Save Yourself! Six Pathways to Achievement in the Age of Change

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Among the first few books I own on personal change management...Fine Read!.......2006-07-22

Among the many early books I own on personal change management, I like this book the most. I had bought it at about the time I had started to look out for options for my mid-life transition in the late 80's/early 90's.

During that period, the book gave me interesting insights about six critical pathways to personal achievement in the Age of Rapid Change.

First, let me outline the various chapters of the book to give readers a sense of how the book is structured:

- Introduction: Welcome to Curnch Time;
- Chapter 1 Break the Sound Barrier (The Listen Pathway);
- Chapter 2 Break the Code to Problems (The Prospect Pathway);
- Chapter 3 Break Away from Convention (The Innovate Pathway);
- Chapter 4 Break the Speed Limit (The Respond Pathway);
- Chapter 5 Break into the Future (The Adapt Pathway);
- Chapter 6: Break out in Front (The Lead Pathway);

In a nutshell, these were the intended results of the six pathways:

LISTEN pathway: discovering ways to tune in to what's out there;
PROSPECT pathway: finding out what you can do about them...by working smart...exploring purposefully...;
INNOVATE pathway: getting what you want with what you have;
RESPOND pathway: moving in new directions & taking short cuts to the payoffs...breaking rules...;
ADAPT pathway: reshaping yourself to suit external environmental conditions & learning to grow...;
LEAD pathway: pulling others with you in the pursuit of excellence...taking charge...;

Even till today, I always find the pathways still very relevant in today's context.

In the book, the author also offered some thirty FAST FORWARD techniques to help in expediting the journey along the pathways.

At the end of each chapter, the author obviously took pains to incorporate some fascinating picto-games to help in understanding possible barriers along the pathways. In fact, within each chapter there are one or two graphic symbols &/or illustrations to highlight key points of the particular chapter. I really enjoy reading books that are graphically illustrated as such, which makes reading a breeze!

Overall, I found the book entertaining, humourous & funny at times, but best of all, it had given me excellent perspectives to deal with a constantly changing world.

I would enthusiastically recommend this book to all busy professionals, particularly those still working in quiet desperation!.

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This comprehensive account of the management of the international monetary system from the 1944 Bretton Woods conference to the present day documents the structure and movements of the world economy during a period of dramatic change. Commissioned by the International Monetary Fund to mark its fiftieth anniversary, the work is nevertheless a fully independent one: written by an outside historian with full access to IMF archives and staff, and reviewed by an independent editorial committee. An objective study of issues and events that are often controversial, the book skillfully interweaves the history of the IMF with that of world economic developments after the Second World War. The International Monetary Fund was created at Bretton Woods, but almost immediately the rivalry between the Soviet Union and the West split the industrialized world into two economic camps. As a result the IMF's role underwent significant changes in the immediate post-war years. Harold James analyzes the system during a period of relative stability until 1971, when the United States abandoned fixed exchange rates. Since that time countries have experienced radical fluctuations in the values of their currencies and the IMF has contended with the consequences. James brings to this history a unique breadth of knowledge and mastery of both economic theory and archival sources. In a well-paced and smoothly flowing narrative, key themes emerge, including the IMF's increasing surveillance role in global captial markets and its responsivenes in ensuring international monetary stability. Recent political changes make it possible to bring to light the Fund's work promoting liberalization in planned economies. James also reveals how intellectual changes have led to increasing consensus in the world about what constitutes good economic policy. The gold standard and the dollar standard, he concludes, have been replaced by a new "information standard" under which acccurate economic information is crucial to continuing properity. A story of continuity as well as change, International Monetary Cooperation Since Bretton Woods offers enduring lessons about international economic coordination. It will be of strong interest to all those concerned with the future, as well as the past, of the world economy.

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Rule of law is one of the pillars of the modern world, and widely considered necessary for sustained economic development, the implementation of democracy and the protection of human rights. It has however emerged in Western liberal democracies, and some people question how far it is likely to take root fully in the different cultural, economic and political context of Asia. This book considers how rule of law is viewed and implemented in Asia. Chapters on France and the USA provide a benchmark on how the concept has evolved, is applied and is implemented in a civil law and a common law jurisdiction. These are then followed by twelve chapters on the major countries of East Asia, and India, which consider all the key aspects of this important issue.

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Presenting an analysis of the water relationships of the major groups of organisms: fungi, plants and animals, the text examines water stress at all levels of biological organization. Topics covered include: 1) organic osmotic agents: their distributions, modes of action, and mechanisms of regulation; 2) desiccation stress; mechanisms for preserving cellu lar integrity under conditions of low cellular water activity; 3) water stress and water compartmentation in plants; and 4) freezing stress: the prevention and regulation of ice formation in biological fluids, and mechanisms for overcoming the damaging effects of low temperatures on cellular integrity. Common adaptive strategies in diverse organisms are emphasized, as well as the fundamental physical-chemical properties of aqueous solutions that establish the nature of the interactions among water, low molecular weight solutes and macromolecules.

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Irreplaceable!.......2000-10-25

I bought a copy of this dictionary when I was an undergraduate student of Geology, and I found it a very useful reference for almost all of my major subjects. Now that I'm a graduate student and a member of the faculty, I still find it handy when making lectures or doing my own course work. Since it is almost 10 years since it was published, I've been trying to decide whether I should replace it with a newer version, but none of the dictionaries I've seen can compare with the detail and thoroughness of this book. A very good buy.

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Concise Science Dictionary (Oxford Paperback Reference)

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The best choice for those who read a lot of popular science.......2004-08-17

This is a relatively inexpensive, concise, and handy dictionary of science. It is an updated version of the Concise Science Dictionary originally published by the Oxford University Press in 1984. This, the latest edition, is from 1999. It is aimed at professionals and an educated public who want a quick reference to terms in fields other than their own. Unlike science dictionaries found on the reference shelves of libraries, this book is small enough to fit into a knapsack.

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