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Lenedra Carroll, the mother and manager of singer/songwriter Jewel, offers a memoir that speaks to her spiritual theories on creating abundance. The Architecture of All Abundance, her "rag to riches" life story, starts out when the author is a young girl growing up poor in a small Alaskan village and winds up with Carroll becoming a successful CEO of a global entertainment enterprise. More than a memoir, this is more accurately an inspirational book on how you too can build a fulfilling life that includes plenty of spirit and prosperity. Carroll emphasizes the timeless truths of spiritual abundance--ones that readers have probably heard before: listen to your soul's voice, ask the right questions, make time for stillness, own the fear instead of avoiding it, remember that generosity generates prosperity. Yet, like any effective teacher, Carroll has the ability to package these nuggets of wisdom with just the right anecdote or just the right phrasing so that it finally sinks in. It's not uncommon to find provocative passages such as, "We can all realize that while the fear is real, it is also true that what we fear is like a mirage rising off the heat of a projected or past pain." Although her structure of alternating poetry, personal stories, and spiritual advice makes the book slightly disjointed, Carroll's eloquence as a narrator ties it together. --Gail Hudson
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The Architecture of All Abundance is a combination of memoir and spiritual guidebook from the mother of singer-songwriter Jewel. Navigating the shark-infested waters of the entertainment industry, recovering from life-threatening illness, and rebounding from business failure, Lenedra Carroll has pioneered innovative principles for building success in the material world. Engaging stories deftly portray alternative ways to attain prosperity, love, good health, and a sense of purpose while living ethically and in harmony with others. Practical exercises make the seven principles clear and accessible for every reader. “Searing insights, white hot with spiritual truth, fly out of each chapter. ” — Neale Donald Walsch “I was captivated by the music of Lenedra Carroll’s prose. Her style of writing is that of a true storyteller.” — Jane Goodall
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Beautiful and inspiring!.......2005-08-22
The Architecture of All Abundance is one of the most beautiful books I have read in a long time! It left me feeling tremendously inspired on a personal level and motivated me to get more connected again to my spiritual side. The book also gave me hope regarding the corporate world. Lenedra Carroll is doing such positive work for the world, and I believe her company is a real leader in terms of the spiritual focus it holds in its day-to-day operations. To me, this book should be a "must read" for anyone in a leadership position, and it is a "must read" for anyone seeking inspiration in their personal life. The book is beautifully written, and all the personal stories and examples included in the book help to make Ms Carroll's practices seem possible for anyone to apply to their lives.
Jewel's Mom.......2003-02-10
I'm sure that the author meant well by writing this book; her tone is very serious and sincere. But it is over-written and heavy-handed. If it had been penned by anyone other than a celebrity's mother, it would not have been published. It does not warrant reading and certainly does not warrant buying.
No Sharks.......2002-12-03
A wonderful book. Packed full of inspirational stories and solid, experiential advice. Lenedra Carroll beautifully communicates her reality in this life and bridging her visions into the music industry. Her practical wisdom is timeless and fascinating when applied to the music industry and inspirational because of her abundant results. Beautifully communicating the talk while successfully walking the walk.
A lyrical, engaging, and wise journey.......2002-07-11
Beautifully written, evocative, and so full of simple but heretofor elusive (for most of us) truths that you'll want to re-read every page 2 or 3 times to let the wisdom and import sink in and be absorbed.
I read this book last October, and again this month, and it lost nothing in the repetition. It actually became more valued as well as validating.
Ms. Carroll has some advantages over most of us in that she has long familiarity with, surety of, and accessibility to her inner guidance system (perhaps universal guidance system is more appropriate?). She also had the sense and early discernment to ask questions that revealed the nature of things, and a number of magical experiences that motivated her to seek more generative paradigm of the world. The structures she's created (for creating a successful life in the material world) are impressive and really define "beyond win-win".
More than a self-help book.......2002-03-29
I'm not generally one for books of this nature (I usually enjoy fiction over nonfiction), but this book was fascinatingly plain. It dealt with everything I knew was familiar, yet was written in such a way that I was able to see 'everyday' as extraordinary. Knowing something of the content of the book before I bought it, I was afraid it would be too hokey and corny. I was also afraid it would be a book someone wrote to ride on the coattails of her daughter's (Jewel) success. It was nothing of the sort. Once I read this book, I saw where the source of inspiration in Jewel's music and poetry came from. Her mother, Lenedra, is a powerhouse of wisdom and gentleness. Not to mention eloquence! This book was very, very well written. The words are intelligent, coherent, and thoughtful.
Lenedra's prose is delightful. She offers her wisdom through insights and observations, never once taking up any pretention that she knows every solution to every problem. It's not a 'how-to' book to a successful, balanced, and happy life. On every page she emphasizes the answers, along with problems, are all there within our grasp, and offers her insights on how to see and follow through with the solution to our woes.
Her advice is simple, loving, nurturing and very wise, and she brings a unique and fresh approach to age old adages. Every story she shares, every notion she brings up, it's all stuff we've already heard, but really registered. The difference is you can feel from her words that she lived and learned the lessons firsthand, and that alone makes for a more engaging read. I also love that she never asserts solutions are beyond our own grasp, that answers are blessed only by aloof deities. Her words are powerful yet gentle, and place emphasis on the beauty of human courage. This book centers around human goodness, not humanity's failings.
This book is a nice, thick read. I've taken a good long time to read through it, reading only a few pages here and there, but the book keeps drawing me back to read more. This is one of those books you keep going back to, and I can see myself returning to it again and again during my lifetime. Each time your return to the pages of this book, you'll find yourself forming new insigts and opinions of your own on the subject matter. It's one of those books that will never grow old, because the subject matter regards a lifetime's worth of experiences.
Truly refreshing. This is a much needed book, emphasizing the stillness and quiet of life to find solutions, which is a ready welcome into our hectic modern day society.
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Diane Coyle brings us a book about why the New Economy with its prospect of improved productivity, faster growth, greater riches and full employment is causing an anti-globalization and anti-capitalism revolution. Political consequences of a new technological framework will undermine certain power elites just as the Industrial Revolution undermined the landed aristocracy. Furthermore, and paradoxically, it was the 1990s boom and affluence that led to people's anxiety and insecurity and propelled them to protest. For the first time in nearly 40 years, young people were taking to the streets in mass anti-globalization riots. Local people were stopping projects led by multinationals.
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My impression about this book........2004-12-10
I will probably fail miserably if I attempt to make a learned analysis of this book, rather, I will share my impression on this work (purely subjective) with whomever cares to read this review. I found this book by Diane Coyle exquisite. I am no fan of Capitalism, yet, found her arguments very persuasive and full of common sense. I have an already admitted weakness for books of this sort (economic related matters for the layman). Ms. Coyle makes a powerful argument of why the new brand of Capitalism will be good for the masses after a transitional period and why it will remove from power most of these days' entrenched powers that be. This book is worth your time and money. Enjoy it. Somehow related to it is another good book I am reading at this time that is entitled: The Sovereign Individual (James Dale Davidson and Lord William Rees-Mogg)
Highly Recommended!.......2002-01-30
Diane Coyle, a consultant and columnist, presents an in-depth and optimistic look at modern capitalism. Dubbing our current age a transitional period, she predicts that the result of our recent bout of high-tech fueled economic growth will be even more growth and a better society. Coyle refers to historical parallels and many texts to make her case that technology has transformed society in significant ways that even experts are only beginning to understand. We [...] recommend this compelling and authoritative book to executives and managers, and to serious readers and academics, all of whom will enjoy the way it makes sense of today's contradictory financial and social developments.
COyle enters the ranks of the greats.......2002-01-29
Paul Krugman. Bradford De Long. There are few economists able to make complex ideas sing for the general reader. With her latest book The Paradoxes of Prosperity, her follow-up to 1999's The Weightless World, Diane Coyle has entered their ranks.
That the book succeeds so well is a testament to Coyle's ability to keep two conflicting ideas in the reader's head at the same time. Thus the central, unwritten paradox at the heart of the book: she is a whistleblower on the whole global capitalism game while managing at the same time to be its strongest champion.
What makes Coyle so engaging is her fearlessness in grappling with the very biggest concerns of our times: Is free-market economics really the only game in town? What is the role of government? What is the future of the nation state? What do you do about inequality? Inevitably there are no glib answers to these questions, and the core of the book is given over to Coyle's explanation for a series of paradoxes: Wealth generation is good, but relies on change, which people don't like. Why, in a weightless world, have places become more important than ever? Why is it that the technology that permits empowerment and has the potential to boost democratic control is in fact generally felt to be disempowering and facilitating central control? Why do we have a love-hate relationship with government in which we value certain services but vote for tax-cutting platforms? She tackles these issues with huge verve and intelligence.
There are any number of reasons to like Coyle. For one thing, she walks the walk. She argues that new companies must speak to the heart and head (p166) and she does exactly that in her text: how can you not like a heavyweight economist who admits to having been an adolescent cooped up in a darkened room listening to the Clash? She follows her own Just Do It advice by setting up her own company, Enlightenment Economics. She has an exquisite feel for the apposite anecdote and the telling example. So, when arguing that physical assets are not as important for a company as its `network' or licensing assets, as well as the obvious example of Nike she mentions Topsy Tail, a $100 million hair products company which has three employees. And while she can be wonderfully breathy ("The struggle is now on for the distribution of the benefits that will be generated by a surge in prosperity thanks to economic growth driven by the new technologies"), she has a great line in invective: "A lot of management advice is of course complete twaddle. Empty intellectual calories pandering to the hunger for advice of managers aware of the pressures for change".
The Paradoxes of Prosperity is a no-holds-barred riposte to anti-globalists, luddites and those who believe in the need for worldwide economic change but reject capitalism as the engine for doing so. She is quick to point out the obvious paradox that anti-globalisation campaigners are globalisation's biggest beneficiaries, and the less obvious one that globalisation of a product (like sushi) doesn't homogenize it, but grows the franchise. Coyle is profoundly and sometimes hilariously unapologetic in her belief in technology-led `turbo-capitalism'. It's all over this book. "What is it that increases human prosperity?" she asks rhetorically on page 7: "Technological progress seems to be the answer" booms the next line. You can almost feel Naomi Klein flinch. Coyle places herself firmly in the camp of free-market mavens like Luuk van Middelaar and Matt Ridley. "The technology driven capitalist economy is the only reason any of us has a comfortable home, plentiful food....and children who have a good chance of surviving infancy". (p3) In order for the book to succeed, she has to convince us that her basic argument is watertight: That there is such a thing as New Capitalism, that it really is new, and, most controversially, that it really is good for us.
Coyle is on firm ground with the first two. She takes us very effectively through the productivity paradox: why the ICT revolution has surprisingly little to show for itself in growth terms. So far only The US, with its vastly greater computer infrastructure and investment, shows evidence of post 1973 growth due to technical progress. Partly it is to do with measurement difficulties, and partly to do with the fact that technological revolutions are `sleepers' - they don't make their effects felt for some fifty years after their introduction.
And is this the New New Thing? It would appear so. There is mounting evidence (from R&D budgets, patents registrations and so on) that developed economies rely on brains more than brawn. She subscribes to Arnold Harberger's denomination of ICT as a yeast technology, meaning that it seeps into other business areas and catalyses change there. Biotechnology, alternative energy and nanotechnology all get a look-in. She makes excellent examples to make parallels with the past. Especially effective is the reminder that each generation is woefully myopic about the potential for its new technologies - it is hard to believe that the telephone was once envisaged as a broadcasting device, for example.
Inevitably it is where Coyle tries to argue the benefits of all this that she will find her toughest critics. Her argument, which she returns to again and again, is that New Capitalism is great because its raw currency is us, or at least the creative stuff flowing between our ears. We are, as never before, owners of our means of production. And that's not all. Because the cogs of this new economy are oiled by personal trust, healthy open societies will be hewn from bureaucratic or despotic misery by the `human capital' and social context they engender. "It is not going to be possible to build a vigorous modern economy without building a fair society" (xix)
It sounds too good to be true, and not even a book this good can dispel all the doubts. For one thing, Coyle never quite convinces that the New Capitalism is not simply parasitic on the institutions of the bad old capitalism. The fortunes made in the weightless economy depended on the apparatus of capital funding, enlightened credit arrangements and trust. The ultimate beneficiaries of unfettered techno-capitalism are still shareholders, just as they were in the bad old days, so Coyle's talk of 'usurping elites' rings hollow (xvii). The assumption about trickle-down effects is based on a rose-tinted view of the capitalist structures in place in the developing world. The economist Hernando de Soto is just one of those who worry that wealth creation where corruption or nepotism is the norm may be at the expense of the majority, and no amount of faith in `human capital' will change that.
There is also the feeling that, well, no-one seems to be having all that much fun in Coyle's brave new world. Even the supposed winners of all this, the intra-urban uber yuppies, feel insecure and unsettled, as sociologist Richard Sennett has pointed out. She notes that "the US job market might have the right kind of flexibility to make possible large scale switches from one kind of occupation to another". Worker flexibility is the vital ingredient. Middle managers become technologically redundant. Ouch. Coyle tells us that freedom of people to move is the missing link of globalisation. Small wonder that there is such opposition to the whole idea.
Coyle admits there is huge potential for conflict, especially between rich and poor countries (foreign direct investment) and is honest about the shocks of deindustrialisation and downsizing. She is clear about the growing gap between rich and poor, but doesn't apologise for it: in the long run we all benefit from a generally improved standard of living. She marshals Amartya Sen, and says "Those countries excluded from the postwar process of economic liberalisation and trade have plainly fared less well than those engaged in the world economy".
But in the end this is a mesmeric and hugely insightful read. The value of Coyle's work is that it sets out clearly the parameters for intelligent debate on a subject that is clouded with fear and false assumptions. It knocks down the shibboleths of anti-globalisation and yet squares up honestly to the slightly disquieting future that awaits us: Get ready for constant change. Paradoxes of Prosperity is a litany of creepy stuff for conservatives: Institutions built for national industrial societies are inadequate for the global, weightless society; the authority of the professions will be undermined because bodies of knowledge will become common; and it's harder and harder to find effective cultural signifiers of dissent and rebellion, meaning we face a future dominated by nihilistic atrocities by the disenchanted. Coyle's message is that this is still infinitely preferable to pinchbeck bureaucratic control. If global capitalism is the only game in town, a clear understanding of the power balance between technology, markets and governments is vital, and Coyle's contribution is outstanding.
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- PROSPERITY AS A STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS
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All About Prosperity
Howard Caesar
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Don't settle for less. You can have everything you need. Open yourself to the limitless possibilities for your good and experience God's abundance. Three cassettes.
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PROSPERITY AS A STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS.......2001-04-03
This definitely is NOT a "get-rich-quick" book. In six lessons, Howard Caesar lays down spiritual principles for attaining a prosperity consciousness. He gives affirmations, exercises, and techniques. Prosperity isn't just money, it includes health, relationships, all areas that affect our sense of well being. Caesar gives many anecdotes, some from his personal experience, as well as materiel from various sources. Especially good is "You Don't Need A Nickel".
This ois a very spiritual group of lessons, but it does deal with everyday practicalities. Get it!
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A step-by-step, no-fail process for creating the life you want. Glenda will take you on a fascinating life-changing journey which will allow you to achieve your relationship, prosperity, and success dreams. How to become a money magnet - How to reprogram your mind for success - Learn the relationship-Healing Technique - Why you shouldn't think about your problems - How your feelings can change your DNA - What type of people you are destined to attract.
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At last! All the pieces of personal success in one book........2004-07-18
I like the fact that it's so easy; a step-by-step process to achieving wealth, happiness and healthy relationships. This is the most empowering book I have ever read. When I finished it I knew what to do, why to do it, and how to do it. And best of all, it is simple to do! I could not put this amazing book down.
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This book was born out of our personal experience, from problems we have encountered through the years. And, because of our personal relationship with our Heavenly Father, through our Lord and Savior - Jesus Christ, we know how to trust God when all other resources have failed. God has inspired us to write this book so that those who do not know him, in the fullness so his power, might believe and trust him when all other resources they sought have failed. Cover illustration #92169 done by George C. Barrier Jr. Authors: George C. Barrier Sr. and Ellen J. Barrier
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Strategic sourcing provides the single largest opportunity for companies to reduce costs and design optimal supply chain structures.
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Keeping Up with the Dow Joneses
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In this short but powerful book of interlinked essays, noted cultural critic Vijay Prashad examines the contradictions of the American economy.
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Yet, as Prashad so persuasively demonstrates, keeping up with the Joneses is a trap: Americans have gone into massive consumer debt, with the poorest forty percent of the public borrowing money to compensate for stagnant incomes, not to spend on luxuries. Only the richest twenty percent borrow money to invest in stocks. Not surprisingly, in the last few years, income and wealth differentials have risen to record highs.By making crystal-clear connections between the economy, welfare reform and the profit-driven prison industrial complex, Prashad offers a vision for a sustainable and vital anti-imperialist movement.
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Title: Vijay Prashad, Keeping Up with the Dow Joneses: Debt, Prison, Workfare.(Book Review)
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