VIRGINIA LEARNING CENTER

Fast "Brain Food" at the price of fast food. $1.99

 In the current recession many burger restaurants are offering burgers, tacos, and fries for $1-$1.99

 We've decided to follow their successful marketing strategy. In the past year we have beta tested a whole library of practical advice to readers from some of America's most successful people.  The response has been beyond our wildest imagination with readers coming from 39 countries - including the U.S., China, France, Great Britain, Germany, Korea, Japan, Brazil, Australia and Mexico.

  Starting with this new year, we've decided to offer access to our whole library generated by our exclusive interviews with sixty of America's most successful people - eight special White Paper reports for about the cost of a burger at McDonalds or Wendys for $1.99.

And starting in February, 2010 we  will add complete interview texts of our interviews with Robert Ludlum, James Michener and Julia Child at no extra cost. If you subscribe now, you will also be able to download these reports as well as the other eight White Papers at no extra cost.  We call these our lessons in life in tough times.

Learn new skills you can use socially and to build firmer business relationships and become a successful job hunter when necessary. You can learn to use  candor and self-deprecating stories to break down walls. Jimmy Carter tells one on himself -  about his wild ride on a runaway camel in Egypt.. Russell Baker, the former New York Times humor colonist is a master of when to use humor in conversation, and when you shouldn't. Mortimer Adler shows you how to discuss the invaluable skill of listening to others.

    Here are reports you can read as soon as your join our $l.99 library. That will still give you some change for a sausage biscuit at McDonald's and a baked potato with sour cream and chives at Wendy's.

BECOME YOUR CHILDREN'S MENTOR  Bill Moyers believes its essential for parents to become mentors to their children, making them feel important. Beverly Sills talks about introducing kids  to opera. Jack Nicklaus describes the advantages of teaching your sons and daughters to play golf and the best starting ages.. Mickey Mantle pays homage to his dad for teaching him to be a switch hitter.

THE ART OF CONVERSATION   Many people feel uncomfortable making small talk and meeting new people. But Dick Cavett has some ways of breaking the ice with style. Mortimer Adler stresses the importance of listening before you talk..

ON WRITING WELL    Let Robert Ludlum, author of the world's great thrillers, and Frances Mayes, author of the all-time New York Times Best Seller - Under the Tuscan Sun,  introduce you to the pleasures of writing - and  the skill of getting people to read what you write.

GETTING A NEW JOB IN 30 DAYS  Hal Gieseking will show you how to do it when you realize that looking for work is a full time job.

LEARNING TO LEAD   General and President Dwight D. Eisenhower found inspiring ways to lead armies and a country. You'll find ways to lead employees, clubs, churches to the most beneficial results for all.

HOW TO BE MORE CREATIVE   Escape from conventional thinking. Don't just think "out of the box." Invent a brand new box. Try on some ideas from Bill Moyers and Dr. Edward de Bono.

BECOMING YOUR "PERSONAL BEST"  Many people go through life operating on only four cylinders or just coasting downhill. Thomas J. Peters and Robert H. Waterman, Jr. (In Search of Excellence) and Beverly Sills offer ways of getting more out of life by setting higher goals for yourself.

COPING WITH CHANGE  What do you do if your life suddenly turns upside down - through divorce, loss of income, health problems. Dr. Leon Martell (Mastering Change) tells how to adjust and John Naisbitt (Megatrends) provides a periscope-look of what may lie ahead.

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