StraightLine Leadership: Tools for Living with Velocity and Power in Turbulent Times Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought this book mainly for the wide range of superstars from several industries who endorsed the book. This book is endorsed by United States Army Generals, NFL football players, corporate CEO's and New York Times best selling authors. I was not disappointed. This is my second reading and certainly not my last. It is packed with practical information most of which is totally new to me and I have been in the business world for over 30 years.

The book is about how people can build or train themselves to be much more effective in their personal and professional lives. This book is not just for CEO's or high level executives. Anyone wanting to be more effective and or solve a challenge will benefit immensely from this book if they apply the information.

There is a very useful chapter on "Stop Stopping." That's right many people in life stop before they get to their intended goals or objectives. The tools or "distinctions" as the author refers to them are effective in breaking through a lot of the self-sabotaging activities people engage in. I have been working with this material with my own staff at work and we have all found this material extremely useful in dealing with challenges that we have been struggling with for some time.



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Straight-Line Leadership: Tools for Living with Velocity and Power in Turbulent Times is Dusan Djukich's highly anticipated introduction to his potent world of straight-line coaching. Within these pages he dramatically unveils exactly what it takes to live a powerful and effective life both personally and professionally. Regardless if you are a CEO, small business owner, parent, or someone who simply wants to make a difference, you will learn to master powerful distinctions that you can apply immediately to resolve the challenges that you are presently up against. You will also become adept at assisting others in solving their most pressing problems with precision and grace."This book boldly demonstrates why Djukich is regarded as the ultimate performance catalyst to business. He simply kicks the hell out of the sacred cows that keep individuals and businesses stuck." Brandon Craig, CEO, BiltRite Corporation

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Lower Your Taxes - Big Time : Wealth-Building, Tax Reduction Secrets from an IRS Insider Review

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(More customer reviews)I would have given it 4 and 1/2 stars but that wasn't an option. The only reason that I didn't give it 5 stars was that the book deals with small and home bases business issues and for real estate owners and investors. I am retired and thus, could only benefit from the real estate discussion.However, I did have a business before retirement.
I got this book after reading a great review in the Orlando Sentinal.This book would have saved me a bundle had I known about this information many years ago. It is cleverly written and has a lot of good information that I myself never heard from my accountant. I especially liked all the examples and tips that I found really useful in understanding the tax planning sections I also liked the elaborations, which provided some nice insights into why Congress passed various laws or on what to do about certain laws,with a great deal of clarity and specificity.
One very unsual feature that I found in this book that I never read in any other book was all the information that was provided on how to "audit proof" each and every tax planning strategy. I have used the J.K. Lasser guide in preparing my taxes, and I have never seen as much specific information on how to IRS bullet proof each deduction as Mr. Botkin provides.
Many financial books I read are rather shallow and lack a lot of the details necessary to implement what they are suggesting. Also, there seems to be a trend in financial and real estate books to serve as a giant advertisement for consulting services or for other books. This was NOT the problem in this book,which was frankly very refreshing.
Even as a retired person, I did, however, find the real estate section to be very useful. It will save me a bundle on some real estate mistakes that I didn't know about all these years.
Some reviewer noted that this book doesn't show you how to plan for the various tax laws. He must not have read the same book that I read because this book has a lot of specificity on what to do with each applicable law.
In short: I have given a copy of this book to my son and daughter. That should tell you what I think of the book.

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Strategies from an IRS insider for slashing taxes, maximizing legal deductions, avoiding audits, and more

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Through his years as an IRS tax attorney, Sandy Botkin discovered that most Americans could legally­­ and dramatically­­ cut their tax bills by establishing themselves as independent contractors or businesspersons. In Lower Your Taxes--­­Big Time!, fully updated for 2005 and 2006, Botkin explains how, outlining a straightforward program for writing off everything from family vacations to movies and plays, and receiving a subsidy of $5,000 or more from the IRS each and every year.

From tips for launching a business to strategies for audit-proofing a return, Lower Your Taxes­­--Big Time! is a gold mine of information for every frustrated taxpayer. Tax-cutting strategies include:

How, why, and when to incorporate
Fail-safe methods for deducting a home office and family car
Simple but essential record-keeping tips
Tax advantages of being a consultant,independent contractor, or independent businessperson

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Financial Times Guide to Business Coaching (Financial Times Guides) Review

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(More customer reviews)This book covers a lot of ground on the subject of coaching from someone who clearly knows the coaching business and what it takes to be a successful coach. It takes the reader through the full spectrum of what coaching is to the different styles of coaching, the different training programmes, the different accrediting organisations, the psychology behind it, the change it can bring, the different types of clients there are to the benefits it can bring both clients and organisations. It is also rich in tools, techniques and practical examples. It offers helpful advice on what you can expect from coaching right through to how to go about marketing yourself as a coach. As an HR Director, I particularly liked the 10 tough questions to ask a business coach. It is a good one stop shop for everything one needs to know about coaching whether you are employing a coach, you are starting out as a coach or simply developing a coaching career. Enjoy!

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