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It's Not about the Money: Unlock Your Money Type to Achieve Spiritual and Financial Abundance
by Brent Kessel
Published 2008 by HarperOne
Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780061234064
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Jacket Notes:
In the tradition of "Your Money or Your Life" comes a book that provides a plan for both financial security and peace of mind.
REVIEW: Publisher's Weekly 10/15/2007
Financial planner by day, "yogi by dawn," Kessel offers "holistic financial advice" in this Buddhist-influenced debut promising both a better financial strategy and greater fulfillment and happiness. More money doesn't necessarily mean more enjoyment of life and freedom from worry, Kessel argues; people are often unhappy with their financial lives because traditional ways to think about money-spend less, save more-work from the outside in rather than the inside out. Kessel highlights the benefits of focusing awareness inward, allowing for the integration of outer actions with inner understanding. He explores eight financial archetypes (including "The Pleasure Seeker" and "The Empire Builder"), helps readers determine their type and suggests ways to overcome the problems each type typically faces. Pleasure Seekers, for example, should take a weekly break from "wanting" or redefine "the things that bring them pleasure." The rewards will be an abiding sense of financial fulfillment, a sense of security and confidence about the future and a greater ability to reach important financial goals. Readers interested in an Eastern-influenced approach will find useful advice on how to think about money, as well as insight into what makes us tick. (Jan.)
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Job-Hunting Online: A Guide to Using Job Listings, Message Boards, Research Sites, the Underweb, Counseling, Internetworking, Self-Assessm
by Mark Emery Bolles
Published 2008 by Ten Speed Press
Paperback, English. ISBN: 9781580088992
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The Internet can be an invaluable tool in any job huntbut only when you know how to use it. Cowritten by career guru Richard Nelson Bolles and his son, nontraditional career expert Mark Emery Bolles, JOB-HUNTING ONLINE helps job seekers navigate the overwhelming amount of information available on the Internet to find the most useful sites and avoid common pitfalls. Filled with hundreds of annotated website recommendations and newly reorganized to follow the action steps of a successful job hunt, this time-saving desktop guide is essential to an effective online job search.
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The Real Estate Investor's Guide to Financing: Insider Advice for Making the Most Money on Every Deal
by David Reed
Published 2008 by AMACOM/American Management Association
Paperback, English. ISBN: 9780814480618
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To get the biggest return, real estate investors need the right financing. As many investors have learned the hard way, getting the wrong financing can wipe out their profits, hold them back from selling because of a lack of equity, or force them to try to sell for more than the market can bear. In this advice-packed guide, David Reed shows readers how to get the right financial package for the biggest return on their investment.
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The Boss of You: Everything a Woman Needs to Know to Start, Run, and Maintain Her Own Business
by Emira Mears
Published 2008 by Seal Press (CA)
Paperback, English. ISBN: 9781580052368
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Female entrepreneurs are a growing force to be reckoned with. Each year, more and more women take the initiative and start their own business ventures--at twice the rate of men. Women continue to reshape the business world with innovative models, both large and small. So why is there a lack of clear-cut, expert advice aimed at this dynamic female audience?
In "The Boss of You," Emira Mears and Lauren Bacon, founders of Raised Eyebrow Web Studios Inc. and co-editors of the well-known webzine Soapboxgirls, set out to answer this question. As intelligent entrepreneurs and straightforward writers, Emira and Lauren offer insight into beginning--and sustaining--small businesses from the female perspective. Peppered with stories from women who have been there, from cautionary tales to success stories, "The Boss of You" provides readers with real advice and career options that will allow them to live their values and achieve their own version of work-life balance.
Whether you are an established professional or an entrepreneurial newbie, "The Boss of You" is the definitive guidebook for starting, maintaining, and enjoying your own business.
REVIEW: Publisher's Weekly 03/03/2008
Female entrepreneurs start businesses at twice the rate of their male counterparts , and in this book they will find a practical compendium of everything there is to know about launching and sustaining a small business. Mears and Bacon emphasize building an individualized business plan and developing a firm foundation by establishing clear goals, frankly evaluating your skills and refining answers to the "Big Questions": what are you really selling? Who is your target audience? How should you best package your business's public image? The authors cover the fundamentals of crafting a mission statement, developing branding, handling finances and legal issues, hiring good employees and expanding your business with admirable clarity, bolstered by success stories, helpful exercises and sample budgets. Women with dreams of owning their own businesses and looking for a place to start will find much to aid them-and much to enjoy-in this thoughtful guide. (May)
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