Category Archives: Books

Reach Your Holiday Goals using Goldratt’s The Goal

Posted on December 23, 2019 by flybrand1976

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Alex Rogo used Theory of Constraints on his personal life – you can do the same to make the holidays easier. Continue reading →

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Book Review: Charles T. Munger’s Poor Charlie’s Almanack: Expanded Third Edition; Introduction and First Chapter

Posted on October 8, 2019 by flybrand1976

“Look for someone both smarter and wiser than you are.” Continue reading →

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Hourigan’s 2001 Review of Goldratt’s The Goal: Constraints in Context at the Management And Accounting Web (“MAAW”)

Posted on October 3, 2019 by flybrand1976

There are three top reviews for Eliyahu Goldratt’s classic book, The Goal: The Theory of Constraints Institute review A 2001 review of The Goal by Chris Hourigan from the University of South Florida for the Management And Accounting Web (“MAAW”) … Continue reading →

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Benoit Mandelbrot’s The Fractalist: Chapter by Chapter, Page by Page Review of an Excellent Autobiography

Posted on October 1, 2019 by flybrand1976

Mandelbrot’s breadth of work, language skills, and clarity make his autobiography a pleasure to read. Highlighting my favorite sentence on a page was my first step in an effort to improve my own writing. This led to page by page, … Continue reading →

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Mandelbrot’s The Fractalist, Part 3: Chapters 21 – 29, “My Life’s Fruitful Third Stage” (1958 – 2010)

Posted on September 25, 2019 by flybrand1976

There is a grace and tact to Mandelbrot’s writing instilled from his upbringing – he has not written a ‘final’ part, simply ‘Part 3.’ Condensing the life of someone that unlocked so much knowledge starts to feel hopeless – he … Continue reading →

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Mandelbrot’s The Fractalist, Afterword

Posted on September 24, 2019 by flybrand1976

Mandelbrot achieved a great deal, but felt his whole life that there was much more discovery that he could have given the world. The afterword closes out with the topics he had hoped to touch on, but was unable to … Continue reading →

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Mandelbrot’s The Fractalist, Chapter 29: Beauty and Roughness: Full Circle

Posted on September 23, 2019 by flybrand1976

With only the Afterword left, these are the final words written by Mandelbrot. He begins with a weighty reflection about his 86 years of life, and closes with a wink to the reader, that the ‘fractal’ hints that were sprinkled … Continue reading →

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Mandelbrot’s The Fractalist, Chapter 28: Has My Work Founded the First-Ever Broad Theory of Roughness?

Posted on September 22, 2019 by flybrand1976

“An important turn in my life occurred when I realized that something I had long been stating in footnotes should be put on the marquee.” Benoit Mandelbrot Continue reading →

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Mandelbrot’s The Fractalist, Chapter 27: At Yale: Rising to the University’s Highest Rank, Sterling Professorship, 1987–2004

Posted on September 21, 2019 by flybrand1976

Mandelbrot’s time at Yale is punctuated with the institution’s highest honor. He observes twice, both in his life and in the goals identified by Yale’s math department that there was a strategy for setting out on goals that were ‘odd … Continue reading →

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Mandelbrot’s The Fractalist, Chapter 26: A Word and a Book: “Fractal” and The Fractal Geometry of Nature

Posted on September 20, 2019 by flybrand1976

Coining the word ‘fractal’ has been foreshadowed from the early chapters – such as Mandelbrot’s study of Latin as a youth and his education in the US near pioneers of newly named fields like biochemistry. He compares his writing style … Continue reading →

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