Recently I have been selling old books on Amazon. I discovered that it is actually a great way to get rid of them. The Amazon Marketplace is a very efficient and fairly easy to use system for sellers. And the prices are surprisingly high.
I tend to read books only once. I have about 10 favorite books that I can read over and over, but besides those I generally never read a book twice. If it makes a good reference book about trading or programming, then I might look at it many times. I take care of them and after I have read them they are still in new condition. That means they fetch a high price on Amazon.
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Business Strategy, Internet, Money, Success
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After I noticed that I only read books once, I decided to start using the library (what a concept!). I was quite surprised to find the library very different from the last time I visited one, which was back in high school. Who goes to the library, anyway?
Your Local Public Library
What I noticed today is that most of the people in the library weren’t using books at all! They were using their laptop and the free internet service, or one of the computers in the library. In fact, the library offers a bunch of free services that make it a good office or place to study. It has big tables, uncomfortable chairs (to keep you awake), it’s nice and cool in summer, and a bathroom.
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Great Books, Internet, US Economy
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I just checked out Kapitall (with 2 l’s) and was really surprised to find so many new and fresh ideas. After my experience with Cooliris, I thought how wonderful it would be to find new ways of displaying the same old, boring stock data. And, just like that, a few days later I found out about Kapitall!
The Kapitall Desktop
As I mentioned before, I think that computers have come a long way in the last 30 years, but the way we interact with them has not changed much since the introduction of the mouse. And, looking at stock charts hasn’t changed either, except that they have gotten more complicated and less readable.
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One of the blogs I follow regularly is Upgrade Reality, a self-improvement site run by Dirk, better known as Diggy.
The Upgrade Reality blog features articles that are optimistic, but without all the fluff and B.S. That’s why I’m glad that Diggy has released an eBook that encapsulates his philosophy and delivers his advice in a convenient eBook form.
You can order Upgrade Reality here. (Not an affiliate link.)
Here are a couple reasons you should check out Diggy’s book.
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Dreams Come True, Great Books, Internet, Money, Success
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Yesterday I discovered Cooliris, which might just be the coolest thing I have ever seen. It’s an extension for browsers (Chrome, IE, Firefox and Safari) that lets you see all the images in a virtual wall. It is absolutely incredible.
I love Cooliris because it is so neat. But there is more to it. We have talked quite a bit about accelerating technology, and that is a powerful force in our lives. Yet there is another piece of the puzzle that most people are totally unaware of: how we interact with technology.
What does Cooliris teach us about how to interact with technology?
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Accelerating Technology, Business Strategy, Dreams Come True, Internet
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When reading about finances or talking to people, I always hear the same useless advice: “You have to learn to save money.” or “It’s hard because the economy is so bad.”
This kind of talk is really just complaints and useless advice. Everyone already knows that saving money will improve their finances. But they have no idea how to do it.
After reading this great post that Matt found over at My Wife Quit Her Job, I noticed that the reason I like Steve’s blog is because it contains information that is fairly rare. It’s not about saving money, it’s about building a powerful positive cash flow asset. It’s not about lamenting about how hard life is and how hard it is to get a job. It is about how Steve’s profit is going up as unemployment rises and the economy goes down.
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After playing Cashflow 101 and 102 for a few years now, I was pleasantly surprised to find out that you can actually play for free, online. Just go to the Rich Dad site and click on Cashflow.
I like Cashflow because it actually teaches people about how to manage their finances. Many people like to write off games as a waste of time, but they are actually a powerful learning tool. We automatically play games the way we play life. So, when we learn how to play a game better, it changes the way we act in life.
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I wish it were true for me! After reading many books about leadership and finance, I have come to the conclusion that most of them repeat the common wisdom that permeates business culture in America. I suppose they are better than nothing, but hardly outstanding.
But it is true for Stephen Gillette, the CIO and General Manager of Digital Ventures at Starbucks. Not too shabby for a gamer! Perhaps there is more to leadership than parroting the trite phrases that circulate throughout corporate America. Maybe to become a great leader, we need a good amount of (not so) real world experience.
How did he leverage his online game play into a powerful position of leadership at Starbucks?
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Business Strategy, Internet, Success
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Here’s some of the best blog posts I’ve read about gold this week.
Mint.com’s blog has an interesting post about the gold ownership in each country in the world. The U.S. owns the most. More, in fact, than the second and third countries put together.
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Internet, Investing, Money, Success, US Economy
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This week has been a great week for gold posts. Here are some of the most interesting I found.
The Big Picture has a great chart of gold relative to the S&P 500. Although gold has hit a high in nominal terms, it is actually still low by many measures. This post shows that it needs to quadruple to hit a high relative to the S&P.
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Internet, Investing, Success, US Economy
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is one of my favorite financial books of all time. It's an allegory about a guy who has a terrible job, and how he overcomes challenges to achieve his dreams.
