Another “Just DO it” post … not giving myself time to second guess and then postpone posting!
A couple of verrrry interrrresting-looking books:
“The Luck Factor” by 
Dr Richard Wiseman
http://www.actionablebooks.com/summaries/the-luck-factor/
Written by my friend, Joel D Canfield: “…most of us believe there’s nothing we can do about {our luck}. And Dr. Richard Wiseman is here to tell you that’s wrong.
Luck, it turns out, can be changed. It can be controlled. Luck is a skill you can learn and a tool you can apply in business, in life.
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From the same site (Actionable Books. com) ~ http://www.actionablebooks.com/summaries/brand-it-aint-the-logo-its-what-people-think-of-you/
“Brand: It Ain’t the Logo…” by 
Ted Matthews
This one jumped out at me because I’ve been running into questions and classes and doubts about “Personal Branding” all over the place, lately. It also helps answer that perennial question: “What d’you do, anyway?”!
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I honestly cannot remember how I first came to Lia’s place – just last Tuesday! Following commenters home again, methinks…
http://theotherviewfromthewindow.wordpress.com/2012/12/02/basic-rules-for-any-society/ What do *your* Basic Rules look like?
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“Frame it as a prototype or “beta testing” and you’ve got permission to start the thing you’ve been putting off.”
~ From Michael Bungay Stanier, via his inspiring Great Work Provocations: http://www.boxofcrayons.biz/free/great-work-provocations/
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And a Friday Funny from Nancy at Spirit Lights the Way: http://nrhatch.wordpress.com/2012/12/07/ponderable-ponderisms/
Love and Bright Blessings, all! ~ Karen
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Whoops – forgot one! http://TheSoulMap.com/ The bee-you-tee-full all-new launched-last-week site of my Stars-Mentor Lissa Boles. Good for all you/us Aspiring, Growing and even Established Entrepreneurs out there – If you’ve ever wondered what “the stars” have to say about and do with what’s going on around you, but don’t want to “learn a whole new language” in order to understand it, Lissa’s a fabulous resource! She does the translating (behind the scenes) and just tells us ‘what it means’. No geek-speak unless you really want it, and then it’s kept to a bare minimum. Love this Lady!
December 7, 2012 at 11:40 am
“The Luck Factor” changed my life.
December 7, 2012 at 11:48 am
Oh Yay!
When did you read it? When was it published, for that matter?
December 7, 2012 at 12:28 pm
It was published in 2006. I read it before I published my first book in October 2008. Must have been fairly new when I got to it.
December 7, 2012 at 12:30 pm
Gah. That was “Speed of Trust” which is going on in another conversation in another window.
Luck Factor was published in 2003, but I discovered it about 2007.
December 7, 2012 at 11:11 pm
‘Sokay! What’s “Speed of Trust” about? The title is intriguing!
December 8, 2012 at 7:47 am
Speed of Trust explains the practical psychology of trust. He likens trust to a tree.
Integrity is the roots, hidden, invisible. Only we know whether we have it or not. Important to remember that our integrity is obvious to us, invisible to others.
Intent is the trunk, partially hidden, partially visible. Our intent includes our agenda, which isn’t a bad word; everyone has an agenda. But when it’s hidden, it can be a problem.
Integrity and intent make up the “character” half of trust.
The branches of the tree are our capabilities. Can we actually do the job? That’s why you can “trust” someone, but not let them drive your car or hire them for the job, because you trust their *character* but not capabilities.
The leaves are the results. You may have the capabilities, but have you produced actual results?
Capabilities and results are the competence half of trust.
If any one part of the tree is missing, trust suffers.
When trust increases in business, time and cost decrease.
He explains all this in detail, and spends lots of time on how to develop and display all of it in real life.
December 8, 2012 at 12:46 pm
That sounds like a great target for “Actionable Books”, too!
December 8, 2012 at 1:04 pm
http://www.actionablebooks.com/summaries/the-speed-of-trust/
December 8, 2012 at 1:08 pm
Thanks!
December 8, 2012 at 10:12 pm
Thanks, Karen. I’m so blog-logged at the moment that I cannot look at these now . . . but maybe soon. Thanks for sharing in any event.
December 9, 2012 at 12:21 am
I completely understand!
I go back to people’s collected links pages even months later – always something ‘timely’ for me, no matter how long they’ve been waiting for me to look at ‘em –
December 9, 2012 at 12:43 am
I’ll right away clutch your rss as I can’t in finding your email subscription link or newsletter service. Do you’ve any? Kindly allow me know so that I may just subscribe. Thanks.
December 17, 2012 at 1:11 am
Amedar ~ Thanks to help and encouragement from Sarah G., I now have a real live RSS feed link, right over there>>>
Thanks again, Sarah!
December 10, 2012 at 12:45 am
I just found you and I think this is very interesting. I will be back and I invite you to visit my blog. Hugs, Barbara
December 12, 2012 at 12:26 am
Hello, Barbara ~ and Welcome to the zoo!
I’ve spent some time reading around at your place, and I find your take on Life, the Universe and Everything quite interesting, too.
I hope to see you around often!