I am often asked where I get the ideas or inspiration for my blog editions. The answer is I usually stay very alert to what is going on in the world and from reading all kinds of books about all types of subject matter. The latter is the impetus for this writing. I was reading Bell Hooks’ book TEACHING CRITICAL THINKING; PRACTICAL WISDOM and a

Synopsis The book that shows how to get the job done and deliver results . . . whether you're running an entire company or in your first management job Larry Bossidy is one of the world's most acclaimed CEOs, a man with few peers who has a track record for delivering results Library Journal Bossidy, an award-winning executive at General Electric and Allied Signal, came out of retirement to

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True measures of money, business and Life For a critical element of American society, including many of its wealthiest and most powerful, there seems to be no limit today on what "enough" entails. The excesses are most starkly visible in the continuing crisis in banking and investment, and even in the two enormous government-sponsored (but publicly owned) mortgage lenders, to say nothing of the billion-dollar-plus annual paychecks

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