Book Review: Time Management In An Instant

Time Management In an Instant: 60 Ways to Make the Most of Your Day (In an Instant (Career Press))

Leland and Bailey provide a fairly quick read providing 60 tips to improve your time management. If you are looking for ideas to prompt some inspiration, this would be a good book to keep on your personal productivity shelf or check out from your local library. This book could be used to read each year to stimulate new ideas on your time management.

Book Review: Knockout Entrepreneur by George Foreman

Knockout Entrepreneur provides George Foreman’s approach to entrepreneurship using his personal story and the analogy of boxing. The overall message of the book is be persistent, honest, and believe in yourself. Foreman’s book will inspire entrepreneurs and those looking for success in their lives.

I found this book to be an easy read, Foreman uses a conversational style and he approaches the book like  your uncle who is explaining how he accomplished something. Foreman uses the analogy of boxing to make various points in the book, e.g. know your opponent, have a good team in the corner.  The story explains his move form looking only to win, and how Foreman began to look for ways to win and help and inspire others. Much of his transformation comes from his belief in God. If you are looking for some history on Foreman’s career in and out of the ring, and thoughts on taking a positive entrepreneurial approach to business, you should enjoy this book.

Toastmasters Official Podcast - A Learning Opportunity

Recently, I discovered the podcast produced by the Toastmasters organization. The podcast provides news, information, and interviews of importance to those in Toastmasters. There is also opportunities for education and learning from the leadership in Toastmasters, on one the recent podcasts was an interview with Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) Carol Dean Schreiner. Schreiner reviews the purpose and approach for evaluations within a toastmaster meeting. One area Schreiner covers is how a toastmaster should not be intimated when evaluating more experienced members, even a DTM, and we should always look for areas of improvement and positive criticism. If you are looking for ways to improve your evaluation approach and ensure you are building on the TM method, give the podcast a listen.

My first player was a portable 8-track player - Click and Roll!!!

Texting and Conversation

Keith Ferrazzi just posted an article The Techno-Loner Generation: Are You Raising a Socially Illiterate Child?
on the impact of texting and technology on the children of today. An interesting read and thoughts on what we as parents are doing to ensure our children understand how to keep a balance in communication styles.

Do you think all of this texting is bad for children?

Checking Out a BLOG Course

I'm evaluating a multi-media course on blogging from the folks at Simpleology. For a while, they're letting you snag it for free if you post about it on your blog.

It covers:

• The best blogging techniques.
• How to get traffic to your blog.
• How to turn your blog into money.

I'll let you know what I think once I've had a chance to check it out. Meanwhile, go grab yours while it's still free.

I get my news from the Internet

Differing viewpoints and types of news.

My favorite room

My home office is my place of solace, I have control over the music, what I do, and most of MY stuff is right there for me.

If I had easy access to a helicopter, I'd fly to Grand Canyon this weekend

Would be awesome to see the view in a helicopter. Could possibly cure my fear of heights...

Why I gave up on "The Immense Journey"

The book is in a stack by my bed... Just need more time...

If I could tame a wild animal

Mountain lion, if I can tame a cat, I do anything... hey, hey....hey, give me back my shoe!!!

My first job: Working in a carpet store

Worked in a carpet store owned by one of my friends. We made minimum wage and I can't even remember what it was now.

When I get home, I change shoes & sweater

Want to be comfortable.

Glad scabulous is back on Facebook... now lexulous... let the games begin.. or maybe rebegin :)

Home safe...cleaning up... ugh...

Enjoying lunch at the Pine Country Restaurant in Williams,AZ