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Entries from August 2009

The principle of Private

August 31st, 2009 · No Comments

It seems the word PRIVATE stood out to me this weekend, from book “Summerhill” to series “Boston Legal” to my Administrative Law homework the concept of Private has come up again and again.
It is a very powerful concept, it implies property right, a right of private association and a right to privacy. And yet it [...]

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Tags: Innovation

Book Review: Punished by Rewards by Alfie Kohn

August 27th, 2009 · No Comments

Punished by Rewards is by far the best book on motivation that I have ever read. Never mind that it could be one third the length and still make the same point.  It is still an extremely valuable book because it not only challenges current state of events, but does a great job of it.
The [...]

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Tags: 1. Entrepreneurial Management · 2. Engaged Manpower · Education · Great Books · Will

Book Review: A hat full of sky by Terry Pratchett

August 26th, 2009 · No Comments

While it took me about 20 pages to really get in to “A Hat Full of Sky,” I found myself really enjoying it and being pleasantly surprised with not being able to put it down until I was done reading. This book is a pretty good work of fiction, but it also has a number [...]

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Tags: 1. Entrepreneurial Management · 2. Engaged Manpower · 7. Exposure Mitigation · 8. Eternal Mission · Ability · Education · Great Books · Will

Pereseverance

August 20th, 2009 · No Comments

If there is one quality in people that can account for 90% of their success, this is it. People who can persevere, can accomplish just about anything. And here is the crazy part, no amount of brilliance or ability can substitute for the simple quality of perseverance.
To make it easier to persevere, I broke down [...]

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Why evangelical gospel does not work

August 18th, 2009 · No Comments

As I was working on the individual version of the Enterprise Matrix (E-M8), my mind shifted to something seemingly unrelated – the gospel. Not so much the message of it, but the process that is advocated. It became apparent to me why millions pray the sinner’s prayer, with only a small fraction having any kind of [...]

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Tags: 4. Effective Method