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How to Win Friends and Influence People: Pt 1, Ch 2 – PRINCIPLE 2 Give honest and sincere appreciation – “The Big Secret of Dealing with People”

Posted on June 30, 2019 by flybrand1976

Lincoln once began a letter saying: “Everybody likes a compliment.” Continue reading →

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How to Win Friends and Influence People: Part 1, Ch 1 – PRINCIPLE 1 – “Don’t criticize, condemn or complain.”

Posted on June 29, 2019 by flybrand1976

(Read a Summary of the Whole Book)(Carnegie Video Short: Don’t Criticize or Complain) “If You Want to Gather Honey, Don’t Kick Over the Beehive” PRINCIPLE 1 Don’t criticize, condemn or complain. Criticizing does not work and often makes people perform … Continue reading →

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How to Win Friends and Influence People: Chapter 0b – “Nine Suggestions on How to Get the Most Out of This Book”

Posted on June 28, 2019 by flybrand1976

Carnegie continues to lead the reader towards better people skills, laying out 9 easy rules which will improve the efficiency of his book. Continue reading →

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How to Win Friends and Influence People: Chapter 0a – Why was this book written?

Posted on June 27, 2019 by flybrand1976

This book bounces along with catchy stories and pacing – a page by page summary makes sharing Carnegie’s insights a delight. I smiled writing this and at the thought of the reader doing the same. Continue reading →

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The Goal Best Summary

Posted on June 25, 2019 by flybrand1976

Alex fixes his troubled plant with the help of his mentor, Jonah, who uses the Socratic method to explain a problem solving system.  The method they use is the Theory of Constraints that was created by the author – Eliyahu … Continue reading →

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5,000,000 Youtube Views for ‘Filtration’ – Tough Concepts the #1 Video Gets Right

Posted on June 24, 2019 by flybrand1976

5 million views is a lot for an industrial product – here are the concepts the top Youtube hit for ‘filtration’ got right. Continue reading →

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Global Fluids: Kombucha, Probiotics and other Fermented Beverages

Posted on June 20, 2019 by flybrand1976

There isn’t a clear annual volume for Kombucha, probiotics, or active beverages – but the category is clearly growing.  That will continue – the combination of authentic, healthy, not-bad-for-you (which is not simply the opposite of ‘healthy’), convenient, and ‘new’ … Continue reading →

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The Cliffs Notes Guide to Goldratt’s The Goal – Why Isn’t there one?

Posted on June 18, 2019 by flybrand1976

Purchasing CliffsNotes for highschool texts was a rush only outpaced by finding English copies of difficult to understand Spanish literature.  Why isn’t there one for Goldratt’s classic, The Goal? Here are my guesses: The legacy Goldratt institutions have defended the … Continue reading →

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Global Fluids and Volumes

Posted on June 18, 2019 by flybrand1976

How much water is on Earth? How much beer? How much human blood? Continue reading →

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8 Tools to Improve Communication

Posted on February 10, 2019 by flybrand1976

Communicating across cultures can be hard – these 8 simple tools make it easier. Continue reading →

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