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Whether you are a job seeker or entrepreneur managing a small business, this book speaks to the wisdom of ensuring that  your network of personal and business contacts is primed and ready to go.

If developing and maintaining your network of contacts is not a part of your weekly routine, this book will show you how you will benefit by developing your network as a matter of course. It is a gold mine of valuable strategies, tips and tricks that are actionable and practical to implement.

Dig Your Well Before You’re Thirsty will show you how to build a network of personal and business contacts that will deliver what you need when you need it most.

Imagine a job search measured in weeks rather than months. Have you always wondered how friends and colleagues transition from one great job opportunity to the next?

The secret to reducing job search time and landing jobs others just dream about comes down to developing an actionable job search plan targeting organizations where you can grow and prosper in your chosen profession.

If you are tired of drifting randomly from one job to the next, check out a copy of The Unwritten Rules of the Highly Effective Job Search. Orville Pierson, an expert career consultant and job search expert, will show you how to make that next great job happen.

Yet another book that marked a turning point in my career as a professional successfully managing several dozen projects at any given time. Whether you’re an executive, front-line manager or creative professional, the “Getting Things Done” methodology and best practices contained in David Allen’s book can significantly increase your productivity and help your focus better on daily priorities.

I’ve successfully used the GTD methodology for several years now. In fact, I am in the process of purchasing OmniFocus client software for my Macbook Pro and iPhone, so I can have GTD at my fingertips whenever and wherever I need it.

If you are accountable for delivering on several projects simultaneously while keeping all of the other balls of your personal and professional life in the air, I suggest you check out Getting Things Done sooner rather than later.

Margaret Lobenstein’s work Renaissance Soul: Life Design for People Who Have Too Many Passions to Pick Just One, can be a great gift to a multi-talented person that endeavors to travel multiple career paths all at once.

Margaret’s work helped me gain insight into my life’s work. The exercises contained in Renaissance Souls (RS) were invaluable to me when I was developing a life and career plan that would mesh with my nature as a RS.

This book is available from Amazon.com and has a companion website.

One of my all-time favorites debt management books is Scott Bilker’s “Talk Your Way Out of Credit Card Debt. I’ve successfully used the techniques that Scott recommends in this book and saved many times over the cost of his book.

If you have high interest credit cards and want to learn strategies that can be put to work relatively fast toward reducing high credit card rates, this book is a must read.

Talk You Way Out of Credit Card Debt is available from Amazon.com. See Scott’s companion website for additional resources (be sure to subscribe to his free newsletter).