Review - Harmonic Wealth by James Arthur Ray

If you have read the book or seen the movie The Secret then you will have already seen or read James Arthur Ray’s opinions about the Law of Attraction as he was one of the many contributors. However, Harmonic Wealth is far more than another of the countless books that have sprung up in the wake of The Secret’s incredible success.

The content and structure of Harmonic Wealth is divided into the so called “five pillars of wealth” which the author believes are essential to a harmonious and wealthy life. On the face of it this makes perfect sense as it is pointless in having lots of money if we are in poor health or have nobody to share it with.

In order to grasp more of what the book is about it might be a good idea for me to outline the five pillars:

Financial – income, savings etc. These are the obvious things that spring to mind when most people think of wealth; but have you stopped to consider exactly how much you need, or more specifically, want?

Relational – your relationship with yourself and those around you. Not just your marriage, your children and family, but also the relationships you have from day to day with everybody you come into contact with; including work colleagues and even the checkout operator at the supermarket.

Mental – are you of the opinion that your education finished when you left school or college? Or perhaps you are a voracious reader and have a constant hunger for knowledge? Personally, I would tend to agree with the author when he suggests that working on your mental ‘pillar’ can only help when it comes to increasing your overall wealth. It seems obvious, but is it really?

Physical – It stands to reason that if you are fit and healthy then you will have more potential to make the most of your time. After all; a person who is in poor health will not have the energy or inclination to enjoy any of the more physical pursuits that life has to offer. Have you paid attention to your physical well-being recently?

Spiritual – Just what does it mean to be more spiritual? Do you have to subscribe to one of the long established religions and keep up a structured routine of worship, or is there another way? James Arthur Ray’s writing on the subject will certainly give you some food for thought.

Conclusion
All in all I found Harmonic Wealth very enjoyable and at times enlightening and motivational reading. However, I did get the impression that the author was at times on his ‘soapbox’ – particularly when he is enthusing about his diet and his obvious obsession with wholesome and natural foods. I personally would not wish to subscribe to a carbon copy lifestyle as I believe that most things taken in moderation won’t do any harm. It’s only a minor criticism though, and does not detract from the overall quality of the book.

If you’re like me and like to regularly top up your positive thinking levels while also relaxing with a good book, then Harmonic Wealth will be right up your street। The five pillars of wealth seem like obvious good sense and I’m sure that paying attention to each of them, with a sprinkling of common sense, can help us all to live happier and wealthier lives.

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Is Magento the Rubik's Cube for Web Developers?

If you haven't heard of it, Magento is the latest all singing and dancing open source eCommerce solution. The features are far and away the best available for any serious online store and quite frankly blow the competition clean out of the water. Being open source, it is also FREE (which as you might know, I am always keen on!). So for a tight-wad Web developer it would appear to be the ideal platform for creating new eCommerce sites.

However, there seems to be one huge problem which is scuppering many potential users before they even get into the starting gates... The installation process is an absolute nightmare!

Me, myself, and indeed I, (left brain, right brain and no brain) have wasted more than a couple of hours trying to install a working copy of Magento. Initially I was quite excited at the prospect of having such a wonderful open source eCommerce platform to experiment with, but my excitement has now made a hasty retreat and I am left feeling very frustrated and wondering if Magento is really worth the investment of time and concentration required - If you think I'm overstating things, then check out the Magento help forums where you will see all sorts of queries and virtual head scratching from equally frustrated wannabe Magento users. In fact; at the time of writing there are currently 4026 threads in the Installation Problems topic alone!

Now I'm not new to installing scripts and I have successfully negotiated my way around quite a few different eCommerce, Content Management, PHP and MySQL packages and there are occasionally little 'quirks' which have to be addressed. But Magento is in a whole different league IMO and makes the Rubik's Cube look like one of those kid's join-the-dots puzzles.

Call me cynical, and many do, but I can't help thinking that this difficulty is sustaining the professional installation service touted from the Magento home page and currently costing $149. If this Open Source package is as good as it is supposed to be, then the price of installation is small beer and I wouldn't begrudge it for a moment, but I really would like to try before I buy.

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Ever wondered how you can link to your own Website from an eBay item listing without breaking the rules and getting your listing, or even worse your account, banned?

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