“Reading is one of my passions. I just love to read to learn and improve whatever I do. I usually speed read about 100 – 500 books and magazines a year. Here’s a partial list of what I read...

Magazines: Cunarder, Entrepreneur, eWeek,FastCompany, Forbes, Herbalife Today, Home Business, Honolulu, Honolulu Advertiser, Inc, Inverstor’s Business Daily, Kiplinger, Mac|Life, MacWorld, MidWeek, Money, Nature Conservancy, Revenue, Sierra Club, SFO, Tahitian Noni International’s TradeWinds, Transitions Abroad, University of Michigan Portico, USA Today.

Catalogs: Day-Timer, Land’s End, Magellan, Patagonia, Sportif.

Books from the Library (With the latest listed first, starting from February 1, 2007.):

• Conversations with God by Neale Donald Walsch. Fascinating insights on the living of life. Vol. 1 - 3.

• The Success Principles by Jack Canfield. How to get from where you are to where you want to be. Must read.

• Little Black Book of Connections by Jeffrey Gitomer. I enjoy all

• Ask and It is Given by Esther and Jerry Hicks. A must read. It has help me advance my life to the next level.

• 50 Powerful Ideas You Can Use to Keep Your Customers by Paul Timm. Very stimulating with useful ideas.

• iMovie 6 & iDVD by David Pogue. I am learning about iMovie and iDVD with this handy book.

• Writing to Change the World by Mary Pipher. I learned that words are the most powerful tools. Use them well.

• Think Big and Kick Ass by Donald Trump. This is a must read to get way ahead in life. Really excellent.

• Coaching the Mental Game by H.A. Dorfman. Leadership philosophies for peak performance in sports and life.

• The Weight Loss Cure by Kevin Trudeau. Interesting cure for losing weight. Good ideas for anyone.

• Don’t Worry, Make Money by Richard Carlson. Spiritual and practical ways to abundance and more fun in life.

• Change or Die by Alan Deutschman. 3 Keys to Change: 1) Relate. 2) Repeat. 3) Reframe. Chang and thrive!

• The Rules of Work by Richard Templar. How to be better at what you do so you can get ahead faster than ever.

• What Got You Here Won’t Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith. How successful people become even better.

• Teach Yourself Visually Photoshop CS2 by Mike Wooldridge. A visual way to learn Photoshop.

• 1001 Incredible Things to Do on the Internet by Ken Leebow. It’s like the best search engine online. Good stuff.

• The Secret by Rhonda Byrne. Learn how you can have, be, or do anything you want. A best seller.

• Photoshop CS2 by Taz Tally. Blah Befores and Amazing Afters. Makeovers in Photoshop. 

• A Perfect Mess by Eric Abrahamson. The hidden benefits of disorder to make the world a better place.

• Creating Customer Evangelists by Ben McConnell. How to convert good customers to evangelists.

• Made to Stick by Chip Heath. Sticky = understandable, memorable, and effective in changing behavior.

• Call to Action by Bryan Eisenberg. Secret Formulas to Improve Online Results. Loaded with profitable ideas.

• The Law of Attraction by Esther Hicks. Learn how all things, wanted and unwanted, are brought upon you.

• The Horse God Built by Lawrence Scanlan. The untold story of Secretariat, the world’s greatest racehorse.

• The Cities Book by Lonely Planet. A photo journal through 200 of the best cities in the world. Awesome book.

• More Natural “Cure” Revealed by Kevin Trudeau. How to improve the quality of your life to live longer healthily.

• Wikinomics by Don Tapscott. Mass Collaboration Changes Everything. The more you share, the more you win.

• Know-How by Ram Charan. 8 Skills that separate poeple who perfrom from those who don’t.

• Not Buying it by Judith Levine. A how to survive without shopping. Voluntary simplicity. A frugal guide.

• Why We Want You to Be Rich by Donald Trump and Robert Kiyosaki. Great ideas from two top achievers.

• The Power of Nice by Linda Kaplan Thaler. Explains why ‘being nice’ to everyone is a profitable way in business.

• The Education of a Coach by David Halerstam. About Bill Belichick. It explores the mind of a great coach.

• CarzyBusy by Edward Hallowell, M.D. Learn how to slow down and enjoy your life before it’s over. Be happy. 

• Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff by Richard Carlson. It’s all small stuff. A must read for you. Get it. Read it. Apply it.

• The 5 Lessons a Millionaire Taught Me About Life and Wealth by Richard Paul Evans. Simple way to millions.

• Mindset by Carol Dweck. You are in a Fixed Mindset or a Growth Mindset. A learner or a non-learner. Excellent.

• All Marketers are Liars by Seth Godin. Not really. But. It comes down to this: Be a good storyteller for results.

• Football Physics by Timothy Gay. Fascinating. I now look at watching football in an enhanced way. 

• Instant Persuasion by Laurie Puhn. Simple rules to get what you want at home, work, and in your social life.

• small is the next big by Seth Godin. This is book is a collection of Seth’s blogs. He is one of the top bloggers.

• Whatever You Think – Think the Opposite by Paul Arden. Very insightful. Gave some new ways of seeing things.

• The Little Book that Beats the Market by Joel Greenblatt. On how to make money in the stock market. Good.

• Juice Fasting & Detoxification by Steve Meyerowitz. Very healthy ideas to consider. Many recipes.

• Unstoppable by Cynthia Kearsey. I was inspired by the 45 stories in this book. Highly recommended.

• Blog Wild! by Andy Wibbels. I learned more ideas on how to improve my blog.

• .Mac with iWeb by David Reynolds. So much to learn in this book. Well done.

• Teach Yourself Visually Mac OS X Tiger by Erick Tejkowski. One of my favorite ways to learn by illustrations.

• iLife ’06 by Jim Heid. If you have iLife, this gives you tips and a way to use iLife more effectively.