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I just finished a good book – Thrive: Finding Happiness the Blue Zones Way by Dan Buettner.  You only need to read pages 211 to 245 to get the true essence.  It has a lot of good ideas for finding and securing happiness.

Between 70 and 80 folks attended the 35th gathering of Eagles (Eagle Summit) and Eagle Margaret Reynolds, a breast cancer survivor, asked folks to stand if they or a family member had been touched by cancer – over half stood up – amazing. Margaret sent me the following email: Tom, I was deeply moved by [...]

Top 5 countries to start a business in: Denmark – Canada – U. S. – Sweden – New Zealand. The worst country to start a business in: Uganda.

The five worst states to do business in (identified by the conservative Tax Foundation): #1 NY, #2 CA, #3 NJ, #4 CT, AND #5 OH. Notice something funny? The top two are America’s biggest state economies. States were ranked based on analysis of taxes for corporations, individual income, sales, unemployment insurance and property. With the [...]

Thanks to Dr. Michelle Robin (pictured here) and Crystal Jenkins for recommending this book, <i>The Hoffman Process: The world-famous technique that empowers you to forgive your past, heal your present and transform your future.</i> It’s written by Tim Laurence. It’s the real deal – I highly recommend the book and the process.

What are the best personal development books ever written in the history of mankind? Obviously this a very subjective question and you could make a strong case for hundreds of books. Several years ago I read the results of a poll that asked this very question and the results were quite interesting. Number one was [...]

Bestselling author Thomas Friedman (<i>The World Is Flat</i> & I think his best book ever, <i>From Beirut to Jerusalem</i>) recently wrote the following: “China and India are catching up to America because they possess a willingness to postpone gratification, work hard and push their kids to achieve.”  It’s interesting to observe how different cultures reflect [...]

Today I am speaking to Britt Hunt’s “Executive Team” in Nashville, TN. As for reading, I’m rereading Spiral Dynamics, by Don Beck and Christopher Cowan – this is a classic – a must read. Spiral Dynamics is based on the works of Claire Grave – make it a priority – a must. http://www.amazon.com/Spiral-Dynamics-Mastering-Values-Leadership/dp/1405133562/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1284997348&sr=1-1

If you want to read a really great book, I recommend Good Value: Reflections on Money, Morality and an Uncertain World by Stephen Green, Chairman of HSBC. It is a Financial Times Book of the Year. Stephen was CEO from 2003 to 2006 and is an ordained priest in the Church of England since 1988. [...]

My personal journey started in 1984 when a friend gave me two of Jim Rohn’s cassette tapes – he became my mentor and I will never forget his recommendation of two books I needed to read. First was Napoleon Hill’s classic Think and Grow Rich and the other was George Clason’s The Richest Man in [...]