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Kremer, John.  1001 Ways to Market Your Books (for authors and publishers; paperback), 6th edition Are you kidding me?  1001 ways….  And it’s true.  It’s quite the hefty book (704 pages) and it’s stunning the number of different ideas that are included.  Out of that number, any one of us can surely find at least…10 [...]

Tags: Amazon Prime, book marketing, John Kremer, Marketing, publisher, publishing

Life can become reasonably overwhelming, at least partially due to the incredible number of choices that are available to us in the ‘modern’ world.  If you would like to reduce your overwhelm, one way to do so is to reduce the complexity that exists in your personal and/or professional life.  Specific Areas Where Simplifying Makes [...]

Tags: complex, just whelmed, overwhelmed, simple, simplify

Maybe you are wondering about the answer to this question – just as the person who recently voiced this question: I would like to get my computer files organized. It seems that I have files all over the place and sometimes I have a hard time finding things. Is there a resource (book, for example) [...]

Tags: files, Gina Trapani, hard drive, organized

A teacher who signed up for Patricia Hutchings’ teleseminar, “Why Be Wiped Out at Work?” sent in the question below ahead of time.  Although Patricia addressed it in the teleseminar, I wanted to add some additional thoughts for the blog: I’d like to know how to cope with working in a school environment where I am [...]

Tags: Patricia Hutchings, stress, toxic work environment

Recently, I received this question from a Life of E’s member: Here’s one I’m fussing at these days: When you prioritize tasks or jobs, what criteria do you use? I find that my personal priorities can conflict with professional ones and that I’m being asked by others to re-order those priorities in ways that don’t [...]

Tags: 10-10-10, commitments, prioritize, Suzy Welch

I recently heard Rich Brooks speak at the NAPO Conference and he was EXCELLENT.  I subscribed to his newsletters and now have access to a number of his special free reports.  I suggest you also go to http://www.flyte.biz/ where you can sign up and access free articles, reports, etc. – including one on “10 Questions to [...]

Tags: Rich Brooks, social media, time, website

Babcock, Linda & Laschever, Sara.  Women Don’t Ask: The High Cost of Avoiding Negotiation–and Positive Strategies for Change. This book will wake you up.  I only wish it had been available at the beginning of my career.  The authors also have a new book, Ask for It: How Women Can Use the Power of Negotiation to Get [...]

Tags: Linda Babcock, money, negotiation, power of negotiation, Sara Laschever, strategies, women

Jensen, Bill. The Simplicity Survival Handbook: 32 Ways to Accomplish Less and More. Are you kidding me? How could I not buy this book? And, I loved it even though I disagreed with portions of it. I gained a number of very useable ideas and appreciate the author’s irreverent style. He is pushing hard to [...]

Tags: amazon prime program, Bill Jensen, simplicity, Simplicity Survival

The first Life of E’s member who asks for this book will receive it.  Just make a comment and it’s yours. Leading Change in Your School:  How to Conquer Myths, Build Commitment, and Get Results by Doug Reeves (2009; ASCD) Others are welcome to comment, too!!  Would love to hear from others who have read [...]

Tags: free book for Life of E's member

A question that often comes up in workshops as well as on my blog is this one: How do you suggest people use their calendar (planner) in conjunction with the tickler (1-31) files? Sometimes I wonder if I am duplicating my efforts by using a calendar and the tickler files. It seems like the tickler [...]

Tags: anchoring, calendar, email, Julie Morgenstern, organizing, planner, strategies, tickler file