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Hi Carolyn, I agree with outsourcing to get expertise and make better use of one's time, bookkeeping and your example of copy writing are excellent examples.

There is a difference between procrastination, task avoidance, and using optimistic denial to mask one fears.

I am writing my next book and have identified 10 specific disciplines that are 100% under the control of the business owner that contribute significantly to providing new insight, wisdom, and improved strategic decision making and planning.

I enjoyed very much reading your article “...And The Wisdom To Know The Difference”today, and I thought you might be interested to learn that a new edition of Napoleon Hill's classic book "Think and Grow Rich" has been published.

Its title is "Think and Grow Rich!" (subtitled) "The Original Version, Restored and Revised." I am the editor/annotator of this new 412-page edition, which is really an homage to Dr. Hill. (For several years I was the editor-in-chief of "Think & Grow Rich Newsletter.")

What I have done is this: to restore Dr. Hill's book to its original manuscript content (it was first published in 1937, but was abridged in 1960), annotate it with more than 50 pages of endnotes (most of the persons and events he discusses are generally unknown to readers today), index it thoroughly, add an appendix with a wealth of additional information about Dr. Hill and his work, and revise the book in ways to help remove certain "impediments" to reading the book today (language that today would be considered obsolete, sexist or racist). None of these things had previously been done with TGR.

If you would like to learn a little more about this project, a quick visit to www.tgr-restored-revised.com will give you some details. The "Editor's Foreword" provides more complete information, and the “Testimonials” page will demonstrate how well-received this new book is around the world. Here is the book’s Amazon.com page:

http://www.amazon.com/Think-Grow-Rich-Original-Restored/dp/1593302002/sr=1-1/qid=1172004763/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-1493475-7148634?ie=UTF8&s=books

I invite you to install an Amazon link to the book on your blog.

The book is available on all the Amazon websites and most other online sellers, it can be ordered by any bookstore, and it will start appearing in bookstores soon. We also sell direct, at steep discounts, to personal success coaches and motivational speakers.

Our edition of TGR! is superior in every way to other versions on the market. It is a trade paperback, not a pocket-size mass market paperback. It is 412 pages versus 230+ (depending on the edition). It looks better, feels better, reads better than any other version. It is fast becoming the "version of choice" among Napoleon Hill devotees and other students of success and high achievement.

Thank you for your time and attention.

Ross Cornwell, Editor

I agree that we don't need to spend a huge amount of time to develop our weaknesses. We should be more concerned with that that we are good at and let others fill up our weaknesses.

Greg, I'm interested in reading that book. Anything that opens us to new insights has to be good. Am I correct in assuming it'll touch on things like denial, avoidance, and procrastination?

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Chuck

Ross, hello again! You introduced me to the new edition several months ago when I wrote about the 1960 version at my other blog, Thoughts & Philosophies. The updated, restored and revised edition is everything you say it is and more. In fact, thanks for reminding me that I promised somebody (who might be reading this) a copy. Gotta get on that today

Pamela, as Greg believes, some weaknesses can be overcome. I'm open to that line of thought. On the other hand, I'll continue to outsource until those weaknesses at least become workable.

Chuck, I just visited TalkShoe (neat name, by the way). Let's just say it won't be my last visit.

I agree that some weaknesses can be overcome. But it doesn't mean that we should spend more time developing our weaknesses than our strengths. Most of us have a job based on our strengths so that we don't have to spend more time in developing those skills.

Well, Alan, as I said to Pamela, I'm open to the idea that weaknesses can be strengthened, but I'm not open to wasting too much time on them. It'll be interesting to see what Greg says in his new book.