The Wealthy Code; What the Wealthy Know About Money That Most People Will Never Know!

The Wealthy Code; What the Wealthy Know About Money That Most People Will Never Know! Review

I just finished reading this book and wish I had read it years ago. Like everybody else, I've always wanted passive income, but have never really known how to get it. Some gurus say real estate, some say stocks, some say businesses... I've been so excited with this book because it teaches EXACTLY what is needed to know about building wealth without any of those investment strategies that the other gurus keep shouting about. The author explains the key things that wealthy people know about generating passive income. So whether you decide to use real estate, businesses, or whatever, the concepts apply to them all.

The author also discusses the specific things to watch out for, including how to lower risks and more on risk mitigation, something no other book I've read talks about. I've always heard that `leverage is safe,' but the author shows that's not really the case. He then describes not only how to lower the risks, but how to create wealth with the risk mitigation pieces in place.

I could keep on about the different things I learned in the book, but the bottom line is this: forget the others, this book is a MUST read for anyone who REALLY wants to become wealthy.

The Wealthy Code; What the Wealthy Know About Money That Most People Will Never Know! Overview

The Wealthy Code book is about a story of how a very wealthy man shared with the author the practical secrets to becoming wealthy. The story reveals the code the wealthy use and unveils the details of the code. It allows readers to understand wealth, to build wealth, and ultimately, to become wealthy. This simple, easy-to-understand book walks the reader through advanced and powerful concepts that can help you become wealthy.

REVIEWS:

"A masterpiece! The Wealthy Code continues where the others leave off!"
Jim Britt, Peak Performance Coach, Author of Do This. Get Rich!

"I have read hundreds of books on becoming wealthy. This tops them all. Brilliant!"
Willie Hooks, CEO of Million Dollar Coaching

"Absolutely amazing! I use the same secrets to generate double-digit returns for my investors. Now the secret is out!"
John Taylor, CEO & Investment Manager, NorCal Capital Management

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Under the Lilacs (Classic Reprint)

Under the Lilacs (Classic Reprint) Review

Vignettes of nostalgic town life reminiscent of Tom Sawyer or the Five Little Peppers. We first meet Babs and Betty Moss at a dolls' tea party in which they discover the clever show dog Sancho foraging for his master Ben, a runaway from the circus. Ben's father had left the circus for a more promising job, intending to send for his son once he was settled. With his father's protection gone, Ben is harshly treated by the circus master and runs away.

Arriving soon after the runaways are Celia and her young brother Thornton, returning to their old home after being gone for years. Thorny is weak from a long illness and is wheelchair-ridden and crabby although he admits that Celia is "the best sister that ever was". She hires Ben to amuse her brother during his convalescence while allowing Babs and Betty, whose mother takes care of the premises, to continue to play house on the porch and path. The kids occupy themselves with botanical expeditions, ship-building, water wheels and other waterworks play, picnics, baseball and archery. Babs loses Sancho at a circus and Betty finds him again in pitiful shape after accompanying Thorny to the dentist. Celia breaks her arm after a fall from her horse and is rescued by Ben. He is gradually weaned away from the roving circus life although Celia invites the school to a splendid birthday party for him where he shows himself in his former circus glory as Cupid on a galloping horse. There is a little trouble with missing money and false accusations but Ben, who is honest and true, gradually endears himself to the two families. Several joyous unions and reunions take place at the end as well as one intended for the future, although in the midst of preparing for one, the incorrigible Babs almost burns down the house under the lilacs. The tone is quaint and old-fashioned but the simple pleasures of life shine through and Ben is both boy-like and engaging.

Under the Lilacs (Classic Reprint) Overview

T HE clm-tree avenue 'Was all overgrown, the great
gatc was neyer unlocked, and the old house had
been shut up for scycrnl years. Yet voices were heard
about the place, the lilacs nodded over the high wall
as if they said, "1Ye could tell fine secrets if we chose,"
and the mullein outside the gate made baste to reach
the keyhole, that it might peep in and see what was
going on.
lf it llad suddenly grown up like a magic bennsta1k,
and looked in on 3 certain June day, it would haye seen
a droll but pleasant sight, for somebody cyidently was
going to hs.Ye a party.
From the gate to the porch went a wille walle, paved
with smooth slabs of dark stone, and bo!derccl with the
tall bushes which met overhead, making a green roof.
All sorts of neglected flowers and wild weeds grew
between their stems, covering the walls of this summer
parlor with the prettiest tapestry. A board, propped on
two blocks of wood, stood in the middle of the walk,
covered with a little plaid shaw

Table of Contents

CRAFTY-It; 1 A MYSTFPIOUS DOG; II "YnERJ: THFY FOU~D HlS 1JASTER; III BEN ?; IV HIs STQHY; ,~ REX GETS A IlLACE; VI A CmcULATl~G LIBUARY; YII NEW FRlE~DS TROT IX ?; TII! !hss CELIA'S lIA~ ?; IX A HAPPY TI::A ?; X A IlEA VY TROUnLE; XI SU~D_-Y; XII GOOD TIMES; XIII SO:IEBODY RUSS AWAY ?; XIV SOMEBODY GETS LOST; XV BEX'S RIDE; XVI DETl::CTlVE TRORNTO~; XVII BETTY'S BRAVERY; XYlII Bows AND ARROWS; XIX SPFAKIXG PIECES; XX REX'S BIRTHDAY; XXI CUPID'S LAST ApPEARAXCE; XXII A Boy's BARGAIN; xX n r SO::lIEIlODY CO:lIES ?; XXIV THE GREAT GATE IS OPENED; f'AGP; 1; 12; 2(); 29; 37; 46; 53; 63; 73; Sf); 94; 117; 132; H7; 167; l8i; · 200; 217; · 220; ? ? 243; ? 255; 268; · 280; 292

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The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering

The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering Review

I learned by my own mistakes the meaning of the expression, "You can pay me now or pay me later." There are few or sometimes no short-cuts in software or hardware development or engineering, or electronics in general. Fred Brooks, best known as the "father of the IBM System 360," and after 30 years still holds the title of the most influential book on software project management, likened it to pregnancy. He said you can add all the women you want "to the project" and still, it will take nine months! That's why, in managing software development projects, I learned to spend ample time with the software developers beforehand. Otherwise, I would inevitably spend the time with them afterwards. I was the one knowing the design. I had the "big picture" that needed to be communicated to them.

In his book, Brooks described the foibles of the early design teams and programming at IBM. From his own mistakes, he came up with snappy principles like "If you don't have time to do it right the first time, when will you find time to do it over?" He also coined what became known as the "Second-System Approach," which basically said "by the time you finish developing a system, you know what you should have done"--therefore, throw it away and start from scratch again. He identified the corruptible optimism of good intentions that truly but erroneously believed, for most of the project, that the work was 90% done or that debugging was 99% done most of the time. He insisted, "Ask whenever there's a doubt. NEVER assume anything."

This book is filled with timeless development advice by a master from a previous age. The advice, however, is as valuable now as it was then.

A good, undying, informative, inspiring and enjoyable read!

The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering Overview

No book on software project management has been so influential and so timeless as The Mythical Man-Month. Now 20 years after the publication of his book, Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. (best known as the "father of the IBM System 360") revisits his original ideas and develops new thoughts and advice both for readers familiar with his work and for readers discovering it for the first time.

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The classic book on the human elements of software engineering. Software tools and development environments may have changed in the 21 years since the first edition of this book, but the peculiarly nonlinear economies of scale in collaborative work and the nature of individuals and groups has not changed an epsilon. If you write code or depend upon those who do, get this book as soon as possible -- from Amazon.com Books, your library, or anyone else. You (and/or your colleagues) will be forever grateful. Very Highest Recommendation.

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The Power of Pull: How Small Moves, Smartly Made, Can Set Big Things in Motion

The Power of Pull: How Small Moves, Smartly Made, Can Set Big Things in Motion Review

What motivates me to write is this quote from the "publishers' review: the authors "make poor analogies for someone looking to revitalize a corporation or present a compelling case for change to colleagues or an intransigent CEO. Professionals who already know that the Internet isn't just a phase will need more information than this book provides."

It seems to me the publishers are still a last century push company. This insensitivity is like being a parent of a dyslexic or highly functional autistic child, who is told his child is a retarded idiot. If we talk about recession, and if we hope the recession will pass and we will be happy as before, you must read this book. The "push" companies believe we can predict the future, we can plan resources being pushed wherever they want, and we can make money ad infinity as if the society is made of force-feeding geese. This is why most top five hundred companies are factories for meekness, people put up with jobs that make them chronically unhappy. They do what5 they are told to do, as if the company knows everything, and particularly the elites know everything. Here is quote from Betterness Manifesto that summarizes what this book says in essence:

"Work. You're worth something. Stop giving your talent away to organizations that misallocate it, underutilize it, and possibly even abuse it. If you're doing something meaningless, quit. Betterness can't happen if you're spending your life churning out toxic junk. It can only happen when more meaningful work is done. Find a company that's better. Better yet, start one. No, it's not easy. But here's the thing: over the next decade, the businesses that can't do better, the ones you're giving your talent away to, are to go extinct anyway. Cut the cord now, before the axe falls and cuts it for you."

You must read this book to understand why it is revolutionary and relieving the pain we are not crazy or sick felling miserable working for all these big stupid companies, just because we need the bi-weekly check. There are alternatives, I hope, no despair. Yet it is not a book for everyone. Sadly society moves ahead with only about 5% of the people doing something about it.

The power of pull is a litmus test to prove we are not sick, the illusion of freedom might become reality, work and happiness can be synonymous.

The Power of Pull: How Small Moves, Smartly Made, Can Set Big Things in Motion Overview

In a radical break with the past, information now flows like water, and we must learn how to tap into its stream. Individuals and companies can no longer rely on the stocks of knowledge that they’ve carefully built up and stored away. Information now flows like water, and we must learn how to tap into the stream. But many of us remain stuck in old practices—practices that could undermine us as we search for success and meaning.

In this revolutionary book, three doyens of the Internet age, whose path-breaking work has made headlines around the world, reveal the adjustments we must make if we take these changes seriously. In a world of increasing risk and opportunity, we must understand the importance of pull. Understood and used properly, the power of pull can draw out the best in people and institutions by connecting them in ways that increase understanding and effectiveness. Pull can turn uncertainty into opportunity, and enable small moves to achieve outsized impact.

Drawing on pioneering research, The Power of Pull shows how to apply its principles to unlock the hidden potential of individuals and organizations, and how to use it as a force for social change and the development of creative talent.

The authors explore how to use the power of pull to:

• Access new sources of information
• Attract likeminded individuals from around the world
• Shape serendipity to increase the likelihood of positive chance encounters
• Form creation spaces to drive you and your colleagues to new heights
• Transform your organization to adapt to the flow of knowledge

The Power of Pull is essential reading for entrepreneurs, managers, and anybody interested in understanding and harnessing the shifting forces of our networked world.

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The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York

The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York Review

What more can be said about this book? For over 1,100 pages, it captured my attention. I cannot recall one moment when I wasn't excited to pick the book up and dive into the story.

Caro paints the whole picture. He begins before Moses was even born. You'll learn about Moses' family -- his henpecked father (even Moses later thinks this) and his headstrong and brilliant mother. You then get to see Moses as a student at Yale where he's a poetic virtuoso and admirer of Samuel Johnson. Indeed, later in the story when Moses is in nearly the full swing of his power, he quotes Johnson during a speech to compliment (but really insult) a certain politician -- as Caro tells it, it's one of my favorite parts of the book.

You see Moses the idealist -- starry eyed and seemingly a proponent of all things good -- swept under the wings of Al Smith and Belle Moskowitz, some of the most fascinating personalities in the book. At this point, the story takes off. Moses gets the press on his side and never really looses them for 40 years. Still, one gets the sense that the poet within Moses never really left him, despite his gruffness and outward toughness. He's labeled the "best bill drafter in Albany" -- one of the major reasons he was able to accumulate so much power -- because he had a poet's way with words. Amazingly, we learn that Moses wrote at least one novel under a pen name. Later on, Moses comes full circle by writing literary criticism for a Newsday.

Moses was inspiring, infuriating, likable, not likable, and endlessly fascinating. Caro's writing is wonderful, with an almost conversational quality. His research for this book -- which he details (parts of, at least) in the back of the book -- is nothing short of awe-inspiring. Caro left no stone unturned. I watched an interview of Caro not too long ago, and he mentioned that he was on the fence about doing the book's most famous chapter, "One Mile". Torn between the money-tight realities of life, and artistic desire, Caro decided to plunge ahead (with his wife's support) and embark on the six months' worth of research the chapter would need. The reader is thankful Caro make that choice.

The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York Overview

One of the most acclaimed books of our time, winner of both the Pulitzer and the Francis Parkman prizes, The Power Broker tells the hidden story behind the shaping (and mis-shaping) of twentieth-century New York (city and state) and makes public what few have known: that Robert Moses was, for almost half a century, the single most powerful man of our time in New York, the shaper not only of the city's politics but of its physical structure and the problems of urban decline that plague us today.

In revealing how Moses did it--how he developed his public authorities into a political machine that was virtually a fourth branch of government, one that could bring to their knees Governors and Mayors (from La Guardia to Lindsay) by mobilizing banks, contractors, labor unions, insurance firms, even the press and the Church, into an irresistible economic force--Robert Caro reveals how power works in all the cities of the United States. Moses built an empire and lived like an emperor. He personally conceived and completed public works costing 27 billion dollars--the greatest builder America (and probably the world) has ever known. Without ever having been elected to office, he dominated the men who were--even his most bitter enemy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, could not control him--until he finally encountered, in Nelson Rockefeller, the only man whose power (and ruthlessness in wielding it) equalled his own.

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slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations

slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations Review

I appreciated the way this book is laid out. I love the pacing, the typography, the visual aids and most of all the content. It makes sense that a book about presentations is presented well, but Nancy Duarte goes the extra mile and hits a grand slam with Slide:ology!

The case studies are perfectly relevant and efficient teaching aids for the reader. You decide if this is a pro or con but there are a LOT of case studies in this book.

As someone that works with a business that uses PowerPoint for nearly EVERYTHING this book armed me with a few other tools to help guide the "higher-ups" to a more successful design.

Chapter 3, Creating Diagrams is particularly strong as it helps expand your concepts of diagramming all sorts of different concepts. Hundreds of simple thumbnails to get you started; or use as is for an end state.

Chapter 12, which hardly could be classified as a chapter, is Manifesto: The Five Theses of the Power of a Presentation. SHORT, and AWESOME.
Bottom line: this book takes an everyday presenter and transforms them into a designer! The world would be a better place if everyone that was ever going to make a PowerPoint presentation sat down and read through this book FIRST!

Monkeybutlerninja gives slide:ology 5 `power point' ninja stars!

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slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations Overview

No matter where you are on the organizational ladder, the odds are high that you've delivered a high-stakes presentation to your peers, your boss, your customers, or the general public. Presentation software is one of the few tools that requires professionals to think visually on an almost daily basis. But unlike verbal skills, effective visual expression is not easy, natural, or actively taught in schools or business training programs. slide:ology fills that void.

Written by Nancy Duarte, President and CEO of Duarte Design, the firm that created the presentation for Al Gore's Oscar-winning film, An Inconvenient Truth, this book is full of practical approaches to visual story development that can be applied by anyone. The book combines conceptual thinking and inspirational design, with insightful case studies from the world's leading brands. With slide:ology you'll learn to:

• Connect with specific audiences
• Turn ideas into informative graphics
• Use sketching and diagramming techniques effectively
• Create graphics that enable audiences to process information easily
• Develop truly influential presentations
• Utilize presentation technology to your advantage

Millions of presentations and billions of slides have been produced -- and most of them miss the mark. slide:ology will challenge your traditional approach to creating slides by teaching you how to be a visual thinker. And it will help your career by creating momentum for your cause.

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Up from Slavery (Unabridged Classics in Audio)

Up from Slavery (Unabridged Classics in Audio) Review

A fascinating read about the life and times of Booker T. Washington and his march from slavery to one of the foremost men of his time.

His views may seem quite antiquated in today's world, given what has happened and not happened in the last 100 years in race relations and it is easy to see how Black leaders of today might be critical of Washington's views and perspectives.

But to do so would be to make the all too common mistake of imprinting and transferring today's value system and experiences on a culture and time of long ago. Anyone can look back with 20-20 hindsight and criticize. What matters most is having a plan to move forward from where you are, and Booker T. Washington certainly had that. His is a remarkable story of courage, grace, and iron-willed determination, for himself and for his race.

While today's leaders and purists might criticize Washington, it should never be forgotten that he took the first steps and led his race and the entire South in the first steps, no matter how imperfect they may be in hindsight, up and away from slavery.

There had to be a Booker T. Washington to bridge the gap between what was and what was to be. He knew his role and peformed it well.

Up from Slavery (Unabridged Classics in Audio) Overview

Autobiography of influential spokesman and former slave who became a major figure in the struggle for equal rights. Booker T. Washington's American classic recounts his triumph over the legacy of slavery, his founding of the Tuskegee Institute, and his emergence as a national spokesperson for his race.

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Nineteenth-century African American businessman, activist, and educator Booker Taliaferro Washington's Up from Slavery is one of the greatest American autobiographies ever written. Its mantras of black economic empowerment, land ownership, and self-help inspired generations of black leaders, including Marcus Garvey, Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, and Louis Farrakhan. In rags-to-riches fashion, Washington recounts his ascendance from early life as a mulatto slave in Virginia to a 34-year term as president of the influential, agriculturally based Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. From that position, Washington reigned as the most important leader of his people, with slogans like "cast down your buckets," which emphasized vocational merit rather than the academic and political excellence championed by his contemporary rival W.E.B. Du Bois. Though many considered him too accommodating to segregationists, Washington, as he said in his historic "Atlanta Compromise" speech of 1895, believed that "political agitation alone would not save [the Negro]," and that "property, industry, skill, intelligence, and character" would prove necessary to black Americans' success. The potency of his philosophies are alive today in the nationalist and conservative camps that compose the complex quilt of black American society.

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