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Showing posts with label book review. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

The One Minute Coach by Masha Malka

Remember the song – “What a Difference a Day Makes”? If a day can make a big difference, is a minute helpful. What can you actually accomplish in a minute? You may think the answer is “not much”, but I’m here to tell you that you can accomplish plenty in a minute… with Masha Malka’s new book “The One Minute Coach”. Get ready to turn your life around in a minute.

We all have very busy lives and we know how hard it is to work anything else into our schedule. I sympathize with the lack of time. However, can you find a couple of minutes in your day? Some people will find time at breakfast, on the train to work, in the restroom or some other place. The location doesn’t matter – the important thing is to find a few minutes.

This book is set up in a layout that I’ve really come to appreciate. Masha gave you a series of short points and then action steps to help you actually move forward and to make a difference in your life. Each chapter contains a series of these points.

There are over 50 points and over 50 action steps in this book – so literally, there is something for everyone. She discusses the topics listed below.

  • Freedom to be Who You Are
  • The Secrets of People Who Are Successful
  • Why Do We Suffer?
  • The Secret to a Great Life
  • Are You a Natural Leader?
  • Time Management and Decision Making
  • The Best Source of Wealth
  • Is It Ever Too late?
To give you some examples of the talking points in the book, I’ll share some of my favorite sections.
  • Freedom to be who you are – “Don’t say if I could I would. Say instead, If I can, I will.” - Jim Rohn.
  • The Secrets of people who are successful – “Successful people make a habit of doing what the failing person doesn’t like to do.” - Thomas Edison .
  • The most important ingredient to your success – “Calm self confidence is as far from conceit as the desire to earn a decent living is remote from greed.” – Channing Pollock.
  • Are you guilty? – “Lack of forgiveness causes almost all of our self-sabotaging behavior.” – Mark Victor Hansen.
  • How much do you love yourself? – Let’s talk about LOVE. More specifically, I would like to focus on self love. Why? Because you cannot give more than you have – in order to give and receive love, you have to first love yourself.
  • Using words with good purpose. – Did you know that you can positively transform your environment just by changing the words that you use?
  • Personal satisfaction at work – “We can change our lives. We can do, have and be exactly what we wish.” – Anthony Robbins.
  • How much do you rely on logic? Do you make your decisions using mainly your logic or your intuition?
  • Produce the results you are looking for – “The definition of insanity is doing the same things over and over again and expecting different results.” – Albert Einstein.
  • What did you miss out on today? “If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.” Benjamin Franklin.
  • The power of questions – “The quality of our lives is closely related to the quality of our questions.” – Michael Angier.
  • Ask and you will receive – “Quality questions create a quality life. Successful people ask better questions and as a result, the get better answers.” Anthony Robbins.
  • Excellence is not an act, but a habit – “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.” Aristotle.
  • Can one person change the world? – “You are where you are and what you are because of what you believe yourself to be. Change your beliefs and you change your reality.” Brian Tracy.
Each of these headings and sayings begin a two page section of the book. There is one page that gives an in depth explanation of the saying on the left page. On the right page, you see “action steps”. These action steps are included to help you see how to apply these principles in your life. It is very possible to change your life to make it better and you can change your life, once minute at a time.

I highly recommend this book. It is only about 130 pages, but it is packed with so many great thoughts and recommendations about how to get your life on track and how to excel. Like Brian Tracy said – we are each responsible for where we are in our lives and that means that we are the ones who have to put forth the effort to make a change.

In this day and time, there are many people who are facing trying times, but it is amazing how we can change our reality and our future by applying the points Masha Malka gives us in this power packed book. Newscasters keep telling us that we are in the worst financial situation in over 70 years, unemployment is soaring and the future looks very unsure – but if we make the most of our life, that is a great step in the right direction. Let Masha Malka show you how to start on the path to a more happy and successful life – one minute at a time.

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

New Review for Book Promo 101

I just received a review for Book Promo 101 from Lillian Brummet and it is posted on my book review site :) This is the link - http://nikkisreviews.blogspot.com/2008/10/i-will-put-out-that-this-review-was.html

Nikki Leigh

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Curious About President's Parasite?

Has all the recent hubbub about President's Parasite made you just a bit curious about the book? Be sure to stop by Books and Authors http://joyceanthony.tripod.com/blog/ to learn more about author Jim Musgrave as Joyce Anthony's interviews him on July 9. And that's not all! Come back for more on July 10 when she reviews his book.

When you stop by, be sure to leave a comment and ask Jim a question. He's not only knowledgeable, but witty and imaginative. If you'd like to increase your chances of winning his book, stop at each blog visit and post a comment for Jim. Each comment enters you in a drawing for a free print copy at the end of the tour.

Amazon Link for President's Parasite: http://www.amazon.com/Presidents-Parasite-Jim-Musgrave/dp/0977650367/

Donna Sundblad
Tour Coordinator Promo 101 Virtual Blog Tours
www.theinkslinger.net

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Beyond Booked Solid by Michael Port

I just had to share that my first book review for EvanCarmichael.com is posted :) This is the link - http://www.evancarmichael.com/Book-Reviews/2820/Beyond-Booked-Solid-by-Michael-Port.html

Beyond Booked Solid is a great book for a business that is established, but need some help to move to the next level. I won't tell you anymore and then you will have to visit the article to find out more :)

For business people, the site also has a great set of forums. If you drop by there, I post under the user name "litekepr" :)

Nikki Leigh

Sunday, November 18, 2007

NaNo - Day Eighteen

Today went pretty good and the eBay seciton is coming together. Still not sure if I think eBay is a good idea, but the research continues :) My word count hit 44,006 and the finish line is within site. I'll finish the eBay info and that should put me close to 50K. Then I can take a couple of days "off" to proof the print galleys for Book Promo 101. The layout looks GREAT and I can't wait to get comments from others about it.

By the way, I got a new review for Book Promo 101 today from Coffee Times. Its a 4 cup review ----

LEARN THE BASICS OF BOOK PROMOTION (BOOK PROMO 101)
NIKKI LEIGH
ISBN# (10): 1-59431-498-5/ (13): 978-1-59431-498-5
September 2007
Write Words Inc
http://www.ebooksonthe.net/
E-Book
$6.50
426 Pages
Non Fiction - Self Help/How To
Rating: 4 Cups


To have your book sell, one cannot sit it on the shelf and stop there. There are many promotional tactics that one can use to get their name and book out to the public. The basic guidelines for promotion will help aid the author and guide them to the right place to get their book on the market.

With the flip of each page, the reader learns when to start promoting, along with the creation of blogging, brainstorming with others, and a mountain of valuable outlets that have exercises and plans to go by. There is even a checklist to evaluate and compare publicists. Ms. Leigh does a thorough search to get many enlightening data across to the author, discussing the e-book and print on demand books, along with review sites.

Inside the pages, you will learn how to overcome fear of rejection while incorporating steps about marketing and keeping an open mind about all promotion. Most of all, one should try some simple things instead of overstretching possibilities with so many promotional tactics that can spread a person thin. The first book is only the beginning of many increased opportunities for the author.

I believe Learning the Basics of Book Promotion is a great asset to anyone. There are many chapters loaded with information facts that even had me surprised with ideals that I was not aware. Very informative, educational, and comes highly recommended from this reviewer. Nikki Leigh has worked in promotion and marketing for over fifteen years and, as an author, has learned many outlets in promotion to pass on to others. This basic book of promotion is the first in a series and is greatly beneficial.

Cherokee
Reviewer for Coffee Time Romance
Reviewer for Karen Find Out About New Books

http://www.coffeetimeromance.com/BookReviews/Learnthebasicsofbookpromo.html
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