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- Some good info, but VERY confusing
- Very clever analysis
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- Controlling People: How to Recognize, Understand, and Deal with People Who Try To Control You
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Some good info, but VERY confusing.......2007-06-25
I had a very difficult time reading this book...my expectations were high, and I've just come to the realization that my ex was a very controlling person. I'm determined to not let this happen again, so the title of the book really appealed to me.
I think the most difficult part of this book is Evan's "labeling" of different types people in the book. I felt by the second chapter that I needed a bookmark to remind me of all of the terms, and who they related to. Is a spellbound person the same as a controller? I'm still overwhelmed by the after-effects of my relationship that my mind had great difficulty with keeping track of the characters. Perhaps it may work when she's speaking to a group, but it a book I don't think it's quite as effective.
I almost put the book down about 50 pages in because it was difficult to read, but I trudged on through because occasionally I would find a pearl of wisdom that made me want another.
I also felt that I was "on a roll" towards page 150 or so, and finally "getting it," then the focus of the book seemed to change to hate crimes and cults and other things that seemed to not fit. I understand that they are related, but the rest of the book seemed to focus on control in relationships...it seemed like they might be two totally separate books. I ended up flipping through until I found more content that related to relationships.
Overall, I did learn some interesting things about controlling people, and did buy another Evans Book, The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognize it and How to Respond which is pretty good (I think better). But I see the same issues with labeling that make it a little to follow as well. When I tried to relate the book to a friend and used these terms to explain, she thought I was nuts! (Imagine trying to explain the Teddy Bear thing to a friend)
I also didn't understand Ms. Evans' stories about the people who approached her at the hotel during the conference. It made me feel sorry for the people who were trying to make conversation with her...it seemed to me that she was exhibiting the same insensitivity and control that I've been experiencing for the past few years. I'm not sure of the relevance of these stories to the book...
Very clever analysis.......2007-06-12
This book brought to bear a unique insight into a complicated and subtle process to which we are all subject to in one way or another at different times. It is written in simple straightforward and uncomplicated language. I recommend it strongly.
Overcoming My Daily Dread, review by Connie Cook Smith.......2007-05-08
I haven't quite finished the book, but that's because it brings up so much, so well, that one who comes from the demented world that Evans illuminates must break off and process periodically. Or break off and "go away" for awhile.
To really get my mind around the corrective material, I had to stop about half-way through and go back and review all my underlinings. I have proceeded since then, but on that second look, Evans' clarity about her subject and my own fuzziness from being raised and soaked in a controlling reality, began to penetrate better. Evans often uses the term "backwards" to describe what a controlling person does. When I could see that she was dead-on about the results of that backwards behavior, it more closely fit my own experience of the inside-out and upside-down world I come from -- where the victim is ALWAYS accused of being the perpetrator -- and has life-long believed it!
Perhaps most helpful so far is the assertion that being raised on (or living with) verbal abuse is WORSE than physical abuse. It helped me consciously validate a vague awareness that physical assaults can completely heal in many cases, but a maimed mind is that through which every day is processed and experienced, and therefore a verbal abuse victim's entire reality is quite different from a non-abused person's. I don't know if it's in the book, but I once ran across a quote from a Peter Jennings Special on this subject and captured this statement: "A child from such a background has no chance at a normal life."
For sure. Some of my classmates now are taking early retirement from their satisfying careers, with all benefits and assets to take them forward. I limped through college (despite a very high IQ) but was so convinced "I am a horrible thing" that I had to quit and hide from every serious job. I have no assets, no medical care, my third marriage IS working out (from a lot of work!), but my husband had brain-tumor surgery and is in a long recovery. We live in federal housing, but I do love being with his intact, basically wonderful personality! He always was and always is willing to work things out, and so am I -- so we DO at least have each other -- and we have produced some high quality and highly creative items, even though mostly un-marketed.
The only improvement I would suggest in the book is the replacement of the current term "verbal abuse" with the old terminology from grounds for divorce: Mental Cruelty! The daily torment of being raised by or being with a verbal abuser requires a more graphic description in order to be better legitimized and taken much more seriously -- especially by the victim! Part of the cruelty IS that the victim has been convinced he/she is ALWAYS wrong, about everything, and never has a chance to experience life beyond the perpetual condemnation of being A Horrible Thing. Joy is for OTHER people. Medical care is for OTHER people. Success is for OTHER people -- good things are certainly not for A Horrible Thing like me!
Thanks to Evans' book (and A LOT of other self-work), I may be getting one foot over the line into a world where people experience gratification at being alive -- instead of what's been decade after decade of My Daily Dread. And that is -- despite high intelligence, numerous talents, and an amazing sense of humor -- there always has dominated the brainwashed awareness that I am ACTUALLY A Horrible Thing. There has always been My Daily Dread -- of being me. I think Evans' book is a big step towards healing this.
A zero rated book - A real disappointment with a Great Title.......2007-04-20
For such a serious subject matter, I was surprised and even curious that the author's bio or expertise is regulated to the back of the paperback book in one sentence. The other two sentences are related to media appearance and praise. (Choosing not to Google her, I read the book anyways).
note: the quotes are from the book.
On page 35 and 150 a bookmercial was introduced for another of the author's book instead of discussions on why the subject matter would be a trait or characteristic of a controlling person.
On page 71-74 two separate stories explaining a concept "defining .. were a way of connecting". The stories did not indicated how long a "stranger" had to be in your presence before such a concept could be triggered. If these people were at the same convention that the author attended, how long was the presentation, did she see them at the convention, did she talk to those two people in a question and answer session, or were they just the fans? At what point does the switch get triggered in the stranger's action for them to feel comfortable in crossing the "psychic boundary".
on page 165 I think the author missed an opportunity to share a control type situation outside a "couple or parent relationship". ie "I'm your therapist. You should follow my advice." IMHO Lea was also attracting people into her life who wanted to control her in addition to her relationship with Vic.
Lastly, on page 288-290 you can participate in a survey geared for "Spell bound" issues for the Patricia Evans, Evans Interpersonal Communications Institute. There isn't any background on what the Insitutes does or is even mentioned in the book.
IMHO I would not recommend this book to anyone. I can see why many readers would feel a connection with the book. There are several stories that a person would relate to if they were in a controlling relationship, but I step back and think about how can a person get pointers on when the control activity begins to occur. Do you have to wait several years or
decades to figure out that the relationship has a problem in it. I think there are always warning signals. ie on p 29 when "Ted ... was beside himself."
Controlling People: How to Recognize, Understand, and Deal with People Who Try To Control You.......2007-02-23
Once I started reading this book, I could not stop it was so dead on when it came to the description of Controlling People it made me shake, it reminded me of my husband (who has since moved out). I was not aware of controlling people until my encounter. But this book is just amazing in assisting you to understand what is on the controlling persons mind and why they do what they do. I would highly recommend this book.
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Winner of the 2003 Financial Times Germany/getAbstract Business & Finance Book Award
Leading Geeks challenges the conventional wisdom that leadership methods are universal and gives executives and managers the understanding they need to manage and lead the technologists on whom they have become so dependent. This much-needed book written in nontechnical language by Paul Glen, a highly acclaimed management consultant gives clear directions on how to effectively lead these brilliant yet notoriously resistant-to-being-managed knowledge workers. Glen not only provides proven management strategies but also background on why traditional approaches often don't work with geeks. Leading Geeks describes the beliefs and behavior of geeks, their group dynamics, and the unique nature of technical work. It also offers a unique twelve-part model that explains how knowledge workers deliver value to an organization.
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Great for helping non-technical managers understand technical teams.......2007-10-05
If you're an IT manager, you should definitely have (and read!) a copy of the excellent book "Leading Geeks" by Paul Glen. It talks a lot about "common traits" of folks who are drawn to technology work, and what they mean from a management point of view, including how to leverage those traits to your team's advantage, rather than fighting an uphill battle against them.
IT managers who read the book will probably find a lot of the material somewhat obvious. However, I still think it's worthwhile reading, for two reasons. First, it coherently organizes a lot of those "obvious" things and points out conclusions and implications that you might never have consciously considered. Second, it gives you a good set of explanations and examples to use to explain to other (non-technical, such as upper management) folks why what your team does is hard to predict/forecast/manage.
A New IT Workforce?.......2007-06-26
I thoroughly enjoyed Paul Glen's work and look forward to more like it in the future. Glen does a great job of identifying what today's IT geeks are like, giving its readers a window of opportunity to understand how to train, manage and lead those with similar characteristics. According to the U.S. Department of Labor and Statistics, the IT industry ranks as one of the fastest-growing areas of job growth in the United States workforce, projecting a growth rate between 40 to 60 percent by 2014. With these projections, it is difficult to ignore the preparation that must take place to prepare new geeks for the future. It becomes necessary to understand the current trends of professionals in the IT industry to ensure that IT geeks receive the continued training they need to remain marketable in a competitive workforce.
Glen describes employees in IT occupations as follows:
[They] are the knowledge workers who specialize in the creation, maintenance, or support of high technology. They have job titles like programmer, product manager, project manager, quality assurance engineer, system designer, system architect, program manager, technical writer, help desk technician, deployment specialist, trainer, network manager, web designer, database administrator, desktop support technician, or telecommunications specialist. Some of them may carry titles like chief information officer (CIO), chief knowledge officer (CKO), chief technical officer (CTO), development director, operations manager, and, on rare occasions, chief executive officer (CEO).
Many of these roles are typical IT positions, with the exception of the following: project manager, product manager and program manager. Many IT professionals in Microsoft, for example, have responsibilities within the IT sector but work in the following areas: marketing, education, and product development. In general, new roles and responsibilities are emerging for the profession: evangelist, engagement manager, program manager, marketing manager, solution architect, business analyst. With heightened competition in a global economy, more professionals MUST diversify their portfolio, including how they brand their image.
As these roles implies, "geeks" will include more than those Glen defines as the "knowledge workers who specialize in the creation, maintenance, or support of high technology", it will eventually encompass others fields. As business needs redefine the future workforce, the fine lines of who these knowledge workers are become blurred. Technology will continue to be infused in our day-to-day business transactions, communication, and being. Geeks will include your accountants, marketing professionals, business professionals, educators, customer service specialist, managers, and so on.
Overall, Glen challenges that leadership and management is situational, requiring different approaches for different situations, settings, and people involved. As geek roles fluctuate, those in management and leadership roles overseeing this talent will need to focus on how to manage and sharpen human capital, in this case, IT geeks, for maximized business results.
For example, Glen proposes that geeks and their "geek work", require managers to create harmony to help iron out ambiguities, representative of many projects, regardless of field. Because high technology-related projects often requires understanding of the business goals, customer requirements (known and unknown customer requirements), and risks involved, managers can serve as buffer zones to foster persistent communication between geeks and the external world.
By focusing on the project goals and the "what" and "how", he emphasizes the importance of defining clear requirements, helping geeks understand the business environment, processes, and teamwork related to "geek work".
I highly recommend this book to managers and project team leads responsible for overseeing individuals working on computer technology-related projects, clients, and/or customers.
better for non-technical managers.......2007-06-09
I think this book would be more useful for managers who are coming from a product marketing or more non-technical background. For managers coming up from technical roles (including project managers working on technical projects), a lot of the concepts in this book will be familiar, even obvious. Some of the sections on managing ambiguity were useful, but overall if you've just started managing technical people, I'd recommend Peopleware instead.
On the mark.......2006-12-19
In "Leading Geeks", Paul Glen puts to paper a strategy for leading IT people that I personally have been following but have never been able to articulate.
Framing reality and managing ambiguity is indeed the major part of the job. It is our responsibility to help our teams "make sense of the cacophony of hype, facts, opinions, rumors, ideas, and concepts that swirl around the workplace". We have to provide some "fixed point in the distance to help guide day-to-day decisions and provide a coherent context to the nearly endless stream of confusion".
Finally someone acknowledges that the "seemingly endless supply of motivational material testifies to its futility". It is not so much that we need to motivate our creative and technical employees, but rather we should strive to not *de-motivate*, and nurture the elements that allow it to occur.
Glen says that we are trying to encourage effective *thought* as opposed to *behavior*, given the creative nature of geek work. Although he recommends projects as the optimal format, he says innovation is difficult to manage and schedule. On the subject of project and engineering methodologies, the "one thing that most of them have in common is that they are ignored." Yet compliance must be a balancing act, because while we rarely follow methodologies to completion, without them we descend into chaos. This is good advice that we hardcore project and process managers need to always keep in mind.
He also provides excellent insight into the thought patterns behind smart, creative people.
I have a few nits that prevent a rating of five stars.
- I did not like the continued use of the word "geek". Although once used, I understand it is very difficult not to keep using it to refer to the particular subjects at the heart of his book. And the author uses the term with affection and even reverence and he admits he himself is a geek. Still, on the whole, the moniker doesn't work.
- The book plays slightly towards the stereotype. While that characterization does cover a large portion of the "geek" population, there is a sizeable body of geeks who are not introverted and that understand and are interested in business and other traditionally non-geeks things.
- Finally, while the first 200 pages provided good practical advice, chapters 11, 12, and 13 just fall off the map into academia and theory. It is almost as if a different author penned those chapters.
Those nits aside, I strongly recommend "Leading Geeks" to managers of computer, engineering, and creative employees.
worthy.......2006-11-10
Its very important to know these things in managing people in IT organizations. This book gives insight into inter-personal skills and management skills of IT manager.
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- Who Controls the Internet
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Is the Internet erasing national borders? Will the future of the Net be set by Internet engineers, rogue programmers, the United Nations, or powerful countries? Who's really in control of what's happening on the Net? In this provocative new book, Jack Goldsmith and Tim Wu tell the fascinating story of the Internet's challenge to governmental rule in the 1990s, and the ensuing battles with governments around the world. It's a book about the fate of one idea--that the Internet might liberate us forever from government, borders, and even our physical selves. We learn of Google's struggles with the French government and Yahoo's capitulation to the Chinese regime; of how the European Union sets privacy standards on the Net for the entire world; and of eBay's struggles with fraud and how it slowly learned to trust the FBI. In a decade of events the original vision is uprooted, as governments time and time again assert their power to direct the future of the Internet. The destiny of the Internet over the next decades, argue Goldsmith and Wu, will reflect the interests of powerful nations and the conflicts within and between them. While acknowledging the many attractions of the earliest visions of the Internet, the authors describe the new order, and speaking to both its surprising virtues and unavoidable vices. Far from destroying the Internet, the experience of the last decade has lead to a quiet rediscovery of some of the oldest functions and justifications for territorial government. While territorial governments have unavoidable problems, it has proven hard to replace what legitimacy governments have, and harder yet to replace the system of rule of law that controls the unchecked evils of anarchy. While the Net will change some of the ways that territorial states govern, it will not diminish the oldest and most fundamental roles of government and challenges of governance. Well written and filled with fascinating examples, including colorful portraits of many key players in Internet history, this is a work that is bound to stir heated debate in the cyberspace community.
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Who Controls the Internet.......2007-09-08
Despite what most people assume and many more wish the Internet has become regulated. The Internet is controled within a countries borders resulting in many conflicting laws. That's a problem for Internet companies who have assets across many borders. Can they get away with just following their countries laws? Time and time again the authors evince the answer being no. Companies like yahoo, google, mircrosoft, ebay, the Dow Jones, obsequiously follow foreign laws but not necessarily sacrifice their own.
Some of these companies have no qualms either assisting the Chinese filter pro-democracy websites, in short because they feel they have to. As I right this Yahoo is being sued by the World Organization for Human Rights for giving the Chinese government I.P. addresses of Chinese citizens who will then jailed and tortured for subversion. Yahoo asserts they were simply following the law.
And that is the problem facing these companies especially with China. They really have no other choice to or get out.
The book was well writen, fair and balanced.
Understand the complexity of the Internet.......2007-01-15
Jack and Tim made one thing dramatically clear: The Internet is no lawless enclave in our world. Their journey from the very beginning to the modern Internet is full of clear examples and anecdotes describing the "rude awakening" of idealists and patient people who participated in the development of the globe-consuming web.
When I read that the authors come from the dry plains of law science I was sceptical if the book would be worth to read. I imagined that their approach would be as dry as the 1000 ft law books in the libraries.
But, when I opened it and started reading I first put it down after page 186, the very last page of the remarkable work. Their writing is so gripping, so light to read, that even a none-English person like me could easily understand and enjoy it.
After working with the Internet since the beginnings of the 80's I thought I knew a lot about it and how it is screwed together, but I got surprised. Their view from a complete different angle, threw light on hidden aspects I honestly never thought about. In a modern world full of economical interests and its enforcement all makes absolute sense and even dramatic events like the Napster case fall into their logical place in this big puzzle.
Every part of the book is filled with cross-references and hints to further readings. All cases and examples are deep researched and very neutral presented.
Buy it, read it and give it to a dear one.
Will the internet change China or will China change the internet?.......2006-12-02
The title about China and other pointed questions in this excellent book are addressed with a perception rarely achieved. The thought processes that go into policy decisions effecting governments and individuals, a collectivism vs. individualism. The reader is easily made to understand complex technologies and issues, not only at their core but as they expand outward into the real world. From the internets architecture, bandwith, internet borders, copyright laws, crime and criminal law, domain names, eBay, economy and commerce on the internet,filesharing, globalization, and much more. Or questions such as, "How can it be harder to notice that information has become more difficult to find? It is hard, in other words, to know what you don't know." CENSORSHIP. Pick up this book. When you finally put it down, you be the one of the ones hitting their fast/curve balls out of the park.
A great recounting of the history of the Internet and the future of its legal ramifications........2006-11-04
This book was required reading for a law school course on the Internet's legal issues. Aside from being one of the least expensive books I've ever been required to read, it is a great book that accurately addresses many of the relevant legal theories. One should note that while the authors do not claim to present a de facto statement of what the law is, there are significant factions of legal scholars who disagree with many of this book's conclusions, of whom my professor is one.
All in all, this is an excellent book for anyone wishing to better understand the way the Internet affects (or does not affect) legal rights without wading through 15 years of case law. Furthermore, the authors have written this book in a manner that makes easy to read and enjoy for the technically adept and the technically challenged (i.e. lawyers) alike.
must read.......2006-10-16
This book is the best complete statement of the second wave of internet scholarship. If you ever thought that the net destroyed the significance of geography, or that cyberspace should be thought of as a real place, you owe it to yourself to see how things are really turning out.
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- OVER THE EDGE
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- There is no "market" in American medical care, period.
- Admirable goals,solutions ignore some regulatory constraints
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OVER THE EDGE.......2007-04-14
THE IDEA THAT " THE MARKET " CAN FIX ANYTHING HAS BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME.
AND IT CAN IF YOU ARE ON THE RECEIVING END OF THE PAYMENT SYSTEM. IT'S GREAT! HOWEVER IF YOU ARE THE " PAYER " I.E. WORKING FOR LITTLE OR NOTHING, PAYING TAXES, BUYING THREE DOLLAR GAS, GETTING YOUR RATTLE TRAP CAR FIXED SO YOU CAN GO TO YOUR EIGHT DOLLAR AN HOUR JOB...YOU REALLY CAN'T FIX ANYTHING.
VOTING DOES NO GOOD WHAT-SO-EVER AS EVERY POLITICIAN WHO HAS EVER LIVED IS ON BOARD FOR ALL THE MONEY THEY CAN GET. THE ONLY THING THAT WILL WORK, REALLY WORK IS IF THE PEOPLE OF THE USA TAKE THEIR GOVERNMENT BACK AND MAKE IT WORK IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF ALL. THIS IS NOT LIKELY TO HAPPEN SOON BECAUSE 99%
OF PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY ARE BRAIN-WASHED DAILY INTO BELIEVING THEY HAVE NO POWER.
GET READY FOR MORE "MARKET" DRIVEN "SOLUTIONS" FOR YOUR EVER MOUNTING PROBLEMS. AND IF YOU HAVE YOUR HEAD IN THE SAND YOU DESERVE WHAT YOU GET IN THE END...
market s in healthcare? .......2005-07-30
Herzlinger is a card-carrying member of the club that believes that markets can cure all social ills, and like all members of this club, she plays fast and loose with reality. For instance, she tries to present the vision market as an exemplar of how market forces can work in healthcare. Vision is one of the few areas of medicine where patients can appraise the value of the service, the quality of the provider, and make decisions about how much they are willing to pay. That is simply not the case when a patient is really sick with heart failure, and needs multiple medications, multiple doctors, and is probably going to be hospitalized repeatedly.
In trying to argue that all aspects of medicine can follow market rules the way vision services do, Herzlinger conveniently ignores one critical fact: there is no true market in the healthcare industry, and there can't be. Kenneth J. Arrow, Nobel Prize winning economist pointed this out 30 years ago, and his observations are still true today. Providers (doctors and hospitals, and increasingly the drug and device industries) drive demand for their services. They are the ones who decide what patients need. The notion that patients can have suffient information to be able to determine what they need is probably only true for the 80 percent of people who consume 20 percent of healthcare costs. The 20 percent who eat up 80 percent of costs are sick with multiple conditions. Imagine your grandmother is in the hospital, sick with diabetes, and pneumonia, scared, having a hard time breathing, and she's supposed to sort through whether or not she should pay the $600 to call in the pulmonologist? The patients with chronic, multiple, debilitating disorders actually need the exerpertise of medical professionals.
Her focused factories have come to pass: they are called specialty, or even super-specialty, hospitals, which focus on one procedure, or one category of specialty. There are cardiac hospitals, for instance, that only perform by-pass surgery, cardiac catheterization,angioplasty, and stenting. Are they good at what they do? Sure, because they focus on a narrow range of procedures, they only take insured patients, and they don't take anybody with comorbidities. Of course, the really expensive patients tend to have comorbidies. The effect of the specialty hospitals on local healthcare markets? They do not bring down costs, they simply drain profit from full-spectrum community hospitals, which still have to care for all those patients with pneumonia and who don't have health insurance.
The imbalance of information between physician and patient is simply insurmoutable, and without that kind of balance, markets don't work very well.
So she's no Tolstoy, but the ideas are great........2004-03-15
No one will accuse Ms. Herzlinger of being a great writer, but her conversational style is easy to read and she does have some good ideas for how the healthcare industry should be. Ideas that still haven't been implemented even now, 8 years after it was written. She does make a fairly convincing argument for how focused factories could reduce costs. In addition, suggestions that everybody should have health insurance, that healthcare providers should not be insulated from market forces, that consumers are the ones with the real power to stop the soaring healthcare costs, and that they'll only curtail spending when given incentive to do so are good points that can't be made often enough. Points that seem even more relevant today given the continued increase in healthcare costs, the inability of the HMO system to manage them, and the spiraling problem the growing uninsured population is creating (the more uninsured people there are, the more insurance costs, which increases the number of uninsured, etc.). She has good ideas, I think it's time people listened. It's of vital importance that the healthcare system incorporate what's great about America, what has made America a leader in every other industry: innovation and sensibly regulated free markets. Ms. Herzlinger gives us a good way to get it done.
I also have to ask if some of the other reviewers actually read the book. The author gives a pretty good analysis of how focused factories would reduce costs, using that 20% of the people produce 80% of the costs as a cornerstone of her argument. Also, she cites physicians' inability to deal with market forces as a cause of the problem and gives suggestions for how to deal with it.
There is no "market" in American medical care, period........2003-12-13
Market forces cannot solve the medical crisis. No market exists. Knowledge of what is sold is inequivalent: if patients knew the difference between colonoscopy and colposcopy, they would not know the fair market value of either procedure. Unlike buying a car, where the dealer knows you can walk off, patients cannot negotiate, and can't determine the quantity of medical services needed. Eyeglasses constitute a misleading example. Physicians are the principal drivers of all expenditure on medical care. Without a medical license, nothing can be ordered or prescribed. This fact must be faced squarely: the supplier of services regulates the level of demand for medical services. Annual outlays have now reached $1.6 trillion with no end in sight to the physician-driven escalation in expenditures. This is not COST inflation, but relentless EXPENDITURE INCREASE driven chiefly by an oversupply of medical doctors. If this system is ever to be fixed, these stubborn realities must be faced. This author evidently has no clue that there is not a "market" operating in the world of medical care delivery, thus her analysis is unhelpful.
Admirable goals,solutions ignore some regulatory constraints.......1999-03-01
The author accurately identifies a subpopulation of patients who are middle class,time constrained, and annoyed with the difficulty of obtaining quick evaluation and therapy for a variety of health problems of varying complexity. After examining a number of systems for health care delivery, she gives the nod to highly specialized and focused units such as the Shouldice Clinic for hernia surgery in Canada. There are several problems with the soultions she proposes: 1) Goverment regulatory agencies and third party payers currently refuse to pay multiple consultants for seeing a patient on the same day. 2)Patients with complex multisystem problems may be ill served in such a focused system- eg. the patient who has congestive heart failure and a hernia. 3)There would monumental problems with education of medical students and residents in such a system. While this is a secondary consideration in a market driven system in which there is a physician surplus, if we fail to adequately educate physicians for future generations the law of supply and demand will ultimately come back to haunt us.
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Anne Fletcher is a registered dietician who studied 208 "masters" who succeeded in losing an average of 64 pounds and keeping the weight off. She revealed their keys to success in Thin for Life. In Eating Thin for Life, Fletcher explores the eating habits and recipes of these weight-control successes. They share how they ate when they were heavy, how they motivated themselves to change, what eating plans helped them lose weight, and how they continue to keep their weight low. The masters share the strategies that help them stick to healthy, slimming eating choices--and enjoy the foods they choose. The book is particularly remarkable because there isn't some celebrity or expert telling you what to eat: The people who have accomplished their goals in diverse ways describe how they did it, with Fletcher filling in nutritional information to supplement the masters' points.
Eating Thin for Life is divided into food secrets (such as how to control binge eating and how to eat in restaurants), menu plans (with calorie and fat analysis), and 122 favorite recipes (with nutritional breakdowns). Quotes and stories from the masters make you feel that if they could do it, so can you. --Joan Price
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In Eating Thin For Life, the real experts-hundreds of people from all walks of life who have shed unwanted pounds permanently-reveal how they manage their food lives: in the kitchen, at the table and in restaurants. From these 'masters' of weight loss, you'll learn how to enjoy food without being a slave to calorie counting. How to handle the tough times, from quitting smoking to having babies to dealing with pushy people. In short, you'll learn how these 'masters of weight control' get themselves to do the things we all know we should do-but can't seem to get ourselves to do-to lose weight permanently. Plus: --An easy weight-loss plan: 21 days of breakfasts, lunches, dinners and snacks from the masters. --122 of the masters' favorite low-fat recipes-from Pineapple Right-side-Up Coffee Cake to Oven-Fried Chicken to Rich Chocolate Cake with Raspberry Sauce.
Customer Reviews:
Fast service.......2007-10-11
Thank you very much for the fast and friendly service. Would recommend to others and buy again from you myself. Thank You.
fantastic follow-up to Thin for Life.......2007-05-06
This book is a great sequel to Anne Fletcher's previous book, Thin for Life on eating healthy and losing weight. While I recommend reading Thin for Life first for a lot of great tips on motivation and long-term strategies, Eating Thin for Life has inspiring stories from people who lost weight and a number of strategies as well.
The best aspects of this book are its recipes. It has a short section with suggestions of quick, balanced meals and snacks of set calorie value that you can put together with little to no cooking. Additionally, it has a longer section containing tons of recipes of all kinds - salads, main dishes, breakfasts, quick breads, desserts, etc. The recipes are surprisingly delicious and satisfying for how healthy they are, and I've already learned new cooking techniques for creating healthier recipes of my own. This book has helped me make a permanent switch to a better lifestyle and lose weight in the process!
Outstanding resource!.......2002-12-31
If you are a life-long yo-yo dieter like me, this is a book that will give you hope for your future efforts in the weight loss struggle. Anne Fletcher has provided helpful weight loss and maintenance tips and strategies from the "masters"...those folks who have lost weight and kept it off for years. It's a "must read" for anyone who is tired of the weight loss merry-go-round. Very encouraging!
Should be Eating Healthy for Life!.......2001-10-01
I hate the idea that being thin is healthy. Just because you are thin doesn't mean you are healthy. That said I wanted to say that I really enjoyed this book! I read it in two days, it usually takes me a month or so to read diet books. Diet books are so boring! This isn't really a diet book but a motivating to be healthy book!
The ideas behind the book are so simple, to lose weight and to maintain that weight. There are tips in here that seem so obvious but we tend to forget, we beat ourselves up and then start the process all over again.
This book will really help you lose all the weight you want!.......2001-08-14
This is the first diet book I have read that I really feel I can do it. It teaches you a new way of eating that is healthy, but good and the same time. This is something I plan on continuing the rest of my life. She explained everything wonderfully. I would recommend this book to anyone who is having trouble losing weight. I have accually bought the book for friends who wanted help with weight. She also provides tons of quick and easy recipes you will love. This will be the last diet book you ever buy!
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A powerful program to stop manipulators in their tracks
In Who's Pulling Your Strings?, Dr. Harriet B. Braiker, New York Times bestselling author of The Disease to Please, explains how depression, low self-esteem, anger, and feelings of helplessness can be caused by relationships with manipulative people. She exposes the most common methods of manipulators, and with the help of selfassessment quizzes, action plans, and how-to exercises, she helps you recognize and end the manipulative cycle for good.
Customer Reviews:
An excellent read.......2007-10-02
This is a very helpful book with lots of good suggestions on how to protect yourself from being a target. Very easy to read.
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A self-empowering plan for anyone who wants to stop being manipulated by others
In Who's Pulling Your Strings?, Dr. Harriet B. Braiker,New York Times bestselling author of The Disease to Please, explains how depression, low self-esteem, chronic anger, and feelings of helplessness are often the result of being caught in relationships with manipulative people--including family members, friends, coworkers, and associates. More importantly, she arms readers with the knowledge and tools they need to understand and identify manipulative personalities and to free themselves from the bondage of relationships with them.
Working from sound psychological theory and research, yet writing in a warm, accessible style, Braiker exposes the most common methods manipulative people use to control others--and makes clear that it takes at least two people to enable such a relationship to function. With the help of valuable self-assessment quizzes, action plans, and how-to exercises she empowers readers to:
- Recognize the signs of a manipulative relationship
- Spot manipulators and their typical modus operandi
- Assess their own vulnerability to manipulation
- Identify the 7 main "Head Games" manipulators play
...and much more, including informative case studies and highly effective Resistance Tactics to help those who identify themselves as victim-participants end the damaging cycle of control and manipulation--and clear the way for success and happiness.
Orlando Sentinel, “She devotes her book to explaining how manipulators operate and, more important, what their victims can do to end these destructive relationships.” --Harry Wessel
Chicago Tribune, “…offers practical suggestions for those who find themselves repeatedly yanked, right down to language they can use in a tight spot.” --Joanne Trestrail
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In Who's Pulling Your Strings?, Dr. Harriet B. Braiker,New York Times bestselling author of The Disease to Please, explains how depression, low self-esteem, chronic anger, and feelings of helplessness are often the result of being caught in relationships with manipulative people--including family members, friends, coworkers, and associates. More importantly, she arms readers with the knowledge and tools they need to understand and identify manipulative personalities and to free themselves from the bondage of relationships with them.
Customer Reviews:
Incredibly eye-opening and helpful in our ongoing drama........2007-09-17
In going through his divorce, my fiance and I have been harassed, stalked, guilted and manipulated repeatedly by his soon to be ex. I read the book and we discussed many topics and took several quizzes the book has included. My fiance was surprised at how right on the book was on how he has been repeatedly harassed for years by his ex.
Recently, we thought she was focusing her attentions finally elsewhere, until we logged on amazon and since the email and passwords were the same from a long time ago, she had logged on and in our browsing history were recent views of books on saving the marriage on "your own" and others. Unbelievable!
These book talks about what a manipulators true 'motives' are (you basically are dealing with someone who wants you to do something or wants you to stop doing something). I especially felt we benefited from a step discussing setting terms, and defining why extraction from a relationship might be your best and healthiest goal.
Its okay though! She told him recently "I've got the goods on you" Little does she know, the POLICE and authorities in the fields on stalking have the "goods on her". Sigh. Read this book! If you have a manipulative ex, parent, spouse, child, it will help you learn to toughen up and learn to change how you respond to people like this. They don't change, but you can.
Highly Recommended.......2007-04-19
Although I purchased this book in order to better cope with the inevitable interactions with my daughter's father, I discovered much more. Those little problems I was having at work...I was convinced that my high stress levels (with said ex) where causing me to forget things become easily confused & constantly find myself with too much work to do.
She was a stealth manipulator hiding behind a sweet, pious facade. I brought some of these indications to my boss's attention & we instantly realized that we, both were her victims!!
To be able to spot 'em a mile away: An invaluable skill.
Excellent Insight!.......2004-07-29
This book is a must read if you've been in any sort of manipulative relationship weather it be romantic, friendships, or family related. Not only are the hints helpful in recognizing WHEN you're being manipulated, but it provides the tools necessary to combat manipulative situations. Every aspect of this book applied in my life somewhere and in multiple areas such as work, home, love, family, and friends. A MUST read for everyone as we've all been prey to manipulators at one time or another.
On an alternate note, there are also scenarios in this book that might make you think of a time or times that you have manipulated others. It's helpful to have these pointed out and be conscious of your own manipulative tactics even if you weren't aware of them previously.
waking up to manipulative relationships.......2004-03-01
Dr.Braiker made understanding "manipulation" easy. Kudos to a book well written. Searching for books to learn what manipulation IS is hard to come by. Sometimes in our fast paced world we are so caught up that the art of manipulation can cause denial even to "seemingly" intellegent people. My work environnment was so covertly manipulated by its owner that I preferred to look the other way, due to building a company, rather than force myself into realizing how detrimental my environnment was. Peoples live have been ruined. Whether your in a bad relationship on a personal or professional level Dr. Braiker will defintely help you understand, and ultimately help you gain Your-Self back.
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Neither weighed down by research nor weightless with airy promises, Ditch That Jerk is a gritty, honest, and most of all experienced view of physical and emotional abusers and their effect on victims. Engagingly written, it shows women how to assess their partners and relationships for potential abuse, and for potential change - or not. Author Pamela Wiseman uses examples from counseling sessions to illustrate how the mind of an abusive man works and how to identify the patterns. She details the tricks used by such men to keep women in line and discusses warning signs, alcohol and drugs, and the excuses people use to explain abuse. Optimistic and empowering without candy-coating a difficult topic, this book gives women the tools to make clear-headed decisions about damaging relationships.
Customer Reviews:
Women are thier own worst enemy.......2007-08-01
This seems like a good book. However, if women didn't get themselves into these problems they wouldn't need it.. Women are drawn to A-holes. That's all there is to it. If you are nice to a woman she won't want to sleep with you or marry you. But if you start treating her like garbage, she can't get enough of you. Then they sit around and complain about how guys mistreat them. Yeah miss genius, couldn't you tell he was a jerk to start with!? When you start dating a guy, how he treats you is pretty much how he is going to always treat you. If he is a jerk now, he will only be a bigger jerk as he gets to be more comfortable around you.
Good book, bad title.......2005-09-22
The book tended to ramble on a bit, but overall, I found it very informative and helpful. The title is this books biggest flaw. The book itself has the potential to help women to tell the difference between a good man who does bad things but can be helped, and a really bad man she should stay away from. Unfortunately, when I tried to get my daughter to read this book, she was offended by the title. Even after I explained the intent of the book, she still refused to take it. She was afraid if her boyfriend saw the book, he would think she was trying to get rid of him and it would cause trouble in their home.
Read it before you leave, and if you already have.......2004-08-13
An invaluable manual for how to get out of an abusive relationship and how to break the ties afterwards. I also recommend it for women who are looking for a serious relationship and for young teens. There are definite red flags to look for BEFORE you become involved with someone.
response to Matt Atkinson..is this book useful for teens?.......2004-01-21
As the author of the book and a parent of teens, I can confidently tell you that teens DO read the book and benefit from it. Several teens (one boy and one girl) ended relationships which they discovered to be controlling after reading parts of it. Therapists who work with teens at my agency use it all of the time and cannot keep the book in stock.
I would advise directing them to certain sections...particularly examples of warning signs as those sections resonate. I hope that this helps.
Review requested: Would this a good book for teens?.......2003-11-02
I'm a mental health therapist who works with teens, and a lot of teen girls are in relationships with abusive boyfriends. Since this book is 266 pages, I'm leery of acquiring it for them. But if it's a great book, I'll give it a shot.
Those of you who've read it, please review it for me from a teen perspective: Would it be dull or over their heads? Is the writing simple? Keep in mind that teens have WIDE ranges of reading abilities...would it be interesting to them?
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Dr. W. Edwards Deming, a household name in Japan, became the prime catalyst behind the incredible success of Japanese industry. In fact, since 1951, the Deming Prize has been the most coveted and prestigious award among Japanese corporations, similar to the Malcolm Baldrige Award for quality in business in the United States. Today, Deming is finally becoming a household name in his own country. The lessons he has to teach American business are more urgent than ever.
Just how different is the Deming Management Method? Compare just a few of the many differences in beliefs between conventional organizations and Deming organizations:
Standard Company
* Quality is expensive
* Defects are caused by workers
* Buy at lowest cost
* Fear and reward are proper ways to motivate
* Play one supplier off against another
Deming Company
* Quality leads to lower costs
* Most defects are caused by the system
* Buy from vendors committed to quality
* Fear leads to disaster
* Work with suppliers
Customer Reviews:
Pure Leadership.......2007-10-04
This should be required reading for anyone in a leadership position. Dr. Deming is the "father" of the Japanese business revolution that took place after WWII.
Timothy Kendrick Author-PTSD: Pathways Through the Secret Door
Useful Book.......2006-05-26
This is a good that has stood the test of time that is very useful for those who need a gentle introduction to Total Quality Management. Although the book is about 15 years old with some rather dated examples, the message it gives is still relevant and important.
The book written in plain language that focus on the essential quality and productivity message without statistical abstractions, which make it easily understandable to a wide readership. Those readers that have not read Deming's "Out of the Crisis" or Mary Walton's "Deming Management Method" will benefit the most from reading this book.
Quality in the writing, Quality out of the information.......2005-08-15
Mr. Aguayo writes as one who studies the efforts to produce quality, from an MBA, trained in the field, to view and review the management training in the US with that taught to the Japanese by Deming. His insightful examples and comparisons are invaluable to the reader, in furthering our understanding for the need to improve quality. Quality not as a product, but as a means and total way of life.
One of the top achievements in the XX Century!.......2004-12-05
The Quality is far beyond a simple theory. It is a vision of the life and how it must be lived .
There is a powerful statement of the Samurai code : Do not make anything useless.
And this is the way you get close mre and more to the essential doctrine and quality philosophy .
Deming was a pioneer in this sense, because he knew to establish patterns of behavior and systematic direction for an issue that mostly of the real artists own in his inner world .
His reading is absolutely recommended for any kind of reader .
And his presence must be a perpetuum mobile for the management no matter your discipline field is!
READ, READ, READ!!!! - easy redability and useful..........2001-09-24
Although I agree the book is dated in its examples, etc...
This book captures the essence of the way at looking at quality, no matter what field you may be in. The examples are dated, but the simple premise of what the book discusses is as important as ever today. The companies I have worked for since graduation from college (1992) still haven't come close to thinking of quality as described, and it was a hot topic in my production management classes during that time. The readability of the book is excellent; real-world (not classroom) analysis that keeps you interested in the subject without confusion.
The one dis-heartening (sp.) thing in this book is that for low- and mid-level managers, it's difficult to be an agent of change when nobody else believes or is comitted to this practice. Everywhere I've been so far still put too much emphasis on things that Deming calls crazy. I'll leave that for a management effectiveness book to discuss, but it's a read that anybody would find useful.
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This book is neither authorized, sponsored nor endorsed by the Walt Disney Company and its subsidiaries. It is an unofficial and unauthorized book. The mention of names and places associated with the Walt Disney Company and its businesses are not intended to infringe on any existing copyrights or trademarks of the Walt Disney Company but are used in context for educational purposes. The opinions and statements expressed in these interviews are solely the opinions and perspectives of the authors and the interviewees and do not necessarily reflect the opinions and policy of the Walt Disney Company and its businesses.
Customer Reviews:
A look at Walt Disney, through the eyes of people who worked with him........2006-07-02
I have read many books on the life of Walt Disney. This book offers a different perspective than one would find in official authorized works about Walt. It is a collection of interviews of several of the (many) people who worked for him. What I liked most, is the candor of the people being interviewed. They felt free not to "sugar-coat" any of their answers, giving very truthful responses. To think that most of the people interviewed are no longer living, makes me appreciate the work of the various interviewers, capturing all of this valuable insight, that would have otherwise been lost. I enjoyed this book very much, and will be buying the other two in the series.
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