99 "Life Hacks" to make your life easier

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Recommended Reading for Sales & Personal Development

Recommended Reading

Sales & Personal Development Close Like the Pros: Replace Worn-Out Tactics with the Powerful Strategy of Interactive Selling. Steve Marx. (Career Press, 2007) Soar with Your Strengths. Donald O. Clifton and Paula Nelson. (Dell, 1995) You Can Negotiate Anything. Herb Cohen. (Citadel, 2000) The New Strategic Selling. Robert B. Miller and Stephen E. Heiman. (Business Plus, 2005) The New Conceptual Selling. Robert B. Miller and Stephen E. Heiman. (Business Plus, 2005) Rethinking the Sales Force: Redefining Selling to Create and Capture Customer Value. Neil Rackham & John De Vincentis. (McGraw-Hill, 1999) Innovation & Ideas The Innovator’s Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business. Clayton Christensen. (Collins Business Essentials, 2006) ThinkerToys: A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques. Michael Michalko. (Ten Speed Press, 2006) Cracking Creativity: The Secrets of Creative Genius. Michael Michalko. (Ten Speed Press, 2001) A Whack on the Side of the Head: How You Can Be More Creative. Roger von Oech. (Business Plus, 1998) Marketing & Advertising Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping. Paco Underhill. (Simon & Schuster, 2000) Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind, 20th Anniversary Edition. Al Ries and Jack Trout. (McGraw-Hill, 2000) The Fall of Advertising and the Rise of PR. Al Ries and Laura Ries. (Collins, 2004) Marketing Warfare. Ries and Trout. (McGraw-Hill, 1997) The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing. Al Ries and Jack Trout (2005). (HarperBusiness, 1994) Focus: The Future of Your Company Depends on It. Al Ries. (HarperBusiness Essentials, 2005) The Marketing Imagination. Theodore Levitt. (Free Press, 1986) Selling the Invisible: A Field Guide to Modern Marketing. Harry Beckwith (Texere, 2001). Permission Marketing: Turning Strangers into Friends and Friends into Customers. Seth Godin. (Simon & Schuster, 1999) All Marketers Are Liars: The Power of Telling Authentic Stories in a Low-Trust World. Seth Godin (Portfolio Hardcover, 2005). The Wizard of Ads. Roy Williams. (Bard Press, 1998) EVEolution: Understanding Women—Eight Essential Truths that Work in Your Business and Your Life. Faith Popcorn. (Hyperion, 2001) The Adweek Copywriting Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Writing Powerful Advertising and Marketing Copy from One of America's Top Copywriters. Joseph Sugarman. (Wiley, 2006) Media & Advertising Associations and Publications(many offer feeds you can subscribe to; some require a fee) Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB): www.rab.com Television Bureau of Advertising (TVB): www.tvb.org Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau (CAB): www.onetvworld.org Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB): www.iab.com Newspaper Association of America (NAA): www.naa.org National Newspaper Association (NNA): www.nna.org American Marketing Association (AMA): www.marketingpower.com Arbitron: www.arbitron.com Nielsen: www.nielsen.com Scarborough Research: www.scarborough.com The Media Audit: www.themediaaudit.com TNS Media Intelligence: www.tns-mi.com AdWeek: www.adweek.com BrandWeek: www.brandweek.com Advertising Age: www.adage.com

50 Lessons I wish I had learned earlier | Family on Bikes

50 Lessons I wish I had learned earlier | Family on Bikes

10 Instant Emotional Fitness Tools

10 Instant Emotional Fitness Tools

By Barton Goldsmith, Ph.D.
Created Nov 26 2010 - 11:45am
When things get out of control and you momentarily lose your emotional balance, there are any number of little things you can do to regain it. Here are ten tools to help get you started.

1. Wash your hands and face and brush your teeth. It cools and cleans the parts of your body that you use most frequently, which is relaxing, and gives you that "fresh start" feeling.


2. Put on clean socks and some shoes that you haven't worn in a few days. Shoes take a day or two to release any moisture they have absorbed, and this is a very easy way to put a little pep back into your step.


3. Give yourself a good shave (face or legs). This is another instant refresher. Especially if you have sensitive skin or the weather is dry. Plus, when we know we are looking our best, we naturally feel better.


4. Look at any trophy, diploma, or certificate of achievement that you have earned. And if it isn't framed and on the wall, frame it now. These are reminders of your accomplishments, and taking in your success is important to maintaining your self-esteem.


5. Remember your last (or greatest) success and think about it for sixty seconds. Taking in your success as often as possible will help you reach another and another. Quite simply, it reminds you that if you've done it before, you can do it again.


6. Know you are the person your loved ones think you are. And yes, that goes for your dog too. Knowing that you are unconditionally loved can't help but make you feel good about yourself. It's so easy to beat yourself up, I recommend pulling yourself up instead.


7. Wash your car, inside and out. Hey, when our wheels are shiny, we feel better. If you don't think this applies to you, just remember how you felt the last time you got a ride in someone's very funky car. Race you to the car wash.


8. Organize your closet and get rid of anything that no longer fits. Old clothes may come back into style, but you really don't want them on hangers for the next twenty years. Throwing out the old makes room for the new. For some, the feeling they get from putting on a new "power suit" fills them with pride.


9. Cook a lovely meal. Even if you are by yourself, preparing a tasty dinner, setting the table, and treating yourself to a wonderful culinary experience will lift your spirits. Sharing it with someone you love and/or respect will make it even more nurturing.


10. Look around you, remember that you started with nothing, and know that everything you see, you created. We can all lose our feelings of self-worth, especially when something goes wrong in our world. The truth is that if you have done it before, you can do it again-no matter what.

None of these tasks has to be uncomfortable or take you much time. Finding ways to give yourself a little boost when you're not feeling like you're at the top of your game is a trick that truly happy people use on a regular basis.

Make the richness even richer

Make the richness even richer

Look around you right now, and celebrate the existence and experience of all you see. In every corner of every situation is much for which to be thankful.

The unique and priceless miracle that is your life gains more value and substance with every moment. Now is your opportunity to live that value in new and creative ways.

In each challenge is the power to make a meaningful difference. With every interaction comes the chance to affirm life’s goodness in your own special way.

Feel the love that lives within you. It is yours to live and to give, no matter what.

Look around you, and let everything you see remind you of how truly fortunate you are. Feel the real power you have to make meaningful and loving use of that good fortune.

You are here right now to do great and wonderful things. With a thankful heart, make the richness even richer by your joyous living of it.

— Ralph Marston



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