Are you willing to follow
7 proven steps to gain increased credibility, visibility, new income opportunities, branding for you and your business, a changed life?
From: Earma Brown
http://www.writetowin.org
Dear Future Author,
Have you been looking for a change-your-life-experience? You know to start the year right. Look no further. You can absolutely change your life for the better by getting your book done and out to the world this year. In fact, that's exactly what happened to me in 2000. I wrote my very first book and released it to the world. It changed my life beyond my best dreams. Hi, I'm Earma Brown and I've been doing business online since 2000 and in business Arrow Productions http://www.arrowproduction.com since 1995. I develop websites and internet communities on the web - including the WritetoWin.org and BookWritingHelp.com websites. I'm the author of nine books including "eBook It! Ten Tips to Profit from Your Passion" and "Article Marketing Speedway: How to put your article marketing in the fast lane to sales" as well as other inspirational nonfiction titles.
Here's What I Love: I love to develop resources that helps you as a service business owner, infopreneur or writer deliver your message effectively and then make money online using your information.
For years, my students and peers told me Earma you should write a book. I would chuckle inside because I knew secretly I had been trying to write a book without ANY success. You may be familiar with this one.
For years, I used the stop and start method. Write a little bit and then quit because life happened. I would end up with not enough time, so I thought. Or a major event interrupted everything and the book manuscript ended up in the drawer with other unfinished projects.
You see, I didn't have a lack of ideas for books. I just didn't have a plan and the focus to bring it all to fruition. You've probably already guessed it. One day it all came together for me. It was like I had been handed a gift.
I always knew deep inside there was something I could do that would make a difference in the lives of others. I don't mean just 4 or 5 people or even 10 or 15. I mean hundreds and even thousands of people. Have you ever felt that knowing inside your knower?
I have a suspicion that you have if you have made this far in my letter. I believe its in you to write your best book this year. It's your destiny too to impact the lives of others. If you have a messasge that you want to put in book form, you are in the right place. This is the right book for you.
"How to Impact the Life of Thousands for the Better!""I was inspired by your 'Write Your Best Book Now' principles last year. This year I have published my second book of poetry! 'Just Sitting Here Thinking' is the follow up book to 'Through My Eyes.'"
Felecia Okpagu
http://www.feleciawrites.com
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If you're like most people, the thought of writing a book freezes them in their tracks. That's because most people look at their dream as something hard to achieve. This is what I call, dream-killer thinking that blocks the truth 'anyone can write a successful book if they know how.'
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Impact the life of thousands for the better"Writing is easy: All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.”
--Gene Fowler
"How I Discovered a Way to Write Your Best Book Now In 7 Easy Steps!"
by Earma Brown, Author, Write Your Best Book Now
http://www.writetowin.org
This step-by-step book will show you how you, too, can easily write, complete and publish your book. The Write Your Best Book Now book includes:
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Why it's Worth it to write your best book and
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7 Step Program to Profit from Your Passion
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Top Ten Ways to Make Your Book Show You the Money
Ch. 4. Write Destined to Win
10 Steps to Map Your Journey
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10 Top Tips to Sizzle Your Title
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Will a Book Give My Career the Boost It's Been Needing?
You might be asking how a book can change my life. Will it make me more attractive to my clients? Will it give my career the boost its been needing? Will I be viewed as an expert in my field? Yes and Yes.
Publishing your book will do all of that for you. But it gets even better than that. You mean there's a better than that. Yes, after you have completed and published your book, it can give you increase up to 400%. Keep reading if you want to know how a published book can give you a competitive edge like that.
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--Martial.
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Yes, these Proven 7 Steps helped me to write, finish and publish a book and they will help you too. This ebook and bonuses will give you the tools to write your own unique saleable book.
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investasi Murah
Saturday, February 2, 2008
How to Write, Finish & Publish Your Own Book Fast!
Pay-Per-Click Search Engine Marketing Handbook
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The Da Vinci Code
WOW...
Blockbuster perfection. An exhilaratingly brainy thriller.
Not since the advent of Harry Potter has an author so flagrantly delighted in leading readers on a breathless chase and coaxing them through hoops.
--Janet Maslin
THE NEW YORK TIMES
A new master of smart thrills.
A pulse-quickening, brain-teasing adventure.
--PEOPLE MAGAZINE
This is pure genius.
Dan Brown has to be one of the best, smartest,
and most accomplished writers in the country.
--NELSON DEMILLE
Thriller writing doesn't get any better than this.
--DENVER POST
This masterpiece should be mandatory reading.
Brown solidifies his reputation as one of the most skilled thriller writers on the planet with his best book yet, a compelling blend of history and page-turning suspense. Highly recommended.
--LIBRARY JOURNAL
Exceedingly clever.
Both fascinating and fun...a considerable achievement.
--WASHINGTON POST
A heart-racing thriller.
This story has so many twists -- all satisfying, most unexpected -- that it would be a sin to reveal too much of the plot in advance. Let's just say that if this novel doesn't get your pulse racing, you need to check your meds.
--SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
A thundering, tantalizing, extremely smart fun ride.
Brown doesn't slow down his tremendously powerful narrative engine despite transmitting several doctorates' worth of fascinating history and learned speculation, "The Da Vinci Code" is brain candy of the highest quality -- which is a reviewer's code meaning, ''Put this on top of your pile.''
-- CHICAGO TRIBUNE
One hell of a read.
A gripping mix of murder and myth.
--NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
An international chase...a quest...codes within codes. Brown's novel is a pager-turner... and you'll never view "The Last Supper" the same way again. Favorable review.
--THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
Dan Brown's conspiracy-theory thriller is the pulp must-read of the season...an ingenious mixture of paranoid thriller, art history lesson, chase story, religious symbology lecture and anti-clerical screed, and it's the most fun you can have between the sort of covers that aren't 300-count Egyptian cotton.
--SALON.COM
One of the finest mysteries I've ever read.
An amazing tale with enigma piled on secrets stacked on riddles.
--New York Times bestselling author, CLIVE CUSSLER
Far more than the average thriller.
Intellectually satisfying...page-turning suspense.
--HOUSTON CHRONICLE
I would never have believed that this is my kind of thriller, but I'm going to tell you something--the more I read, the more I had to read. In The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown has built a world that is rich in fascinating detail, and I could not get enough of it.
Mr. Brown, I am your fan.
--New York Times bestselling author, ROBERT CRAIS
The Da Vinci Code sets the hook-of-all-hooks.
This novel takes off down a road that is as eye-opening as it is page-turning. You simply cannot put it down. Thriller readers everywhere will soon realize Dan Brown is a master.
--New York Times bestselling author, VINCE FLYNN
Brown has assembled a whopper of a plot that will please
conspiracy buffs and thriller addicts alike.
--PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A dazzling performance by Brown...a delightful display of erudition.
Brown delivers a crackling, intricate mystery, complete with breathtaking escapes and several stunning surprises. It's challenging, exciting, and a whole lot more. The race across France and the United Kingdom leads us on a fascinating journey through a covert, enigmatic world revealed through a seemingly endless collection of codes, puzzles, anagrams, cryptograms, and messages hidden not only in Da Vinci's art but in things we think we know well.
--BOSTON GLOBE
Dan Brown is my new must-read. I loved this book.
The Da Vinci Code is fascinating and absorbing--perfect for history buffs, conspiracy nuts, puzzle lovers, or anyone who appreciates a great, riveting read.
--New York Times bestselling author, HARLAN COBEN
A stunning new thriller that will provoke much debate.
Dan Brown's extensive research on secret societies and symbology adds intellectual depth to this page-turning thriller. His surprising revelations on Da Vinci's penchant for hiding codes in his paintings will lead the reader to search out renowned artistic icons as The Mona Lisa, The Madonna of the Rocks and The Last Supper. The Last Supper holds the most astonishing coded secrets of all and, after reading The Da Vinci Code, you will never see this famous painting in quite the same way again.
--BOOKREPORTER.COM
Some readers spurn genre fiction, often due to a misguided belief that mass entertainment is always mindless dribble. For those of you who know better, The Da Vinci Code will make you feel justifiably smug. It's that rare book that manages to both entertain and educate simultaneously. Dan Brown has managed to outdo the best of Robert Ludlum in this byzantine....and engrossing story. There is enough medieval history to please any historian and enough action to satisfy a hardcore thrill-seeker. Combined, it makes The Da Vinci Code an early favorite for thriller of the year.
--ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS
Secret fanatical religious sects...codes hidden in Da Vinci's works...intelligent writing...one whopping fabulous read.
--NEW HAVEN REGISTER
Brainy stuff. The standard car chases and intrigues are leavened with Crichtonesque discursions on medieval iconography, the formation of the early Christian church, and history's suppression of the "sacred feminine."
--ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
Enthralling....
Dan Brown masterfully concocts an intelligent and lucid thriller that marries the gusto of an international murder mystery with a collection of fascinating esoteria culled from 2,000 years of Western history. Brown's hero and heroine embark on a lofty and intriguing exploration of some of culture's greatest mysteries--from the nature of the Mona Lisa's smile to the secret of the Holy Grail... rich food for thought.
-AMAZON.COM
Taut and engaging.
From the explosive start to the explosive finish,
The Da Vinci Code is one satisfying thriller.
--MOSTLYFICTION.COM
The Da Vinci Code shines--brilliantly--in its exploration of cryptology, particularly the encoding methods developed by Leonardo Da Vinci, whose art and manuscripts are packed with mystifying symbolism and quirky codes.
-WIRED MAGAZINE
Brown's intricate plot delivers more satisfying twists than a licorice factory.
--BOOKLIST
A blockbuster with brains.
The Da Vinci Code is a thrill-a-minute adventure as well as an educational tour of France and England, symbology 101, riddle-breaking for dummies, the magical powers of anagrams, numerical codes to die for and navigational factoids.
--THE OTTAWA CITIZEN
Brown's scholarship never slows down the sizzling action [of this] absorbing new novel...a labyrinth of intricate schemes, sidetracks, and deceptions.
--BOOKPAGE
Moves at the speed of sound from the first page and never stalls. The Da Vinci Code is full of mystery, betrayal, suspense and intelligence.
--LAURINBURG EXCHANGE
A multi-layered, highly sophisticated tale.
Readers with advanced degrees in comparative religion, European history, symbology, art and cryptology, will have a grand old time with Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code. The rest of us stumble through, grasping at this clue and that, gasping in surprise at one or another shadow around the next corner, and likewise have a grand old time. The novel is maddening, scary, complicated and almost impossible to put down once you're hooked.
--LOUISVILLE VOICE-TRIBUNE
A mystery that challenges our intelligence, and enough believable twists and turns to keep the reader turning the pages. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown does all this just right. This is how a mystery thriller should be written. So grab this book, sit back, and prepare to be entertained and educated. It's well-written, it's intelligent, and best of all, it's fun.
-- REVIEWS OF BOOKS.COM
Calling Dan Brown's latest novel, The Da Vinci Code, simply a "smart suspense novel" is like referring to Harvard as simply a pretty good university. Incorporating massive amounts of historical and academic information is no easy task, but Brown does it in such a seamless fashion that it is almost invisible within the story's natural narrative. Definitely the mark of a master craftsmanÉ
--THE MYSTERY READER
Fast-paced, intricately plotted.
A skillfully written read, complete with secret codes, anagrams, elaborate technology, pagan sex orgies, sudden reversals of fortune, age-old conspiracies, pre-Christian fertility cults, the Knights Templar, Gnostic Gospels, corrupt cops, brutal murders, feminist ÒtheoryÓ, and frantic midnight rides through Paris.
--NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER
You'll love this.
The Da Vinci Code has enough twists and turns in a short amount of time to give you over to gasping "More, Dan, more!" It is thrilling that anyone could contrive such an adventure.
--THE SEATTLE TIMES
This season's most spectacular read...
blends a high-speed thriller with a spellbinding re-examination of 2,000 years of religious history. Hard to put down, and impossible to forget. The chief delights of "The Da Vinci Code" are the endless twists and turns the story takes, from the streets of Paris to the dark, airless cathedrals of England. In the end, Langdon is left alone to solve the final mystery. Look closely at the epilogue, in which Langdon returns to where everything began, and determine if the most viable truth is the one gained from personal discovery.
--THE ATLANTA JOURNAL
Extraordinary reading.
This books sparkles with energy and adventure. It grabs hold of your imagination and answers all riddles in the end. You will never look at a painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo Da Vinci the same way again.
--NASHVILLE CITY PAPER
A real page-turner....
Readers are scrutinizing Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper" and "Mona Lisa" for secret codes just as Beatles fans once hunted for "Paul is Dead" clues on album covers.
--BOSTON HERALD
Word of mouth has pushed this top-notch thriller onto best-seller lists throughout the country, and the word is right. The intelligent, deftly plotted story is the best that the thriller genre can offer. "The Da Vinci Code" is chockablock with fascinating historical detail (the true meaning of the pentagram, for example) that doesn't slow the action but draws the reader into the story. The "code" and all the clues are a true joy, giving this thriller the extra stuff that raises it above being just another spy and chase story.
--KATHI KIRBY, POWELL'S CITY OF BOOKS
(courtesy of The Portland Tribune)
http://www.danbrown.com/novels/davinci_code/reviews.html
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, first published in 1989, is a self-help book written by Stephen R. Covey. It has sold over 15 million copies in 38 languages since first publication, which was marked by the release of a 15th anniversary edition in 2004. The book lists seven principles that, if established as habits, are supposed to help a person achieve true interdependent effectiveness. Covey argues this is achieved by aligning oneself to what he calls "true north" principles of a character ethic that, unlike values, he believes to be universal and timeless.
The book was enormously popular, and catapulted Covey into lucrative public-speaking appearances and workshops. He has also written a number of follow-up books, such as The Power Of The 7 Habits: Applications And Insights; Seven Habits of Highly Effective Families; and Beyond the Seven Habits. A sequel to The Seven Habits is The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness published in 2004.
Also, Sean Covey (Stephen's son) has written a version for teens, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens. This version simplifies the 7 Habits for younger readers so they can better understand them. In October 2006, Sean Covey also published The 6 Most Important Decisions You Will Ever Make: A Guide for Teens. This guide highlights key times in the life of a teen and gives advice on how to deal with them. Stephen Covey's oldest son, Stephen M.R. Covey, has written a book titled The Speed of Trust.
A course based on The Seven Habits is offered through FranklinCovey and at many corporations and government agencies, such as the Regional Community Policing Institute-California, (www.rcpi-ca.org), United States Department of Homeland Security's Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
A Principled Approach
Throughout the book, Covey points to principles as the focus. The book presents the principles as an approach rather than a set of behaviors. The book imparts the principles in four sections.
Paradigms and Principles: Covey lays the basic foundation for the creation of the habits.
Private Victory: The first three habits are intended to teach a person how to move out of a state of dependence and beyond a state of independence. Covey refers to his ideal state as interdependence, which begins with the creation and manifestation of a highly developed sense of personal values and goals.
Public Victory: Habits four through six complete the steps that lead to interdependence by showing how to align one's needs and desires with those of other people and create effective relationships.
Renewal: In the final section, Covey directs the reader to begin a process of self-improvement.
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The Seven Habits
The chapters are dedicated to each of the habits, which are represented by the following imperatives:
Be Proactive. Here, Covey emphasizes the original sense of the term "reactive" as coined by Victor Frankl. You can either be proactive or reactive when it comes to how you respond to certain things. When you are reactive, you blame other people and circumstances for obstacles or problems. Being proactive means taking responsibility for everything in life. Initiative and taking action will then follow. Covey also shows how man is different from other animals in that he has self-consciousness. He has the ability to detach himself and observe his own self; think about his thoughts. He goes on to say how this attribute enables him: It gives him the power not to be affected by his circumstances. Covey talks about stimulus and response. Between stimulus and response, we have the power of free will to choose our response.
Begin with the End In Mind. This chapter is about setting long-term goals based on "true north" principles. Covey recommends formulating a "personal vision statement" to document one's perception of one's own vision in life. He sees visualization as an important tool to develop this. He also deals with organizational vision statements, which he claims to be more effective if developed and supported by all members of an organization rather than prescribed.
Put First Things First. Here, Covey describes a framework for prioritizing work that is aimed at short-term goals, at the expense of tasks that appear not to be urgent, but are in fact very important. Delegation is presented as an important part of time management. Successful delegation, according to Covey, focuses on results and benchmarks that are to be agreed upon in advance, rather than prescribed as detailed work plans.
Think Win/Win describes an attitude whereby mutually beneficial solutions are sought that satisfy the needs of oneself, or, in the case of a conflict, both parties involved.
Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood. Covey warns that giving out advice before having empathetically understood a person and their situation will likely result in rejection of that advice. Thoroughly reading out your own autobiography will decrease the chance of establishing a working communication.
Synergize describes a way of working in teams. Apply effective problem solving. Apply collaborative decision making. Value differences. Build on divergent strengths. Leverage creative collaboration. Embrace and leverage innovation. It is put forth that when synergy is pursued as a habit, the result of the teamwork will exceed the sum of what each of the members could have achieved on their own. “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.”
Sharpen the saw focuses on balanced self-satisfaction: Regain what Covey calls "production capability" by engaging in carefully selected recreational activities.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seven_Habits_of_Highly_Effective_People
Team Motivation: Ideas to Energize Any Team by Peter B. Grazier
After 25 years of working with teams, it was time to collect our thoughts and share those highly-prized secrets of team motivation. What we have seen through the years would fill volumes, but since most of us don't have the time to read them, we've condensed the best of these ideas into a single, downloadable book of 36 pages.
These are practical ideas we have used and gathered over the years that will energize any team, and provide a foundation for sustainable team motivation.
The book contains 54 motivation ideas divided into the following categories:
Recognition
Challenge
Camaraderie
Relationships
Communications
Vision & Mission
Exercises Training
Community Service
Measurement
Fun
Responsibility
Involvement
Meetings
Excerpt from Team Motivation
Challenge
Many people will say that their most rewarding team experiences resulted from some sort of challenge. You have probably heard the stories of mediocre groups that responded to a challenge with heroic success. The challenge itself was the motivator. So for ongoing teams, periodic stimulation in the form of a worthy challenge is another method of maintaining motivation.
An important consideration for a challenge is the level of difficulty. If a challenge is too difficult, perhaps perceived as impossible, then team members may give up before they start. However, the same result may occur if the members perceive the challenge as too easy. Little energy is required to accomplish something so easily obtained.
1. The Team Special Project – Most of the time we feel we don’t have time to do our work, let alone a special project. But sometimes people’s juices begin to flow when they become engaged in some challenging, but interesting, task…even if it is “extracurricular.”
EXAMPLE: In 1983, I was managing a work group for a large construction organization. It was a 10-year project, and senior management had discussed conducting an open house for the workforce. Management, however, had always nixed the idea, fearing the difficulty of coordinating an event that would encompass seven thousand workers and their families.
My work group heard about the idea, however, and asked to take on this assignment. There was enormous interest in conducting this event within the workforce, so with considerable support from others in the workforce, my group planned and successfully coordinated an open house that ultimately attracted over 10,000 people.
The challenge for my group was enormous...but achievable. The challenge created a high level of motivation while planning the event, and the sense of accomplishment after the event sustained motivation even longer.
I don’t suggest by this example that every work group take on such a formidable task, but simply think about the implications of taking on a new challenge periodically.
(When ordering, after your credit card is approved, you will get a receipt for your purchase. On the receipt, there is a link. Click on the link to the book to begin the downloading process.)
http://store.teambuildinginc.com/items/support-materials/team-motivation~ideas-to-energize-any-team/team-motivation-book-downloadable-copy-402d-detail.htm
