TANYA FREEDMAN

Time / Stress Management Resources – Books, Web sites and Organizations –

Compiled by Tanya Freedman for one of her Stress Management Presentations at Seneca Entreprneurial Center, Richmond Hill, Ontario.

Books:

Websites:
CHECK THIS ONE FIRST: http://www.tm.org/resource-pages/61-is-a-stress-free-life-possible

- Indepth information on all aspects of recognizing and dealing with stress: http://www.mentalhealth.com/mag1/p51-str.html

- About: Small Business, Canada – Make Stress Work for You: 10 Weeks to a More Successful You: http://sbinfocanada.about.com/library/success/nweek8.htm
- Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety – this site has many helpful articles:  http://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/psychosocial/stress.html
 - Lucy MacDonald is a counsellor who offers help over the telephone, and her site is filled with information and her seminars: http://www.lucymacdonald.com/
 - Wellness is Managing Stress: http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/clients/sub.cfm?source=health/wellness/5
 - Helpguide.org offers help with coping with stress, anxiety and other related issues: www.helpguide.org/mental/stress_management_relief_coping.htm
 - The Stress Management Society: although based in UK, the website has valuable information that can help. http://www.stress.org.uk/
- Great indepth resource, of all aspects of stress, including anger management: http://www.anger.co.za/Stress_Management/stress_management.html
 - http://www.tm.org/resource-pages/61-is-a-stress-free-life-possible
 - Stress Management website with articles that show the link between poor timemanagement to poor stress management: http://www.managementhelp.org/prsn_wll/stress.htm
http://www.mindtools.com/smpage.html  - 
 
http://stress.about.com/

http://www.optimalhealthconcepts.com/Stress

http://www.pp.okstate.edu/ehs/links/stress.htm

BOOKS & RESOURCES: Strategizing, Self Help and More:

• Understanding Yourself and Others: An Introduction to Temperament by Linda V. Berens (Telos Publications, 2000)
• Six Thinking Hats by Edward de Bono (Penguin Books, 1985)
• I am Right You are Wrong by Edward de Bono (Penguin Books, 1990)
• Do What You Are by Paul D Tieger & Barbara Barron-Tieger (Little Brown & Co., 1992)
• Treating Type A Behavior and Your Heart by Meyer Friedman & Ray H Rosenman, (Fawcett Crest, 1984)
• How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie (Simon & Schuster, 1984)
• How To Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie (Simon & Schuster, 1981)
• The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking by Dale Carnegie (Simon & Schuster, 1962)
• Enrich Your Life the Dale Carnegie Way by Arthur R Pell (Dale Carnegie & Assoc. 1979)
  
• Taking Care of Business by Heather Robertson (Fenn Pub. Co., 1997)
• How to Avoid Business Failure by Helen Beare (Sheldon Press, 1993)
• The home-based entrepreneur by Linda Pinson (Upstart, 1993)
• The complete Book of Small Business Management forms by Dan Sitarz (Nova Pub. Co., 2002)
• Avoiding Mistakes in Your Small Business by David Karlson (Crisp Pub., 1994)
• Kick Start Your Dream Business by Romanus Wolter (2001) Publisher Ten Speed Press, USA.
• Launching Your First Small Business, by CCH Business (CCH Incorporated,  2003)
• Business for Beginners by Frances McGuckin, (1998)
• Big Ideas For Growing Your Small Business by Frances McGuckin (2001)  Publisher:McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd
• Cases in small Business Management: a strategic problems approach by John Edward DeYoung (Upstart Pub. Co., 1994)
• Anatomy of a Start-up: Why some New Businesses Succeed and Others Fail by Elizabeth K. Longsworth (Inc Pub, 1991)
  
  

Chapter 1: Getting Your Business Started

• Bizymoms — “Jobs, business opportunities, home business ideas for moms.”

 Web resources for registering your business (Canada)

• Government of Canada — The official website. Contains Canadian Law information, with links to any agencies and government departments nationwide. Search for information on starting a business in Canada.
• Canada Business — Government of Canada website outlining programs and services for entrepreneurs. Contains comprehensive information on all aspects of business for Canadians and non-Canadians. This page covers everything you need to research, register, and run your business in Canada.
• Business Start-Up Assistant — Information by province on starting a business in Canada.

Specific information for Ontario

• Service Ontario — Click on the link to “Your Business from Start to Finish.” This website is not specific to art-related subjects, but will help you define, develop, and grow your business, and explains the various services offered by the Ontario government.

Chapter 2: Becoming a Multifaceted Entrepreneur

• About.com page on developing your career as an artist/painter — This has many art-related articles that should help you pose and answer the right questions regarding your new venture. Among the subjects I found informative were those about setting up and designing your own art website, taking digital photos of your paintings, and good habits of an artist.
• Questia.com — Online library of articles and books. “Art” contains many subcategories including art teaching, therapy, symbolism.

• "Taming the Paper Tiger at Home” & “Taming the Paper Tiger at Work” by Barbara Hemphill  (The Kiplinger Washington Editors, 1998)
• Organizing from the Inside Out by Julie Morganstern  (Henry Holt, 1998)
• Putting the One Minute Manager to Work by Kenneth Blanchard and Robert Lorber (Simon & Schuster, 1995)
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R Covey (Simon & Schuster, 1989)
• The Procrastinator’s Guide to Success by Lynn Lively  (McGraw Hill, 1999)
• Clutter’s Last Stand by Don Aslett (Adama Media, 2005)
• How to Get Control of your Time and Your Life by Alan Lakein (New American Library, 1973)
• Home Management 101 by Debbie Williams (Champion Press,  2001)
• Focus Like a Laser Beam by Lisa Haneberg (ASTD Press,  2006)
• Coaching Basics by Lisa Haneberg (ASTD Press, 2006). For link go to Lisa ’s web site: www.lisahaneberg.com
• Living the 80/20 Way by Richard Koch (Nicholas Brealey Pub., 2005)
• Run Your Business So It Does Not Run You by Linda Leigh Francis (Borah Press, 2000)
• Time Management for Dummies by Jeffrey J Mayer (IDG Books Worldwide, 1995)