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Books
Take Yourself To The Top : the secrets of America's #1 career coach
by Laura Berman Fortgang
Warner Books. $13.99
This is a useful book for those of you who want to get a sense of the power of coaching. Ms. Fortgang provides
a no-holds-barred look at her own powerful style of getting people into action. If you take action based on what
is written in this book, your life will take off. Of course, one of her recommendations is to hire a coach. Naturally,
I couldn't agree more.
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The Web of Life: weaving the values that sustain us
by Richard Louv
Conari Press, $14.95
I loved this book. It's warm and friendly, yet inherently important. From the back cover, which says it well:
"The Web of Life sends a passionate call for rebuilding community and family life. Award-winning journalist
Richard Louv explores the fragile network that connects people and the strands that make it up: nature, childhood,
adulthood, spirit, purpose, and community."
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Be Heard Now!
by Lee Glickstein
Broadway Press, $20
This book is about speaking in public. It reveals a method to access your deepest self while speaking, something
most of us don't do well. It's not about being that perfect presenter, but rather it's about being yourself and
connecting with the audience. There's a lot more to the book. I encourage those of you who would like to come out
of hiding... even those who are speakers already, to check out this book.
The author also has a tape set available. I enjoyed it, having read the book. But I've heard from one person
to whom I recommended the tapes that Mr. Glickstein's verbal style was hard to take. Don't let that put you off
to his message.
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A Simpler Way
by Margaret Wheatley and Myron Kellner-Rogers
Berrett-Koehler Publishers, $27.95
This is a wonderful book, though it may not be to everyone's liking or interest. It's philosophical, yet applicable
to daily life. From the book: "We want to be less arduous and more delightful. We want to be able to think
differently about how to organize human activities. Our book springs from these desires. It explores a different
way of thinking about life and about how organizing might occur. Our primary question is: How could we organize
human endeavor if we developed different understandings of how life organizes itself?" I agree that this book
is destined to be a classic.
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Taming Your Gremlin: a guide to enjoying yourself
by Richard D. Carson
HarperPerennial, $12
I was surprised how much I learned from this book. I thought I had figured out the piece about carrying self-restricting
baggage. But there is something about the way this information was presented, a simple message made accessible,
that gave me a new perspective on my own "gremlins" and offers a tool for anyone to use.
I should probably add that this is one of those books for which presentation may fit with you... or not. There
are lots of silly drawings. If these get in your way, then either don't buy this book, or plan to ignore them!
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Mastery: the keys to success and long-term fulfillment
by George Leonard
Plume, $10.95
Here is another of those books that is easy to read, yet has profound implications for our lives and those with
whom we come in contact. How would your life be different if you no longer let experiences in which you were unable
to attain your goal influence whether you continued on your path to attain it? Understanding "mastery"...
then getting it into your bones. That's what this book is about.
Tom Peters wrote: "This enchanting book sets what you thought you knew about succeeding at any task on
its ear. Slow horses finish first; and plateaus are more important than great leaps forward.... I learned a lot
from this book; it's for manager, preacher, baker, and athlete alike."
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