Here is a list and brief summary of some favorite personal growth websites:

http://www.willowcreek.org/news/summit03.asp Willow Creek puts on a Leadership Summit every year. I highly recommend that you attend it. Here are some notes I took from the 2003 Summit Notes I also developed a list of Self-Leadership questions inspired by a talk by Bill Hybels click here for the Self-Leadership Questions

www.daveramsey.com Dave Ramsey is a radio talk show host who is a personal finance guru and a good solid Christian. He is a big fan of becoming debt free, Medical Savings Accounts and other great ideas.

www.crown.org Larry Burkett and Crown Ministries combined websites to offer one killer website on tools for getting out of debt.

www.nightingale.com Online and offline catalog of self development audio tapes/cd's.

www.visionforum.com Vision building tools for the family. Great books, videos, games for teaching Christian character.

www.the-book-peddler.com Great site for home-schoolers and those just interested in enhancing your kids education.

www.classicalhomeschooling.com Similar to the site above. Has a list of the 1000 Best Children's Books.

www.tablegroup.com Patrick Lencioni's website with great articles on leadership. He is the author of The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team.

www.briantracy.com Brian has a set of tapes on time management called "Master Your Time". Best self development tapes I have ever listened to.

www.zigziglar.com Zig got me started on listening to tapes in the car. He says we should all turn our car's into a university on wheels.

www.jimrohn.com Jim has a unique and likeable style in his messages about philosophy of life. He teaches a very strong and needed personal responsibility message. Check out his set of tapes called; "The Art of Exceptional Living".

www.dankennedy.com Dan's site is a must read for any small business owner trying to develop a marketing strategy with a tight budget. His book The Ultimate Sales Letter teaches street-smart, proven strategies for direct mail. I have tried many of his ideas and they work extremely well.

www.robertallen.com Real Estate guru who teaches strategies for buying, selling and renting.

www.jimcollins.com Author of book Good to Great. This site has some good articles on leadership.

www.tompeters.com One of the best management authors of our day.

www.abraham.com Jay Abraham (direct marketing guru)

www.foxandcompany.com Jeffrey Fox's website with good sales and marketing articles. He is the author of the book How to Become a Rainmaker.

www.mackay.com Harvey MacKay's website.

www.platinumrule.com This site has a free personality profile quiz that tells you whether you are a driver, relater, socializer or thinker.

www.collegeboard.com Excellent resource for college financing (learn about 529 savings plans).

www.finaid.org Another great resource site for college financing (529 savings plans).

www.dinkytown.net/java/RetirementIncome.html More free financial calculators.

www.banksite.com/calc/retire Similar to the above two sites.

www.edmunds.com Excellent site for determining the value of a used car. Also provides window sticker info for when you trying to sell your own used car.

www.rate.net Shop interest rates for loans, mortgages, savings accounts, money markets, cd's for all the banks in the country.

www.bankrate.com Similar to the above site.

www.dictionary.com I visit this site weekly to learn new words I come across while reading.