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Intention + Attention = Happy, Healthy Homes

Five Key Elements for Planning a Personal Retreat

It’s OK to Color Outside the Lines: 5 Ways to Access Your Creativity

Reunion With Myself

The Inspired Entrepreneur

Can a Child Love More Than One Mother?

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Wealth creation:

• Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
• The Science of Getting Rich by W.D. Wattles
• A sample from The Success Principles by Jack Canfield

Productivity tools:

• Doodle - For polling before scheduling an event
• 1ShoppingCart¹ - For opt-in newsletter or e-zine, autoresponders, product catalog, and online payment forms and a 30-day trial for $3.95 (Free if you sign up for a paid package now)
• Skype - For free or inexpensive phone calls worldwide
• TrustFax - For a free 30-day fax by e-mail trial

Marketing tools:

• SurveyMonkey - For a custom survey where you then collect and analyze the results
• Constant Contact² - For an opt-in newsletter or e-zine and a free 60-day trial
• PayPal³ - To allow your customers to pay quickly and easily. Buttons and e-mail invoicing capabilities are free

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Recommended Reading

For entrepreneurs:

• The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber
• Attracting Perfect Customers by Stacey Hall & Jan Brogniez
• The One Page Business Plan by Jim Horan

For people in career transition:

• What Color is Your Parachute? By Richard Nelson Bolles
• Wishcraft: How to Get What You Really Want by Barbara Sher
• Fulfill Your Soul's Purpose by Naomi Stephan
• Do What You Are: Discover the Perfect Career for you Through the Secrets of Personality Type by Paul Tieger & Barbara Barron-Tieger

For people interested in finances and creating wealth:

• Your Money or Your Life by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin
• The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas Stanley & William Danko
• Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki

For people who want to be more effective:

• The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
• Getting Things Done by David Allen

For people who want to get in touch with their spirituality:

• The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
• Anatomy of the Spirit by Caroline Myss
• Coming Home: The Return to True Self by Martia Nelson

For people interested in feng shui and creating harmonious environments:

• The Western Guide to Feng Shui by Terah Collins
• Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life by Karen Rauch Carter
• Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui by Karen Kingston
• Sacred Space by Denise Linn

For adoptees and members of the adoption triad:

• Birthright: The Guide to Search and Reunion for Adoptees, Birthparents and Adoptive Parents by Jean Strauss
• The Other Mother by Carol Schaefer
• The Adoption Searchbook: Techniques for Tracing People by Mary Jo Rillera
• May the Circle Be Unbroken: An Intimate Journey into the Heart of Adoption by Lynn C. Franklin