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Killing Sacred Cows: Overcoming the Financial Myths That Are Destroying Your Prosperity
Garrett B. Gunderson, Stephen Palmer
Greenleaf Book Group LLC, 2008
A Valuable Twist on Traditional Financial Thinking
I used to work in financial services; I left because I didn't believe in the concepts we were trained to share with others. Investing all of your extra cash in high risk/potentially high return instruments in response to your concern about possible future lack, often ...
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Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: An Evidence-Based Guide to Planning Care (Nursing Diagnosis Handbook)
Betty J. Ackley, Gail B. Ladwig
Mosby, 2007
Very helpful
This book was so helpful when I had to write care plans for patients. It is so easy to use and takes you step-by-step through the nursing process. I use this book instead of the book required by my school.
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Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't
Jim Collins
Collins Business, 2001
My Personal Number 1 Management Book
A few years ago, the company I was with purchased copies of Good to Great for managers. I was blown away by the information the book contained. The book went against my thinking at the time. In quick order, I changed my mind-set about several topics and found my ...
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The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures
Dan Roam
Portfolio Hardcover, 2008
SIMPLE DRAWINGS MAKE SENSE
This insightful book says that any problem can be solved using a simple drawing. The author warns against saying you cannot draw, because he says anyone can draw the simple stick figure drawings he suggests. Roam reminds us that visual information is much more ...
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The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness
Dave Ramsey
Thomas Nelson, 2007
No Nonsense Approach to Personal Finance
Dave gives a simple no nonsense approach to personal finances. Requires a strong commitment to paying off your debt.
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Six Disciplines® Execution Revolution: Solving the One Business Problem That Makes Solving All Other Problems ...
Gary Harpst
Six Disciplines Publishing, 2008
Great Stories, But Be Careful
Harpst's great book should be tempered with book's like How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of "Intangibles" in Business and The Halo Effect: ... and the Eight Other Business Delusions That Deceive Managers. If we are careful to qualify how much can really be ...
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The Ten Roads to Riches: The Ways the Wealthy Got There (And How You Can Too!
Ken Fisher
Fisher Investments Press, 2008
Have you ever wondered how the super-rich built their wealth—and whether you could build big wealth too? The Ten Roads to Riches takes an engaging and informative look at some of America’s most famous (and infamous) modern day millionaires (and billionaires), and reveals how they found their fortunes. Surprisingly, the ...
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Stop the 401(k) Rip-off!: Eliminate Costly Hidden Fees to Improve Your Life
David B. Loeper
Bridgeway Books, 2007
Every American should read
My name is Matthew Hutcheson. I'm an independent pension fiduciary, and have studied retirement plan economics for over fifteen years. Every American worker with a 401(k) (or a 403(b)/457 for that matter) should put this book on the top of their reading list. The ...
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Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
Chip Heath, Dan Heath
Random House, 2007
In order to be memorable, you must use SUCCES
Made to Stick is a great book designed to help you made your ideas more memorable. It is not designed to give you the power to come up with new ideas, but to make the most of what's available to you. The authors use a wide variety of examples of "sticky" and non ...
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Now, Discover Your Strengths
Marcus Buckingham, Donald O. Clifton
Free Press, 2001
A Look in the Mirror
[As a corporate human resources director, I often work on developing the latent talents and skills of various managers. Years ago, I taught a class where I had each participant to look into a hand-held mirror and ask the question, "Would you want to work for this ...
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Understanding by Design, Expanded 2nd Edition
Grant Wiggins, Jay McTighe
Prentice Hall, 2005
Fresh approach to curriculum design
I've used this book for three years in my graduate Curriculum Design courses for teachers. My students are practicing teachers who have seen dozens of lesson planning approaches and don't need some new theory just for the fun of it. But Wiggins and McTighe present a ...
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The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels
Michael Watkins
Harvard Business School Press, 2003
Great Primer for Taking On a Management Job
The First 90 Days by Michael Watkins is squarely aimed at the task of a manager coming in and dealing with a new team. Those first ninety days can really make or break a business relationship and it is well worth studying this information before you take on a new job.
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Good to Great and the Social Sectors: A Monograph to Accompany Good to Great
Jim Collins
HarperCollins, 2005
Excellent companion addressing not-for-profits' unique needs
Jim Collins is the author of "Good to Great," an influential business and leadership book. In the time since the publication of the book, Collins realized that there exist points of disconnect within the book for leaders of not-for-profit agencies (e.g. churches, ...
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The First Six Weeks of School (Strategies for Teachers Series, 2)
Paula Denton, Roxann Kriete
Northeast Foundation for Children, 2000
Great for First Year Educators!
I began using Morning Meeting [ASIN:1892989093 The Morning Meeting Book (Strategies for Teachers, 1)] as a part of my teacher education program last year and found it to be a great benefit for encouraging positive social interactions between my elementary students. ...
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Elementary and Middle School Mathematics: Teaching Developmentally
John M. Van de Walle
Allyn & Bacon, 2006
Math teacher must have!
This was a required text for a M.Ed. class. The practices in this book are almost perfectly aligned with Massachusetts frameworks and the Connnected Math Project (CMP) text used by my district (Lowell). This book is very rich with lesson plan fodder and takes pains to ...
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