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Tuesday, August 10th, 2010Beth sent me a link to this article: But Will It Make You Happy? It’s a long article but it is at least interesting. Here are a few highlights: She had so much. A two-bedroom apartment. Two cars. Enough wedding china to serve two dozen people. Yet Tammy Strobel wasn’t happy. Working as a project [...]
Check Out Larry Winget’s “Unfiltered Truth” Series
Monday, July 19th, 2010Scroll down to get a special code for AFM readers to get $20 off the series. I received an email late last week from Larry Winget, alerting me to a new video series he is offering called “Unfiltered Truth.” The series is composed of 12 videos on the following topics: • Turn Your Life Around [...]
Understanding and Conquering “the Wanting Mind”
Monday, July 27th, 2009How is it that I can have over 13,000 songs (over 1,100 CDs) on my iPod but STILL want more? Or… How is it that I can have a decent library of books—many of which I haven’t even read yet—and yet I still want to buy MORE books? Or… Why am I looking forward to [...]
Coming June 1st, 2009…
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009I have been talking about doing a project for months. Now I’m finally ready to do something. Beginning June 1st, I want to do a community book review of Napoleon Hill’s The Law of Success*. A cheaper version ($10.99 vs. $30) of the book has become available and I think it would make an excellent [...]
Larry Winget: ‘The Secret’ is a Total Load of Crap!
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009Once again, Larry hits the nail on the head with his latest blog post, ‘The Secret’ is a Total Load of Crap. In case you’re not familiar, ‘The Secret’ is a book that gained lots of attention when it was featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show. I watched part of one of the shows when [...]
Dale Carnegie’s “How to Win Friends & Influence People” Summarized
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009I have been reading (again) Dale Carnegie’s awesome book, How to Win Friends & Influence People*. If you haven’t yet read this book, you should give it a shot. Listed below is a summary of what the book is about. The book is divided into three parts with principles for each part. I have added [...]
I Want My Kids (and Myself) to Live This Poem
Sunday, April 12th, 2009I was reading John Maxwell’s classic book, Developing the Leader Within You*, last night and came across this poem that really resonated with me and I thought I would share it with you: “Am I True to Myself?” by Edgar Guest I have to live with myself, and so I want to be fit for [...]
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