http://www.franciscostork.com/blog an author discusses the art of writing Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:23:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://www.franciscostork.com/blog/2008/01/07/why-im-so-bad-at-this/#comment-1759 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:41:29 +0000 http://www.franciscostork.com/blog/2008/01/07/why-im-so-bad-at-this/#comment-1759 [...] Title : E-myth Mastery: The Seven Essential Disciplines for Building a World Class Company Author : Michael Gerber Rating : 5 Stars out of 5. Summary : In business?Buy this now. Having started my own business this book, and the whole Gerber approach, has revolutionised the way we work. We already knew we wanted to change some of the things we were doing but not sure exactly what or how. This book crystallised our thinking and has made us a better outfit because of it. I have no hesitation in recommending this to anyone in a business or thinking of going into business. It is not a quick fix, it's not a load of guru speak. It is a very real set of ideas that have worked for this humble photographer. Title : Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-free Play Author : Neil A. Fiore Rating : 5 Stars out of 5. Summary : Helps you understand and overcome a crippling habit I've read hundreds of self-help books, but this blows almost everything else out of the water. This book helped me to understand the reasons why I procrastinate and showed how this habit leads to worry, loss of confidence and chronic underperformance - even in areas that I had not considered to be linked to procrastination. It's like suffering a mysterious illness and feeling that, at last, there is a proper diagnosis and cure. It even shows how the classic shaming and bullying tactics others use to 'spur us on' only serve to fuel the emotions which block natural performance and success. This is now available on audiobook, read by the author. Play it on the way to work and improve your performance! Title : Motivational Interviewing: Preparing People for Change Author : William R. Miller Rating : 5 Stars out of 5. Summary : Wonderful book I found this book very helpful indeed and many of its techniques have been successful in my practice. Title : Psycho-cybernetics Author : Maxwell Maltz Rating : 5 Stars out of 5. Summary : Astonishingly practical and enlightening This book is profoundly good. Do not let the artificial sounding title put you off - it contains chapter after chapter of elegantly written guidance for living. It is evident in the writing that this is the result of not years but decades of observation by Maltz. The chapter on negative emotional habits is in itself worth the money. I bought the book to try to resolve 11 years of tension headaches. After reading teh first chapter, I stopped reading in order to try out some ideas. The headaches are improving, but almost as importantly, I have learnt so much more about myself. Not speculative, extrapolated ideas of the author, but the result of close observations of patients who were councelled before cosmetic surgery. In many cases, the intended facial surgery was canceled, to be replaced by surgery of attitude. I cannot recommend it highly enough. Title : The Richest Man in Babylon Author : George S. Clason Rating : 5 Stars out of 5. Summary : Every teenager should be given this book at school. With personal debt at it's highest ever level this book should be given to every child before they leave school and enter into the financial mine field and every adult should buy it. It is so simple to read, no jargon or complicated investment ideas, just good old common sense advice (which isn't common!). The best ever financial book you could buy. Other Related Resources: 1: http://howiwillberich.com/2007/08/whats-up-with-the-stock-market/2: http://www.franciscostork.com/blog/2008/01/07/why-im-so-bad-at-this/3: http://www.mtdsalestraining.com/mtdblog/fenwick-arms.html4: http://www.thotspot.ca/?p=11905: http://www.weight-loss-center.net/weight-loss-blog/2009/04/improving-weight-loss-motivation/ [...] […] Title : E-myth Mastery: The Seven Essential Disciplines for Building a World Class Company Author : Michael Gerber Rating : 5 Stars out of 5. Summary : In business?Buy this now. Having started my own business this book, and the whole Gerber approach, has revolutionised the way we work. We already knew we wanted to change some of the things we were doing but not sure exactly what or how. This book crystallised our thinking and has made us a better outfit because of it. I have no hesitation in recommending this to anyone in a business or thinking of going into business. It is not a quick fix, it’s not a load of guru speak. It is a very real set of ideas that have worked for this humble photographer. Title : Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-free Play Author : Neil A. Fiore Rating : 5 Stars out of 5. Summary : Helps you understand and overcome a crippling habit I’ve read hundreds of self-help books, but this blows almost everything else out of the water. This book helped me to understand the reasons why I procrastinate and showed how this habit leads to worry, loss of confidence and chronic underperformance - even in areas that I had not considered to be linked to procrastination. It’s like suffering a mysterious illness and feeling that, at last, there is a proper diagnosis and cure. It even shows how the classic shaming and bullying tactics others use to ’spur us on’ only serve to fuel the emotions which block natural performance and success. This is now available on audiobook, read by the author. Play it on the way to work and improve your performance! Title : Motivational Interviewing: Preparing People for Change Author : William R. Miller Rating : 5 Stars out of 5. Summary : Wonderful book I found this book very helpful indeed and many of its techniques have been successful in my practice. Title : Psycho-cybernetics Author : Maxwell Maltz Rating : 5 Stars out of 5. Summary : Astonishingly practical and enlightening This book is profoundly good. Do not let the artificial sounding title put you off - it contains chapter after chapter of elegantly written guidance for living. It is evident in the writing that this is the result of not years but decades of observation by Maltz. The chapter on negative emotional habits is in itself worth the money. I bought the book to try to resolve 11 years of tension headaches. After reading teh first chapter, I stopped reading in order to try out some ideas. The headaches are improving, but almost as importantly, I have learnt so much more about myself. Not speculative, extrapolated ideas of the author, but the result of close observations of patients who were councelled before cosmetic surgery. In many cases, the intended facial surgery was canceled, to be replaced by surgery of attitude. I cannot recommend it highly enough. Title : The Richest Man in Babylon Author : George S. Clason Rating : 5 Stars out of 5. Summary : Every teenager should be given this book at school. With personal debt at it’s highest ever level this book should be given to every child before they leave school and enter into the financial mine field and every adult should buy it. It is so simple to read, no jargon or complicated investment ideas, just good old common sense advice (which isn’t common!). The best ever financial book you could buy. Other Related Resources: 1: http://howiwillberich.com/2007/08/whats-up-with-the-stock-market/2: http://www.franciscostork.com/blog/2008/01/07/why-im-so-bad-at-this/3: http://www.mtdsalestraining.com/mtdblog/fenwick-arms.html4: http://www.thotspot.ca/?p=11905: http://www.weight-loss-center.net/weight-loss-blog/2009/04/improving-weight-loss-motivation/ […]

]]> http://www.franciscostork.com/blog/2008/01/07/why-im-so-bad-at-this/#comment-1725 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:33:53 +0000 http://www.franciscostork.com/blog/2008/01/07/why-im-so-bad-at-this/#comment-1725 Make your own life more easy take the <a href="http://lowest-rate-loans.com/topics/mortgage-loans" rel="nofollow">mortgage loans</a> and all you want. Make your own life more easy take the mortgage loans and all you want.

]]> http://www.franciscostork.com/blog/2008/01/07/why-im-so-bad-at-this/#comment-1720 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:35:46 +0000 http://www.franciscostork.com/blog/2008/01/07/why-im-so-bad-at-this/#comment-1720 [...] Title : E-myth Mastery: The Seven Essential Disciplines for Building a World Class Company Author : Michael Gerber Rating : 5 Stars out of 5. Summary : In business?Buy this now. Having started my own business this book, and the whole Gerber approach, has revolutionised the way we work. We already knew we wanted to change some of the things we were doing but not sure exactly what or how. This book crystallised our thinking and has made us a better outfit because of it. I have no hesitation in recommending this to anyone in a business or thinking of going into business. It is not a quick fix, it's not a load of guru speak. It is a very real set of ideas that have worked for this humble photographer. Title : Psycho-cybernetics Author : Maxwell Maltz Rating : 5 Stars out of 5. Summary : Full of Techniques to Psycho-cybernetics is THE definitive self-help book. I read Maxwell Maltz's original book and benefited immensely. I was a little wary about reading an update. But I'm glad I did. The information is clearly presented, easy to read and there are practical suggestions for putting the advice into practice. If you have to overcome any bad habit, from shyness, lack of confidence, procrastination, chronic lateness, nail-biting, or anything else, you can do it with psycho-cybernetics. Although this version of the book was written 15 years after Maxwell Maltz's death, it is all in the first-person, as though Maltz himself had written it. Gives a new meaning to the term "ghost written"! But if you can live with that, it's a very enlightening book. Title : Getting It Done: How to Lead When You're Not in Charge Author : Roger Fisher Rating : 5 Stars out of 5. Summary : Solid Advice for the Most Common Business Problem Whenever I meet with bright, motivated business people who want to improve the world, they always complain about others in their organizations who will not cooperate in a change process. Get those reluctant people on board the progress train, and the more positive future will soon arrive. Almost never do these complainers realize that their own habits, perspective, and behavior are contributing to delaying the progress by making others oppose the initiative.Getting It Done is a wonderful book for helping each of us see ourselves as part of the problem and part of the solution in situations when many people must cooperate. That's a first in my experience.The book builds on that valuable perspective by suggesting what skills we each need to improve, and how we can implement a process that will lead to genuine, effective progress. That is very critical, because most improvements occur because someone has designed an effective process to ease their implementation. In new areas, by definition, there is seldom such a process. My suggestion is that you try this one if you have no other.I also liked the way the authors went on to generalize about how lateral leadership (influencing peers) provides lessons for when you are the boss. The same lessons apply here as well. Influencing people through genuine involvement leads to both better solutions and to better implementation.If you only read and learn to apply one book this year, Getting It Done should be that book. My reasoning is simple. If you cannot help those you work with to make successful collaborations, you and everyone around you will always operate at a low level of effectiveness. Also, your work day will be filled with stress, conflict, pressure, too much to do, and worry. That's not the way you want to live. Getting It Done can help you develop the skills to get the benefits of how all of us know and can do more than any one of us. When you are able to get that benefit from being in an enterprise, life becomes very interesting, rewarding, and meaningful. You will also feel good about living closer to your potential as a person. Title : Be Your Own Life Coach: How to Take Control of Your Life and Achieve Your Wildest Dreams Author : Fiona Harrold Rating : 5 Stars out of 5. Summary : Life will never be the same again! Fiona's book is just the inspiration that you need if you are procrastinating over whether or not to take that step into the unknown, - whether it's starting your own business, or going for the promotion you've been working towards.It is clear from reading this book that Fiona has taken part in motivational courses, such as those held by Tony Robbins. She uses many similar quotes and examples throughout the book. This does not mean that her work is not original however. Fiona's book is a brilliant summary on the subject of self improvement. It is full of enthusiam and stimulus to make the reader think that they can achieve a better life if they are willing to come out of their 'comfort zones.'This book is the driving force that encouraged me to make several changes in my life and I would definitely recommend it to anyone needing the encouragement or incentive to make that change. Other Related Resources: 1: http://designm.ag/inspiration/non-profit-websites/2: http://karenblundell.com/motivational/thought-for-the-day3: http://reteaparty.com/2009/03/09/march-10th-send-washington-dc-a-friendly-reminder4: http://selflive.com/are-you-a-leader-personality-at-work/5: http://www.franciscostork.com/blog/2008/01/07/why-im-so-bad-at-this/ [...] […] Title : E-myth Mastery: The Seven Essential Disciplines for Building a World Class Company Author : Michael Gerber Rating : 5 Stars out of 5. Summary : In business?Buy this now. Having started my own business this book, and the whole Gerber approach, has revolutionised the way we work. We already knew we wanted to change some of the things we were doing but not sure exactly what or how. This book crystallised our thinking and has made us a better outfit because of it. I have no hesitation in recommending this to anyone in a business or thinking of going into business. It is not a quick fix, it’s not a load of guru speak. It is a very real set of ideas that have worked for this humble photographer. Title : Psycho-cybernetics Author : Maxwell Maltz Rating : 5 Stars out of 5. Summary : Full of Techniques to Psycho-cybernetics is THE definitive self-help book. I read Maxwell Maltz’s original book and benefited immensely. I was a little wary about reading an update. But I’m glad I did. The information is clearly presented, easy to read and there are practical suggestions for putting the advice into practice. If you have to overcome any bad habit, from shyness, lack of confidence, procrastination, chronic lateness, nail-biting, or anything else, you can do it with psycho-cybernetics. Although this version of the book was written 15 years after Maxwell Maltz’s death, it is all in the first-person, as though Maltz himself had written it. Gives a new meaning to the term “ghost written”! But if you can live with that, it’s a very enlightening book. Title : Getting It Done: How to Lead When You’re Not in Charge Author : Roger Fisher Rating : 5 Stars out of 5. Summary : Solid Advice for the Most Common Business Problem Whenever I meet with bright, motivated business people who want to improve the world, they always complain about others in their organizations who will not cooperate in a change process. Get those reluctant people on board the progress train, and the more positive future will soon arrive. Almost never do these complainers realize that their own habits, perspective, and behavior are contributing to delaying the progress by making others oppose the initiative.Getting It Done is a wonderful book for helping each of us see ourselves as part of the problem and part of the solution in situations when many people must cooperate. That’s a first in my experience.The book builds on that valuable perspective by suggesting what skills we each need to improve, and how we can implement a process that will lead to genuine, effective progress. That is very critical, because most improvements occur because someone has designed an effective process to ease their implementation. In new areas, by definition, there is seldom such a process. My suggestion is that you try this one if you have no other.I also liked the way the authors went on to generalize about how lateral leadership (influencing peers) provides lessons for when you are the boss. The same lessons apply here as well. Influencing people through genuine involvement leads to both better solutions and to better implementation.If you only read and learn to apply one book this year, Getting It Done should be that book. My reasoning is simple. If you cannot help those you work with to make successful collaborations, you and everyone around you will always operate at a low level of effectiveness. Also, your work day will be filled with stress, conflict, pressure, too much to do, and worry. That’s not the way you want to live. Getting It Done can help you develop the skills to get the benefits of how all of us know and can do more than any one of us. When you are able to get that benefit from being in an enterprise, life becomes very interesting, rewarding, and meaningful. You will also feel good about living closer to your potential as a person. Title : Be Your Own Life Coach: How to Take Control of Your Life and Achieve Your Wildest Dreams Author : Fiona Harrold Rating : 5 Stars out of 5. Summary : Life will never be the same again! Fiona’s book is just the inspiration that you need if you are procrastinating over whether or not to take that step into the unknown, - whether it’s starting your own business, or going for the promotion you’ve been working towards.It is clear from reading this book that Fiona has taken part in motivational courses, such as those held by Tony Robbins. She uses many similar quotes and examples throughout the book. This does not mean that her work is not original however. Fiona’s book is a brilliant summary on the subject of self improvement. It is full of enthusiam and stimulus to make the reader think that they can achieve a better life if they are willing to come out of their ‘comfort zones.’This book is the driving force that encouraged me to make several changes in my life and I would definitely recommend it to anyone needing the encouragement or incentive to make that change. Other Related Resources: 1: http://designm.ag/inspiration/non-profit-websites/2: http://karenblundell.com/motivational/thought-for-the-day3: http://reteaparty.com/2009/03/09/march-10th-send-washington-dc-a-friendly-reminder4: http://selflive.com/are-you-a-leader-personality-at-work/5: http://www.franciscostork.com/blog/2008/01/07/why-im-so-bad-at-this/ […]

]]> http://www.franciscostork.com/blog/2010/03/01/the-last-summer-of-the-death-warriors/#comment-1715 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:17:24 +0000 http://www.franciscostork.com/blog/2010/03/01/the-last-summer-of-the-death-warriors/#comment-1715 Congratulations, Francisco, and fare thee well new book! Congratulations, Francisco, and fare thee well new book!

]]> http://www.franciscostork.com/blog/2010/03/01/the-last-summer-of-the-death-warriors/#comment-1712 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:50:22 +0000 http://www.franciscostork.com/blog/2010/03/01/the-last-summer-of-the-death-warriors/#comment-1712 [...] Francisco's Journal » The Last Summer of the Death Warriors [...] […] Francisco's Journal » The Last Summer of the Death Warriors […]

]]> http://www.franciscostork.com/blog/2010/03/01/the-last-summer-of-the-death-warriors/#comment-1711 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:08:39 +0000 http://www.franciscostork.com/blog/2010/03/01/the-last-summer-of-the-death-warriors/#comment-1711 [...] Francisco's Journal » The Last Summer of the Death Warriors [...] […] Francisco's Journal » The Last Summer of the Death Warriors […]

]]> http://www.franciscostork.com/blog/2010/03/01/the-last-summer-of-the-death-warriors/#comment-1709 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:41:15 +0000 http://www.franciscostork.com/blog/2010/03/01/the-last-summer-of-the-death-warriors/#comment-1709 [...] Francisco's Journal » The Last Summer of the Death Warriors [...] […] Francisco's Journal » The Last Summer of the Death Warriors […]

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