everything you hear.  Morality and popular opinion affects what is put on the news.  Statistics can lie, so can people.
  • www.freakonomics.com 

 Miscellaneous 

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Law of Attraction: by Michael Losier