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How to Win Friends and Influence People: Carnegie’s 3 “In a Nutshell...
Carnegie’s book begins with three fundamental techniques for handling people – 1/ don’t critize, 2/ give sincere appreciative, 3/ arouse an eager want. Part One: Fundamental Techniques in Handling...
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Carnegie 08.2.5: How to Win Friends and Influence People: Pt 2, Chapter 8 –...
There is no better way to learn about someone than to prod them into telling you about their favorite things. Vacations, hobbies, pets, loved ones and fears – one of the best ways to help someone...
View ArticleCarnegie 11.3.02: How to Win Friends and Influence People – PRINCIPLE 2 Show...
Pages 151 – 163 Carnegie 11.3.2, Pt 3 – PRINCIPLE 2 Show respect for the other person’s opinions. Never say, “You’re wrong.” – A Sure Way of Making Enemies—and How to Avoid It Best Quote An adult to...
View ArticleCarnegie 12.3.03: PRINCIPLE 3 If you are wrong, admit it quickly and...
Pages 164 – 171. Mistakes are often a constraint in developing a mutual understanding. If two people think they are working towards a common goal and one person blocks that process by mistakes – then...
View ArticleCarnegie 15.3.06: PRINCIPLE 6 Let the other person do a great deal of the...
Pages 190 – 195. Carnegie builds off Principle 5 – once the other party is saying “yes” – encourage them to talk. Use your conversational skills to keep them going, and rather than lecture them about...
View ArticleCarnegie 17.3.08: How to Win Friends and Influence People – Pt 3, PRINCIPLE 8...
Carnegie 17.3.08: How to Win Friends and Influence People – Pt 3, PRINCIPLE 8 Try honestly to see things from the other person’s point of view.- A Formula That Will Work Wonders for You Pages 202 – 208...
View ArticleCarnegie 18.3.09: How to Win Friends and Influence People -PRINCIPLE 9 Be...
Pages 208 – 216 Carnegie here builds off of earlier points – those around us have needs, and we must recognize those needs. Sometimes, as with Principle 3, the need is for us to admit we are wrong....
View ArticleHow to Replace a Baseboard Heating Cover in an Hour or Less
The number one hit for ‘replacing baseboard heating covers’ is a This Old House Episode that looks pretty daunting. My son and I just knocked this out in less than an hour. Here’s what we did:...
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Sun Tzu’s The Art of War: Chapter 06 Weak Points and Strong
Tzu 06: Weak Points and Strong In Grant’s siege of Vicksburg he faced a strengthened enemy – and he waited to create weakness and avoid their strength. The next chapter maneuver, teaches how to move...
View ArticleSun Tzu’s The Art of War: Chapter 10 Terrain
Terrain begins with a great enumerated list of the types of terrain and then goes in to the application of past chapters in creating victory. Best Quote(s) “When the general is weak and without...
View ArticleSun Tzu’s The Art of War: Chapter 12 The Attack by Fire
Tzu 12: The Attack by Fire Best Quote(s) Sun Tzu has survived because of its brevity and universal appeal. If I can only pick one quote – when only four were selected from this chapter, then my top...
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Moore’s Crossing the Chasm: Ch 03 “The D-Day Analogy”
Pages 75 – 104; Amazon Locations 1078 – 1468. Moore’s first chapter laid out his Technology Adoption Life Cycle and the second chapter showed its explanatory power. In Chapter 3, he shows how to win...
View ArticleConstraints, Corona, and Covid: Treatments – Remdesivir and Camostat Show...
Goldratt teaches that systems should be judged by their output, addressed at the highest level, and constraints should be removed. For a patient that has the disease, some treatment options are...
View ArticleConstraints, Corona & Covid: Update with Everlywell testing, Chloroquine and...
Goldratt teaches that to improve a system, we must identify the constraints, and then systematically work to relieve them. There are several constrains in the global pandemic: Is the information about...
View ArticlePersonal Credentials on Porous Materials, Facemasks, Indoor Air Quality,...
I’ve spent nearly 15 years working with porous materials – helping companies develop improved porous material products, designing the production systems that deliver membranes and nonwovens, and...
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ICU, IAQ and COVID-19: Hospital and Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Indoor Air...
[I’m not an expert, but based on the degree of panic and activity and Corona Virus, I’m writing this in an attempt to be helpful.] Assumptions: The virus does not survive as an aerosol like measles,...
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DIY Face Masks, Homemade Masks, Facemask Cleaning, and N95 vs Surgical for...
I am not the author of these posts – they are from the Smart Air Filters website by their CEO, Paddy Robertson. With the COVID-19 and Corona Virus emergency, many are struggling to download these...
View ArticleMedical PPE and Corona Virus: The Ideal and Improvisation
I am not an expert in this space, but my credentials are reasonable. This is my personal outlook, not that of any employer. There are heartbreaking stories of hospitals calling for PPE – especially...
View ArticleFAQ on Medical PPE, Facemasks, N95, etc.
These are my personal views and not that of any employer. The best resource on this is the summary from the Smart Air Filters website by their CEO, Paddy Robertson. If you want to approach problem...
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Healthcare PPE: Full Face Snorkel / Scuba Masks with Existing HME Connected...
For medical / healthcare professionals in need of protective gear, or perhaps without PAPR gear. Several groups have shown this approach to be valid to protecting the wearer from the disease. The...
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