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Rhonda Byrne's The Secret: The Power (2010) is truly an incredibly bad book, simplistic, repetitive and divorced from real history, politics or economics, yet it has sold 19 million copies. A cynic might say that the real secret to wealth is writing a bestselling book that millions will buy. Her 2006 book The Secret sold more over 19 million copies and was translated into 46 languages, and she was also a guest on the Oprah Winfrey Show and many others on the daytime TV chat circuit. Like all self-help writers, she has a talent for publishing the same advice repeatedly in new books that claim to offer even greater insights than past philosophers and religious teachers and in 2007 Byrne wrote The Secret Gratitude Book, followed a year later by The Secret: Daily Teachings. Her latest offering is about 250 pages long and quickly appeared on the bestseller lists, which indicates the type of strong cult following that all publishers desire. Byrne's central thesis is that human beings can change their entire lives and have everything they want simply by wishing for it, including money, wealth, happiness, careers, and romantic relationships.

The philosophical position of "ethical egoism" is examined with reference to the moral question of abortion. Ethical egoism is defined in terms of its stated claim--that individuals should maximize rational self-interest--but also in terms of the universalist and Kantian ethical stances it has been constructed to oppose. The question of abortion is examined in light of how readily ethical egoism can redefine rational self-interest in order to justify any sort of ethical choice. The paper concludes that ethical egoism is not really a valid philosophical stance, as its terms are too elastic to provide any kind of meaningful criteria whereby to judge ethical behavior.

The role of data mining and analytics in marketing continues to challenge the privacy of consumers globally. Without effective controls for managing these many systems it is clear the consumer is at a disadvantage. The goal of this analysis is to show how digital privacy is a major issue for marketers to deal with today if they are to retain their credibility over the long-term.

This paper discusses Shirley Guthrie's work pertaining to systematic theology for the new millenium. It is a six page research paper focusing on what benefits systematic theology have for present day study of the church. People like Guthrie, paved the way for systematic theology as a main theological discipline. Systematic theology benefits the modern world versus biblical theology because of its reach and sources of information.

Given the highly confidential nature of the content management, pricing, product, service, and distribution data delivered to Ford Motor Company locations and the applications for order status, online ordering, and…

¶ … beliefs and ideas regarding a learning organization, including the definition of a learning organization, its characteristics, and what theory supports the philosophy of the learning organization.

Anorexia Nervosa is a serious eating disorder that affects millions of people all over the globe. The purpose of this discussion is to examine this disorder. We will begin by defining and characterizing anorexia nervosa.

On the most basic level, implementation is the action of putting a theory or concept into motion. Implementation involves many elements, including decision-making, communications, politics, budgeting, intergovernmental…

Evans-Pritchard was the founder and first president of the Association of Social Anthropologists. His seminal work on indigenous, African tribes has preserved a unique perspective of primitive societies or societies…

¶ … Dimensions of the Interactive Team," the authors explore what constitutes the ideal structure of a team and seek to illustrate its key features. The chapter explains the dimensions of interactive teaming, and…