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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
Posted in Books, Business, Methods
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
Posted in Business, Marketing, Trust
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
Posted in Books, Business, Goldratt's The Goal
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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