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Thursday, February 28, 2013
Monday, February 18, 2013
Notes: y Robert J. Ringer
Million Dollar Habits
by Robert J. Ringer
Intro:
A. The first major premise of the book is that success isn't dependent upon one's being blessed with
superior intelligence or special skills, nor does formal education, hard work or luck play a mjor role
in an individual's climb toward success.
Breaks float in and out of people's livesevery day without being exploited or even noticed.
B. The second major premise is that the difference between success and failure is not nearly as great
as most people belive.
C. The third major premise: Sucess is a matter of understanding and religiously practicing specific,
simple habits that always lead to success.
This is exciting because:
i) It works and
ii) habits can be learnedby anyone who is willing to put forth the necessary effort.
Remamber life is nothing more than the sum total of many successful days. That's why practicing
simple success habits day in and day out is the most certain way to win over the longterm.
You can't coast. You've got to do it everyday. Practice these habits that lead to positive results-
results that are in your longterm best interests. These habits will take effort to acq uire and
practice so don't expect a free ride.
Chapter Summaries:
Chapter One: The Reality Habit
Reality is the foundation for every other habit so for the ideas, strategies, and information Ringer
discusses in his book to be of maximum benefit to you, the reader, you must develop the Reality Habit.
Positive results are rare, if you harbour a faulty perception of reality. Reality is nothing more
than truth but people often try to make true what they love, what they want to see versus what is...
Most people try to crete a world in their minds based on what they would like the world to be like
rather than what it is truly like... Fantasy. There is one reality...
Chapter two: The Attitude habit
Chapter Three: The Perspctive habit
Chapter Four: The Present Living Habit
Chapter Five The Morality Habit
Chapdter Six: The Human Relations Habit
Chapter Seven: The Simplicity Habit
Chapter Eight: The Drain People Elimination Habit
Chapter Nine: The Self-Discipline Habit
Chapter Ten: The Action Habit
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
One Minute Manager Slide Show
2nd secret is One Minute Praising
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Source:
One Minute Manager
http://www.slideshare.net/shrotriyarakesh/One-Minute-Manager
"The One Minute Manager" by Ken Blanchard
By Kevin Ohannessian
|December 26, 2011
We continue our examination of the business book The One Minute Manager with an interview of author Ken Blanchard. Why did he write a business fable rather than a nonfiction book, and what makes a good business book stand out?
What was the impetus for you to write The One Minute Manager?
I met Spencer Johnson at a cocktail party. He had written a bunch of children's books as part of a series called Value Tales--The Value of Determination: The Story of Helen Keller, The Value of Believing in Yourself: The Story of Louis Pasteur, The Value of Humor: The Story of Will Rogers. My wife met Spencer first and hand-carried him over to me. She said, "You guys ought to write a children's book for managers. They won't read anything else." So that was really the impetus for our book. I invited him to a seminar I was doing the following Monday and he sat in the back and laughed. Afterward he came up and said, "Forget The One Minute Parent"--which was the book he was working on at the time--"let's do The One Minute Manager."
Because it was all about simple truths that really resonated with people. I can't tell you how many people have said, "I should have written this book. I knew those three secrets." The reality is that One Minute Goal Setting, One Minute Praising, and One Minute Reprimands/Redirection are the key elements of managing your kids, your marriage, your friendships--everything.
What are the virtues of doing a business fable rather than a straight business book?
When you write a business fable, people get caught up in the story and don't get judgmental about what you're teaching them. If you're teaching a bunch of concepts, people get skeptical and say, "Where'd you get that research?" But if you tell them a story, they get caught up in it while they learn.
Do you feel like business fables are still relevant in today's business world?
Absolutely. I'm still writing fables. So are Spencer Johnson, Patrick Lencioni, and others. People love them, because they can pass them around, share about them with others, and easily get buy-in on concepts told in the story format.
How has your process changed from One Minute Manager to later books like Lead with LUV?
Lead with LUV is the first book I've ever done that's just a pure conversation between my coauthor and me. Colleen Barrett (President Emerita of Southwest Airlines) is such a special person, it just didn't seem right to write a fable around her. I thought it was best to let people get to know her. The best way to do that was by interviewing her and dialoguing with her throughout the book.
What makes a good business book stand out from all the others?
A good business book teaches simple truths. People don't have time to figure out complicated approaches to dealing in this rapid-fire world. They want to know: "What is the 20% that's going to give me 80 percent?"
What are your three favorite business books, and why?
Of course there are many books I love, but the three that come to mind are The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni, Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson, and The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey. Why do I like these books in particular? Because they teach simple truths in a way that you can understand and apply right away. Patrick Lencioni, Spencer Johnson, and Stephen Covey are great communicators. I love to read what they write and try to apply what I learn in my own life.
Ken Blanchard is the author, with Spencer Johnson, of The One Minute Manager.
Source:
Leadership Hall of Fame: Ken Blanchard, Author of "The One Minute Manager" | Fast Company
http://www.fastcompany.com/1725869/leadership-hall-fame-ken-blanchard-author-one-minute-manager
Sunday, February 10, 2013
The Art of the Personal Essay: An Anthology from the Classical Era to the Present (9780385423397): Phillip Lopate: Books
For more than four hundred years, the personal essay has been one of the richest and most vibrant of all literary forms.
Distinguished from the detached formal essay by its friendly, conversational tone, its loose structure, and its drive toward candor and self-disclosure, the personal essay seizes on the minutiae of daily life-vanities, fashions, foibles, oddballs, seasonal rituals, love and disappointment, the pleasures of solitude, reading, taking a walk -- to offer insight into the human condition and the great social and political issues of the day.
The Art of the Personal Essay is the first anthology to celebrate this fertile genre.
By presenting more than seventy-five personal essays, including influential forerunners from ancient Greece, Rome, and the Far East, masterpieces from the dawn of the personal essay in the sixteenth century, and a wealth of the finest personal essays from the last four centuries, editor Phillip Lopate, himself an acclaimed essayist, displays the tradition of the personal essay in all its historical grandeur, depth, and diversity.
Phillip Lopate (born 1943) is an American film critic, essayist, fiction writer, poet, and teacher.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillip_Lopate
Source of review:
Amazon.com: The Art of the Personal Essay: An Anthology from the Classical Era to the Present (9780385423397): Phillip Lopate: Books
Discovery! The Search for Arabian Oil
We bought this book today in the Salvation army bookstore... that is the 1971 version! as abridged for Aramco World magazine
Discovery! The Search for Arabian Oil is a non-fiction book written by Pulitzer Prize winning American author Wallace Stegner.
Written by Stegner in the late 1950s the book was originally serialized in fourteen parts in the magazine Saudi Aramco World in 1970-71 and later published in Beirut Lebanon in 1971 in a limited press run.
In 2005 Selwa Press asked Aramco for permission to license this work and present it as an illustrated, fully annotated edition that was released in hardcover in September 2007, the first time it was published in the US.
In late 2007 Selwa's right to publish the book under Stegner's name was questioned by the author's former agent, as well as by Stegner's son and by a biographer.[1]
The book outlines the history of Aramco and the story of the first discoveries of oil in the Persian Gulf region and Saudi Arabia.
Stegner wrote a detailed history of the first contacts between representatives from the American oil company Casoc (or Socal) and King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia and his concessions to the company to search for oil in the kingdom in the 1930s.
The 1930s Kingdom of Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud was a conservative country skeptical of outsiders and the homeland of Islam's main pilgrimige sites and holy cities of Mecca and Medina.
The King was also interested in oil exploration though and made concessions to several companies, allowing them to explore for oil in the Kingdom. Discovery! outlines how American oil officials agreed to share profits with the King, train employees, build roads and towns, and eventually turn Aramco into a Saudi run and owned company in return for revenue and exclusive oil rights.
Following several negotiations outlined in Stegner's book and especially with the help of ex-English intelligence officer and Muslim convert St. John Philby the American company and the Saudi King agreed to partner.
Stegner's book details the lives of some of the American families who were part of this oil exploration and the unique set of circumstances that they faced living in Saudi Arabia as well as the effect that these families and employees had on the native population of Saudi Arabia.
He also outlines the beginnings of a relationship between US business and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from the 1930s through the end of World War II.
According to Discovery!'s new introduction officials at the company were hesitant to publish the manuscript due to the political situation in the Middle East with the nationalization of the Suez canal and the pan-Arabism of Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt.
The manuscript remained unpublished until a company editor found it in 1967.
Stegner and Aramco compromised on the contents of the book and it began being published in serial form in Saudi Aramco World magazine in 1970.
Stegner's hesitations on writing a public relations campaign for a company were included in the book as well as some of his critiques.
The book was released worldwide in September 2007 with additional annotations, a bibliography, an introduction by author and journalist Thomas Lippman and unreleased photographs.
Publisher Tim Barger said that Stegner had given that approval when the book was serialized in an Aramco magazine in the 1960s. The author also approved an Aramco-published book in 1971.
But the author's former agent, Carl Brandt, who represents Stegner's estate, called the book "a bowdlerized version of what Wally wrote," and Stegner's son Page said that material critical of Aramco or considered offensive to the company's Saudi partners was removed.
Stegner biographer Philip Fradkin said that Stegner was paid for his work and had accordingly permitted an Aramco-published version but did not want that version published as a trade book.[1]
Stegner's original draft now resides at the University of Utah. Barger said that Aramco would never agree to the publication of Stegner's original draft.[1]
Source:
Discovery! The Search for Arabian Oil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery!_The_Search_for_Arabian_Oil
| Discovery! The Search for Arabian Oil | |
|---|---|
 1st edition (1971) | |
| Author(s) | Wallace Stegner |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | History |
| Publisher | Selwa Press |
| Publication date | 1971/2007 |
| Media type | |
| ISBN | 978-0-9701157-4-4 |
| OCLC Number | 71809060 |
| Dewey Decimal | 338.2/7282/09538 22 |
| LC Classification | HD9576.S35 A77 2007 |
Discovery! The Search for Arabian Oil is a non-fiction book written by Pulitzer Prize winning American author Wallace Stegner.
Written by Stegner in the late 1950s the book was originally serialized in fourteen parts in the magazine Saudi Aramco World in 1970-71 and later published in Beirut Lebanon in 1971 in a limited press run.
In 2005 Selwa Press asked Aramco for permission to license this work and present it as an illustrated, fully annotated edition that was released in hardcover in September 2007, the first time it was published in the US.
In late 2007 Selwa's right to publish the book under Stegner's name was questioned by the author's former agent, as well as by Stegner's son and by a biographer.[1]
The book outlines the history of Aramco and the story of the first discoveries of oil in the Persian Gulf region and Saudi Arabia.
Stegner wrote a detailed history of the first contacts between representatives from the American oil company Casoc (or Socal) and King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia and his concessions to the company to search for oil in the kingdom in the 1930s.
Contents |
Book Summary
The book outlines the beginnings of the discovery of oil in the Persian Gulf during the 1930s by oil companies from around the world. The exploration for oil took place during the depression of the 1930s and companies in the US and other countries were hesitant to spend resources looking for oil. During the 1930s the Persian Gulf, aside from Saudi Arabia, was primarily controlled by the British military and British companies operating in public interest.The 1930s Kingdom of Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud was a conservative country skeptical of outsiders and the homeland of Islam's main pilgrimige sites and holy cities of Mecca and Medina.
The King was also interested in oil exploration though and made concessions to several companies, allowing them to explore for oil in the Kingdom. Discovery! outlines how American oil officials agreed to share profits with the King, train employees, build roads and towns, and eventually turn Aramco into a Saudi run and owned company in return for revenue and exclusive oil rights.
Following several negotiations outlined in Stegner's book and especially with the help of ex-English intelligence officer and Muslim convert St. John Philby the American company and the Saudi King agreed to partner.
Stegner's book details the lives of some of the American families who were part of this oil exploration and the unique set of circumstances that they faced living in Saudi Arabia as well as the effect that these families and employees had on the native population of Saudi Arabia.
He also outlines the beginnings of a relationship between US business and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from the 1930s through the end of World War II.
History of the Book
The first manuscript was written by Stegner in 1956 and was submitted to Aramco shortly thereafter.According to Discovery!'s new introduction officials at the company were hesitant to publish the manuscript due to the political situation in the Middle East with the nationalization of the Suez canal and the pan-Arabism of Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt.
The manuscript remained unpublished until a company editor found it in 1967.
Stegner and Aramco compromised on the contents of the book and it began being published in serial form in Saudi Aramco World magazine in 1970.
Stegner's hesitations on writing a public relations campaign for a company were included in the book as well as some of his critiques.
The book was released worldwide in September 2007 with additional annotations, a bibliography, an introduction by author and journalist Thomas Lippman and unreleased photographs.
Controversy
Questions have arisen over Selwa Press' legal right to publish the book with Stegner's name attached. The dispute centers over whether a 1958 contract between the author and Aramco required Stegner's approval before his name could be used.Publisher Tim Barger said that Stegner had given that approval when the book was serialized in an Aramco magazine in the 1960s. The author also approved an Aramco-published book in 1971.
But the author's former agent, Carl Brandt, who represents Stegner's estate, called the book "a bowdlerized version of what Wally wrote," and Stegner's son Page said that material critical of Aramco or considered offensive to the company's Saudi partners was removed.
Stegner biographer Philip Fradkin said that Stegner was paid for his work and had accordingly permitted an Aramco-published version but did not want that version published as a trade book.[1]
Stegner's original draft now resides at the University of Utah. Barger said that Aramco would never agree to the publication of Stegner's original draft.[1]
External links
- AP story: "Dispute Over Long-Buried Stegner Book" Dec 2007
- "Discovery! The Story Of Aramco Then" Chapter 1: Contact Serialized in Saudi Aramco World magazine 1968 (Original edited version)
- Houston Chronicle review: "Rediscovering Discovery! After 50 years, Wallace Stegner's story of Saudi Arabian oil is out in book form for a U.S. audience"
- KPBS-FM article and radio interview of Publisher Tim Barger, September 2007
- Selwa Press
References
- ^ a b c Thompson, Bob (2007-11-29). "Was This 'Discovery!' Meant to Be Found?". The Washington Post: pp. C01. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
Source:
Discovery! The Search for Arabian Oil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery!_The_Search_for_Arabian_Oil
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Security Analysis
Warren Buffett might disagree....
Graham and Dodd
From Security Analysis, 1940 edition:
“These intricacies of corporate accounting and financial policies undoubtedly provide a broad field for the activities of the securities analyst. There are unbounded opportunities for shrewd detective work, for critical comparisons, for discovering and pointing out a state of affairs quite different from that indicated by the publicized “per-share earnings.” That this work may be of exceeding value cannot be denied. In a number of cases it will lead to a convincing conclusion that the market price is far out of line with intrinsic or comparative worth and hence to profitable action based upon this sound foundation. But it is necessary to caution the analyst against overconfidence in the practical utility of his findings. It is always good to know the truth, but it may not always be wise to act upon it, particularly in Wall Street. And it must always be remembered that the truth that the analyst uncovers is first of all not the whole truth and, secondly, not the immutable truth. The result of his study is only a more nearly correct version of the past. His information may have lost its relevance by the time he acquires it, or in any event by the time the market place is finally ready to respond to it.”
Matt Dawson: a tiger for self promotion...
This blog is full of great illustrations and is worth a visit. My interest is not motivated by anything other than appreciation of the originality and creativity of the blogger's art.
By way of helping Matt woith his self-promotion:
Source:
Matt Dawson: a tiger for self promotion...
http://mattdawsonblog.blogspot.ca/2013/02/a-tiger-for-self-promotion.html
Friday, February 1, 2013
List to Follow to create momentum in the 'right' direction:
1. - Study less, more. Specific knowledge is valuable. Being a wandering generality pays no bills.
2. -Get organized. Know what comes first: Vision, Goals, Priorities, To Do Lists
3. -Remember space is the new luxury; minimalism
4. - Keep your life simple and sane
5. - Smart goals: specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, time-bound
6. - Use practice and repetition
7. - Remember to seek progress over perfection
8. - Do a little every day to achieve your goals.
9. - Learn success habits (stating with R. Ringer)
10. - Practice these simple habits, day in and day out, to create momentum in the direction of your vision.
11. - Focus. Stay on topic when reading and researching on the web.
12. - Balance
13. - Differentiate between the Clock and the Compass
14. - S. Covey Effective Habits:
Habit 1: Be Proactive
Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind
Habit 3: Put First Things First
Habit 4: Think Win-Win
Habit 5: Seek First to Understand
Habit 6: Synergize
Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw
10 quotes from Stephen Covey that have the power to completely change the direction of one’s life.
1) The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.
2) The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
3) Live out of your imagination, not your history.
4) Trust is the glue of life. It’s the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It’s the foundational principle that holds all relationships.
5) Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.
6) I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.
7) You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage—pleasantly, smilingly, nonapologetically, to say “no” to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger “yes” burning inside. The enemy of the “best” is often the “good.”
8) I teach people how to treat me by what I will allow.
9) Love is a verb. Love – the feeling – is the fruit of love the verb or our loving actions. So love her.
10) Live, love, laugh, leave a legacy.
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Source:
Stephen Covey: 10 Quotes That Can Change Your Life - Forbes
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinkruse/2012/07/16/the-7-habits/
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