Provocative and controversial, the information found in Empowered Investing reveals powerful tricks of the investment trade. It will give you the education and information to be a confident, informed, and hugely successful investor.

The most successful investors in history, such as Charles Henry Dow, used unique analysis and charting methods. These are the secrets Wall Street doesn't want you to know. Relying on the media and Wall Street research is painful and no longer necessary.

With the advice offered by author Joseph F. LoPresti, you'll learn to chart stocks like Dow, isolate hot sector opportunities, and select the strongest stocks to buy through a series of easy, almost effortless strategies. These exercises will also help you reduce risk and give you a "sell discipline," something desperately needed by most investors. Once you read Empowered Investing, you'll see how easy it is to implement these startling strategies.

Empowered Investing will introduce a different way to make investment decisions that will instantly help you manage your portfolio, build your wealth, and enrich your life.

An innovative business guide, Energizing Organizations: A New Method for Measuring Employee Engagement to Boost Profits and Corporate Success draws on reality-based, compelling fiction to show the destructive nature of working environments and discuss breakthroughs in employee involvement and health.

Two employees at a company have strokes and another dies of a heart attack within a span of three weeks. The young manager knows he inherited a poorly managed department, but he is not prepared for serious illness and death.

The first day back after New Year's, a tyrant CEO terrorizes his company by firing three employees. He likes to start the New Year this way to send a message to everyone that when he threatens to fire someone, he means it.

Author Michael Koscec uses these two real-life stories to provide compelling, entertaining, and informative explanations about the impact workplace practices and leadership behaviors have on employee engagement and well-being. Koscec graphically illustrates the psychological pain and serious physical diseases-even death-experienced by employees who work in toxic environments. However, he also offers hope by showing what was done to turn a toxic workplace into a healthy workplace.

Let Energizing Organizations make your job easier and your organization more successful!

An innovative business guide, Energizing Organizations: A New Method for Measuring Employee Engagement to Boost Profits and Corporate Success draws on reality-based, compelling fiction to show the destructive nature of working environments and discuss breakthroughs in employee involvement and health.

Two employees at a company have strokes and another dies of a heart attack within a span of three weeks. The young manager knows he inherited a poorly managed department, but he is not prepared for serious illness and death.

The first day back after New Year's, a tyrant CEO terrorizes his company by firing three employees. He likes to start the New Year this way to send a message to everyone that when he threatens to fire someone, he means it.

Author Michael Koscec uses these two real-life stories to provide compelling, entertaining, and informative explanations about the impact workplace practices and leadership behaviors have on employee engagement and well-being. Koscec graphically illustrates the psychological pain and serious physical diseases-even death-experienced by employees who work in toxic environments. However, he also offers hope by showing what was done to turn a toxic workplace into a healthy workplace.

Let Energizing Organizations make your job easier and your organization more successful!

Organizations, like people, are creatures of habit. They tend to approach problems in predictable ways. This revolutionary book argues that such ingrained habits, which often masquerade as efficient procedures, actually obstruct growth.

The 2,000 Percent Solution introduces "stall busting," a process that shows you how to recognize typical stalls (like poor communications, disbelief, misconceptions, procrastination, tradition and bureaucracy) and how to overcome them.

Through unorthodox examples ranging from the sinking of the Titanic to sketches attributed to Leonardo da Vinci for a bicycle, The 2,000 Percent Solution redirects knee-jerk reactions onto more productive paths.

In addition, you'll learn about a new set of thought processes for designing and implementing solutions that will reap benefits 20 times greater or faster than the same tired "normal" solutions.

Packed with specific examples, advice and questions to help you improve your organization's process weaknesses, you'll learn how to go beyond today's best practices into the uncharted realm of what needs to be imagined and accomplished.

Since the first printing of this book in 1999, organizations all over the world have made The 2,000 Percent Solution a daily resource for overcoming the dual challenges of tough competitors and a difficult business environment. We are particularly pleased that the book has become popular in the rapidly growing and changing markets of China. Readers say the advice and examples are as timely today as when the book was first published. We look forward to hearing your comments and questions at mitchell@mitchellandco.com.

Organizations, like people, are creatures of habit. They tend to approach problems in predictable ways. This revolutionary book argues that such ingrained habits, which often masquerade as efficient procedures, actually obstruct growth.

The 2,000 Percent Solution introduces "stall busting," a process that shows you how to recognize typical stalls (like poor communications, disbelief, misconceptions, procrastination, tradition and bureaucracy) and how to overcome them.

Through unorthodox examples ranging from the sinking of the Titanic to sketches attributed to Leonardo da Vinci for a bicycle, The 2,000 Percent Solution redirects knee-jerk reactions onto more productive paths.

In addition, you'll learn about a new set of thought processes for designing and implementing solutions that will reap benefits 20 times greater or faster than the same tired "normal" solutions.

Packed with specific examples, advice and questions to help you improve your organization's process weaknesses, you'll learn how to go beyond today's best practices into the uncharted realm of what needs to be imagined and accomplished.

Since the first printing of this book in 1999, organizations all over the world have made The 2,000 Percent Solution a daily resource for overcoming the dual challenges of tough competitors and a difficult business environment. We are particularly pleased that the book has become popular in the rapidly growing and changing markets of China. Readers say the advice and examples are as timely today as when the book was first published. We look forward to hearing your comments and questions at mitchell@mitchellandco.com.

Just Noodles takes a different tack on strategic planning and adapts its principles to fit the needs of small business. Strategic theory taught in business schools and used in practice is designed for the Fortune 500 company. However, the theory is the same and equally applies to both the corporate giant and the family business. This text compiles relevant economic, strategic and game theory principles and explains them in a useful and understandable format for the small business. Theoretical knowledge is coupled with experience and insight to offer steps used in finding solutions to problems facing the small businessperson.

www.saltmineconsulting.com

Just Noodles takes a different tack on strategic planning and adapts its principles to fit the needs of small business. Strategic theory taught in business schools and used in practice is designed for the Fortune 500 company. However, the theory is the same and equally applies to both the corporate giant and the family business. This text compiles relevant economic, strategic and game theory principles and explains them in a useful and understandable format for the small business. Theoretical knowledge is coupled with experience and insight to offer steps used in finding solutions to problems facing the small businessperson.

www.saltmineconsulting.com

Designed to assist people in leadership positions in transforming their organizations through the use of Vision and Values, Using Values to Turn Vision Into Reality will teach you how to:

• Develop a vision and set of values for your organization
• Become a role model for values and vision within your organization
• Conduct work team meetings and one to one discussions aligned with your organization's values

A real people guide to real estate investing Author Anthony “Von” Mickle shares his road to success in achieving profitability Bloomington, IN (Feb. 5, 2009): In Real Estate for Real People, author and Washington, D.C. area resident Anthony “Von” Mickle shares his experiences as a person that was without work for eighteen months, with just a small portfolio, to someone who turned his life around by investing in residential real estate to the tune of a three-million dollar portfolio over the next thirty-six months. Mickle’s success can be duplicated by real people if they are willing to heed the mistakes that he made upon the way as he offers encouraging words to those wanting to learn. The chapters follow chronologically so the investor can take the steps necessary to be successful. They also include many insightful tips in the “something to think about” sections and encourage everyone to read some of the great success stories in other books as well. “This book is a great motivator and proof that the American dream is still very much alive and well -- even in this tough economic time,” Mickle said. One of the ideas Mickle lives by is PTFL: Passion, Timing, Fear and Leverage. He wants you to share your passion with others, know that the best investors don’t suffer from paralysis by analysis when it comes to timing, they don’t let fear consume them and they that you should use leverage to get something bigger. But as Mickle says, Real Estate for Real People is a journey, not a get-rich-quick scheme. It takes very diligent work but with the steps he lays out in plain language everyone can understand and by staying away from the pitfalls, the reader will have a great chance at success. So bring your team together and walk away informed, empowered and motivated with a plethora of new information and a new outlook on many things in your life that is just beginning to take off! About the author Anthony “Von” Mickle is the president of The Investment Forum, a real estate and equity investments group based in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. He has bachelor’s degrees in modern languages (French) and business administration from The Citadel, has attended Harvard University’s Slavic Languages Institute, holds a master’s degree from Keller Graduate School and a certificate on Certified Financial Planning from Georgetown University. He has one son and currently lives in the Washington, D.C. area. Visit him online at www.vonzforum.com.

A real people guide to real estate investing Author Anthony “Von” Mickle shares his road to success in achieving profitability Bloomington, IN (Feb. 5, 2009): In Real Estate for Real People, author and Washington, D.C. area resident Anthony “Von” Mickle shares his experiences as a person that was without work for eighteen months, with just a small portfolio, to someone who turned his life around by investing in residential real estate to the tune of a three-million dollar portfolio over the next thirty-six months. Mickle’s success can be duplicated by real people if they are willing to heed the mistakes that he made upon the way as he offers encouraging words to those wanting to learn. The chapters follow chronologically so the investor can take the steps necessary to be successful. They also include many insightful tips in the “something to think about” sections and encourage everyone to read some of the great success stories in other books as well. “This book is a great motivator and proof that the American dream is still very much alive and well -- even in this tough economic time,” Mickle said. One of the ideas Mickle lives by is PTFL: Passion, Timing, Fear and Leverage. He wants you to share your passion with others, know that the best investors don’t suffer from paralysis by analysis when it comes to timing, they don’t let fear consume them and they that you should use leverage to get something bigger. But as Mickle says, Real Estate for Real People is a journey, not a get-rich-quick scheme. It takes very diligent work but with the steps he lays out in plain language everyone can understand and by staying away from the pitfalls, the reader will have a great chance at success. So bring your team together and walk away informed, empowered and motivated with a plethora of new information and a new outlook on many things in your life that is just beginning to take off! About the author Anthony “Von” Mickle is the president of The Investment Forum, a real estate and equity investments group based in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. He has bachelor’s degrees in modern languages (French) and business administration from The Citadel, has attended Harvard University’s Slavic Languages Institute, holds a master’s degree from Keller Graduate School and a certificate on Certified Financial Planning from Georgetown University. He has one son and currently lives in the Washington, D.C. area. Visit him online at www.vonzforum.com.

A real people guide to real estate investing Author Anthony “Von” Mickle shares his road to success in achieving profitability Bloomington, IN (Feb. 5, 2009): In Real Estate for Real People, author and Washington, D.C. area resident Anthony “Von” Mickle shares his experiences as a person that was without work for eighteen months, with just a small portfolio, to someone who turned his life around by investing in residential real estate to the tune of a three-million dollar portfolio over the next thirty-six months. Mickle’s success can be duplicated by real people if they are willing to heed the mistakes that he made upon the way as he offers encouraging words to those wanting to learn. The chapters follow chronologically so the investor can take the steps necessary to be successful. They also include many insightful tips in the “something to think about” sections and encourage everyone to read some of the great success stories in other books as well. “This book is a great motivator and proof that the American dream is still very much alive and well -- even in this tough economic time,” Mickle said. One of the ideas Mickle lives by is PTFL: Passion, Timing, Fear and Leverage. He wants you to share your passion with others, know that the best investors don’t suffer from paralysis by analysis when it comes to timing, they don’t let fear consume them and they that you should use leverage to get something bigger. But as Mickle says, Real Estate for Real People is a journey, not a get-rich-quick scheme. It takes very diligent work but with the steps he lays out in plain language everyone can understand and by staying away from the pitfalls, the reader will have a great chance at success. So bring your team together and walk away informed, empowered and motivated with a plethora of new information and a new outlook on many things in your life that is just beginning to take off! About the author Anthony “Von” Mickle is the president of The Investment Forum, a real estate and equity investments group based in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. He has bachelor’s degrees in modern languages (French) and business administration from The Citadel, has attended Harvard University’s Slavic Languages Institute, holds a master’s degree from Keller Graduate School and a certificate on Certified Financial Planning from Georgetown University. He has one son and currently lives in the Washington, D.C. area. Visit him online at www.vonzforum.com.

Who would have guessed that studying about adult human behavior would lead to a successful and stressfree investment strategy?!

Jason Starzec, owner of the investment strategies company YIC Incorporated, and seasoned Wall Street trader Mark Crisp team up to reveal just how important and delightfully simple it is to become a stressfree trader.

What is a stressfree trader and how do you become one? Surprisingly, those questions are not as difficult to answer as you may think. Learn the patterns, mindsets, tactics, and ideals of the most successful traders. But most importantly, learn how to develop your own trading plan and stick to it NO MATTER WHAT!

In section one of the book, you’ll follow Mr. Starzec’s classroom stories and learn the connections between being an adult learner and being an adult investor. Then in section two, you’ll be able to apply that newfound knowledge to one of the exciting and refreshingly straightforward investment strategies developed by Mark Crisp.

You’ll relate to the stories. You’ll marvel at the connections. You’ll be relieved about how easy it is to become a stressfree trader. And then you’ll laugh all the way to the bank!

“The Subtle Influence: Conflicts of Interest in Financial Planning by Frank C. Bearden, Ph. D. is a book that will change your financial advising practice. It will ease your mind, lower your level of stress and better prepare you for whatever the regulators choose to impose on financial advisors. You will be a better, more confident advisor.

This book should be read and absorbed by all advisors, RIAs, Registered Representatives, Broker/Dealers and all of those charged with providing unconflicted advice and professional judgment. It brings the sometimes elusive concept of fiduciary into something to which we all can strive.”

—Ben G. Baldwin, CFP®, ChFC, CLU, MSM, MSFS Noted Author, Speaker, Educator

Through detailed case studies, you will determine how to evaluate and respond to conflicts of interest so that your integrity is never called into question. Discover practical solutions that you can implement right away.

Conflicts of interest continue to wreck the careers of many professionals, and they also contributed to the recent financial crisis that devastated so many individuals and companies. Ensure that you survive and succeed with The Subtle Influence: Conflicts of Interest in Financial Planning.

“Conflicts of interest are a core component of discussions regarding client-planner relationships and fiduciary responsibility in the financial services industry. Dr. Bearden discusses such conflicts in a clear, straightforward manner, and his usage of client scenarios effectively adds color to ethical gray areas. Dr. Bearden’s book is required reading for those advisors who aspire to maintain long-lasting client relationships and who want to interact with clients in a transparent, ethical, and mutually productive manner.”

—Dr. Jesse B. Arman, ChFC, Vice President, Academic Affairs College for Financial Planning

“The Subtle Influence: Conflicts of Interest in Financial Planning by Frank C. Bearden, Ph. D. is a book that will change your financial advising practice. It will ease your mind, lower your level of stress and better prepare you for whatever the regulators choose to impose on financial advisors. You will be a better, more confident advisor.

This book should be read and absorbed by all advisors, RIAs, Registered Representatives, Broker/Dealers and all of those charged with providing unconflicted advice and professional judgment. It brings the sometimes elusive concept of fiduciary into something to which we all can strive.”

—Ben G. Baldwin, CFP®, ChFC, CLU, MSM, MSFS Noted Author, Speaker, Educator

Through detailed case studies, you will determine how to evaluate and respond to conflicts of interest so that your integrity is never called into question. Discover practical solutions that you can implement right away.

Conflicts of interest continue to wreck the careers of many professionals, and they also contributed to the recent financial crisis that devastated so many individuals and companies. Ensure that you survive and succeed with The Subtle Influence: Conflicts of Interest in Financial Planning.

“Conflicts of interest are a core component of discussions regarding client-planner relationships and fiduciary responsibility in the financial services industry. Dr. Bearden discusses such conflicts in a clear, straightforward manner, and his usage of client scenarios effectively adds color to ethical gray areas. Dr. Bearden’s book is required reading for those advisors who aspire to maintain long-lasting client relationships and who want to interact with clients in a transparent, ethical, and mutually productive manner.”

—Dr. Jesse B. Arman, ChFC, Vice President, Academic Affairs College for Financial Planning

“The Subtle Influence: Conflicts of Interest in Financial Planning by Frank C. Bearden, Ph. D. is a book that will change your financial advising practice. It will ease your mind, lower your level of stress and better prepare you for whatever the regulators choose to impose on financial advisors. You will be a better, more confident advisor.

This book should be read and absorbed by all advisors, RIAs, Registered Representatives, Broker/Dealers and all of those charged with providing unconflicted advice and professional judgment. It brings the sometimes elusive concept of fiduciary into something to which we all can strive.”

—Ben G. Baldwin, CFP®, ChFC, CLU, MSM, MSFS Noted Author, Speaker, Educator

Through detailed case studies, you will determine how to evaluate and respond to conflicts of interest so that your integrity is never called into question. Discover practical solutions that you can implement right away.

Conflicts of interest continue to wreck the careers of many professionals, and they also contributed to the recent financial crisis that devastated so many individuals and companies. Ensure that you survive and succeed with The Subtle Influence: Conflicts of Interest in Financial Planning.

“Conflicts of interest are a core component of discussions regarding client-planner relationships and fiduciary responsibility in the financial services industry. Dr. Bearden discusses such conflicts in a clear, straightforward manner, and his usage of client scenarios effectively adds color to ethical gray areas. Dr. Bearden’s book is required reading for those advisors who aspire to maintain long-lasting client relationships and who want to interact with clients in a transparent, ethical, and mutually productive manner.”

—Dr. Jesse B. Arman, ChFC, Vice President, Academic Affairs College for Financial Planning