New Trading Dimensions: How to Profit from Chaos in Stocks, Bonds, and Commodities (A Marketplace Book)

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A powerful new way to navigate today's unprecedented market conditions

"Bill Williams' pioneering application of chaos theory to the financial markets is leading technical analysis into the twenty-first century and beyond. New Trading Dimensions presents a complete, highly original, and intriguing trading method with clear, detailed illustrations, and challenging practice pages. Bill's wisdom, technical expertise, and skillful teaching style make this a revolutionary must-have new book for stock and commodity traders." -Tom Bierovic, Product Manager for User Education, Omega Research, Inc.

"Bill hits the nail on the head. The essence of successful trading is a combination of knowing who you are and allowing the market to reveal its secrets. Bill Williams has the gift of explaining these concepts better than anyone I know. This is a compelling work that belongs in every trader's library." -George Angell, author, Profitable Day-Trading with Precision

"Bill Williams is one of the great educators of our time. He freely shares his knowledge and experience in this inexpensive book. This book is required reading for all market technicians. The principles are sound as we have tested them with our software." -John Hill, President, Futures Truth, Co.

"Bill Williams has always been an excellent teacher, taking complex terms and concepts and translating them into a clear, commonsense approach to trading. This book provides a complete trading program that reflects Bill's years of wisdom and experience in the marketplace." -Darrell Jobman, Editorial Consultant and former Editor-in-Chief of Futures magazine

As today's market environment continues to change dramatically, more and more traders are discovering that traditional forecasting methods-pure technical analysis and fundamental analysis-just do not work. Sending out contradictory messages, these opposing schools of thought leave investors baffled about the future direction of the market, and consequently, at a loss as to how to tailor their trading systems. As a result, many practitioners have now turned to a new forecasting "cocktail" that combines traditional charting methodologies with chaos theory and human psychology. In this groundbreaking book, Bill Williams, a seasoned trader at the forefront of this dynamic new approach, explains exactly what it is, how it works in current stock and commodity markets, and how to use it to your advantage.

Based on human nature rather than the vagaries of the market, the new trading dimension works on the premise that we trade not the market, but our own belief system. By assessing what your personal biases are, you can determine how they influence your ultimate success-or failure-and then adjust your trading strategies accordingly.

Written by an expert in the field who has been featured in Futures, Worth, Success, and other prominent publications, New Trading Dimensions takes the latest in scientific knowledge about human behavior and applies it directly to the fields of stock and commodity investing and trading. With straightforward guidelines, it shows you how to adopt the right attitude toward the behavior of the market and use the right tools (ATTITOOLS) for profitable trading. Packed with practice exercises, specific applications to different types of investments, and a detailed review of important market signals, here's where you'll learn how to:
* Discover what the market wants and align your own beliefs with the direction of the market
* Apply chaos theory to trading and investing
* Use Williams' "Market Alligator" for analyzing and profiting from the markets
* Employ a multidimensional trading program that includes such tools and techniques as fractals, oscillators, AC signals, psychological zones, and balance lines
* Exit trades in a timely fashion to reap high returns

Drawing on the author's more than forty years of experience as both a successful trader and seasoned trainer, this invaluable guide offers a breakthrough method that has proven its ability to turn investors into consistent winners.

Customer Reviews:

Extremely specific strategies and tactics involving MACD and Moving Average Oscillator.......2007-10-23

If moving average oscillator is part of your trading plan, this book will help tremendously. This book has very specific strategies and tactics concerning moving average oscillator usage. Although they are not meant to be mechanized, they are systematic enough to be used in very structured way.

One of the keys to becoming a better trader..........2006-05-15

I've read all three books by Bill Williams and I think this is his best work.

I'm not sure if I agree with every trading tool that he presents, but, like any new information: you apply them to your own objectives. However, make no mistake...his ideas are important and he's done extremely well to lay them out in a readable manner.

This is just my own opinion, but I feel that you can't dismiss other aspects of technical analysis. Combining a few important technical rules with non-linear trading techniques will produce excellent results as long as you apply them correctly. Further, I've read many books on linear mechanical trading models and usually they don't describe ideas that lend themselves to you as a trader adapting efficiently to changing market conditions.

Put simply, if you read between the lines, he suggests a way of thinking that is non-linear and constantly changing: the crux of the markets.

Worth reading.......2006-04-16

It's not the trading methodology that makes this book valuable. Whenever I reread it I completely skip that part. As a matter of fact, in his next book "Trading Chaos Second Edition" Bill pretty much admits the system underperforms in current market conditions and makes the very significant refinement of using a counter-trend signal that he refers to as a "divergent bar" for first entry. He says without saying it in that book that those following the method in this book will be "late and have a difficult time making any money."

No, the reason I have held on to this book, instead of selling it with the others, is the psychological stuff, and the innovated way he ties physics in with successful trading. It is very introspective, thought-provoking, and yes, quite helpful. To quote the book, get out of the win vs. loss mindset and get into the here and now process of noticing what is happening and being in tune with the market.

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It is a bad book. Yes, it is that simple. .......2006-01-15

It is a bad book. Yes, it is that simple. If I were to write in the stile of the book, I would say something along this line:

"I tested the theory on super mainframe personal computer to realize that it is wrong for our times."

No, I did not make a mistake. Author actually alleges to test his theory on super computers at some places and super mainframe computers at others. As far as I know, when mainframe computers were the main part of computer departments super computers were not. Super computers cost millions of dollars and were not available to business people for trading testing. Our days, of cause, most PC (personal computers) are much more powerful than old mainframe computers. Servers in IT departments use PC based technology working on the networks. So, why does the author used this archaic terminology instead of telling you to test it on your home computers? Did he what to empress you or instill the need in his "super mainframe computer" service?

OK, so author is not exactly on the cutting edge of technology. But maybe he knows trading as it applies to chaos theory? No, he does not. The book uses moving averages crossovers and a variation of MACD (as difference between two moving averages) as the base of the trading method. Of cause moving averages are transformed into the alligator and MACD into some new indicator. How innovative is it? He also uses a variation of high point definition with a chaos name of a fractal. Well done! Now most of us will think it is a trading chaos book.

If you are not familiar with MACD and moving averages there are better books on the subject. Do not buy this one.

Don't be fooled ... simplicity is bliss.......2006-01-06

This is an excellent book. The gator, oscillator and history principals are all sound. Add to this Martin Pring's approach to technical analysis and you are on your way! The prinicpals are the important thing and not any one trading system or method. This book was once cutting edge. Now it's a classic!

Mean Markets and Lizard Brains: How to Profit from the New Science of Irrationality

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Insight into what swings the markets
How people have built in problems with thinking rationally and how to exploit irrationality in markets
Not a Comprehensive Look at the Topic
Very good read, more intellectual rigor perhaps
Almost 5 stars; and a very enjoyable read.

Mean Markets and Lizard Brains: How to Profit from the New Science of Irrationality
Terry Burnham
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ASIN: 0471602450

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Everyone from journalists to market pros are turning to behavioral finance to explain, analyze, and predict market direction. In contrast to old-school assumptions of cool-headed rationality, the new behavioral school embraces hot-blooded human irrationality as a core feature of both individuals and financial markets. The 2002 Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to scholars of this new scientific approach to irrationality. In Mean Markets and Lizard Brains, Terry Burnham, an economist who has a proven ability to translate complex topics into everyday language, reveals the biological causes of irrationality. The human brain contains ancient structures that exert powerful and often unconscious influences on behavior. This "lizard brain" may have helped our ancestors eat and reproduce, but it wreaks havoc with our finances. Going far beyond cataloguing our financial foibles, Dr. Burnham applies this novel approach to all of today's most important financial topics: the stock market, the economy, real estate, bonds, mortgages, inflation, and savings. This broad and scholarly investigation provides an in-depth look at why manias, panics, and crashes happen, and why people are built to want to buy at irrationally high prices and sell at irrationally low prices. Most importantly, by incorporating the new science of irrationality, readers can position themselves to profit from financial markets that often seem downright mean. Mean Markets and Lizard Brains skillfully identifies the craziness that is part of human nature, helps us see it in ourselves, and then shows us how to profit from a world that doesn't always make sense.

TERRY BURNHAM is a leader in the application of biology to economics and finance. He was an economics professor at Harvard for many years, beginning at the Kennedy School and, most recently, at the Harvard Business School. His biological research has taken him to Africa to observe wild chimpanzees and to the laboratory to study the role of testosterone in negotiation. He is coauthor of the international bestseller Mean Genes. Before joining the Harvard faculty, he worked at Goldman Sachs & Co. and was the president and CFO of the successful start-up biotechnology firm, Progenics Pharmaceuticals, whose work in AIDS and cancer treatment has been widely praised. Dr. Burnham has a PhD in business economics from Harvard University, a master's in finance from MIT, an MS in computer science from San Diego State University, and a BS in biophysics from the University of Michigan. He served with distinction as a tank driver in the U.S. Marine Corps. .

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Insight into what swings the markets.......2007-10-22

As a lot of what happens in the market world today seems to be based on perception of effects from various events and is caused by our reaction to it, its nice to have a book that looks at that aspect instead of going over charts and formulas. This is a good read on how people's fear and poor decisions can cause them problems.

How people have built in problems with thinking rationally and how to exploit irrationality in markets.......2007-05-01

What a cool book! Terry Burnham wants to help his readers understand that while we fancy ourselves users of reason and rational beings we still have blind spots in our thinking and behavior that can get us into a great deal of trouble when making investment decisions. That is, unless we are explicitly aware of these problems and consciously work to train ourselves to avoid them and be continuously on guard against falling into their pit.

Burnham organizes the book into four parts. The first chapter is the introduction and presents the gist of the book. What is a mean market? The fact that markets can defy the accepted bromides about rational markets and wipe out investors surprisingly quickly and without any hint of mercy. The idea of cosmological indifference comes to mind. The author's vivid image of the "Lizard Brain" refers less to any explicit structure in the brain or any claim to specific evolutionary path to brain development.

Instead, Burnham is referring to the fact that we all have a set of tendencies, hard wired ways of perceiving the world, and bred in behavioral tendencies that worked well in keeping our ancestors alive in the ancient world. However, they are as out of place in our technological world as a lizard might be at the Met. For example, our brains are very good in seeing patterns. The problem is we often see patterns where none exist. On the other hand, we are terrible at perceiving frequencies. However, with training and discipline we can learn to deal with both of these natural tendencies. Without being aware of these potential problems, we too often get ourselves in trouble.

The first part weighs the traditional Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) of rational markets against the oceans of evidence that people do behave irrationally. Here is where I differ slightly with Burnham. My understanding of EMH does not require that each individual act rationally or that any given price at any instant in time be the "right" price. Instead, it indicates that in the aggregate that most irrationality cancels each other out and resources get allocated surprisingly efficiently. As for prices, the notion is not that the price is free from being too high or too low, but that there is a "right" price at all that will be in the area of most of the trading with some of it too high and some too low.

However, the EMH doesn't help the investor account for irrationality or how to avoid its dangers in one's own behavior or capitalize on its existence in others. And this is where the book's strengths are to be found.

The second part takes us through a survey of evidence of irrationality in the American markets and the limits of growth that are so often ignored in pricing equities. The author also takes us through the uses and perceptions of money, barter, inflation, and deflation. All interesting and useful information.

In part three we get Burnham's actual views on how to pull all this together in viewing Bonds, Stocks, and Real Estate for investments at the time of this book (2005). Burnham is an economist and discounts the optimism of many people who tout these products. I think he makes a great deal of sense. However, it is up to you to make your own decisions.

Part four provides two chapters full of principles for us to apply in making our own investment decisions. The first chapter gives "timeless advice". That is, those principles that are applicable in any type of market at any time. The second chapter offers "timely advice". That is, advice that is market condition specific. Burnham gives us principles to apply in rising or declining markets and how to know when to use them.

The issue is whether we have the discipline to apply them or will we surrender to the emotional pull of the lizard brain and find ourselves in trouble.

Burnham makes this subject quite lively, is able to put some nice color to it with some good anecdotes, illustrative stories, and some actually funny jokes.

Recommended.

Not a Comprehensive Look at the Topic.......2007-03-21

I purchased this book with the assumption that it would be a more in-depth treatise on investor psychology/behavioral economics. There was some of this sprinkled throughout the book, but overall it was not comprehensive. This does not, per se, make it a bad read. In fact, it was an easy read despite the annoying movie references throughout the book. But if you are looking for a more thorough look at this topic, your best bet is to look at the offerings of other authors.

Very good read, more intellectual rigor perhaps.......2006-10-04

I thoroughly enjoyed the book. Almost 2 years before the fact, it was pretty predictive of what might happen to the housing bubble. Actually I am thinking about making career moves in the direction of Behavioral Finance/Economics so was happy to see a 'popular" book in this area. But this is also the problem, I am looking for more scholarly accounts too!

Almost 5 stars; and a very enjoyable read........2006-05-01

A great read; appeals to the counter-intuitive insights of successful investors and explains a lot of human nature and how destructive it can be from an investment standpoint.
I found his advice at the end however strange and incorrect. He argues against adding to a position when it goes down in price. I have added to positions and this I have found to be very effective. For similar reasons, he argues against dollar cost averaging, which I have also found to be profitable. The reasons both of these strategies can be useful are that they are counter intuitive, so his opposition to these strategies seems out of place with the rest of the book. Also, in both these instances, I find his justification not to be persuasive.
The author is clearly a smart guy who writes well. I would have given the book 5 stars if it were not for those 2 issues. I purchased the book on Amazon.com and would recommend that every investor read this book.

How To Make One Hell Of A Profit and Still Get In To Heaven

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Written for people who have vague notions that simply making money is somehow in conflict with their morals and ethics
Awesome prosperity book!

How To Make One Hell Of A Profit and Still Get In To Heaven
John Demartini
Manufacturer: Hay House
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Millions of people worldwide dream of making a "good" living, of attaining great wealth, and having an extraordinary and fortunate life. However, they haven't yet found a way of attaining it, and they fear that they can only do so at the expense of others—perhaps by compromising their higher spiritual values and virtuous nature. Some people who outwardly acknowledge their desire for great wealth feel inwardly guilty about acquiring it, and their illusive conflict blocks or dissipates their potential fortunes. Other people say they just want to be comfortable and secure rather than vastly fortunate. These individuals also hold themselves back from breaking through to new levels of financial freedom, and actually living their most cherished and inspiring dreams. In addition to their conflicting spiritual and material natures, some people have an additional internal struggle between their desires to give and receive.

How to Make One Hell of a Profit and Still Get to Heaven was written to help you (if you happen to be like most people) dissolve these apparent conflicts. It can assist you in making your financial dreams come true while shedding light on an entirely new way of looking at, understanding, and appreciating the true nature of Earthly profits and heavenly wealth. If you read and apply the principles and methodologies that are laid out in these pages, your relationship with, and ability to master, your spiritual wealth and material finances as well as other vital areas of your life will undergo an amazing transformation.

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Written for people who have vague notions that simply making money is somehow in conflict with their morals and ethics.......2006-05-31

Ok, this book isn't a book about a literal heaven nor does it define spirituality according to any specific religious doctrine. This book is for those folks who have uncomfortable attitudes towards making money because they feel it violates their moral or ethical codes, whatever the name of the code.

A surprising number of people are very uncomfortable with the idea of buying and selling and especially of making money on their work. They don't mind receiving a paycheck as long as it isn't "too big" (whatever that means), but to actually make something and sell it for as much as the market will bear causes them sincere and very painful anxiety. Years ago, when I taught piano full time and had a full slate of students that I charged what was a good rate for the time, one of my friends asked me how I did it.

So, I told her what I did, how I built the number of students, and what I charged. She said she could never charge that much for teaching music because it was unfair to the kids. Well, guess what, she didn't end up teaching many students even at her lower rate. And she had to go work at another job because she couldn't make enough money at what she was willing to charge. Is there a lesson here?

This book takes a person with the kind of fears and anxieties of my friend and walks them through why it is a good thing to charge and make money. What you should do to save and build with that money and how to use money to enrich rather than become the focus of your life.

If you are a person with these kinds of stultifying attitudes towards money, this is a good book to read and think about. However, if you are already a businessperson with a good understanding and attitudes towards making money, well, this book is probably too basic.

Awesome prosperity book!.......2006-03-09

This is one of the very best books I have read regarding prosperity and the way we view money. Dr. Demartini approaches the concept in a way I have never seen before and I have had too many "lightbulb moments" to count. I have purchased 4 of these books and shared them with friends, I was so excited about it. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to stretch their thinking a bit outside the box and gain some new insights about how they think and feel about money.

Profit From The Power Of Many: How To Use Mastermind Teams To Create Success (Cheetah Express Professional Achievement Series)

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Get the most from your teammates...
Excellent!
Neural Networks Made Easy . . .
It's not what you know, it's who you know!

Profit From The Power Of Many: How To Use Mastermind Teams To Create Success (Cheetah Express Professional Achievement Series)
Natalie D. Brecher
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Get the most from your teammates..........2004-04-22

This book is a quick-read filled with great advice for putting together a team. As chairman for a committee in a business association, I was having trouble getting volunteers to do their share of the work. After reading this book, I implemented the steps the author lays out and used the techniques to handle members who aren't doing well. The ideas in this book are helping make our committee successful.

Excellent!.......2004-04-21

Well organized, easy to read with step-by-step guidelines for establishing a group. She also tells you how to avoid common pitfalls. Very well done.

Neural Networks Made Easy . . ........2004-04-18

Ever want to build a massive parallel super-computer? How about one comprising the best information processors we know - the human brain. How about a Mastermind Group!

Natalie Brecher's book is one of those "gems" that you find from time to time that is a quick read, but chock full of wisdom and insight. She has captured and made accessible the concept of synergy in a real Mastermind Team, and given us a step by step instruction manual to building our own team.

In clear language and forthright thought, Ms. Brecher gives us the 8 steps, the advantages for each step, and the pitfalls that await us if we are unaware. She eloquently makes the case for why we should even consider a Mastermind Team, then goes about helping us to know that we too can form such a team.

My Mastermind Team was formed in much the same way Ms. Brecher describes in her book. It has been an invaluable asset in my business. And in the spirit of full disclosure I must confess that Natalie is part of that Mastermind Team. What she has given to the readers of this excellent book is real, based in fact, and founded on experience. I highly recommend that you create a Mastermind Team and that your team read and understand what Natalie freely shares with you!

It's not what you know, it's who you know!.......2004-04-17

No one succeeds alone. This book gives you the tools and techniques to pull together a support group that provides a win/win for everyone involved. Natalie provides quotes of wisdom, the history of various support groups and the how to's so you can create your own mastermind alliance.
I highly recommend this book for anyone who desires to tap into the potential of being in a group in order to achieve more.

The Connected Leader: Creating Agile Organisations for People, Performance and Profit

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Learning to Focus on Relationships

The Connected Leader: Creating Agile Organisations for People, Performance and Profit
Emmanuel Gobillot
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The business world has changed dramatically in recent years and many of the tried-and-true management techniques used in the workplace are no longer applicable. The Connected Leader presents global case studies that show how new approaches to management are improving business performance. This step-by-step guide to the development of a more informal, holistic leadership style contains clear guidelines and diagnostic tools that will help executives improve their effectiveness. Written in a crisp, precise manner, it contains short recaps at the end of each chapter and a summary of key lessons, from "motivation exists in everyone" to "bribery is no longer a performance management option."

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Learning to Focus on Relationships.......2006-11-05

Effective leaders focus on relationships not structures. They know that an organization is a community of individuals looking to co-create, not a collection of human resources waiting to deliver.

In today's environment of changing technology and increased complexity, knowledge is power and sharing it can build even more capability for an organization. The potential is in the willingness to change the leadership behaviors necessary to access the collective knowledge. The big challenge is to mine the tacit knowledge (in the heads of people where true knowledge resides) through providing an access method. The idea behind collaboration is that sharing knowledge leads to the co-creation of new actionable knowledge that leads solution development.

The key issue is getting people to think of themselves as part of a larger, collaborative community. However, changing people's and organizations' behavior doesn't come easily, especially if they've been used to working independently. Yet, when people are passionate about something, they find a way to create a dialogue that can lead to new knowledge and new possibilities.

Effective leaders know they have a bank of credibility with their stakeholders, a reserve of trust that can be drawn upon to get messages across or influence the way things are done. Their behavior enables people to invest sufficient trust in them to allow them to lead the "real" organization.

The real organization is made up of the networks of relationships people have within and outside the formal organization. As a network, the real organization is robust and flexible. The connected leader channels the vitality of the real organization toward the delivery of the formal organization's objectives.

Connected leaders foster healthy communities to maximize social capital and build trust across the organization's functional silos. The sum total of trust and credibility between members of an organization is a measure of social capital that builds on connections between people and businesses to create greater value.

Despite the complexity built into today's global economy, relationships have not become more complex. They might have become more complicated to sustain but the richness of connections experienced within real organizations shows that they are still simple to foster.

An old Chinese proverb states, "Just as a fence needs three stakes to make it firm, a good man needs three others to help him."

The Connected Leader by Emmanuel Gobillot provides an action plan outline for emerging leaders to build the trust and social capital necessary to become more effective in today's global economy.

Paradoxical Thinking: How to Profit from Your Contradictions

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Paradoxical Thinking: How to Profit from You Contradictions
A Good Read!
Managing your personal paradox
Paradoxical Thinking:How to Profit from Your Contradictions

Paradoxical Thinking: How to Profit from Your Contradictions
Jerry L Fletcher , and Kelle Olwyler
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Taking advantage of contradictory elements in oneself and one's situation can lead to better performance all around
-- Presents a five-step process for using paradoxes to find solutions to a wide range of problems
-- Provides tools that enable people to improve actual performance when faced with seemingly contradictory goals
-- Includes case studies showing how real people have used paradoxical thinking to solve real problems

Everyone has, at one time or another, approached a daunting task and handled it with calm and focus. The successful resolution of difficult problems requires the ability to take advantage of the disparities inherent a troublesome situation. Only when one confronts and masters both sides of a contradiction can there be a "high performance" or successful outcome. Paradoxical Thinking addresses these considerations.

Fletcher and Olwyler have studied the way people succeed and found that those who understand their own paradoxical qualities are best able to deal with difficult and demanding situations. The authors' clear five-step process shows readers how to identify their own unique "core paradox" and then use it to deal with problems and opportunities in their lives.

Paradoxical Thinking empowers readers by showing when they can make more effective and positive choices in the face of negative possibilities. Readers can use this book -- filled with examples, solutions to actual paradoxical situations, and exercises -- to make satisfying and creative changes in their personal and professional lives.

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Paradoxical Thinking: How to Profit from You Contradictions.......2007-01-14

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A Good Read!.......2001-11-09

Jerry L. Fletcher and Kelley Olwyler examine how you use paradoxical thinking - contradictory ways of approaching a situation. Then, they discuss ways to use your paradoxes to your strategic advantage. You can use their "pendulum" to help you recognize the positive and negative ways you express these paradoxes - so you can apply the positive actions to difficult situations. They invite readers to analyze themselves and resolve a current problem. The book can help you devise more creative solutions to personal and work situations. However, while the system is fairly straightforward, elements do seem complicated and may be difficult to apply on your own. We [...] recommend this book as a novel approach to problem solving and a worthy way to regard goal setting without the nagging voice of consistency in your ear.

Managing your personal paradox.......2001-09-09

When I heard about this book, I did not quite know what to expect. Reading things like 'How to profit from your contradictions' and 'bringing together the paradoxical sides of yourself to achieve outstanding results', I feared it might turn out to be kind of vague and superficial. But I decided to give the book the benefit of the doubt, because I quite liked Jerry Fletcher's previous book "Patterns of High Performance".

How wrong can you be in your expectations...The book turned out to be a downright fascinating read! The book describes with great clarity a very specific step-by-step method by which you can identify seemingly contradictory characteristics of yourself (the authors call this your 'core paradox'). Both of these contradictory characteristics can be expressed either in a negative way or in a positive way.

When these contradictory characteristics are expressed in their most negative way, a nightmare-scenario can follow. When this happens, a person swings back and forth between the two (negative) sides of the paradox, leaving him or her hopeless, without energy and ineffective. However, when these contradictory characteristics are expressed in their most positive way, both (positive) sides of the paradox are simultaneously present.

Because of this, you can produce creative resolutions of dilemma's that previously seemed intractable. Using a tool called 'Fletcher's pendulum', you can figure out how to get from the negative expression of your core paradox to a positive expression. How this exactly works, you should of course read in the book. It has many examples and is packed with practical wisdom. I found it extremely valuable.

Paradoxical Thinking:How to Profit from Your Contradictions.......2000-04-19

Paradoxical Thinking is a very effective step-by-step guide for really getting down to understanding the core aspects of our individual nature and how they can work together synergistically-- or cause a nightmare of inner conflict. Jerry and Kelle show us how to discover and reclaim our seemingly contradictory qualities and use them to get through apparent impasses. This book is great for self-help, for coaching, and for collaborative thinking. Recognizing my own oxymoronic nature is definitely helpful in making my way in the world. Discovering my "Nightmare Oxymoron" was a blast. I recommend it.

Unleash the Artist Within: Four Weeks to Transforming Your Creative Talents into More Recognition, More Profit & More Fun

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If you liked "The Artist's Way..."
What's that in your Back Pocket? Ah... Inspiration!

Unleash the Artist Within: Four Weeks to Transforming Your Creative Talents into More Recognition, More Profit & More Fun
Bob Baker
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Release Date: 2003-02-20

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"Unleash the Artist Within" is for anyone interested in becoming a more successful artist, writer, musician, actor, photographer, crafter and more. This book guides you through a 28-day workshop that will help you break through the mental barriers that are holding you back and discover the secrets to widespread recognition. You'll also learn how to attract more fans, earn more money and enjoy a life filled with profitable creative expression.

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gilli moon gives 2 thumbs up.......2005-05-06

I really dig Bob's writing. It's clear, concise, and to the point. You'd be silly not to read this book if you are serious about your artistry, and being a professional at it.

- gilli moon, author of "I AM A Professional Artist"

If you liked "The Artist's Way...".......2004-09-05

If you enjoyed The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron, you'll love this book. And if you didn't enjoy it because you thought it was too preachy, you'll love this book. Unleash the Artist Within is full of practical advice and exercises that I think most creative people will find helpful. Bob is a guy who has done exactly what this book is about-- turning creativity and passion into a business. He's a good mentor for anybody interested in doing the same and this book is a great way to get a ton of his advice for not much money.

What's that in your Back Pocket? Ah... Inspiration!.......2004-05-18

"Unleash the Artist Within" is an amazing book. It helped me realize what it was I liked so much about Bob Baker. Sure he has years of knowledge and great tips, but it was his ability to inspire that really sets him apart.

You see, Bob is a creative consultant, and that is what makes him such an incredible music marketer. His eBook "Unleash the Artist Within" is evidence of that. It takes you step-by-step over 28-days through the creative process. The tips described therein are sure to get your creative juices flowing. And every penny you spend on his written wisdom is money back in your pocket.

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Excellent introduction to behavioral study

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Finally! Tools for Change Management!

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Unlock Behavior, Unleash Profits
Leslie Wilk Braksick , and The Continuous Learning Group
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Excellent introduction to behavioral study.......2006-01-30

This text provides a very clear introduction to ABC analysis as well as the use of PIC/NIC in the study of organizational behavior. In addition, it offers several examples that never leave you wondering how these techniques should be applied. The inclusion of feedback and coaching advice for leaders is terrific. If you are a manager or student of human behavior this text is a great introduction.

Insightful.......2005-11-30

Generating a breakthrough in an organization often requires the implementation and deployment of innovative methods and tools. Those same methods and tools are often accompanied by new processes and strong evangelization by a committed champion and his/her disciples. While those elements are necessary, they are insufficient as they often fail to address the fundamental behavioral changes needed to achieve and sustain the desired outcomes. This is an area where most managers and change agents feel uncomfortable today because, whether they are called the 'soft side' or 'people issues', changes at that level are the hardest of all. Trying to better understand this psychological aspect of change management, I decided to follow Larry Leach's advice and purchased 'Unlock Behavior, Unleash Profits' by Leslie Wilk Braksick (ISBN 0-07-135878-1).

Over the next few bullets I will try to summarize what I have retained from this interesting book:
- The ability to apply behavioral science consistently is a key distinguishing feature of great leaders. Behaviors are the key to good execution and lasting results, and they are a response to the environment or corporate culture.
- The goal is not only to change everyone else's behavior but also our own as our behaviors as leaders directly affect everyone within our organization as well as our organization's profitability
- The failure of change management programs is attributed in 31% of the cases to project management issues and in 31% of the cases to people issues The critical link between behavioral science and business results is pinpointing a few key behaviors. Those behaviors have to be defined according to the NORMS of objectivity (Not an interpretation - Observable - Reliable - Measurable - Specific) so that they can be communicated, recognized, tracked, and measured. Those behaviors need to be aligned in the different departments. To implement a change you need to know the antecedents, behavior, and consequences (ABC). Consequences have 4 times more impact (80%) on behaviors than antecedents (20%). Antecedents backed up by consequences will produce the greatest challenges. The most powerful consequences are either PIC (positive-immediate-certain) or NIC (negative-immediate-certain). Discretionary effort is often a result of PIC consequences. NIC consequences often lead to mere compliance. Absence of PIC/NIC often lead to behavior extinction. Ways of providing consequences are feedback (positive or constructive - deliver them in a 4:1 ratio - this is also the most powerful motivator of performance and a key to coaching), tangible items (here remember that beauty is in the eye of the beholder) activities, or work processes. Effects of consequences: Positive reinforcement (key to discretionary effort), negative reinforcement, punishment, or extinction.
- Managers must invest time in providing frequent, timely (key to maximizing its impact), and pinpointed feedback to their direct reports Coaching is how one delivers feedback, based on observing, analyzing performance, and delivering feedback (constructive and positive) Shaping is about perfecting a chain of behavioral steps through the systematic application of positive reinforcement. Each step should be challenging but realistic. Behaviors closer to the goal need to be more positiviely reinforced.

Finally! Tools for Change Management!.......2005-08-27

At last someone has provided a resource for the change agents of the world to learn and apply! Dr. Braksick's book provides a wealth of understanding around behavior---and more importantly tools that finally allow practioners the ability to understand and change those behaviors. If you are a Six Sigma practioner trying to change behavior, this book is a must! This book was part of the core material used at JP Morgan Chase during its Six Sigma deployment (2001-2004).

CEO Technology Firm.......2002-10-22

Amazingly insightful book, understanding behavior is the secret to becoming a successful leader. Leslie's ability to help the reader understand how to apply the concepts of behaviorism is world class. This book is extremely well written. The examples bring the concepts to life and you walk away with a meaningful understanding of how to apply behavioral principles in business. This book was clearly written by someone who applies the concepts in taking on real business challenges.

Supplies Missing Link.......2002-04-14

This is an outstanding book that supplies the missing link to implementing strategy. People make all organizations function effectively and efficiently, and it is an element many managers overlook when implementing strategy. Managers need to identify the behaviors necessary to fulfill strategy, and then align the reward system with these behaviors. Another important point was the impact managers have on the people in their organizations. Managers possess tremendous power as a result of their position/rank on the organization chart, and they need to be more cognizant of how their actions impact people ranked lower in the firm.

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Passion Profit Power
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I bet he posted positive reviews on here.......2007-10-17

Seems to me like he's the kind of guy who would create several different email accounts and then post all or most of the positive reviews on here. I just have a hard time believing that people are so easily manipulated and tricked into thinking that this guy is anything but a con. I find it very easy to believe he would write all these positive reviews himself as part of his "method" to manipulate unthinking people into buying his books.

Useful!.......2007-08-09

First time I have taken an interest in Marshall's products and on the whole I thought it was a good book. I have seen Marshall on infomercials late at night 10 years ago but had no inclination to read any of his books. I have read many personal development books in my time and did enjoy his writing style. Naturally some parts of the book I found more appealing than others but that's the thing about p.d.books, you search for things which you will find useful. I prefer his writing style to Anthony Robbins, but for spirituality I think Wayne Dyer is the best.

PASSION, PROFIT, and POWER.......2007-05-13

This is just the type book I needed to read. I was feeling unproductive, and needed something to set my wheels rolling.
I am a woman in my early 50's , and still found that alot in this book could and did pertain to me.
Someone younger, and starting their career would pull alot of useful information from this book. I found that it lifted my dull outlook on parts of my life; and led me to dig a little deeper into the possibilties I have.

Ugh!.......2006-12-16

This guy just strikes me as a schmuck. The book isn't bad but it's mostly recycled Anthony Robbins (who at least seems sincere). If you're thinking of buying it, I'd check your local library first. Even if they don't have this book, they're likely to have Tony Robbins, & you'll save yourself the money.

A+++++.......2006-11-01

This is one of the best personal development books I have ever read. It ignited the desire in me like no other to get things done. There are so many ideas that can be used to greatly improve any area of your life including relationships, wealth creation, time management. The book is neatly broken down into 43 different short chapters under three major life areas - Passion, Profit & Power. Previous reviews have compared this book to Tony Robbins work, which there is very little of in here, plus Marshall talks about his own personal experiences and examples from his own seminars. This is also one of the very few books that I review on a weekly basis because it is choc-full of great information and strategies for success which really do work. I am on track to hit my goals with unstoppable and devastating force by this Christmas thanks to Marshall Sylver. It is also a good idea to get the tape program version of the book which contains the subconscious reprogramming scripts for each life area as read by the author to help program the elements contained within the chapters into your mind.

Profits Without Panic : Investment Psychology for Personal Wealth

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Very worthwhile for the long term intelligent investor.

Profits Without Panic : Investment Psychology for Personal Wealth
Jonathan Myers
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Practicing psychologist and independent investor Jonathan Myers advocates an approach to investing that relies heavily on his expertise in psychology. And in Profits Without Panic, his innovative method emerges as an attractive alternative to the less-imaginative systems usually espoused in today's investment guides. Mixing established principles with some rather unorthodox practices--such as anticipating other investors' responses to financial news, assessing a company's nonfinancial assets, and evaluating your own previous decisions in order to plot a winning game plan for the future--Myers champions a strategy of "psychonomic rationality" that, he says, will more accurately "evaluate fundamental and weightless factors of an investment while minimizing any tendency to make systematic errors." His step-by-step program contains appropriate tools for self-evaluation and novel techniques to analyze the market (how to determine true personal priorities, dispel common misperceptions, avoid herd-mentality mistakes, etc.). "Once you begin to separate out these internal and external elements," he asserts, "it becomes easier to see the opportunities." --Howard Rothman

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From the doom of Black Monday to the most recent exodus from stock markets around the world, panic is an all too common feature of investor behavior. Profits Without Panic shows how to avoid being swayed by the chaos of the market or swept into the panic of the boom or bust frenzy.

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Very worthwhile for the long term intelligent investor........1999-05-14

Profits Without Panic lays out how to separate hype from substance and emotion from reason so that you can make money with confidence. Not a book for your average day trader, but the kind of read that would have made Bernard Baruch proud.

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