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When we see the word blueprint we usually think of a technical drawing or other image rendered as white lines on a blue background produced by an architect. A blueprint is a detailed plan of action and everyone should develop a blueprint in order to plan for success in life. The men and women in this book have, in interesting and innovative ways, developed their own blueprints that paved the way for their success.As I interviewed these people, I found that there are as many ways to plan for success as there are people who create those plans. I was fascinated as I learned from these highly successful people what they did to succeed in their various professions. A successful businesswoman once told me that when she was involuntarily separated from her last corporate job she took the opportunity to sit back and take a deep breath, discover what she really wanted to do, and to explore her passion. She said she didn t write anything down but from just taking some time out to think and explore, she came up with her path to success.At times, successful people have to push through hard times and setbacks. I am always intrigued by the various methods they use to overcome difficulties. Some of them have gone on to teach others what they learned as they went back to the drawing board and created a new blueprint that led them to success.I believe you will find that your time will be well spent in reading this book. I think you will find that these people have something to say that is worth listening to. I know that I did. ... Read more

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Chapter 8 by Dianne Durkin
I found Dianne Durkin's chapter in the BluePrint for Success one of the best, and feel that this woman is extremely knowledgeable in leadership management issues. I have heard her speak and found her to be extremely motivational. Thanks so much! Great book to keep!



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The Real Estate Investor’s Handbook is a must-have for beginning investors, real estate veterans, commercial brokers, sellers, and buyers. Real estate investing has created more millionaires than any other investment vehicle in this country. This comprehensive step-by-step proven program shows beginners and seasoned veterans alike the ins and outs of real estate investing. This book is a road map to successful investing in real estate. You do not need to re-invent the wheel, and you won’t have to make the same mistakes others have. Investing in real estate is one of the safest and smartest investments you can make. Real estate appreciates at a rate far greater than the rate of inflation, builds equity, provides a steady return on investment, provides cash flow, and can offer substantial tax benefits. This handbook is the resource for novices and pros alike; it will guide you through every step of the process of real estate investing. This new exhaustively researched book will arm you with hundreds of innovative ideas that you can put to use right away. This book gives you the proven strategies and actual case studies from experts to help you invest better and wiser with less time and effort. A sampling of what’s covered in this encyclopedic book includes: how to find below-market deals, investing with little or no down payment, seller financing, foreclosures and REOs, investment property, negotiating, purchase offers, managing rental property, flipping, auctions, tax sales, financing, mortgage terms, agents, cash flow, inspections, contracts, tenants, lease agreements, insurance, taxes and accounting, escrow, essential mathematical calculations, sample forms, development, taxation, exchange rules, and regulations. This book is loaded with case studies and success stories—from real people. You will uncover secrets that expert real estate investors use every day. This comprehensive resource contains a wealth of modern tips and strategies for getting started in this very lucrative area. This book is the foundation for understanding how to invest in real estate. ... Read more

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Extremely superficial
I realize this book has excellent reviews other than this one, but I cannot imagine that the previous reviewers truly found this book to be as useful as they described.In every single subject covered in the book, the matter is covered only cursorily with absolutely no in-depth discussion (or even references).At best, each of the chapter headings in this book could be used as a search to direct your reading elsewhere in order to learn more about the subject.In no way could this be considered useful prepratory information.In short, I am disappointed that I purchased this book and would STRONGLY advise against anyone else buying this book.

GO BUY THIS BOOK NOW!
If it's resources you want, then this one's for you. If you are new to investing or seasoned, you will not be disappointed by the wisdom given here.

Outstanding Book
This book provides an outstanding "how to" overview of what to do to get started in real estate investing.

After reading this book my wife and I were able to make our first real estate investment, and actually located an outstanding rental property investment opportunity where the seller is including two years of guaranteed monthly rental income. This is allowing us to start investing now when our cash flow won't free up for this investment opportunity for another nine months.

The Real Estate Investor's Handbook: The Complete Guide for the Individual Investor
Buy It!Read It!Keep It!That is my advice to anyone who thinks that they might ever be interested in buying a piece of property.Steven Fisher's book "The Real Estate Investor's Handbook: The Complete Guide for the Individual Investor" is an excellent guide to show you the way through the maze.I think that this is a must have for someone that only plans to buy one property or for the next "Donald Trump" wannabe.Steven has covered a great amount of material in this book that is absolutely dynamite.I recommend this book to one and all.

A necessity for ALL real estate investors
"The Real Estate Investors Handbook" is a terrific guide for successful investing.The book could be a little overwhelming for a novice, but it is an excellent resource for the serious investor.It offers an in-depth and complete guide to making profits from real estate.The book also stresses the importance of record keeping and provides an assortment of financial forms and letters to be used when dealing with your property.Also included in the book are real-life testimonies from investors telling about their real estate successes and failures.
This book is a necessity for all real estate investors.The tips and helpful hints are an invaluable resource that can be referred to over and over again.
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Describes the various smaller prehistoric creatures that lived alongside the dinosaurs, including early crocodilians, shrewlike mammals, spiders, dragonflies, primitive frogs, and flying reptiles. ... Read more

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Identifies the biggest dinosaur, the smallest, the fastest, the most intelligent, and other record holders among these prehistoric animals. ... Read more

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Examines the different kinds of prehistoric flying reptiles known as pterosaurs, who ruled the skies while the dinosaurs ruled the earth, discussing their flight, nesting and feeding habits, and relationship to birds. ... Read more

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Chapters: Paul Macdonald, Alan Thompson, Hugh Fisher, Steven Ferguson, Grant Bramwell, Geoff Walker, Donald Cooper, John Macdonald, Stephen Richards, Tom Dooney, John Leonard, Rod Gavin, Finn O'connor, Mark Scheib, Luuka Jones, Robert Jenkinson, Edwin Richards, Richard Boyle, Erin Taylor, Donald Johnstone, Brent Clode, Mike Walker, Owen Hughes. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 54. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Paul MacDonald MBE (born January 8, 1960) is a New Zealand sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1980s to the early 1990s. He is widely regarded as one of New Zealand's most successful international athletes and holds innumerable international speed records in canoeing. Competing in three Summer Olympics, MacDonald won five medals. This included three golds (K-2 500 m: 1984, 1988; K-4 1000 m: 1984), one silver (K-2 1000 m: 1988), and one bronze (K-1 500 m: 1988) He also won six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds (K-1 500 m: 1987, K-2 500 m: 1985, K-2 1000 m: 1987) and three silvers (K-2 500 m: 1982, 1987, K-2 10000 m: 1990). In retirement from professional competition, MacDonald has produced many television sports events and programmes including Clash of the Codes (the ultimate sporting challenge) and annually presents the Dragon Boat Festival. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=8543841 ... Read more

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Chapters: Ian Ferguson, Ben Fouhy, Paul Macdonald, Alan Thompson, Hugh Fisher, Steven Ferguson, Grant Bramwell, Geoff Walker, Donald Cooper, John Macdonald, Stephen Richards, Tom Dooney, John Leonard, Rod Gavin, Finn O'connor, Mark Scheib, Luuka Jones, Robert Jenkinson, Edwin Richards, Richard Boyle, Erin Taylor, Donald Johnstone, Brent Clode, Mike Walker, Owen Hughes. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 62. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Ian Gordon Ferguson MBE (born July 20, 1952 in Taumarunui) is New Zealand's most successful Olympian, competing in K-1, K-2, and K-4 kayak events. He first competed at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, Canada. He also completed at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow when almost all other New Zealand athletes boycotted the games under pressure from their government. However, it was not until the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles that he was successful, earning three gold medals (K-1 500 m, K-2 500 m with Paul MacDonald and K-4 1000 m with Grant Bramwell, Alan Thompson and MacDonald). He then earned another gold medal in the K-2 500 m and a silver medal in the K-2 1000 m (both with MacDonald) at the 1988 Olympic Games held in Seoul, Korea. He was the first New Zealander to have competed in five Olympic Games (Barbara Kendall is the only other to have achieved this) and his four gold medals is still the New Zealand record for an individual haul at the Games. At the age of 40, he contested his fifth Olympics at the 1992 Olympics. He and Paul MacDonald again performed extremely well. They competed in the K-2 500 m and K-2 1000 m, making the final of the longer race. Ferguson also won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-2 1000 m: 1987) and three silvers (K-1 500 m: 1983, K-2 500 m: 1987, K-2 10000 m: 1990). After retiring from top-lev...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3889563 ... Read more

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"The Trust Equation: The Savvy Investor's Guide to Selecting a Competent, Ethical Financial Advisor" includes a seven-step P.R.O.C.E.S.S. to help investor's attain life goals. Learn from 12 successful, client-centered financial advisors how these processes can affect your future. These experts share their knowledge and experience by providing valuable advice on choosing good advisors, wealth accumlation and management approaches, financial planning and dother important areas. ... Read more

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Great read - it's a must!!
With my finances, I decided to look for a financial advisor.This book was a great help in that quest.Important advice on financial planning (Which most americans don't do enough) gave me insight into the future.Drozdeck hits the facts right, with all the main points.
Chris S from NJ

Excellent Resource
This is an excellent resource for anyone searching for a financial advisor to assist them in developing an appropriate financial plan/approach to achieve their personal financial goals.Not only does it give great advice on how to find a financial advisor, but gives insight on how the best investor/advisor relationships work. ... Read more

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Lorelei and Sarah receive a mysterious notice in the mail:

MERRYVALE STABLES
INVITES YOU
TO A MOST SPECIAL SCHOOLING SHOW
-OCTOBER 32nd-
DON'T BRING YOUR NAG, HORSES WILL BE
PROVIDED. THE SHOW WILL BE HELD
IN SPITE OF THE FOG.
TAKE FREEWAY NORTH PAST FOREST LAKE.
EXIT AT MERRYVALE AT THE HIGHEST
RATE OF SPEED YOU CAN MANAGE.

When is October 32nd? How do they know there will be fog?And why can't they take their own horses? Find the answers ... and many more questions ... in this the first of three in the Merryvale series.
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Upside Down Fun Read!
In this tale we meet two little girls, Sarah and Lorelei who ride horses. They received an invitation to ride in a horseshow, but they are not familiar with the town or the stables where it is being held.
The girls talk Lorelei's father into taking them and the adventure begins as they end up far above the clouds in a strange land called Merryvale, where horses fly and nothing is really the way you think it is.

In this book we are introduced to a very strange land indeed.It is high up in the heaven's or is it? Everything seems to be opposite of the way it should be, horses fly, as do some people, and talk, and is Merryvale really a place or a person that is both a person and a place? Yes, it can be confusing but yet has a way of luring you in the story and making you wonder just what is going on?The characters are different to say the least, yet that is what makes the charm in this tale.
As you keep reading you truly start to understand that 'different' is what this story is all about.
It is adventure in an almost Oz land with characters that are both loveable and annoying at the same time, but the clincher is this works and you definitely keep reading finding yourself immersed in the story.I liked it and look forward to book two to see what else is happening in this land of wonder.

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In this unique work, eighteen of the most influential and significant figures in the various subareas of behavior therapy (from behavior analysis through cognitive therapy) are brought together to discuss their work, and the sources and influences that affected it. At times moving, profound, and humorous, it casts a new and perhaps more human light on the most influential movement in behavioral health in the latter part of the 20th century. These intellectual biographies range in tone and intensity as each author uses their own particular style to convey their views about the field and their individual impact on it. For those interested in the behavioral and cognitive movement, this book is a must have since it is the only book to have chronicled the individual histories of the founders of the applied behavioral movement before they are lost forever.

The volume includes the intellectual autobiographies of: Albert Bandura, Walter Mischel, Donald M. Baer, Sidney W. Bijou, Albert Ellis, Gordon L. Paul, Gerald C. Davison, Montrose M. Wolf, Todd R. Risley, Cyril M. Franks, W. Stewart Agras, Leonard Krasner, Arnold A. Lazarus, and Ogden R. Lindsley.

In addition, this volume includes: commentaries by Julie Vargas on B.F. Skinner, Paul Mountjoy on J.R. Kantor, and Roger Poppen on Joseph Wolpe; an introductory chapter by the editors; a chapter on historiography by the well-known philosopher of science, Thomas Nickles. ... Read more

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Step-by-step guidelines to applying empirically supported cognitive behavior therapies

Cognitive Behavior Therapy brings together all the techniques of cognitive behavior therapy into one comprehensive volume. In more than sixty chapters, an international group of contributors offer complete information on the details of implementing empirically supported therapeutic techniques to treat a wide range of presenting problems, including smoking cessation, stress management, habit reversal, pain management, and many others.

This book assists you in properly and successfully delivering a large number of effective treatment techniques. The broad array of empirically supported techniques, thoroughly covered by leading experts in each discipline, provides a unique resource for thorough and proper administration of effective therapies for a wide range of clinical problems. A range of basic to more complex methods in cognitive behavior therapy is identified, including standard behavior therapy and cognitive therapy techniques, as well as up-to-date procedures such as acceptance strategies and mindfulness.

Complete with helpful tables clearly explaining, step by step, the implementation of each therapeutic technique, Cognitive Behavior Therapy is an essential tool for mental health practitioners and researchers working with these specialized therapies. ... Read more

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Had to buy for a class
Great book, very comprehensive. Needed to buy it for a class but I am keeping this for future use. Several great case studies are included as well as excellent rational for different therapeutic interventions.

A Research-Based Resource that Addresses a Number of Diagnoses.
This practical book gives the clinician research-based techniques that are effective for a variety of diagnoses, to include enuresis, panic disorder, depression, and skills acquisition for the developmentally delayed.

There are 60 chapters on individual therapies for a wide range of problems, such as smoking cessation, stress management, and classroom management.

This compilation contains submissions authored by experts in their particular treatment approach. A handy desk reference for the CBT practioner.

Cognitive Behavior Therapy:Applying Empirically...
Excellent resource book for all health psychologists.This book will be a staple reference book on my shelf.Great source of a practical strategies that are empirically sound.

A good reference on CBT skills
The book serves a good reference for essential CBT skills, with easy-to-understand format and step-by-step illustrations.For experienced clinican with solid theortical background, it can serve as a quick reference and reminder for good tools available in our hands. ... Read more

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Human beings are odd in every way in Steven Fisher?s expanded collection of short stories. A tiny 5 pound Yorkshire terrier causes tons of trouble for a self-centered salesman? an obese man goes on the diet plan from hell and succeeds in losing weight?sort of?an American grease monkey entertains dead English royalty in his service bay? ?alien conquerors try on human bodies for size and find the fit very uncomfortable?a mutt offers redemption to a heart-broken father?and a strange neighbor?s attempts at atonement end in tragedy.The author casts a jaundiced, but compassionate eye on the
strangest species to inhabit the planet Earth....
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Once again, Colonel "Fragger" Sparks teaches the future that a U.S. Army Ranger from 600 years in the past leads the way...in cunning...courage...and the combat rage it takes to protect his son and everyone under his command. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The National Public Accountant, published by National Society of Public Accountants on August 1, 2001. The length of the article is 2170 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Are You Considering an ASP For Your Accounting Functions?(accounting software program information and analysis)
Author: Dorothy M. Fisher
Publication: The National Public Accountant (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 1, 2001
Publisher: National Society of Public Accountants
Volume: 46Issue: 6Page: 16

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This digital document is an article from The National Public Accountant, published by National Society of Public Accountants on June 1, 2000. The length of the article is 1572 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Business-to-Business Purchasing On the Internet: The OBI Standard.
Author: Dorothy M. Fisher
Publication: The National Public Accountant (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 1, 2000
Publisher: National Society of Public Accountants
Volume: 45Issue: 4Page: 42

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