In My Mailbox

As you might imagine, I get a lot of books sent to me. Authors and publishers like to get the word out about their new books, and a cost effective way of doing so is to send out free copies and have them reviewed/mentioned on websites.

But at this point, I'm getting way more books than I could ever read (and some I wouldn't want to read if I had all the time in the world.) But rather than just pass these books by, I thought I could at least mention them, give a few words about them from Amazon.com, and let you all decide what you may or mat not like to read.

Here are three I've recently received with a few thoughts from me on each:

Stay Healthy, Live Longer, Spend Wisely: Making Intelligent Choices in America's Healthcare System -- Written by a practicing family physician employed by one of the nation's top healthcare organizations, Stay Healthy, Live Longer, Spend Wisely provides critical information readers need to make intelligent medical and financial decisions to not only increase their chances for good health but also to get the most value out of their healthcare dollars. It is the only book that simultaneously tackles both the medical and financial perspective of staying healthy.

This easy-to-understand handbook provides the valuable insider tips on how to select a high-quality health insurance plan, how to make every doctor's visit productive, whether body scans, dietary supplements, or concierge physicians are worth the money, what and who are the various primary care and specialist physicians a person may encounter, the truth about generic and branded medications, and which tests, procedures, and actions must be done to stay well both physically and financially. As healthcare becomes increasingly expensive, confusing, and difficult to navigate, this book clears the clutter and provides readers with useful information they won't find anywhere else.

This is one of the three that I might actually read. Sounds interesting and practical to me.

The Intelligent Portfolio: Practical Wisdom on Personal Investing from Financial Engines -- The Intelligent Portfolio is an easy-to-read guide to intelligent personal investing drawing upon the insights of Financial Engines (FE)—a leading independent investment advisor founded by Nobel Prize-winning economist William F. Sharpe that makes advice available to millions of retirement plan investors at America’s largest companies. In this book, FE Chief Investment Officer Christopher Jones uses state-of-the-art simulation and optimization methods to demonstrate the often-surprising results of applying modern financial economics to personal investment decisions.

By illustrating the realistic range of possible investment outcomes, Jones reveals how today’s decisions impact future results and helps investors maximize their chances of reaching goals. Challenging conventional wisdom that often leads novice and experienced investors astray, The Intelligent Portfolio discloses the most important factors for investment success using insights familiar to large pension funds, foundations, and endowments, but often mysterious to individual investors.

Specifically, readers will discover how to: avoid common investing mistakes; prioritize the most important factors to simplify decisions; understand the tradeoffs that underlie investment choices; build high performing portfolios; critically evaluate the investment advice they receive; and much more. In addition to the information outlined throughout these pages, readers may also become a user of the online advisory service at FinancialEngines.com for one year, so that they may apply what they’ve learned to their own personal investment portfolios.

This is on the "skim" list for me. Sounds interesting enough for me to browse through it and see if it's worth the time investment to read.

Sound Health, Sound Wealth -- Sound Health, Sound Wealth is a ground-breaking amalgamation of the fields of science, spirituality, and health. This profound and inspiring read synthesizes the author's client stories, personal experiences, and key concepts from her decades of medical, scientific, and spiritual research into a major breakthrough. In addition to discovering how to create biochemical and cellular changes that support the physical manifestation of Your Heart s Most Treasured Desires, you'll have abundant resources to effortlessly attract the fulfillment you seek. For example, Dr. Oakes offers simple ways to:

• Send the Universe an "en-mail" (energetic email) so it can deliver exactly what you want and need.
• Stop energy leaks so you will feel more energetic, enthusiastic, and passionate.
• Develop an inner knowing and total certainty that you are attracting and creating all that you need and desire, including money.
• Transform time so it becomes your ally rather than your antagonist.

Uh, I think I'd pass on this one. It's a bit too "out there" for me.

Comments

[Jim]

I agree that first book sounds most interesting and practical.