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K.I.S.S. Series Sampler of 5 Books

Professionalism Is for Everyone

The Anacondas in Life

It's About TIME!

ABCs for Life

Soar...If You Dare®

DNA Leadership through Goal-Driven Management

GoalXpress Goal Planner

The Entrepreneur's Toolkit

SlimWrite™ Weight Loss System

The Power of Your Actions

Posters and Other FUN Stuff!

K.I.S.S. Books - Keep It Simple for Success® books

We provide a line of books and seminars under the brand Keep It Simple for Success®. Our goal is to provide short, yet effective tools and programs that provide plenty of useful tips and ideas people can and will put to work right away.

Simple is better: Each of our books is short (books range from 64 to 120 pages and are 5 inches x 7-1/4 inches) and is written in easy-to-follow language that everyone can understand and apply. We get to the main points quickly and provide stories, examples, and bulleted lists of suggested Dos and Don'ts.

Special KISS Book Sample Offer: Purchase one of each of the following books currently in the Keep It Simple for Success book series and get a 30% discount (see individual books below):

• The Anacondas in Life ($12.95 value)
• Professionalism Is for Everyone ($9.95 value)
• ABCs for Life ($7.50 value)
• It's About TIME! ($14.95 value)
• World-Class Customer Service ($9.95 value)

Buy all 5 books for just $38.75 - plus just $3 shipping

The regular retail value for all five books is $55.30 so you are taking advantage of a savings of $16.55 or 30%.

This is a limited time offer that is only available when posted on our web site.

80 pages softbound 5” x 7¼”

ISBN:
1-887570-05-5

$9.95

Now in its
7th printing!

Volume discounts available

Professionalism Is for Everyone - updated in 2008

Five Keys to Being a True Professional

Professionalism really is for everyone. This book describes five keys that set professionals apart from everyone else. It provides a solid framework for promoting high values and excellence. Chock full of examples of professional behavior and not-so-professional behavior.

A must read for every employee and anyone who wants to make the most of their career. Includes 10 Rules of Professionalism.

This book will help you:

• Polish your personal professionalism
• Pursue excellence and be your best
• Teach others what it means to be a professional
• Correct behavior that you observe that is not professional
• Promote a culture of high values and standards
• Inspire excellence
• Establish and reinforce a professional approach

Learn more about this book.

Buy 1 to 9 books @ $9.95 each

Buy 10 to 99 books @ $8.45 each; save $1.50 (15%) per book

Buy 100+ books @ $6.95 each - save $3.00 (30%) per book

Please call us for a price quote for 500 or more books.

Soar . . . If You Dare®
10 Secrets for Success in Business and in Life

Each of these secrets is built around an illustrated and memorable metaphor that makes it easy to remember the concept and keep it top of mind. For example, The Anacondas in Life is a chapter that deals with negative people and circumstances that can crush your dreams and hold you back from success.

Jim uses great stories and examples to bring each concept to life and make the entire book an easy and enjoyable read.

Each of the 10 chapters is divided into mini sections with short summaries of tips and reminders throughout.

This is the first edition hardback version of this book published in 1993. We have a limited supply of these books and when they are sold we will have no more first editions to sell. The book was revised and republished in a soft back version and was reprinted many times. The book is now being updated for an even newer soft cover release and we expect this newer version to be available near the end of 2008.

  $21.95 each

Goal-Driven Management Method

DNA Leadership through Goal-Driven Management
A step-by-step system for setting and achieving goals

This is the most complete and comprehensive reference for success in setting and achieving your goals that we are aware of in the market today. This book is in use at hundreds of companies as a guide, teaching tool, and reference for setting and achieving goals and for developing current and emerging leaders.

Part One - 21st Century Leadership presents DNA Leadership, an approach where you lead others by getting them to buy into goals and visions of success that are compelling and worthy of their pursuit. It explains how to achieve goal alignment with missions, visions, and philosophies and provides an overview of the purposes and power of goals in business and in life.

Part Two - Goal-Driven Management presents a comprehensive description of principles, strategies, tips, and techniques for applying the Five Keys to Goal-Driven Management. These are:

GET a goal - How to organize, prioritize, and select goals and then make them laser-clear

OUTLINE a plan - How to develop action plans and strategies to achieve your goals

ACT on your plan - How to implement your plans, stay focused, and make daily progress

LEARN from your progress - How to measure and monitor progress toward your goals

SYSTEMATIZE your efforts - How to develop systems and mechanisms for staying on track to achieve your goals

Part Three - Success Strategies provides short and simple summaries including: 21 Myths and Misconceptions about goals, 25 Dos and Don'ts when selecting and pursuing goals, 10 Reasons individuals don't establish and achieve their goals, and 14 Recommendations for executives.

  $19.95 each - Special pricing, regularly $29.95

A Small Investment for a
Lifetime of Success in Setting and Achieving Your Goals

The Entrepreneur's Tool Kit
Guide for Business Planning

The Entrepreneur's Tool Kit (the "Tool Kit") is a guide for planning businesses, thinking through business strategies, and developing business plans.

Jim Ball developed the Tool Kit when he was in the venture capital business to help entrepreneurs prepare their business plans. He and others have used the Tool Kit as the course book for teaching business planning and entrepreneurship courses at colleges.

Jim also has used the Tool Kit to teach business planning for executives at many corporations. In addition, he has used the methods in the Tool Kit to prepare or help prepare over 50 business plans, many of which were funded and resulted in successful businesses.

The Tool Kit contains three methods for developing and evaluating business plans:

1. Question and Answer method that contains over 270 questions for guidance in developing and evaluating a business plan.

2. End Product Checklist method that lists over 100 milestones and end products in the business planning process.

3. Action Plan method that consists of a step-by-step action plan. If you are even thinking about writing or evaluating a business plan, then this guide is a must for you.

  $29.95 each

SlimWrite™ Weight Loss System

We offer the SlimWrite Weight Loss System developed by Jim Ball. Jim used this system to lose weight and get in shape at the gym.

Use this system journalize your exercise and what you eat so you adjust your behavior to lose weight, get in shape, and pursue a healthy lifestyle.

This may be the tool you need for the success in health you desire.

Each system below comes with a supply of SlimWrite Journals, instructions and tips for using the system.

When you order your SlimWrite™ System you will receive a free 10" by 17" poster of Jim's 10 Best Tips for Losing Weight and Keeping It Off as a bonus gift. These tips are illustrated with images of what Jim recommends eating and not eating along with other suggestions for getting in shape and staying in shape. These 10 Best Tips are a compilation of the best advice he has gleaned and learned from the many diet and exercise books he has read over the years and the weight loss programs he tried. These are the best tips that work for Jim.

The System 3 includes journals for 3 months and the System 6 includes journals for 6 months.

  SlimWrite™ System 3 - just $36.95 (3 month supply)

  SlimWrite™ System 6 - just $56.95 (6 month supply)

The Power of Your Actions

This is a reprint of one of the most popular chapters from Jim's book, Soar . . . If You Dare.

This chapter provides guidance, stories, tips and advice for taking action and being effective to achieve your dreams and to produce results.

This book begins with this quote from Jim. "The most obvious of all requirements for success, however you define success, is this: To achieve your goals in life, you must act."

Limited quantities available - orders are subject to quantities on hand at time of order.

  $2.75 each

Posters & Other Fun Stuff

• Posters:
  • 5 Keys to Being a True Professional
  • Anaconda-Free Zone
  • Be a Peddler of Hope
  • Chunk Your Time
  • Today's Thunderbolts
  • What If I Gave You $1,000,000?
  • Today poem
  • Is that the Best We Can Do?
  • It's Sunny and Seventy!
  • 3 Steps for Better Communication
  • Think Like a CUSTOMER
  • Think Like a CLIENT
  • Think Like a PATIENT
  • The Sales Rainmaker's Secret
  • 3 Strategies for Effective Meetings
• Anaconda-Free Zone button

For shipments inside the Continental U.S. we charge a flat $3 for shipping to one location, no matter how many books you buy. If you are outside the Continental U.S. please contact us; we will email you a quote for the shipping cost before we ship your order.

We ship by US Postal Service and by United Parcel Service from Virginia. Orders to Western states take several days transit time.

If you want overnight, special delivery, or need your order by a specific date, please email or call us to discuss shipping options.