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If you’re tired of endless fires, inconsistent revenue, and wondering where the next dollar is coming from, this book is your blueprint for getting off the hamster wheel. Learn how to build a business that runs efficiently, pays you predictably, and stops sucking the life out of you. Most small business owners start out with a dream: financial freedom, control over their time, and the ability to build something meaningful. But reality hits fast. Long hours, constant firefighting, and an unpredictable income leave you exhausted, overworked, and questioning if it’s even worth it. Sound ...

At least half of all purchase and sale contracts to buy a home fall apart before closing. When that happens there are usually a lot of frustrated people. Most of that pain and frustration can be avoided. If you ever think you may want to buy a home, you need to read this. And, you need to read it before you call a real estate agent. Even if you are an experienced home buyer, this article can help you to make sure that when you make that move to buy your dream home, you will know what you need to succeed. If you want to live the rest of your life renting, then don't read this article. Before...

Don't let your career be a victim. Get and keep the job you want, today. Benjamin Franklin is credited with saying, “by failing to prepare, you prepare to fail.” Strategic Career Planning is the ultimate form of career preparation. It will help you to navigate your career to the level of success you may only be dreaming about right now.To help you prepare, in this book I am going to teach you how to use a powerful process that many companies have used to survive and prosper in both good times and bad. Applying it to managing your career will require you to apply a proven ...

There is a science to project management, and an art. The science is established and the subject of many books, college courses, and certification programs. The art of project management is almost ignored. Yet, it is the art which separates the basically competent project managers from those who are the cream of the crop, those who can successfully manage projects when tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars are on the line. No responsible executive, looking to hire a project manager to lead a large, high-risk, high-profile project should extend an offer without ...

You Can't Get a Loan! What do you do? You found a home you like and can afford, but the bank either wants to charge you outrageous interest, or won't give you a loan at all. Don't give up. Buying a home can be a huge headache. In fact, the banks are making it almost impossible for many people to get loans regardless of how much you earn or how good your credit is. So what do you do if the bank won't lend you the money to buy the home of your dreams? Do you give up and go back to your apartment and cry in your beer? No! Use the information in this book to get the seller to lend you the ...

Don't let the threat of job loss drive you into poverty. When your job is on the line, it is too late to start building your brand, building your network and positioning yourself to meet the needs of your current or future employer. Just like with life insurance, you can't wait until you are in the hospital dying to buy insurance, you can't wait until the last minute to get your career insurance lined up. That is the bad news. The good news is that if you start right now, you can pretty quickly do all the things you need to make sure you can quickly land another job, maybe a ...

You are a one-person business, even when you work for someone else. If you want to get and keep the job you want, you need to change how you think about your career and your job. This article (approx. 4,000 words) will change how you think about your career. Instead of relying on others or just thinking about your career as a series of jobs, it will teach you how to look at yourself as a 1 person business and to use small business tools to boost your career to where you want it to go. Tom Sheppard successfully used these techniques to rise to the level of a senior executive in a Fortune ...

When do what you love, you love what you do and it isn't work, it is fun. What better way to make money than by having fun? This short article (about 3,000 words) will give you the basics you need to figure out how to turn what you love and are good at into a small business and then use that business and the tax code to save money and make money in your spare time. Mostly you will be doing what you already do whenever you can make the time to do what you love. The difference is that now it will save you money and help you to make money instead of just costing you money.

Go behind the curtain of hype from real estate gurus who offer programs to help you get rich in real estate with no money down, without using your money or your credit. An experienced, successful real estate investor helps you understand in simple terms what it really takes to become a real millionaire. This is likely the best 3 bucks you will ever invest, giving you a return of thousands of dollars saved and invested more wisely. Busting the Myths of Becoming a Real Estate Millionaire With No Money and No Credit: The Truth Behind Guru's Claims of Making It Rich in Real Estate Without Using...

When you want to sell your house, pricing it right is the first and biggest trap. If you price it too high, it won't sell. If you price it too low, you lose money. "How to Price Your House to Sell" an experienced and successful real estate investor tells you how you can figure out the value of your home in almost any market. If you rely upon a real estate agent, chances are your value will be too high, because they will tell you what they think you want to hear. If you rely upon what your neighbors say, you may be way too high, or way too low. Knowledge is power and in this short volume (...

Yes! You can save 30% off the next home you buy! Many people believe it is impossible to buy homes at a 30% discount from the regular price. It is not only possible, it happens every day, all over the country. Savvy investors use the techniques I will teach in this book to get great deals - many of them with even more than 30% off. If I told you how much, you wouldn’t believe me. Buy this book now, or ignore it and go ahead and pay $45,000 to $135,000 more for your “average” home (of course your “dream” home may cost more). Other Real Estate Books from this Author How to Price ...

Whether you love or hate US Presidents like Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton or Barak Obama, there is no doubt that each of them was a master of the video interview. You can learn how they master the video interview and use that knowledge to nail your next video job interview.

For thousands of years, all over the world people bought and sold real estate without the aid or interference of either banks or the government. Occasionally the buyer had all the money needed to buy and the transaction was simple. The seller gave the buyer title to the property, took the money and walked away. When the buyer didn’t have enough money of their own, sometimes they would borrow money from their friends, family or associates, promising to pay the loan back, often with interest. Again, the seller gave the buyer the title, took their money and walked away. Most often, the buyer...

Open-Air Theology is a podcast dedicated to Reformed Biblical evangelism. It focuses on street preaching, gospel proclamation, and theological discussions. We strive to encourage those passionate about boldly declaring the gospel and engaging the culture while maintaining doctrinal faithfulness.

DON'T READ THIS BOOK unless you want to TAKE CONTROL of your career, DOUBLE YOUR INCOME, and LIVE THE LIFE YOU WANT. Most people drift through their career, suffering from layoffs, downsizing, mergers, acquisitions, voluntary and involuntary job changes. They are overwhelmed by events. Why? Because they don't have a system to keep themselves ahead of the events that shape the biggest part of their lives, their career. This book will give you the system you need to take control of your career and manage it, instead of it managing you. Other career management books by this same author: Get ...

Failure to set goals = failure! Setting written goals magnifies your performance. This article (about 3,500 words) will help you learn how to set challenging, but attainable goals that will change your life. Not all goals are created equal. Goals about obtaining things are less important and have less impact on your happiness than goals about becoming a different person. Most people have no idea of how to set and attain goals that help them become the person they want to be. Tom Sheppard gives clear, easy to follow, instructions that will help you set and attain the goals that ...

Millionaire Liar explains and debunks 9 common myths that real estate gurus use to lure you into giving them thousands of dollars. Wouldn't it be better to invest a few dollars in a truth-telling book before you invest hundreds or thousands? Millionaire Liar: What Real Estate Gurus Won't Tell You (but Tom will) first exposed the truth about 5 common lures the experts use to separate those who want to learn real estate investing from their money. Now, it has been updated to address the 9 most common myths. Myth #1 - Being a Millionaire Means Being Rich Myth #2 - You don't need any money. ...

We have become a nation, or nations, who have steadily moved away from seeing God as the one who can offer salvation, and have instead sought it from another source. The government. This collision between two very different entities has become more pronounced in recent times, but the reality remains. The only salvation we can achieve is through God. Godvernment: Government as God, is a new book which seeks to explain the differences between government and the Lord. It examines the history of state and church and the crisis of faith we have experienced. Written in three parts, Godvernment ...

Michael Galliger is a brilliant scientist. Tasked with creating an army to defend his country, he uses his towering intellect to bring mythological creatures to life. Elves, Dwarves, Faeries, Sprites, Brownies, and even Dragons all become real warriors. But each creation is successively twisted by their enemies into brutal parodies of their original forms and turned against Michael and his allies. Pressed for a decisive weapon to give his allies the advantage, Micheal creates a weapon of mass destruction in the form of a sword. But, who can weild such a terrible weapon and not be ...

No One Cares About Your Career Like You Do! You must run your career as if it were your business and you are the CEO. If you want to get and keep the job you want, you need to change how you think about your career. This book will change how you think about your career. Instead of relying on others or just thinking about your career as a series of jobs, it will teach you how to look at yourself as a business and to use business tools to boost your career to where you want it to go. Tom Sheppard successfully used these techniques to rise to the level of a senior executive in a Fortune 500 ...