The Best Free Training

Adobe’s PDF document format is everywhere! PDF stands for “Portable Document Format” and its used by publishers to distribute eBooks, user manuals, course study guides, and all sorts of documents. PDFs may be downloaded and displayed on computers, ebook readers, and many other hand-held devices.

Since most computers come with the free Adobe Reader software, almost everyone is able to view PDFs as soon as they turn on their device.  However, if you use Adobe’s free Reader software to view these documents, you won’t be able to make changes or annotations.

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(Above: A Sample eBook Page Annotated by PDF XChange Viewer)

Enter Tracker Software’s amazing free software, PDF-XChange Viewer.

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Topic: Lists of free audio & video resources from LearnOutLoud
Format: Free MP3 audios, videos & podcasts (free registration required)
Reviewer/email: Mike G – greers_pm@yahoo.com

LearnOutLoud is a GREAT place to find all kinds of free audio & video resources (MP3 files, podcasts, and more) to support your self-guided learning.  Their latest free emagazine featured a collection of links to summary lists of freebies they’ve published in the past. I’ll let them explain, below:

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Topic: Meditation: How, why, and tools
Format: Blog posts, podcasts, and links
Reviewer/email: Mike G – greers_pm@yahoo.com

If you’re like most of us, you wish your vacations would last much longer. In fact, I confess that I used to start feeling the dread of “vacation’s over” several days before my precious vacation was actually over.  I’ve since discovered, however, that my meditation practice provides me with brief, refreshing “daily vacations” every day.  So this year, why not use your official vacation time to learn to meditate? Unlike that sunburn and your empty wallet, your new meditation practice will continue providing daily benefits long after your official vacation’s just a memory.

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If you’ve had your fill of ranting talking heads, personalized and emotional attacks during political discussions, and the general negative tone of our recent political discourse, you’ll be delighted to learn about The Coffee Party’s “15 minute issues barometer” known as the SPHERE.

Comparing Two Different Political Perspectives Using The Coffee Party's SPHERES

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Topic: The Law of Attraction
Format: MP3 audio (1 hr. 47 min. download; free, but registration required)
Reviewer/email: Mike G – greers_pm@yahoo.com

This audio is flat out amazing! It’s a powerful, intelligent reading of all 16 Chapters of William Walker Atkinson’s 1906 Thought Vibration, or the Law of Attraction in the Thought World. This work is one of the foundations of the “new thought” principles that you might have come to know through the movie and book, The Secret, as well as all manner of publications related to the Law of Attraction. I originally downloaded this out of idle curiosity — to learn a bit about the roots of The Law of Attraction. But I was blown away by the crispness and vigor of Atkinson’s writing — the clean, direct expression and force of his ideas. And these are beautifully and energetically rendered by narrator David Mitchell.  This no soothing, sleepy, new-age audio — it’s an “in your face” tour-de-force that will challenge you to rethink what you believe about the way you think. And if you think you know all about The Law of Attraction, then this work is likely to surprise you with some new content and a sometimes edgy attitude. I loved it!

(See complete listing of Chapters, URLs, and related info below. Click “Read the rest of this entry”…)

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Below is a list of my 12 favorite posts from 2009. These were either 1) fun to research & write, or 2) particularly useful discoveries that I was eager to share. Some of these were both! Check them out and see what you think. I look forward to your Comments.

• Train Yourself for a Right Brain Workplace: Part 1, Background
• Train Yourself for a Right Brain Workplace: Part 2, Tools & Training
• Study Skills Guide from Education Atlas
• Microsoft’s Office Online Training
• eduFire: Absolute Freedom to Teach and Learn!
• Beginner’s Guide to Meditation: Part 1, Jon Kabat Zinn & Mindfulness
• Beginner’s Guide to Meditation: Part 2, Free Tools from Jet City Orange
• Anxiety or Rotting Fish? Retool & Give Something New to the World!
• Worth a Second Look: The Science of Happiness
• One Dozen Free Yoga Classes to Go!
• Stocking stuffers? Why not stuff an iPod or MP3 player with free learning challenges?
• The Best Free Training Named One of “100 Best Self-Education Sites for Switching Careers”

Topic: Filling an iPod or MP3 player with free learning materials as a holiday gift
Format: Collection of links and info
Reviewer/email: Mike G – greers_pm@yahoo.com

Here’s an idea for a low-cost, high-value holiday gift: Instead of stuffing a stocking, get a bargain iPod or MP3 player and fill it with free learning challenges. Then you’ll be giving one of the most valuable gifts of all: the gift of helping someone learn something new and expand their world!

In this post, we show you how to find a good, low-cost MP3 player and how you can fill it with free learning challenges on just about any topic you can imagine.

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