A Book You Really Need to Read

OK, I want to be clear on this one, I mean you really need to read this book whether you are a salesman or not. I just finished reviewing it and I think it can help anyone that wants more out of life in the way of wealth and simply in the way of happiness. This book was authored by award winning salesmen and entrepreneurs Neil Franklin and Jack Spirko.

They call the book, the definitive book on how to sell and I think they are spot on. It is just that they don’t just teach you how to sell in regard to product as a professional sales person, they also teach you the philosopy of effectively selling yourselves in all walks of life. Here is one of my favorite quotes from the book,

“Deep inside you exists another person. That person has the knowledge, expertise, experience, and wisdom to guide you throughout your life. It’s the real you. We use the term real because most of us live our lives as actors, fulfilling various life roles as we have been conditioned to do so since leaving the innocence of childhood“

This book is indeed deep and even a tiny bit spiritual but it is actually very easy to read and understand. I am going to read it again because like most books that are really deep you get more each time you read through it. Here is another quote that might make that a bit more clear,

“As the child matures, the programming by parents and society continues. Now this young adult has to get admitted into a competitive university, get his first job, or possibly ask for a raise if underpaid. The sad part is that at age five, he would have known exactly what to do and would have asked fearlessly.”

Again I highly recommend you have a look at picking up a copy of this book, it is one I can honestly say is worth far more then the cost. Spend just a bit of time learning to adapt some of these principals to your life and indeed the return of investment will be huge. You can even preview and read the first 12 pages of the book at this link.

~ Cost Cutter

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Great advice on finding great wine

I personally love a nice glass of wine but being a bit of a tight wad I don’t like to over pay for it.  So I was really happy to find a website called 10 Dollar Wine that specializes in reviewing and recommending inexpensive wine.  Now at first I was a bit skeptical of the name of this site, I mean “10 Dollar Wine” does not conjure up images of great wines.

Well I held back my skepticism and gave the site a shot, that was a good move.  As the name of the site suggests they are all about bottles of wine that cost ten dollars a bottle or less.  I actually found they do review some wines that are in the 12-15 dollar range as well.

Each wine is rated on a unique scale that is as follows,

• Highest Recommendation
• Highly Recommended
• Recommended
• Good
• Acceptable
• Not Recommended

You can view the entire explanation of their wine rating system for more information.  Each review compares the wine to other similar wines, tells you who would like or dislike it based on other tastes and gives some food paring ideas.  To me the most valuable advices it they tell you if they would buy the wine again and if they would keep any in their wine rack.

After reading some reviews I realized I have tried many of these wines and tended to agree with much of what they had to say.  I have to say this is a great site for finding and saving money on great low cost wines.  I like to enjoy the finer things in life like wines with out paying to much.  Now here is the best part this site apart from some advertising is informational only.  Most of these wines can be found in grocery stores, wine shops etc.  They really aren’t selling anything, just great free advice.  Put this one in your book marks and join their mailing list.

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Establish your expertise by self publishing

If you are in business today, especially if you are in the online information business, doing public presentations or perhaps consulting then being seen as an expert can really increase your chances of success. One thing that can really help you be seen as an expert in your industry is to be an author of a book. Now I mean a real honest book that you can touch and feel not an eBook. eBooks are great for selling information but they certainly don’t carry the clout you get from publishing a hard copy book.

The problem in the past is to self publish was expensive and quite risky. Often you had to order 1000 copies or more and this led many early self publishers to end up with a closet full of books that never sold. All that has changed today with something called “print on demand” technology. Just as it sounds basically every time an book is order it is individually printed and shipped. This makes publishing low cost, low risk and open to anyone that want to take the time and effort to write a book.

One of the best Book Publishers for the would be self publishing author is called Author House.    They offer a exceptional array of services to help new authors get started and with just a bit of effort anyone can become a published author today.    It definitely takes some effort to write a book but the reward is usually well worth it.    Thanks to new services like Author House it is an option for more people today then ever.  For move information visit their website for more information at www.authorhouse.com

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