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I have been absolutely miserable with my life, living in dread of each new day, for the most part unhappy, trying to keep everything safe and immune from change. And now, after reading this book, I really want to make some changes in my life. And trust me, I hate change. Now I want to change everything from furniture to really starting to pursue my art. This is a beautiful book - every time I thought I had a new objection - a way to just keep playing it safe - I picked up the book and there was a chapter that dealt with it. The book isn't just about convincing you that change can be good but gives practical examples and methods for dealing with fear, trusting yourself, synchronicities and the power of prayer. Great read.

Carol's wisdom and insights once again inspire in this fabulous follow up to her two other books on life purpose and synchronicity. As with all her books, she offers us numerous practical exercises and steps to follow to create change in our lives. I love that she has included the advice of many experts on the various topics she covers in this work. Additionally, she profiles many unique people she has interviewed and/or taught over the years, whose life stories inspire and offer true life examples of her work and teachings. I particularly found the last two chapters helpful, on the subjects of prosperity and loss. As with her two previous books, this one is profoundly touching, inspirational and uplifting. Thanks, Carol, for once again igniting my spiritual passion and curiousity and helping me hear the wisdom of my heart and soul!!

I had found Carol Adrienne's previous books had too much spiritual emphasis for me. This book offers practical ideas to follow. While I did find a few sections of the book that are less focused, this book offers so much in real ideas and inspiration that you will miss much if you discount this book for a few digressions. With so much uncertainty in this world, most people would find direction in Carol's experience and words.

Thoreson is a genius. I applied his principles to gaining a competative advantage in marketing and won 75% of the big deals just by knowing the delta. This is a must read for all business minded individuals.

I have read all three books in the series. My previous comments about "The Information Advantage" being BREATHTAKING stands. That's my story and I am sticking with it! However, I reflected on that comment and visited the publisher Web site showing the impressive industrial strength examples. Then I queried my friends. The method of dissecting the edges is in "Ahead of Time" and "Secrets."

Here is my revised story.

The implementation power and the method of "proof" in "Ahead of Time" is much simpler than the "proof" parts of "The Information Advantage." The cartoons and home-spun humor in "The Information Advantage" holds my interest much better and excites me to see what is going to happen next.

The first half of the "Secrets" book is great also. I can see my problem now. I don't care for statistical methods. Thank God the author discarded stats in "Ahead of Time."

That is why I love the proof by logic in this book. I do consider myself somewhat logical. Anyway, the series is great. Start with this one but, do not miss the advantage book.

Eleven years ago our group badly needed to know the future events of desktop computing and the power of networked productivity. Many were struggling with the direction it would take and the gains to be achieved; JT was not. This author helped us write it down. It turns out that what was written down THEN were 10 years of headline making events up to today. WOW! Thanks for the insight then and even better thanks for writing down the "how." No doubt, the basis for tomorrow's headlines are in this book!

I've read several time management and organizing books, and I started this one thinking I'd just get the same thing in a different form. I was pleasantly surprised! We were not talked down to about how our spiritual energy is being drained or how our psychological well being is being damaged, the author views organizing as practical and necessary for good business. There are several little suggestions in this book I had not heard before or had not thought of myself, and they will be very helpful to me. There's so much to gain from such an inexpensive item. Buy it and use it!

I have read a lot of getting organized books but this is definitely the best one. It has so much in it that I have read through it many times. I have also underlined important info as well as writing the main points down on my computer. This is helpful for the home as well as the office. I highly recommend it.

This book gave me the best piece of advice I've ever received about prioritizing at work. The author suggests that you ask yourself: "What will make me the most money?" and prioritize that way. What a tremendous piece of advice! It seems so simple, but it's so easy to spend time on busy work, and avoid doing the work that will bring in the bucks. This book helps you spend much less time on organizing, filing, etc., and clears the way for you to make more money! What a great, great thing. Buy it.

If you like me need to get to SCM strategic or tactical decisions, I would rather consult other books I also own. "Strategic Logistics Management" from a school book perspective and the brand new "Designing and Managing the Supply Chain" are excellent and better resources, covering everything (and then some) this book can offer. I will probably resell my copy of this book.
For SAP "Jockeys" or those who are thinking about SAP, "Supply Chain Management based on SAP Systems" is Excellent.

Generally...I have found that an individual needs to read three books on any one subject to capture a firm grasp upon the topic. With this title you may stop at two after a basic supply chain text is read.

The author covers all the key topics...with enough depth to interest the reader in additional topics/books on specific elements of the supply chain.

This book is an excellent overview of logistics and supply chain management. I own dozens of texts on these subjects and this is one of the best. If your looking for a college text with problems to work out; then this is not the book for you. But, if your looking for quick insight into these topics, this is an excellent choice. The book quickly teaches the reader strategy, industry trends and supplies some basic quantitative tools. The industry examples bring the topics to life. Two thumbs up from me.

There is nothing more difficult or sensitive in my business than decision making. The chapter on the "decision tree" alone, has made me a few million dollars. I would say that's a pretty good deal, and it had nothing to do with high technology.

There are truths here which should not be held simply within the management circle. Every aspiring technician should begin with this material. Its in-sight is practicle and easy to apply. Similar to some of the other readers, I keep it close by as a reference.

My company was growing and we were experiencing some real challenges. I was confiding in a friend, a few of the problems we were experiencing, and he started quoting from one of the author's books. I purchased a copy of The New High Tech manager, and it's been by my side ever since.

I bought this book largely because of the other reviews on Amazon, so I thought I would comment after reading it because
I did not feel the same way.

My primary conclusion is that, because this book is targeted
at new agents, I think some of his advice is ill-suited to
the new agent.

1) Getting each buyer to hand off a bunch of personal info
and getting them to commit to paying a fee if they decide to
go elsewhere is good advice if you are so busy that you can't
bother with buyers who are careful with their privacy and won't
sign a contract that obliges them to pay money if they buy from
someone else just doesn't apply to new agents and probably not
to established agents in a sellers market.

2) This book is an easy read, and you end up liking Mr Boog, but
it is not nearly as funny and helpful as is implied by other reviews.

3) A lot of the sales tactics championed in this book will annoy
buyers. The initial approach when meeting new buyers will scare
some if not most of them away, or I should say would scare ME away. I have bought 3 homes and none of the agents acted like
Mr Boog advocates or I would have ran away.

There are a few pearls in the book, but you have to shuck a lot of oysters to get to them. I felt annoyed that the book employs
a lot of silly tactics to get the reader to buy in to the validity of the book. Don't you agree? That's a 'tie down question'.

I do loans as well as sell houses and got this book as a gift. I didn't think I would even like this book as the subtitle refers to PART-TIME real estate agents -- a group of humans I particularly don't care for. Surprisingly I found this book to be well-written and funny. There's ALOT of useful information plus humorous personal stories, gags and one-liners to which keeps the well-traveled topic of real estate fresh. In other words, it's not the "same-ole, same ole." Even though the market has changed since this book was written, don't let that stop you from buying and reading it. It's a classic.

Everybody is welcome to their own opinion, and that's cool. But I liked this book. In my area, interest rates and listings are low, so it's key to have a good qualified buyer. And what I got from this book, I think was a lot of good advice:

1) Ask the buyer if they've been prequalified with a lender on the phone.
2) If the buyer says, "yes" have them bring the lender's letter to your office.
3) If the buyer says "no" have them bring in their income documentation and run their credit.

I hate it when a buyer claims to have good credit then you find out later they don't. They run you ragged and you don't get paid.

Many times nowadays I'm in a bidding war so I'm gonna need that prequal letter anyway, or my offer won't get accepted. Might as well get it sooner than later. Plus if the buyer brings in their income documentation, my assistant can do the loan ...BR>
I know of a mortgage broker who has the 3 things buyers need printed on the back of her business cards.

Last year, I sat with the girl who is the buyer's agent for the number 4 agent in our company. He implemented some of the ideas from this book into CGI script forms that buyers fill out on his web site. So she sells homes mostly to people who've left their email addresses. This year he's ranked number 2. Gotta be doin something right.

This book has the best of intents, but no delivery mechanism. It is marketed toward the novice financier. The young people who have the motivation to take the next step towards financial independence, but no formal education in the world of money. This book assumes your an expert with tax brackets, investments, and bonds. In addition, the advice is very quickly becoming outdated with the economy the way it is. TAKE HEED! Be prepared before delving into this book. Very helpful, although it requires a great deal of prior knowledge.

Time is Money has a load of basic financial concepts in its coffer. It was a pleasure to read, and the short quizzes at the end of each chapter really helped my focus and made certain I got the main concepts of each chapter. I am very annal about picking books because reading an entire book is a big investment of time, which I don't have a lot of to dedicate to pleasure reading--the time was definitely worth it. I've since recommended this book to friends.

Good luck! Jason

I bought this book almost 2 years ago and this really made me serious investing for the future. Easy to read yet very thorough. Best book for newbies on mutual funds & stocks. I am so glad that I came across to this book. I really appreciate the author to write such an awesome book. My investments on mutual funds are doing extremely well, I am starting investing on stocks as well. Thanks alot!

This is a decent, quick read based on another successful entrepreneur. Rosenberg is a hardworking visionary who was always willing to roll up his sleeves and put in the time. However, at times in the book, he seemed far too full of himself. He pats himself on the back a fair amount and revels in stories where he was proven right. It seems that he was always right in the big moments, when it counted. He also appeared to be at odds with his son and makes little effort to let bygones be bygones. Rosenberg did not agree with a lot of his sons decisions, pointing out a number of failures. Only when Rosenberg himself gets back involved in the business is everything straightened out. His son is now retired after spending decades at the helm and everything turned out well despite his "numerous" mistakes. I find it curious that Rosenberg would even bring up these types of family situations-Yo, Bill-it's over! Move on and focus on the things that really matter.
This is a fairly decent read that could have been better. Another biography where the subject is a white knight that can do little wrong. Another ego bigger than Manhattan. You can learn some things but tread carefully and wear your boots.

Amateur chefs making an impulse purchase on the basis of the book's title will want to reconsider, as this is NOT a how-to guide to the making of this distinctly American confection. I myself was bitterly disappointed to make this discovery. However since I was trapped in the purgatory of traffic school when I furtively cracked its cover, I decided to forge ahead with this ghost-written autobiography of the founder of Dunkin' Donuts anyway.

I was soon swept up by the exhilarating story of a relentless entrepreneur's rise to the top of the glamorous but cut-throat world of donut manufacture & distribution. I was also smitten with no small amount of civic pride, as Dunkin' Donuts sprang from the loins of my own native Boston. The narrative is interspersed with intriguing facts about the donut industry and its history. For instance, did you know that the modern word "donut" is a simplification of the word "doughnut," which itself evolved from the archaic term "dough knot"? Nor did I, sir.

Your inner Homer will be thrilled with this book and its lessons. And at just over 200 pages, it's the ideal length for a day-long sentence to traffic school at which attention must be periodically feigned. However this will limit your absorption of any important lessons being imparted. I myself learned this the hard way, when I caused a minor accident immediately upon leaving the school's parking lot by failing to signal. The delicious irony of this was not lost on my instructor, who had sullenly resented my divided attention throughout the day.

This book was a great read full of insighful information. I highly recommend it.

Outsourcing has less to do with economizing than with quality. Information is replacing authority. Most people still have the big company mentality buried in their assumptions.

A knowledge economy's greatest pitfall is becoming a mandarin meritocracy. The key to the productivity of knowledge workers is to make them concentrate on real assignments. One should be intolerant of intellectual arrogance. A balance needs to be worked out between specialization and exposure.

Every organization has a theory of business. Sometimes reality changes but the theory of business does not change with it. The assumption that the computer industry is hardware driven paralyzed IBM.

Assumptions about environment, mission, and core competencies must fit reality. Rapid growth is a sure sign there is a crisis in the business theory. Unexpected success and unexpected failure equally show an inadequate theory of business.

Mass retailers had based their strategy on market homogeneity. Whosoever exploits structural trends is almost certain to succeed. The worship of premium pricing always creates a market for the competition.

There is a trend toward alliances as a vehicle of business growth. The modern organization has social responsibility. An organization is effective only if it concentrates on one task. Knowledge workers cannot be supervised effectively.

In team building there are three kinds of teams. The first is the baseball team with fixed positions. The second is the football team where players play as a team at the behest of a coach. The third is the tennis doubles team where players have primary rather than fixed positions.

History books record the squalor of early industry. Nevertheless, the workers were better off working in the factories than they were on the farm or in domestic service. Blue collar workers were manual laborers.

The emerging society is one based on knowledge. The central workforce will consist of highly specialized people. The knowledge society is an employee society. The Japanese term for continuous improvement is kaizen. An old Bell Telephone invention is benchmarking. For the most part downsizing has not resulted in the hoped for improvements.

The book is a collection of essays and interviews. The middle sags but the material near the beginning and the end of the volume is first rate.

Even dated there is something to be learned from this book. Drucker is one of the few people who not only talks about the future of business but clarifies the present business climate. Even when he is wrong about what will happen, which he will be one of the first to say, he is smart enough to admit it and learn from it. Drucker gives solid practical advice and insight to all aspects of business. And more importantly what should be part of business. I give the book a B+ on the StuPage just because of it being dated.

Peter Drucker's greatest hits. That's the easiest way to describe this book, which compiles essays written by the ultimate management guru from 1991 to 1994. All of theses essays are about change: changes in the economy, society, business and in organizations in general. Drucker's advice on how managers should adjust to these tectonic shifts centers around the rise of the now ubiquitous knowledge worker and the global economy. As always, Drucker's analysis is far enough ahead of the curve that his 90s-era observations and conclusions are still relevant in the 21st century. We from getAbstract recommend this seamlessly organized book as the perfect introduction to one of the most important management thinkers of his generation.

My family raised me in an insanely messy environment. My father is likely one of the worst packrats alive, and my mother continuously hides her junk in countless bags. A few years ago I realized my own extreme clutter was a reflection of the disarray in my mind and, cyclically, reason for even further confusion. Perhaps this book isn't for those who already know where cleaning supplies are kept and how planners are used efficiently. But I highly recommend this book if you've not been blessed enough to have learned the aforementioned time-management skills other college students know as truisms (there is SOME reasoning behind the "for Dummies" title!). For beginners, this book will lead you section by section to a home as well as a life that finally has everything in place!

I bought this book as a sort of gag for a friend who keeps claiming that he wants to get organized. On the way home I started flipping through it and ended up keeping it for myself. It came along just in the nick of time for my move to a new home. All my life I have been a clutter queen; now I can actually part with things I don't need and showcase the things I really like. My home and work environments are much more functional and enjoyable places to be. It's been several months since I picked the book up and I'm impressed by how much it helped me develop the skills to stick to my promise to get my act together!

I found this book wonderfully rewarding to read through, anywhere at anytime. I brought it with me when I traveled and I learned several great ideas: my favorite is "group like with like". That single idea cracked my shell and has helped me organize my entire pack-rat house, as well as my parent's basement. Every room in the house is detailed, and the mnemonics (memory devices) are useful as well, such as P-L-A-C-E (Purge, Like with Like, Access, Contain, Evaluate). Very well written, and organized! The time management section were very useful as well, such as travelling tips. The "Part of Tens" section at the end was very interesting as well, but I won't give away any secrets!