This book's got a lot of good stuff in it--those critical factors that help contribute to making good business decisions. I've already seen some improvement in business growth. In fact, the usefulness of Entrepreneur's information is a lot like Guerilla PR: Wired: both have tons of really useful info to entrepreneurs on how to build their business.

Finally a book written on entrepreneurship that has so much to offer! A guide for fledgling IT entrepreneurs as well as a resource for those faced with the myriad problems of the modern business environment. It is also an introduction to computer consulting and building a multimedia company. Readable, concise, precise, and pragmatic. The in-depth coverage and sound counsel make this a book that should be in every business person's library. I've read my copy twice. It's twenty-seven chapters of very good, easy-to-read inspirational reading. A must read for anyone thinking about starting or expanding their existing business. Highly recommended!

Peter Hupalo has written a unique book for Entrepreneurs. I've read a lot of books about business and entrepreneurship, but this one is different. It speaks to people just thinking about starting a business and yet it has a lot to offer to the veteran entrepreneur.

If you're thinking about starting a business, the first few chapters will do a great job of helping you think about the risks in quitting a "safe" job and starting your own company. It's not as risky as you might think. This isn't the book to read about business licenses or accounting systems - it is much more important than that! It really is as the title suggests a book about thinking like an entrepreneur.

I've been in business for more than 10 years, but I'm still making mistakes and trying to learn new things. A mark of a good book for me is the number of pages that I dog-ear to mark interesting ideas. My copy of Thinking Like an Entrepreneur has at least 20 pages marked, and I've referred back to it many times since I finished reading it. It will definitely go on my favorites shelf of business books. I've already recommended it to my entrepreneur friends.

The author's style is to mix stories about experiences from actual entrepreneurs with good step-by-step walkthroughs of "thinking like an entrepreneur". It is 272 pages with 27 chapters. Each chapter can stand alone, making it easy to focus on the areas you're really interested in while skimming the ones that don't apply so much to your business. Peter seems to have a technology background, but I think any businessperson will find a lot to learn in this book.

My favorite chapters include:

* Don't Get Bournouillied - an interesting discussion of risk

* Men are cheaper than guns

* The importance of margins - Most books don't cover this VERY important topic

* Expectation Values and Decision Making

* Personality and Business Choice

* You Know Enough, But Keep Learning Anyway

* The Role of Luck in Business

* An introduction to the Nature of Compounding and the Time Value of Money

* Relationship Marketing - The cost of losing clients

* The Value of Time

This is a very readable book. It is entertaining while having good solid information on important topics that you'll find yourself rereading several times. Highly recommended!

Dr. Rimm's explicit advice hit on a number of points for our family's individuals. . . amazingly correct assumptions on reactions to common mistakes and how to deal with them. I first brought it home from the library but after renewing it 5 times, I realized I might as well just purchase it for reference! I'd like to thank her in person, for she's saved my second son from his mom's poor reactions to her first son's problems. Thank you!!

I enjoyed this book for its coherent, "big picture" presentation. It is different from most nuts & bolts "how to parent" books (i.e. child does this, so do that), rather it discusses how to develop lasting solutions for both parent and child. This is the ONLY parenting book (and I've read 'em all!) that discusses how the PARENTS' RELATIONSHIP AND INTERACTIONS affects the children's behaviour - not in the obvious ways you think. This was very eye-opening and would be useful for all parents, those who are parenting together and those who aren't.

It is usually difficult to get my husband to read any books, but i got him to read this one. I personally think the pointers are great, they are both pracitcal and enlightening, especially those reminding parents that they should set an example for their child. What is really excellent are the highlighted one-liners that summarise the advice in each section- the only bits I could get my husband to read !

This book is easy to read and the concepts are key in teams, groups, and one-on-one relationships. Shutz creates many opportunities to apply the concepts to real life and use the information to improve the way in which people relate to one another.

I found this book completely helpful to know myself better and to know how the relationships work. Although my native tongue is spanish, I find it very easy and friendly to read it in english. I have answered the most of the questions about inclusion, control, openness and now I try to have a better quality of relationship every day. I understand the reactions that come from me and the different groups around me. This book helps me to be a better woman every day. Thanks Will Schutz for this gift!!!

The best exposition of how to truly succeed in business. Will Schutz strips away the myths of personal dynamism and strategic planning as foundations of leading workers in business today. Schutz, writing with elegance, simplicity and stark clarity builds a compelling case for basing business success on telling the truth,with personal awareness, in every situation. The author mixes the rational, scientific approach to business leadership with a superbly crafted series of right-brained activities such as imagery and drawing on memories. Highly recommended for anyone tired of trying to achieve higher productivity through successive reorganizations and "downsizing."

Easy reading. Raped while in christian ministry in rough neighborhood out with but temporarily separated from a co-worker. No mention or views on other types of abuse yet reflects integration over time, effects on her marriage. Thought useful for survivors who have gone through individual counsel.

I LIKED THIS BOOK BECAUSE AFTER READING IT I FELT THAT I WAS NOT ALONE AND WHAT I AM FEELING IS NORMAL. IT TOOK READING THIS BOOK TO UNDERSTAND THAT. IT MADE ME SEE THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT HAS THOUGHT THE SAME THINGS I HAVE. I AM NOT ALONE.

This book was great and is helping me. As a Christian woman, I am currently going through something similar to what Kay went through regarding how I feel about God. I also wonder why I don't feel comfort from reading the Bible. Both of these issues are addressed, along with how we victims are treated within the Church. Reading the verdict made me cry -- it was very similar to mine -- but that was very therapeutic. I read it in one day and it comes highly recommended.

This book should be a hit for anyone wanting a quick read and some positive injunction in their life. I was disappointed to find a lacking of spiritual value and inner thought. It goes directly into how to make yourself better. I'm glad that SQuire Rushnell can relate so many positive stories about people. He is on the right track but falls short on looking for the true meaning of coincidences. He says they just happen because we are destined for achievement as part of a bigger plan. What's the plan? This book doesn't go there.

This is a great book to start out reading about coincidence as it is easy to read. Rushnell talks from things that have happens to himself in his life and those he has heard of or from in his work. It is a very upbeat book and one where I felt I now understood some things I did not before and got me into reading more on the subject. It is light hearted and easy to read.

A friend gave me this book to borrow but after the first chapter I went out and bought my own copy so I could keep it! I found his writing engaging and enlightening and although as some have reviewed that he did not discuss spiritual depth as to why coincidences occur, I still found each story a "spiritual" message in their own right. I will buy this book for gifts for friends who need encouragement and delight in their lives. I loved this book. I found my own spiritual message here... that God winked at me by my friend giving me this book in the first place...

After reading some of the other reviews of this book, I had mixed feelings but bought the book anyway. What a disappointment! Call me a snob, but this book is written on a very simplistic level, apparently for women of mid- to low-level education. The "advice" Ms. Patterson offers is so embarassingly basic and in many cases dubious. For example: "During your monthly periods, keep tampons and sanitary napkins available" (Ch. 14, pg. 65). Are there really adult women who don't know to do that? And her suggestions about men are laughable: "Making him feel that he's the most brilliant man you've ever met is the key" (Ch. 3, pg. 25); "You might be bored with his likes and dislikes, but you've got to overcome your selfishness... "(same reference); "Once you've done everything that's needed to assure he's comfortable, you can relax" (Ch. 6, pg. 36). I feel sorry for the women who take this kind of advice to heart. You won't develop an open, honest and mutually beneficial relationship with a man if you bury your own interests, flatter him to death, put up with boring conversation centered totally around him, and delay any fulfillment of your needs until *he's* comfortable. Don't buy this book; it won't tell you anything you don't know, and it may just fill your head with totally wrong ideas about men, dating and love. It's not worth your time or your money.

I enjoyed this book so much that I ordered 10 copies for my girl friends. Many times women are afraid to say or think about how to take care of themselves sexually. This book made me feel comfortable and in tune with my own sexualityy. (...). The cover says uncommon sense about sex and sexuality. Those women who take offense needs to keep their opinions to themselves and just find something else to read. Something they can handle. As we all know everything is not for everybody and Ms. Patterson states this in her book. If this is not the book for you stop ruining it for those of us who like what we read. I enjoyed this book tremendously and I learned many things that I didn't know.

I like the basic appraoch. Maybe I'm not as advanced in the sex dept as one of the people who sent in a review. (...). I'm glad that Ms. Patterson took a simple approach for those of us who are not very sexually active or experienced. Thank you! I give it five stars.

I've been reading some of the reviews written about this book and I must admit I was quite surprised to see that some women just don't get it. I am a man who enjoys and respects all women and I found this book to be very informative and eye-opening. I read the book in two days and I also read where Ms. Patterson stated she interviewed over 7000 women for this book. So why are so many women taking it personal. It's a must read for all women. Why because it down to earth, truthful and very candid. Women need to stop trying to hide their feelings and listen to Ms. Patterson. Just be yourself and accept those things that you like and don't do what you don't like. Keep an open mind ladies and try not to judge a book by it's cover. Open your mind and learn what the book is really saying. Stop being so self-centered and taking everything you read as an opinion of you. I recommend this book to all women that I know. My mom, my three sisters and my daughter.

It Will Never Happen to Me is a book about the children of alcoholics. This book was not hard to read in terms of language, but instead subject matter. It was hard to read her straightforward insights without feeling pain. I related so much to the various roles she describes children of alcoholics as typically falling into. This book is great if you're looking for stories about people going through the same things you've gone through. However, it doesn't offer a lot of help in terms of moving on.

Highly recomend even if you just know somone who grew up with alcohol in the family.

Both of my parents were alcoholics, and when I read It Will Never Happen to Me in the 1980s it changed my life forever. Just this week I recommended it to yet another person. Most people I've given it to are afraid to read it, because it will bring back painful memories, but it is worth it. If some readers find the material in this book to be basic or familiar, they may not realize that it was the ground breaking book on this subject for a popular audience. All subsequent books for adult children of alcoholics owe a debt to Claudia Black.

So much for August 13th, 1999, being a "day of destiny." Next stop - the end of the Mayan calendar.

This day of August 13, 1999 was a great turning point for me as well as for many others who participated in the celebration. It was not the end of a calendar at all! In fact it was a day for new beginnings and living your destiny. The book is incredible and valuable even after the date, as 90% of it is about the geometry, technology and spirituality of the Aztec Sun Calendar. Anyone who is interested in ancient culture that is alive today would benefit from and enjoy this book. The books takes you on a journey from the explanation of why the date of August 13 was important for the Aztec people to the very scientific and detailed description of the Aztec Sun Calendar - much of which does not appear in any other book on the Calendar. I highly recommend it.

John Mini has illuminated a map of the inner and outer self and brought us access to star portals of transformation. "The inside as the outside, the man and woman, the Alpha and Omega, Kan and Nac" . A dance into the the Aztec mercavah of infinite possibilities as the feathered serpent quetzacoatl returns to reset the great mind seal.

The good parts of this book: the recommendations are practical, reasonable, and, in the long run, pretty straight-forward. Some examples of the 200 items: Get your priorities straight; Teach her to set healthy boundaries. In all, not a bad checklist.

This book probably is useful to parents or caregivers who need to review or talk about these items. For parents or caregivers to a child with moderate academic, social, or emotional problems, however, this book is insufficient. Readers should turn to books by Myrna Shure, Martin Seligman, and others.

This book matches a similar book for boys, from the same publisher, 200 Ways to Raise a Boy's Emotional Intelligence. Why is it that we think of self-esteem for girls and emotional intelligence for boys?

What a find! Borrowed from the library and soon to become a core source of smart, practical and important strategies for helping my daughter navigate her complicated world and become a person of strength and generousity.
It is the type of book useful to those who enjoy well written parenting books and those who want something that they can pick up and put down, as time permits.

Bottom Line:  It's a buy for any parent, teacher, or caregiver working with girls.

Best feature:  Each of the 200 "ways" has a short action step individualized for both parents and teachers.  Makes implementation of the ideas much easier.

Pet peeve:  No index....aarggh!

This is a short story collection by Self, and is a hit-and-miss affair. The collection is bracketed by two stories concerning black drug dealers in London: there is an element of fantasy in the first, "The Rock of Crack as big as the Ritz", and a tale of injustice and imprisonment in "The Nonce Prize".

In between, there are six stories of varying quality. "Flytopia", in which a man forms an alliance with insects in his house is great fun, and the title story is welll-written, but the rest of the stories I found forgettable.

G Rodgers

Will Self borrows a gimmick used by Kafka, Borges, and in one not-very-succesful story by Fitzgerald (A Diamond as Big as the Ritz) and, to some extent, used in all science fiction. An impossible or supernatural event is treated naturalistically, or accepted deadpan without comment by the characters.(Isaac Asimov Magazine stories do this well).
Another trademark, reminiscent of the dirty Scottish shock-writers, is descriptions of drug and alcohol use from the point of view of the user. He also favors effects that used to be called Grand Guignol and are now called splatterpunk.
These devices are used as the hinges of his plots and the entertainment values of his stories often depends on how compelling you find them. Apart from them he is a witty and perceptive satirist with some wonderful prose such as his description of the small Suffolk town "landlocked by the shifting dunes of social trends" where "the landlords of the three desultory pubs on the main street drew pints for themselves in the cool, brown, afternoon interiors of their establishments."

A Rock of Crack As Big As The Ritz, now there's social realism. Journalism may make you feel sorry for people, but Will Self makes you understand people. You understand their pain, their reasons, there failings, and their successes. The other stories in this collection are almost just as perfect as the first one. Read them all. Read them to your children.

A lot of people don't like Will Self, but a lot of people like smoking cigarettes. A lot of people are stupid.

Remember, reading Will Self makes you illustrious.