On this edition of the Weekly Beef, Misty & Lisa check in on their homework from The Four Agreements and Misty asks Lisa a thought-provoking question: How do you forgive yourself when you make a big mistake?

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This week Misty and Lisa review the New York Times Bestseller The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz.

First published in 1997, The Four Agreements has since sold over six million copies in the United States and seven million worldwide. It has been translated into 40 languages, appeared on the New York Times bestseller for nearly ten years, and was the 36th bestselling book of the decade. Don Miguel is also the author of The Mastery of Love, The Voice of Knowledge, Prayers, and the New York Times bestseller, The Fifth Agreement, a collaboration with his son, don José Ruiz. Each of his books are international bestsellers.

Lisa and Misty talk about the Introduction and seven chapters in this Four Agreements book review:

1. Domestication and the Dream of the Planet
2. The First Agreement: Be Impeccable with Your Word
3. The Second Agreement: Don’t Take Anything Personally
4. The Third Agreement: Don’t Make Assumptions
5. The Fourth Agreement: Always Do Your Best
6. The Toltec Path To Freedom – Breaking Old Agreements
7. The New Dream – Heaven on Earth

If you like what you're hearing, you can purchase the book here.

You can visit the author’s website here!

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On this edition of the Weekly Beef, Misty & Lisa check in on their homework from The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, and Lisa shares a listener experience from someone who used the official 7 Habits training at their workplace. 

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This week we review the mega-popular bestseller The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen R. Covey.

The 7 Habits was first published in 1989 and has sold over 25 million copies. In 1996, Times magazine named Stephen Covey one of the 25 most influential people. So this is a huge book!

Lisa and Misty cover each of the habits in this 7 Habits of Highly Effective People book review:

1. Be Proactive
2. Begin With the End In Mind
3. Put First Things First
4. Think Win-Win
5. Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood
6. Synergize
7. Sharpen the Saw

If you'd like to read it, you can purchase the book here.

And check out the author's website here!

We also love to follow @jameelajamilofficial and her @i_weigh movement on instagram. According, to Jameela, she started this "for us to feel valuable and see how amazing we are beyond the flesh on our bones." Highly recommend!

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On this edition of the Weekly Beef, Misty checks in on her homework from Rich Dad, Poor Dad. Plus, we share a listener story and Misty asks a thought-provoking question: how do you turn someone down in a way that makes them feel good?

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This week Misty and Lisa review the New York Times Bestseller Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money – That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! by Robert T. Kiyosaki.

Robert Toru Kiyosaki is an American businessman and author. Kiyosaki is the founder of Rich Global LLC and the Rich Dad Company, a private financial education company that provides personal finance and business education to people through books and videos.

Kiyosaki is the author of more than 26 books, including the international self-published personal finance Rich Dad Poor Dad series of books which has been translated into 51 languages and sold over 40 million copies worldwide, and has been named as the NYT bestsellers list for over six years. He has been criticized for advocating the practices of debatable legality perceived as "get rich quick" philosophy.

Lisa and Misty talk about the Introduction and seven of the nine chapters in the Rich Dad, Poor Dad book review:

1. Lesson 1: The Rich Don’t Work for Money
2. Lesson 2: Why Teach Financial Literacy?
3. Lesson 3: Mind Your Own Business
4. Lesson 4: The History of Taxes and the Power of Corporations
5. Lesson 5: The Rich Invent Money
6. Lesson 6: Work to Learn – Don’t Work for Money
7. Lesson 7: Overcoming Obstacles

If you like what you're hearing, you can purchase the book here.

You can visit his company’s website here!

And beware! Here is an article about his company’s bankruptcy.

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Actor and writer Brian Letscher joins us as our very special guest on this edition of the Weekly Beef!

Brian is an actor and writer whom you may recognize him from his starring roles on Scandal and Valor. His latest play, SMART LOVE, was just chosen as an LA Times Critic’s Choice and has been extended 3x here in Venice, CA for its West Coast premiere. Get tickets here!

Brian also co-founded The Actors Asylum, an acting studio in Burbank. Check it out here!

He’s currently working on a screenplay for SMART LOVE and finishing his latest play.

You can follow Brian on instagram @BrianLetscher or on Twitter @BLetscher

And you can follow us, too! @GoHelpYourselfPodcast on instagram and @GHYPodcast on Twitter.

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This week, we're reviewing the New York Times Bestseller The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness by Dave Ramsey.

Dave Ramsey is a personal money-management expert and radio personality. His seven best-selling books—Financial Peace, More Than Enough, The Total Money Makeover, EntreLeadership, Dave Ramsey’s Complete Guide to Money, The Legacy Journey and Smart Money Smart Kids—have sold more than 11 million copies combined. What!

We cover main themes from each chapter in this Total Money Makeover book review:

1. The Total Money Makeover Challenge

2. Denial

3. Debt Myths

4. Money Myths

5. Two More Hurdles

6. Save $1,000 Fast

7. The Debt Snowball

8. Finish the Emergency Fund

9. Maximize Retirement Investing

10. College Funding

11. Pay off the Home Mortgage

12. Build Wealth Like Crazy

13. Live Like No One Else

If you'd like to read the book, you can purchase it here. 

You can follow Dave on Twitter at @DaveRamsey and on the web at daveramsey.com

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Greg Beckett, board certified Motivational Hypnotist, joins us as a special guest on this edition of the Weekly Beef!

Misty also checks in on her homework from When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chödrön. 

Check out Greg's website here if you'd like to learn more. 

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This week Misty and Lisa conclude their review of When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice For Difficult Times by Pema Chödrön.

Pema is an American Tibetan Buddhist. She is an ordained nun, acharya and disciple of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Chödrön is the principal teacher at Gampo Abbey in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Lisa and Misty cover several of the last chapters in this final part of this two-part When Things Fall Apart book review, including:

8. Eight Worldly Dharmas
10. Curious about Existence
13. Widening the Circle of Compassion
16. Servants of Peace
17. Opinions
18. Reversing the Wheel of Samsara

A lot of Buddhist information here in this second half!

If you like what you're hearing, you can purchase the book here.

You can visit the Pema Chödrön Foundation website here!

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