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Book Review: Charles T. Munger’s Poor Charlie’s Almanack: Expanded Third Edition; Introduction and First Chapter
“Look for someone both smarter and wiser than you are.” Continue reading
Carnegie 20.3.11: How to Win Friends and Influence People – PRINCIPLE 11 Dramatize your ideas.
Carnegie 20.3.11: How to Win Friends and Influence People – PRINCIPLE 11 Dramatize your ideas. Pages 223 – 227 With Twitter, Instagram and Youtube – we live today in an age of showmanship and promotion. Carnegie’s guidance from 100 years … Continue reading
How to Win Friends and Influence People: Part 1, Ch 1 – PRINCIPLE 1 – “Don’t criticize, condemn 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 worse. Avoid it. Stop doing the wrong thing in your personal interactions – … Continue reading
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Tagged Carnegie, criticism, Failure, How to win friends and influence people, Lincoln, what not to do
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How to Win Friends and Influence People: Chapter 0a – Why was this book written?
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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Tagged Carnegie, How to win friends and influence people, leadership, Life, Persuasion, Positive, Sales
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Global Fluids: Kombucha, Probiotics and other Fermented Beverages
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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Tagged Alcohol, Beer, Beverage, Capacity, Fermentation, Fermented beverage, food, Kombucha, Liquor, Probiotics, Production, Wine
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8 Tools to Improve Communication
Communicating across cultures can be hard – these 8 simple tools make it easier. Continue reading
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Tagged Communcication, Culture, Language, Tools, Trust, Video Chat
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The Most Popular Guides to Goldratt’s The Goal
“Whenever people are not doing the obvious – it is my job to find the missing piece of the puzzle. Something is missing. What is it?” Continue reading
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Tagged Constraints, Goldratt, The Goal, Theory of Constraints, ToC
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The Goal – Chapter 06 – Improving Metrics Create Visibility
[Click for a chapter-by-chapter summary of the whole book.] [Video summary of Chapter 6.] Chapter 6 takes us back to the plant, where our narrator meets with his controller to re-evaluate financial numbers. Then he returns late to home where … Continue reading
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Tagged Constraint, Goldratt, The Goal, Theory of Constraints, ToC
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The Goal – Chapter 05 – The Worst Corporate Meeting
“They’re out there renting warehouses to store all the crap they’re buying so cost-effectively.” Continue reading
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Tagged Constraints, Goldratt, The Goal, ToC
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The Goal – Chapter 02 – Defining Process
A page by page review of the highlights of Chapter 2 of Goldratt’s classic, “The Goal” which introduces the Theory of Constraints. #toc Continue reading
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Tagged Goldratt, Manufacturing, Operations, Theory of Constraints, ToC
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