JackNotes of the 4 Hour Workweek by Tim Ferris The New Rich (NR) are those who abandon the deferred-life plan and create luxury lifestyles using time and mobility. People don’t want to be millionaires—they want to experience what they believe only millions can buy. The fantasy is the lifestyle of complete freedom it allows. So the question becomes: “How can one achieve…
Executive Summary of the Dale Carnegie classic Fundamental Techniques in Handling People Don’t criticize, condemn or complain Give honest and sincere appreciation Arouse in the other person an eager want Six Ways to Make People Like You Become genuinely interested in other people Smile Remember that a person’s name is to that person the sweetest…
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Directing the Facilities Management Department at H-E-B Food/Drugs, the best and biggest retailer in Texas, for 23 years was an honor. Anyone who works there knows H-E-B is a learning, giving, and extremely productive organization. Employees are called “Partners,” the perfect Texas term, because we worked together, crossing boundaries and departments to do whatever it…
The recorded voice of Elvis Presley has been has been heard by more people than any other voice in history. More photographs of Elvis have been taken than any other entertainer in history. More articles have been written of Elvis than any entertainer. More books have been written about Elvis than any other entertainer. More…
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Saturday afternoon, the Peterson Regional Health Hospital emergency room doctor and cardiologist said they were going to send me up to ICU. Not even an hour before, the love of my life, my bride Dodie and I were happily eating “Donna’s Meatloaf” at the Camp Verde General Store and Restaurant about 17 miles away. Serendipity…
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“Finding her body was easy. The buzzards signaled the way. Finding the killer was the hard part.” So said my dad at the kitchen table at our home on Ansley Boulevard in south San Antonio. Having a homicide detective for a father made for conversations I was aware my classmates didn’t experience. Normal talk at…
Lesson One: The Invisible People The man who reminded me of a cross between Walter Brennan and Popeye, in the blue colored plaid shirt, was a world class gravy sopper. It was the second thing I noticed about him, but I was paying attention this time. Eleven minutes before, it was only eleven steps to…
