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Most Helpful Personal & Professional Self-Help Books
As a professional coach, speaker and author I'm always on the lookout for books that provide new insights and ways to solve old problems. Here are a few favourites.
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Unlock Your Deliverance: Keys to Freedom From Demonic Oppression
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The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?
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Wild at Heart Expanded Edition: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
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The Tears of Things: Prophetic Wisdom for an Age of Outrage
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The Bait Of Satan: Living Free from the Deadly Trap of Offense
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New Morning Mercies: A Daily Gospel Devotional
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The Case for Christ
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Seeing the Supernatural: Investigating Angels, Demons, Mystical Dreams, Near-Death Encounters, and Other Mysteries of the Unseen World
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Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
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The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World
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John Mark Comer (Goodreads Author)
4.51 avg rating — 87,293 ratings
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Relaxed: Walking with the One Who Is Not Worried about a Thing
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Megan Fate Marshman (Goodreads Author)
4.52 avg rating — 2,413 ratings
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The Bible Recap: A One-Year Guide to Reading and Understanding the Entire Bible
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Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus, Become Like Him, Do As He Did
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John Mark Comer (Goodreads Author)
4.52 avg rating — 25,899 ratings
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Experience Jesus. Really: Finding Refuge, Strength, and Wonder through Everyday Encounters with God
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4.27 avg rating — 1,121 ratings
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Good Boundaries and Goodbyes: Loving Others Without Losing the Best of Who You Are
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Lysa TerKeurst (Goodreads Author)
4.34 avg rating — 14,870 ratings
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Living Fearless: Exchanging the Lies of the World for the Liberating Truth of God
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CSB She Reads Truth Bible
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Body of Proof: The 7 Best Reasons to Believe in the Resurrection of Jesus--and Why It Matters Today
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Jeremiah J. Johnston (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 916 ratings
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Fervent: A Woman's Battle Plan to Serious, Specific and Strategic Prayer
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4.46 avg rating — 19,919 ratings
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The Awe of God: The Astounding Way a Healthy Fear of God Transforms Your Life
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The Alchemist
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Paulo Coelho (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 3,466,115 ratings
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How to Win Friends & Influence People
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Soul Cure: How to Heal Your Pain and Discover Your Purpose
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The Jamange Line
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4.31 avg rating — 127 ratings
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Think and Grow Rich
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4.17 avg rating — 372,758 ratings
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Heaven - Bible Study for Women with Video Access: When Faith Becomes Sight
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Jennifer Rothschild (Goodreads Author)
4.32 avg rating — 600 ratings
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I'm Just Saying: A Guide to Maintaining Civil Discourse in an Increasingly Divided World
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Milan Kordestani (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 7,568 ratings
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Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial Destiny!
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Anthony Robbins (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 75,012 ratings
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Steve Jobs
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Walter Isaacson (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 1,338,764 ratings
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Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life...
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3.87 avg rating — 504,124 ratings
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The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth
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4.08 avg rating — 101,621 ratings
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How to Hack Back Your Mind: Reclaim Control Over Your Life
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Ramzi Najjar (Goodreads Author)
4.53 avg rating — 66 ratings
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How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships
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The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You
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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
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Non Violent Communication A Language of Life
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4.33 avg rating — 47,489 ratings
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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
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4.36 avg rating — 261,495 ratings
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The 16 Undeniable Laws of Communication: Apply Them and Make the Most of Your Message
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4.35 avg rating — 1,247 ratings
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The 4-Hour Workweek
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Timothy Ferriss (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 327,060 ratings
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The Ultimate Human Secrets: The Hidden Power in Our Mysterious Unconscious Knowledge
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Ramzi Najjar (Goodreads Author)
4.62 avg rating — 164 ratings
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The Secret (The Secret, #1)
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3.74 avg rating — 523,499 ratings
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The Echoes of Enigma: Illuminating Life's Profound Akashic Mysteries
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Ramzi Najjar (Goodreads Author)
4.83 avg rating — 29 ratings
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How to Hack Back Your Mind: Reclaim Control Over Your Life
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Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames
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Smart Brevity: The Power of Saying More with Less
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Surrounded by Idiots
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Thomas Erikson (Goodreads Author)
3.51 avg rating — 69,660 ratings
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Read People Like a Book: How to Analyze, Understand, and Predict People’s Emotions, Thoughts, Intentions, and Behaviors
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Never Get Angry Again: The Foolproof Way to Stay Calm and in Control in Any Conversation or Situation
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David J. Lieberman (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 1,863 ratings
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The Cow in the Parking Lot: A Zen Approach to Overcoming Anger
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Leonard Scheff (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 2,208 ratings
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The You Beyond You: The Knowledge of the Willing
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Ramzi Najjar (Goodreads Author)
4.33 avg rating — 297 ratings
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The Gifts of Imperfection
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Brené Brown (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 216,765 ratings
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Exactly What to Say: The Magic Words for Influence and Impact
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Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love
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The Power of Dao: A Timeless Guide to Happiness and Harmony
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Lou Marinoff (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 976 ratings
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Not Nice: Stop People Pleasing, Staying Silent, & Feeling Guilty... And Start Speaking Up, Saying No, Asking Boldly, And Unapologetically Being Yourself
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3.96 avg rating — 3,721 ratings
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How to Stop Worrying and Start Living: Time-Tested Methods for Conquering Worry
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You Can Heal Your Life
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4.15 avg rating — 84,556 ratings
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The Art of Happiness
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4.17 avg rating — 123,614 ratings
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As a Man Thinketh
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4.24 avg rating — 94,239 ratings
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Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
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Simon Sinek (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 260,699 ratings
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Don't Bite the Hook: Finding Freedom from Anger, Resentment, and Other Destructive Emotions
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4.34 avg rating — 2,205 ratings
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The Lighthouse Effect: How Ordinary People Can Have an Extraordinary Impact in the World
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Steve Pemberton (Goodreads Author)
4.28 avg rating — 6,264 ratings
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Triumph: Life on the Other Side of Trials, Transplants, Transition and Transformation
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Gregory S. Works (Goodreads Author)
4.27 avg rating — 7,248 ratings
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Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway
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Susan Jeffers (Goodreads Author)
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Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long
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The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts
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4.28 avg rating — 471,369 ratings
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What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
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God Is the Cure, Love Is the Answer: A Memoir
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Aimee Cabo Nikolov (Goodreads Author)
4.30 avg rating — 17,179 ratings
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The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
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Don't Sweat the Small Stuff ... and It's All Small Stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things From Taking Over Your Life
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Battlefield of the Mind: Winning the Battle in Your Mind
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The Art of War
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Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
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Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High
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The Emotion Code: How to Release Your Trapped Emotions for Abundant Health, Love, and Happiness
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Bradley Nelson (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 5,617 ratings
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Becoming the One: Heal Your Past, Transform Your Relationship Patterns, and Come Home to Yourself
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Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
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Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
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The Present: The Secret to Enjoying Your Work and Life, Now!
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Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
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Brené Brown (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 237,910 ratings
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Evolve like a Butterfly: A Metamorphic Approach to Leadership
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Mayur Ramgir (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?
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Meditations
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You Are the Placebo: Making Your Mind Matter
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The Boy in the Cellar
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The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery
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Brianna Wiest (Goodreads Author)
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Secret Slave: Kidnapped and abused for 13 years. This is my story of survival.
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Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
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David Epstein (Goodreads Author)
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Eat, Pray, Love
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Elizabeth Gilbert (Goodreads Author)
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As a Man Thinketh
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The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit
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First Things First
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The Art of Learning: A Journey in the Pursuit of Excellence
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The Life-Changing Manga of Tidying Up
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Marie Kondō (Goodreads Author)
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The Magic of Thinking Big
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The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results
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Gary Keller (Goodreads Author)
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Outwitting the Devil: The Secret to Freedom and Success
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MindHub: Personality Profiler
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Snapshot Systems (Goodreads Author)
4.34 avg rating — 74 ratings
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Daily Rituals: How Artists Work
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Mason Currey (Goodreads Author)
3.66 avg rating — 20,833 ratings
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thought i'd throw a few on here for people to consider - and now gotta make me another shelf of "maybes"
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