Author: Randy A Brown

  • Kindle Daily Deal Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting out of the Box [Kindle Edition]

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    Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting out of the Box is $1.99 today. Here’s the description from Amazon:

     

    International bestseller—over 750,000 copies sold and translated into 22 languages.

    Revised throughout, with a new section to help readers apply the lessons in the book.

    Reveals how we unwittingly sabotage relationships, at work and at home, despite our best intentions—and how we can stop.

    Since its original publication, Leadership and Self-Deception has become an international word-of-mouth phenomenon. Rather than tapering off, it has sold more copies each year since 2004 than it did in any of the first four years after publication. The book’s central insight—that the key to leadership lays not in what we do, but in who we are—has proved to have powerful resonances not only for organizational leadership, but in readers’ personal lives as well. This new edition has been revised throughout to make the story more readable and compelling. And drawing on the extensive correspondence the authors have received over the years they have added a section that outlines the many ways that readers have been using Leadership and Self-Deception, focusing on five specific areas: hiring, teambuilding, conflict resolution, accountability, and personal growth and development. Leadership and Self-Deception uses an entertaining story about an executive facing challenges at work and at home to expose the subtle psychological processes that conceal our true motivations and intentions from us and trap us in a “box” of endless self-justification—even when we’re convinced we’re doing the right thing. Most importantly, the book shows us the way out. Readers will discover what millions already have—how to consistently tap into and act on their innate sense of what’s right, dramatically improving all of their relationships.

  • Free Online Writing Courses

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    Here’s a list of 10 Universities that offer free online writing courses. Many of these courses lead to college credit. You can see the courses here:

    10 Universities Offering Free Writing Courses Online

     

  • The Blog Business Book Free for Kindle

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    I’m always looking for good books about blogging and free books is even better. The Blog Business Book: How To Start A Blog And Turn It Into A Six Figure Online Business is currently free for Kindle. Here’s the description from Amazon:

    The Blog Business Book is your complete guide to starting a blog from scratch (for less then $50) and turning it into a profitable online business.

    I started blogging back in 2008. The problem is I had no idea what I was doing. After struggling for years to get traffic and make money from my blog, I finally figured it out.

    Then, just to test my strategies, I started a brand new blog in October, 2011. Just 9 months later, that site was getting over 100,000 visitors a month and earning a full-time income. How did I do it?

    Let this book be your guide to a profitable blog!

  • Free Social Media Icons from Elegant Themes

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    Here’s a nice free set of icons to use: (more…)

  • Starting an Online Blogging Business

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    One of my favorite types of online business is blogging. A blog can be about anything. The key is to know how to build a business from your blog. Blogging All in One For Dummies is one of the best books that I’ve read on blogging.

    Book Description

    Publication Date: July 31, 2012 | ISBN-10: 1118299442 | ISBN-13: 978-1118299449 | Edition: 2
    A complete update to the ultimate reference guide on blogging basics! 

    The increase in the number of blogs is seemingly endless and continues to grow at a phenomenal rate, thanks in part to the rise of smartphones, tablets, and blogging applications. With this kind of popularity, how can a blogger stand out from the rest of the masses? This all-in-one guide is packed with detailed information and advice that helps you create and solidify your place in the blogosphere. You’ll learn how to get started, use blogging tools, collaborate with other bloggers, become a part of mobile blogging, and much more.

    • Covers getting started, working with blogging software, other tools, blog marketing, microblogging (including Twitter), making money with your blog, and corporate and niche blogging
    • Helps new bloggers become active and productive members of the blogging community
    • Provides vital information for both hobby bloggers and those who want to build a career around blogging

    Blogging All-in-One For Dummies, 2nd Edition cuts through the clutter and offers you a fun and friendly reference guide to starting and maintaining a successful blog.

  • Click Millionaires: Work Less, Live More with an Internet Business You Love

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    The rules have changed. The American Dream is no longer the corner office.It’s a successful business you can run from your home office, the beach, or wherever you desire. It’s work you love that still allows you the freedom and income to live the life you truly want. Sound like a tall order? Well, thanks to the Internet, anyone can launch a business with little or no start-up capital or technical expertise. And in Click Millionaires, e-commerce expert Scott Fox teaches weary corporate warriors and aspiring entrepreneurs how to trade the 9û5 job they hate for an online business they love. The book explains how to combine outsourcing, software, and automated online marketing to build recurring revenues, all while working less and making fewer of the lifestyle compromises that corporate success requires. Readers will learn how to: Find a lucrative niche on the Internet that matches their interests and skills Choose an online businessmodel: fromblogs, noozles, and audience communities to digital delivery, online services, affiliate marketingùeven physical products Position themselves as a experts Build their audience Design the lifestyle they want Balance passion and profits to realize their personal definition of success Featuring stories of dozens of regular folks who have reinvented themselves as Click Millionaires, this inspiring and practical guide shows readers how to stop dreaming of a better life and start living it!
  • 30 Days to a More Powerful Memory

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    With phones ringing off the hook, constantly changing to-do lists, and increasingly complicated schedules, having a good memory has become more important than ever. Drawing on the latest research from cognitive experts and psychologists, “30 Days to a More Powerful Memory” provides hands-on, practical strategies and exercises that anyone, young or old, can use to sharpen their memory – fast! The book introduces readers to memory-boosting techniques such as mnemonic devices, visualization, chunking and clustering, and mental triggers, and also shows how to: effectively decrease anxiety levels and combat the negative emotions that can affect recall; create powerful backup systems to help trigger associations; exercise both body and mind, and improve overall health to improve memory; get the kind of restful sleep that will increase one’s ability to retain information.The book discusses common myths about memory, clarifying what’s true and what isn’t. Packed with tips and memory-boosting activities, this guide provides readers with the simple but powerful methods they need to increase their mental agility. Authorbio: Gini Graham Scott, Ph.D.(
    Oakland, CA) is the founder and director of Changemakers and Creative Communications & Research. She is the author of over 40 books, including “A Survival Guide for Working with Bad Bosses” (0-8144-7298-2), and “A Survival Guide to Working with Humans” (0-8144-7205-2). Frequently sought out by the media, she has been interviewed for “Good Morning America”, “Oprah”, “Geraldo at Large”, “Montel Williams”, “The O’Reilly Factor”, “The New York Times”, “Glamour”, and “Cosmopolitan”.
  • Increasing Your Memory

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    For as long as I can remember, I’ve had a bad memory. I’m getting older and my memory is getting worse.

    When I was young, I used to be fairly good at chess. I haven’t played in a while and I recently picked it back up. I feel like I’m starting over. I used to plan several moves ahead for me and my opponent. Now, don’t pay any attention to my opponent’s moves, and I’m only planning two moves ahead. Needless to say, I’m losing the game.

    I’m a musician. I play guitar and sing. I can’t think of a single song that I can sing from memory.

    I can solve Rubik’s Cube in less than a minute. I don’t use a speed-cubing method- just the basic method with attention to the patterns to solve it as efficiently as possible. I haven’t worked the cube in several months, so I can’t even remember how. (more…)

  • Success and Devotion

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    Success can come from many places. Sometimes it’s entirely coincidence. Sometimes it’s just a matter of being in the right place at the right time. Sometimes it’s a matter of who you know. This type of success is like winning the lottery. It can happen, but don’t count on it.

    Success should be deliberate. The best way to have surety in success is through hard work. The type of work I’m talking about is work that is focused on the goal. Work with the goal in mind. Devote yourself to your goal. Devoting yourself to your goal is the only way to fully realize what it takes to reach the goal. It keeps you focused and driven. Holding a strong devotion to God, your family, and your goals, will help you grow into the kind of person that you can truly call successful.

  • Leaders Who Make a Difference – FREE for Kindle

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    This ebook about Biblical leaders is currently available for free:

    This encouraging book for spiritual leaders explores the lives of three great Bible leaders and how they made an eternal difference. Your heart will be challenged by the vision of Joshua, the passion of Nehemiah, and the faith of Joseph.