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3 ways to make the most of reading marketing/ business/ coaching books

I don't know about you but I have found recently that I have just a ton of books that...

...sit on my shelf ready for me to read.

...and sit...

...and sit....

It's like I think that they are going to jump off the shelf themselves and help me to learn and take action!  As most coaches I know have a full shelf of books I wanted to put together some ideas, following from my post on my newsletter about making the most of things we have already invested in - low and no cost ways of learning. (By the way - want to receive these all the time - use the links on the side of this blog to sign up for Lessons for Life)

So onto my tips to make the most of your book investment...

A nudger of sticks...

I love Michael Neill's ezine that he sends out once a week, and somehow found myself on you-tube typing in his name, the same day as receiving his ezine yet completely separately.

And because it always makes me think, I wanted to share this snippet with you.

And nudger of sticks...well, you'll see!

Interested in or committed to?

I keep coming across books, websites etc that get me thinking about commitment.

Mark Forster had me thinking about it in Do it Tomorrow and the Zen Habits site has me thinking about it as well.  And its therefore something I am talking about with my clients.

Do I want a simplified life?

Absolutely.  A huge sense of running around, balancing lots of different hats and juggling lots of different plates. Phew, that sounds wearing in itself!  I keep coming back to the fact that there must BE an easier way to just...well BE really.

Another great tool recommended by Linda Fox here - I love the tips she has pulled out.

I'll be using mine first of all to test how it works with the Get Clients Now(TM) programme that I am going to be facilitating and am first running through as a client myself.

It's called Joe's Goals and you can find out more here

Great online lists

I was visiting Linda Fox, the ADD coaches blog to see what she was up to and found this great tool for creating lists online - ta da lists I even made my first list straight away!  As I am currently rebranding I seem to have huge lists, everywhere, all on various scraps of paper.  Its great to think I can keep them all in one place, and then access them anywhere in the world!

So much to do so little time...

I seem constantly to be talking to people about how much there is to do when you are your own boss - even when this is only a part time experience!  In fact - probably more so if you are working part time at your business and trying to be as successful as if you were working on it full time!

So, what you can do when you feel like there is just too much to do?