Key Resources for the Current Financial Crisis
Investors Business Daily
This is a powerful newspaper strarted by William O'Neil that is a no-nonsense guide to investing properly. It has exceptional coverabe of the current economic downturn.
http://www.investors.com
Books
Finacial Shock
A 360º Look at the Subprime Mortgage Implosion, and How to Avoid the Next Financial Crisis.
The subprime financial crisis is the decade's #1 financial story. What happened? How did it occur? And how can we prevent similar crises from happening again? Dr. Mark Zandi answers all these critical questions - systematically, carefully, and in plain English.
http://www.amazon.com/Financial-Shock-Subprime-Mortgage-Implosion/dp/0137142900/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1224278980&sr=8-2
Chain of Blame
How Wall Street Caused the Mortgage and Credit Crisis
"Chain of Blame is one of the first books to delve deeply into the central role that big banks played in the mess…for a juicy, name-dropping read, Muolo and Padilla’s book is hard to beat."--BusinessWeek
http://www.amazon.com/Chain-Blame-Street-Caused-Mortgage/dp/0470292776/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1224278837&sr=8-1
Key Resources for Critical Thinking
The purpose of this page is to provide some important resources for improving your critical thinking and communication skills.
The Re-Discovery of Common Sense
This book will teach you how to critically think, make great decisions and solve problems quickly and accurately.
http://www.chuckclayton.com/
Wikopedia Information on Critical Thinking
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_thinking
Critical thinking consists of mental processes of discernment, analysis and evaluation. It includes possible processes of reflecting upon a tangible or
The Foundation for Critical Thinking http://www.criticalthinking.org/index.cfm
The Foundation for Critical Thinking works to promote educational reform and seeks to promote essential change in education and society through the ...
An Introduction To Critical Thinking
http://www.freeinquiry.com/critical-thinking.html
Critical thinking is an important and vital topic in modern education. All educators are interested in teaching critical thinking to their students. ...
The 80/20 Rule
If you are in sales, learn more about the 80/20 rule and how it can help you be more successful. Alan Rigg who owns this site and is president of the Arizona chapter of the National Speakers Association. http://www.8020salesperformance.com/sales_mgt_tips.html
Key Education Resources for Critical Thinking
STEM Education Coalition
http://www.stemedcoalition.org/
To face the growing challenges our nation needs more students to get interested in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
The Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Coalition works to support STEM programs for teachers and students at the U. S. Department of Education, the National Science Foundation, and other agencies that offer STEM related programs.
The Critical Thinking Company
http://www.criticalthinking.com/index.jsp
Publisher of critical thinking products for home and classroom use in mathematics, science, language arts, and history.
The Foundation for Critical Thinking http://www.criticalthinking.org/index.cfm
The Foundation for Critical Thinking works to promote educational reform and seeks to promote essential change in education and society through the ...
Key Resources for Decision Making
Wikipedia Information on Decision Making
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision_making
Decision making can be regarded as an outcome of mental processes (cognitive process) leading to the selection of a course of action among several ...
Decision Making Techniques
http://www.mindtools.com/pages/main/newMN_TED.htm
Learn a wide range of useful decision making techniques with these free videos and skill-building articles from MindTools.com.
Introduction to Decison Making
http://www.virtualsalt.com/crebook5.htm
Discussion of how decisions are made and the kinds of commonly used approaches to decision making and risk evaluation.
Decision Making Skills and Techniques Guide
http://www.time-management-guide.com/decision-making-skills.html
Good decision making skills is the foundation for life and time management skills. Information on decision making skills and techniques with links to ...
Key Resources for Problem Solving
Wikipedia Information on Problem Solving
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_solving
Problem solving forms part of thinking. Considered the most complex of all intellectual functions, problem solving has been defined as higher-order ...
Problem Solving Techniques
http://www.mindtools.com/pages/main/newMN_TED.htm
Learn a wide range of useful decision making techniques with these free videos and skill-building articles from MindTools.com.
Other Key Resources for Critical Thinkers
Uncle Jay
Uncle Jay is an excellent website that explains in common sense terms about key things in the news. It is advertised for kids, but has some deep rooted sound information. This video web address explains congressional recess. There are many more excellent videos as well on the Uncle Jay website.
http://www.unclejayexplains.com/2007/09/03/uncle-jay-explains-the-news-september-3-2007/
Finding a Job
Jobing.com is a fantastic resource for helping you to find a job/career. I have personally been associated with them and find them highly professional, motivated and informative. They have locations in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Texas, Wisconsin, New Mexico and Nevada. Highly Recommended!
http://www.jobing.com
Legal Documents
Get your legal documents precisely prepared and shipped for one low, fixed price. Business formation, will, trusts, intellectual property, and more.
http://www.legalace.com
Key Resources for Communication
Indispensable Desk Reference Books
Whether you are a professional writer or just want to be more effective in writing e-mails and letters at work and/or home there here are three reference books that every desk should have. They will help you put more power and sizzle in your writing!
1. Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary— Every desk needs an excellent dictionary. This one is exceptional. The first Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (M-W) was published in 1898, and the tenth edition had a copyright date of 1993. The eleventh edition brings many new words, a CD-ROM, and a free one-year subscription to Merriam-Webster Collegiate.com, which includes the text of the dictionary as well as the Collegiate Thesaurus, Collegiate Encyclopedia, and Merriam-Webster's Spanish-English Dictionary.
2. Roget International Thesaurus Indexed Edition — Every desk also needs a good Thesaurus. Roget’s Thesaurus is one of the best. More than 1,070 different categories in this comprehensive, up to date thesaurus contains 325,000 synonyms, antonyms, and related words and phrases, as well as the latest slang and commonly used foreign terms. Thumb-indexed. Soft cover.
3. The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition — by William Strunk Jr., E.B. White, Roger Angell – Composition teachers throughout the English-speaking world have encouraged their students to get this book since it was first published in 1957. Co-author White later revised it. It remains an extremely helpful handbook for matters of basic principles of composition, grammar, word usage and misusage, and writing style. It is compact enough to fit in your pocket.
Other Writing Resources
www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm — This link is to the Merriam Webster Website. There are many resources, services and products available.
www.copyright.gov — This is a good resource for general information about copyrights. Copyright is a form of protection grounded in the U.S. Constitution and granted by law for original works of authorship fixed in a tangible medium of expression. Copyright covers both published and unpublished works.
www.unc.edu/~unclng/public-d.htm — This is a good supplemental resource to the copyright website. It explores when works pass into the public domain and you may be able to use them in your writing. Note: A public domain work is a creative work that is not protected by copyright and which may be freely used by everyone. The reasons that the work is not protected include: (1) the term of copyright for the work has expired; (2) the author failed to satisfy statutory formalities to perfect the copyright or (3) the work is a work of the U.S. Government.
Speaking Resources
www.toastmasters.com - The mission of a Toastmasters club is to provide a mutually supportive and positive learning environment in which every member has the opportunity to develop communication and leadership skills, which in turn fosters self-confidence and personal growth. You can do a search on the website and find a club in your area. The cost is very low, and the value extremely high!
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