Interactive Text, Microeconomics: A Contemporary Introduction with Access Card and InfoTrac College Edition

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Interactive Text, Microeconomics: A Contemporary Introduction with Access Card and InfoTrac College Edition
William A. McEachern
Manufacturer: South-Western College Pub
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Binding: Paperback

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Interactive Text, Macroeconomics: A Contemporary Introduction with Access Card and InfoTrac College Edition

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This very successful textbook is distinguished by a superior writing style that draws upon common reader experiences to introduce economic concepts, making economic theory more accessible and interesting. "Case Studies" and numerous examples take advantage of readers' intuitive knowledge of economics, building upon real-life situations. Microeconomics Interactive Text by William McEachern combines the original textbook with rich multimedia, real-time updates, exercises, self-assessment tests, note-taking tools, and much more. This combination of print and online material provides learners with active learning tools and tutorials, and helps instructors shorten preparation time and improve instruction. The Interactive Text offers a complete technology teaching solution that integrates all of the media together in one seamless package - no “assembly” is required. Microeconomics Interactive Text consists of two components: a Print Companion and an Online Companion, seamlessly integrated to provide an easy-to-use teaching and learning experience. The Print Companion is a paperback textbook that includes the core content from the original textbook. All time-sensitive pedagogical features and materials at the end of chapters have been moved from the printed textbook to the Online Companion. The Online Companion provides a dedicated Web site featuring all of the core content from the Print Companion combined with integrated, interactive learning resources, self-assessment tests, note-taking features, and basic course-management tools that enable instructors to create and manage a syllabus, track learner self-assessment scores, broadcast notes to learners, and send electronic messages to learners.

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Cool book

Only a Start

Interesting but dullest of the original 9 book series

Terrific

uncle eric gives you the secret to a world of profit.

The Clipper Ship Strategy: For Success in Your Career, Business, and Investments (An Uncle Eric Book)
Richard J. Maybury
Manufacturer: Bluestocking Press
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Release Date: 2003-08-01

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Conventional wisdom says that when the government expands the money supply, the money descends on the economy in a uniform blanket. This is incorrect. The money is injected into specific locations causing hot spots or "cones". Mr. Maybury explains a system for tracking and profiting from these cones, for locating genuine money-making opportunities, and for avoiding those which are false or dangerous. "The Clipper Ship Strategy" includes step-by-step instructions, and clever illustrations that make the system easy to understand. Explains how to cope with recessions and avoid unemployment. This book is the second sequel to "Whatever Happened to Penny Candy?" and should be read after "The Money Mystery" also available for purchase through Amazon.com

Can be used for courses in Economics, Business, Finance, Government and History.

To improve the student's learning experience, also purchase the student study guide for "The Clipper Ship Strategy" titled "A Bluestocking Guide: Applying The Clipper Ship Strategy" also available through Amazon.com.

Contents for The Clipper Ship Strategy
Uncle Eric's Model of How the World Works
Author's Disclosure

Part 1 Sales Strategy
1. A Strategy for Success
2. Ethics and the Flood of Data
3. Hot Spots and Evidence
4. Austrian Economics
5. Line and Staff
6. The Clipper Ship Strategy
7. Piles of Money
8. The Money Spreads
9. Cones and Sales
10. Scooping and Pouring
11. All Roads
12. Cone Creation
13. The Super Clipper
14. Do Cones Really Exist?
15. The Biggest, Most Stable Cone
16. Accidental Cones
17. Houston: Portrait of an Accidental Cone
18. Other Accidental Cones
19. Hollow Cones
20. An Ecosystem in Chaos
21. Outside Sales
22. Benefits of This Understanding
23. Tax & Regulatory Cones
24. Marginality
25. Marketing Managers
26. The Automobile
27. How to Follow the Cones
28. A Case Study: Sacramento
29. Hot Spots and Zips
30. The Importance of a Model for Sorting Your Data
31. Cone Classification
32. Is Pinpoint Accuracy Necessary?
33. How to Classify Cones
34. Precision and Size of Firm
35. Split Cones
36. An Eerie Feeling
37. Gathering More Information
38. Specialized Organizations and Publications
39. External Information A D.E.W. Line
40. S.I.C. Codes
41. List Companies and Marketing Data
42. Importance of Real Estate
43. Learn by Example
44. Sales Side Summary

Part 2 Production Strategy
45. Stomping the Town
46. Your Factors of Production
47. Streamlining
48. Cyclical Problems
49. Break-Even Analysis
50. Mrs. Garcia
51. A New Industry
52. Break-Even Solutions
53. The Most Risky Investment
54. Specialization
55. Payback Analysis
56. Start-Up Firms: An Example
57. Careers in BCM
58. Investment Strategy
59. Two Types of Investment Cones
60. Summary

Appendix
Bibliography
Bookstores
Glossary
About the Author
Index

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Cool book.......2007-08-24

This book is not a boring read for a factual book that makes you think. I don't like reading textbooks so the author does an amazing job.

Only a Start.......2006-03-23

This book may be alright for people who know little about economics and business or for kids who would like to start their own small business. Mr. Maybury's points are simple, and he repeats them so many times that I don't think anyone could possibly miss them.
But there are a few things I must warn you about:

First, Mr. Maybury implies that anyone who doesn't agree with him is either dumb or evil. Often he will drop a little line here or there that characterizes a certain group as bad. For example, he characterizes government officials as "Godzilla-like", corrupted, and malicious black-mailers. The problem is that he does not back up these claims with evidence, logic, or his personal experiences.

Second, this book is fairly superficial. If you are really trying to apply his model in the real world or if you are trying to really understand the way the economy works or why the government does what it does, you will need to do a lot more research.

Third, the book is lacking a bit on the application side. He gives wonderful solutions to some application problems, but only in the fields of doughnut sales and barber shops.

And fourth, it's dreadfully boring. Read it when you are very much awake!

These are my complaints, but the book has its merits as well. It is very easy to understand, as all of Richard Maybury's "Uncle Eric Series" are, and provides much material for discussion. Consider a family discussion about whether or not politicians have bad intentions, how the internet fits into Mr. Maybury's model, why Monetarists and Keynesians disagree with some of his ideas, and what the economy would look like if everyone used his strategy.

Overall, I would say that if this book sparks your interest (before it puts you to sleep), that's wonderful, but don't let your research stop here. This book is not a complete guide in any way, although with that many words it could be.

Interesting but dullest of the original 9 book series.......2003-06-12

I have to say that although I have been captivated by Mr. Maybury's books for some time, reading each one in order. I found this one interesting only about half the time. Wehn I got half way through it I lost interest. It seemed to be going over and over and over and over the same old stuff which could have been imparted in half the time and half the pages, and just plain got boring. It simply did not hold my interest like the first seven.

After finishing it, I picked up the "Thousand Year War" a little apprehensively to see if Maybury had lost his flare after the success of his previous books, as so many do, sort of like movie sequals that never meet or match the standards of the original, and luckily found that it was back on track with interesting, coherent information taht once again had me wanting to finish it in one setting.

Mr. Maybury needs to work The "Clipper Ship" over and could easily reduce it by half.

Of course I enjoy his work and will order the two follow on books WWI and WWII to round out my collection. All in all, he has made me a little bit wiser with this series and I still recommend it (all of them) to anyone who wants to understand the competing "models" that exist in the world and what makes the world go round.

Jim

Terrific.......2001-08-04

I am very impressed at how Rick has made economics so easy to understand. I was very ignorant as to how economic policies effected me. After reading this book I am truly looking foward to learning more about our system. He also indirectly mentioned the company I work for in regards to a P&G (Protor & Gamble)issue. I can attest that he was on the money with his conclusion. I have long understood how much manipulation occurs within our political system. I just never thought that it effects our economic structure to the degree that it does!

uncle eric gives you the secret to a world of profit........2000-04-03

In this excellent book Uncle Eric provides you with all of the facts about cones.What they are, how to find them, and how you can make a profit from them.

Uncle eric shares many examples of cones through history especially the history of the clipper ship. Also included with each history overview is the summary of what those who found the cones did to profit from them. This i find to be an extreemely useful item within the book. Uncle eric does not only tell you what to do, he shows you actual instences in history when the cones were taken advantadge of.

Along with uncle erics guide to finding cones he also has a description of what types of cones there are, and which ones to get into and which ones to stay out of.

I find all of uncle erics advice to be extreemely useful in this book.

sincerely Piffer H

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A must read for think-tank practicioners and managers

Managing Think Tanks: Practical Guidance for Maturing Organizations
Raymond J. Struyk
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A must read for think-tank practicioners and managers.......2005-04-05

This book is written by Dr. Raymond Struyk, a senior fellow at the Urban Institute, a leading public policy think-tank based in the United States. It is based on his experience as a technical adviser to several policy think tanks in the Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union and is written because there has been no publication on think-tank management before this book was published.

Some of the books' major recommendations are the following:
 The use of incentives should be encouraged to motivate researchers that have made significant accomplishments for the think-tank and to maintain their interests to continue working for the think-tank. The incentives could be both in cash and non-cash forms, such as: sponsorship to attend training courses and international conferences abroad, opportunities to make presentations and meet key policymakers, etc.
 As the size of think tanks grew, researchers should be encouraged to specialize and think tanks might want to create several research focuses. At the same time, relations between researchers and management should be made as collegial as possible and the creation of complex hierarchy and large bureaucracy within the think-tank should be avoided.
 To ensure think-tanks to maintain its credibility and reputation, good quality control is essential. It is suggested that drafts of research outputs should be peer-reviewed, both within the think-tank and by hiring outside reviewers. In addition, think-tank should make a comprehensive communication strategy to communicate its message to its audience, whether they are policymakers, the public, the media, etc.
 Think tanks should make a regular review of its work program and fundraising strategy. The creation of a strategic plan is encouraged, but it should be made before a think-tank is facing a crisis and should be made based on extensive discussion with different stakeholders within the think-tanks: research and support staffs, major donors, board members, etc. In addition, think-tanks should diversify its funding sources, especially by seeking funds from the private sector and by "commercializing" some of its products and expertise, particularly those where the think-tanks are well-known of. For instance, a think-tank specializing in the forecasting the macroeconomic outlook of a country could sell this service to the private sector/corporations.

Dr. Struyk's recommendations in this book were very useful for every organization that called themselves public policy think tanks, especially those that are in the second-stage and are trying to make a transition to a more established think-tank. We believe that the book is highly relevant to us at our institute today. The recommendations given by Dr. Struyk are very useful for us as we move ahead and we hope that some of them could be adopted within our think-tank.

Of course, there are a few issues in think-tank management that we wish could be elaborated further in this book. For instance, many developing countries think-tank are highly dependent on funds from official developing countries agencies, which are often project-oriented, short-term in nature, have bureaucratic reporting requirement, and often failed to take into account the long-term goals of the think-tanks receiving the funds. In the West, most think-tanks received the bulk their support from private foundations and individuals that tend to be more long-term in nature, less intervening and bureaucratic, and are often more respectful of the interests and goals of the think-tank they fund. We wish that there were a discussion in this book on how developing countries' think tanks could gain access to these private foundations and individuals. Unfortunately, this was not extensively discussed in the book.

However, despite such shortcomings, we believe that this book should be read by all think-tanks managers, researchers, donors, and other stakeholders. The advice and recommendations of the book are very practical and based on the author's experiences working with numerous policy think tanks. Thus, they could be easily adapted by other think tanks throughout the world, regardless in which countries the think-tank is located (developed and developing countries) and regardless whether the think-tank is recently established or whether it is already a long-established and highly reputable think-tank. So, we should start reading it and hopefully, we could act to implement some of the recommendations of the book within our own organization.

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Interesting but fluffy

Great for all ages

Imagination and Necessity equals Invention

Very interesting stories from a prolific inventor

Inventorship: the Art of Innovation
Leonard M. Greene
Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons Inc
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"From this lively and personal account, we learn that we can all practice inventorship to great advantage-measured either in gold or pleasure, or perhaps both!"-From the Foreword by Walter Cronkite

"Inventorship is truly the stuff from which the future will be molded. Giving us an insight into the everyday thought processes of great inventive minds, Greene's wonderful collection of stories and ideas is a model for each of us in the art of inventiveness."-Pat Hallberg, Executive Director, National Inventors Hall of Fame

"This entertaining and well-written work educates without pain and motivates the reader to learn more. It should be widely read not only by business people and entrepreneurs, but by young people, their parents, and their teachers. The lesson: Inventorship is for everyone and can change lives for the better."-Joseph N. Hankin, President, Westchester Community College

"After all the scholarly books and articles about innovation and the entrepreneurial process by theorists, how refreshing it is to hear from a real live inventor holding hundreds of patents in fields as diverse as aeronautics, sailing, chess, and skiing! He has even invented a word, `inventorship', to describe the process and guide us through dozens of examples. A very useful book."-John Diebold, Chairman, The JD Consulting Group, Inc.

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Not bad.......2005-04-30

It is not a bad book. You should admire that the author wanted to make the world a better place by teaching about being inventive. Although, in my opinion, I find that the author has a bit of ego telling the world he has invented this and that. I don't find anything ego about creating a more safer aircraft, but the other example I do find it to be bragging. The author suggestion about being inventive doesn't seem new, it just that most people doesn't seem to notice it yet.

I don't actually recommand that you buy this book on how to be inventive.

However, if you wanted a few funny story, then by all means, buy this book.

Interesting but fluffy.......2002-02-01

This is an easy to read book by the inventor of several aeronautical instruments. The author is also a prolific "idea" guy, and he shares many of his undeveloped ideas throughout the book. Dr. Greene goes into just a little of the detail behind his invention of the airplane stall indicator, his crowning achievement and apparently the source of his wealth. After that, the author covers many invention case studies in a very cursory and story telling way. The stories are entertaining but will not give more than a peek at what goes into the "Art of Innovation".
Much of the book is self-serving and reads like a memoir at times. There are many stories about how the author was with his family on a fantastic vacation and came up with a great invention. The stories continue to include his private plane, summer home, son's helicopter, private sail yacht, etc. Greene is very forward about showing you the riches and great life that can accompany Inventorship. He uses the book to also link politics with Inventorship by briefly plugging his book on The National Tax Rebate as an example of using Inventiveness for social issues.
Some of Greene's invention examples allocate himself a little more credit than seems reasonable. In one parable, Greene claims to have had a chat with a Princeton Professor after a lecture that resulted in major revisions of the world's cyclotrons and moved particle physics research to a new level. The kicker is Greene claims that the fundamental principle for this cyclotron design occurred to him while playing with his trains when he was seven years old.
Buy this book for the corny and sometimes funny stories. Buy this book for insight into an octogenarian who has had an impact on the aeronautical industry. Buy this book to get a few nuggets of wisdom about bringing a product to market. Don't buy this book for a "how-to" on inventing.

Great for all ages.......2001-06-10

This is a great book for anyone who wants to learn how to apply creative thinking, imagination, and "lateral thinking" to their lives and work. It is suitable for anyone, but would be best for children age 10 and older, and adults. The author has lived an amazing life, and filled this book with stories of how he has changed the world, and the people around him. This is a great book for someone looking to find new solutions to old problems, or just looking to "spice things up." There should be a web site where people can share ideas that are stimulated by this book.

Imagination and Necessity equals Invention.......2001-05-28

From the beginning of Leonard Greene's book, "Inventorship, the Art of Innovation", Walter Cronkite writing in the Foreword, writes about one of my favorite writers of yesterday. Cronkite tells the reader a World War Two incident involving a reporter friend of his, Jimmy Cannon. Cronkite and the other American reporters could not get by the Russian Guards because they had no proper ID. Cannon got by the Russian Guards and spent two days with them before returning to Cronkite and the American Third Army. The Question was "How did Cannon do it?" Leonard Greene provides the answer for his readers in his book: think about the problem at hand, and use "the art of innovation." Jimmy Cannon's solution: thinking and innovation. Cannon showed the Russian Guards "his Texaco credit card with the oil company's big red star on its back.The Guards couldn't read English, but the soviet symbol was enough, and pass him through they did." Leonard Greene's new book is full of wonderful ideas of how inventions come into being. He proves in an intelligent and interesting way that necessity is not necessarily the the only mother of invention; "Imagination is." During World War Two, when this writer was a young sailor. one of the things that amazed me was how in God's name did those planes take off and land on aircraft cariers, especially, the carriers we called the "baby carriers." Leonard's Inventions/solutions: Stall Warning Devices for landing; speed bumps at the end of the runway for take-offs. The Elder President Bush knows their value from his WW11 South Pacific flying days. Leonard Greene's book is facinating reading; it should be required reading with Peter Drucker's books in University/College Business Schools.I give Greene's book the Highest Recommendation.

Very interesting stories from a prolific inventor.......2001-05-21

If you are at all interested in the invention process then you'll should get this book to read on the actual processes that an inventor went through in invention after invention.

At first I thought the author was a little egocentric... talking about all of his inventions. Then I realized that he was truly a profilic inventor. His method of telling us about the invention process was to illustrate each of the methods he used with real stories of inventions. Stories that happened (mostly) to him.

It is very easy to read, and the author went out the way to get an artist to support his points with illustrations. As I read the book I became intrigued with all of his inventions. After a while I started saying to myself... "Gosh, I can't believe he invented this under those conditions."

Particularly interesting was his analysis of what the people on the Titanic could have done to save the ship.

I think there are better academic books about the invention process out there... but there are few that offer a look inside the mind of someone who invented so many products.

John Dunbar

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A consumer's favorite for more than two decades, this bestselling guide shows you how to find incredible bargains when you shop by mail, phone, or mouse click. No matter what you're looking for, you can get it cheaper and delivered right to your doorstep: carpeting, caviar, snow tires, organic citrus, kitchen gadgets, clothing and footwear, jewelry, cameras, pet supplies, coffee, toys, seniors' needs, garden tools, art supplies, cigars, leather goods, car parts-and almost anything else imaginable!

Totally updated and revised, Buy Wholesole by Mail 2001 contains the "best of the best" in discount Internet and mailorder shopping, with reviews of over 500 vendors in all--from little-known companies selling hard-to-find items to the all-around best businesses with the best bargains in every category. You'll also find:an all-new chapter full of resources and expert advice for Internet novices--you'll learn how to get online and get shopping!a fun and quirky "Gift Guide" for finding the perfect, affordable surprise for romantic occasions, hard-to-please teens, cranky in-laws, and everyone elsetips for dealing with the tricks and traps of shipping and handling fees, Internet credit card security, your rights as a consumer, and more.

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Not Wholesale.......2002-01-30

This may be a good book for bargain hunters who are looking for discounted goods, but legitimate wholesale requires a license and a retail resale number.

If You Really Want Wholesale, Look Elsewhere.......2001-03-04

The book's title is rather misleading. While there are some wholesale businesses in the book, they are in the vast minority. If you are a bargain-hunting consumer then you might find this book helpful, although your local yellow pages will probably work just as well. If you are looking for real wholesale resources, check to see if your local library has a directory, or make the $200-300 sacrifice and buy your own. This book was a waste of my time and money.

Bargain Shoppers Dream!.......2001-01-28

Buy Wholesale by Mail lists incredible companies with unbeatable deals. Many companies I've never heard of combined with some well known favorites. I searched through my favorite topics, bookmarked them, looked up listings with websites, and had a fabulous learning experience. From buying chickens and farm items, locating auto parts, or remodeling the house-this book is your ultimate resource guide. Why would you pay more, when you can buy it wholesale? It's worth every penny!

A must have resource for everything you might want or need.......2001-01-14

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Wyoming Manufacturers Directory 2001 (Wyoming Manufacturer's Directory)

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common sense

First steps to healing and exploring yourself.

EVERYONE should read!

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What if there is a You that has never seen the light of day, has never got to say, "Hey, what about me?"

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Now, Dr. Phil takes those lessons a great leap further and explores one of the most challenging questions facing us all: When you look in the mirror, who is truly hiding beneath that face? Instead of taking a surface look at the way we live our lives, Dr. Phil demystifies how your self-concept came to be and gives a nuts-and-bolts approach to creating a new plan for living and, in turn, for discovering the real you.

In this groundbreaking work, Dr. Phil challenges you to find your "authentic self" -- that person you once were before life took its toll. It is you at your greatest, most fulfilled, most real moment. It is the person you have always wanted to be, but were too distracted, busy, or scared to become. Instead, you have created a "fictional self" -- taking on the identity of who you believe you are supposed be, the person people tell you you are. The incongruence between these two selves is what leads you to feel that your life is incomplete, unbalanced, and altogether more difficult than it really should be.

The good news is it no longer needs to be that way. By using the plan set forth in Self Matters, Dr. Phil helps you to demystify your self-concept and learn how to reclaim your authentic self. In evaluating your life by only the facts, you can learn to think beyond the excuses and fears that have masked the person you have always wanted to be.

Self Matters is one of the most forward-thinking works on self-concept and self-esteem ever published. For the first time, an author tells it how it is and, in the process, teaches us all how to live the lives we have always wanted but prevented ourselves from living. We get only one chance in this world, and now, Dr. Phil shows all how to make the most of it.

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Digging, digging, digging.......2007-10-24

This abridged audio version of the book was helpful and concentrates on critical life turning points when seismic shifts occurred in your thinking. You'll be doing a lot of writing and churning debris from the past. For me, it is somewhat helpful to analyze "why" my thinking or self-talk is the way it is. However, I'm more interested in behavior focused change. I don't particularly care why and don't feel that I have to "understand" the past or assign blame. It seems to me that self-analysis is naturally subjective. I was eating like a pig when upset, bored or tired. I stay up too late and then get a late start the next day.

On the last CD, Dr. Phil concluded with a question in the form of a list of destructive behaviors. If we are doing these things, he said "Well then, DON'T DO IT!" in the way that only he can. And I love him for it. It was what I needed to hear, and that alone was worth the price of the audio book. Changes are in progress now...

common sense.......2007-10-24

I've gotten most of Dr. Phil's books. After reading them, my conclusion is it is all common sense. If you just stop and think things out there is no need to buy these books. Mine always end up back on amazon as used and there is always someone there to purchase them. :-)

First steps to healing and exploring yourself........2007-10-17

I started slow with this book, and then I got to a point where everything was clicking and it was so cathartic to do the excercises. After this book, you will be able to move on to more deep concept self-help books, and really I don't think of this stuff as self-help I feel like there is NO ONE out there who doesn't need a little mental tune up. Great place to start in the discovery of yourself.

EVERYONE should read!.......2007-10-06

This is a wonderful book! Just gives us so many new ways to look inside ourselves and actually stop and think about who we are.Loaded with self discovery about ones self.So sorry I did not read this till I was sixty!A GREAT gift item for someone who looks for deeper understandings and might not to think to purchase for themselves.

endless repetition - could've been cut in half.......2007-08-26

The exercises and tests in the book were of some help, they helped me realize a few things about my life, myself and my current behavior. However, I found it very repetitive and too obvious, at times. It's extremely simplified, almost so much that it gives the impression of having been "dumbed down" for the general public to grasp. The book could've used more depth and elaboration, in my opinion. I felt that most things he suggested were behaviors I already practiced on a day to day basis. I couldn't relate much to it, although it made some good points and reaffirmed me in my ways.

Eres Importante (Self Matters): Construye tu vida desde el interior (Creating Your Life from the Inside Out)

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Eres Importante (Self Matters): Construye tu vida desde el interior (Creating Your Life from the Inside Out)
Dr. Phil McGraw
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Imagina que existe dentro de ti otro rostro que nunca ha visto la luz del día, que nunca ha podido decir: "Oye, ¿y qué conmigo?"...

I magina que ni siquiera conoces esa otra faceta y que nunca has dejado que se exprese por miedo a ser juzgado y condenado...

I magina que vives con miedo de fallarle a quienes generalmente te juzgan por tu manera de ser y por la forma en que vives...

I magina que descubres que te has conformado con lo que se te ha presentado en la vida, en lugar de buscar aquello que realmente necesitas...

Imagina que realmente piensas y sientes cosas que nunca te habías permitido y que, de hecho, nunca te has atrevido a experimentar...

Imagina que tu matrimonio no es lo que emocionalmente deseas y necesitas, pero silenciosamente continuas con el mismo curso, renunciando a tu esperanza de ser feliz...

Imagina que esás dejando que los días se conviertan en semanas y las semanas en meses y los meses en años, y el tiempo se va sumando, convirtiéndote en una persona gris...

Si cualquiera de estos escenarios son una realidad en tu vida, entonces tenemos que hablar, y a lo largo de estas páginas lo haremos. Tengo malas noticias para ti y otras muy buenas. Las malas son que tú tomas las decisiones que te han puesto en las circunstancias actuales de tu vida; las buenas, que tú tomas las decisiones que te han puesto en tus circunstancias actuales de tu vida. Ahora es el momento de tomar la decision más grande. Eres importante te ayudará a hacerlo.

-- Phil McGraw

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Self Matters & Companion Creating Your Life From the Inside Out

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A Must Have for any Dr. Phil fans out there

Dr. Phil for Dummies

Self Matters 2003 Block Calendar: Creating Your Life From the Inside Out
Phillip C. McGraw
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Millions know Dr. Phil McGraw from his highly rated television appearances on Oprah and his No. 1 best-selling books LIfe Strategies and Relationship Rescue, both of which have sold millions of copies and have been published in over twenty-five countries. In his latest work, Self Matters, Dr. Phil gives a nuts-and-bolts plan to discover who you really are and how to live your best life. This calendar gives readers the day-by-day steps to do just that. From recognizing the most important, or pivotal, people in our lives to identifying how we allow the world to affect our selves and self-esteem, Dr. Phil teaches all how to identify their 10-7-5; the ten moments, seven choices, and five people who have either helped or hindered us from taking on the lives we want. These daily testaments, questions, and challenges will help readers to further explore, understand, and live the plan set forth in Self Matters. From January 1 to December 31, this calendar offers the daily motivation for all to finally get real about their lives.

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A Must Have for any Dr. Phil fans out there.......2003-01-11

Dr. Phil has such a talent for "telling it like it is". I love having this calendar because I can read his encouraging words and ideas every day. I was too impatient to wait, the night it came I read every calendar page! It looks great on my desk and is a great conversation piece : )

Dr. Phil for Dummies.......2003-01-09

He is a Psych 101 class at his most prolific and was fortunate to be exposed to millions of life's washouts and rejects that wake up every day looking to feel sorry for themselves in order to have drama in their sorry lives. I love the revolutionary idea of having a wife count to ten and list the ten things that upset her to her husband of 20 years---as if she didn't wake up every day of those 20 years reciting that list to her beleaguered husband of 20 years. Dr Phil is right up there with Miss Cleo when it comes to his ability to offer advice and it is a shame, because the people that tune him in and buy his books, are people that really need help. So Oprah brought him in as the heavy to tell her sniveling guests to stop whining. I've been saying that for years!

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The projected cost of attending a public college for one year now equals the cost of buying a new car. If you want to attend a private college, double that amount. And don't forget to multiply your total by four for the grand total. Can anyone afford to send a student to college without going into grand debt? Yes, says Gordon Wadsworth, a financial advisor on finding a college education. He points out strategies and resources to help students (and their parents) pay for the high cost of college whether the students enter this year of fifteen years from now. With fourteen appendices containing financial charts, finding resources, savings strategies, and even a sample budget for students to use during their college years, here's a tool that studends and parents will find as helpful as any college catalog.

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Great guide to saving a fortune on an education.......2001-04-25

I only wish I had the information in this book for myself and the first of our children we sent off to college. We would be way ahead by now. This is a God-send, and I highly recommend it!

Great guide to saving a fortune on an education.......2001-04-25

I only wish I had the information in this book for myself and the first of our children we sent off to college. We would be way ahead by now. This is a God-send, and I highly recommend it!

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In 1961, Dick Cabela, with his wife, Mary, and his brother, Jim, turned his kitchen table into the foundation of what would become one of the world's top outfitting companies. The origins of this successful business are traced from Dick's bout with polio to his deep love of fishing and hunting that would inspire him. From one small ad in the back of the Casper Tribune (Wyoming) to an annual mailing of 60 million catalogs, Cabela's has served the needs of two generations of outdoor enthusiasts while remaining, at heart, a family business.

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Interesting, but incredibly repetitive.......2003-07-03

I was looking forward to reading this book since I am a loyal customer of Cabela's. While David Cabela had the best of intentions in documenting the rise of his parents' company, he should have left the writing to the experts. That is not to say this book does not have some useful and interesting content. However, I believe the book could have been cut by 2/3 easily and been more interesting and effective.

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