It ain’t no secret

From a flyer I received:

“This series of two one-hour teleclasses is for those who already have a specific goal. Do you want to learn the strategies and tools that successful achievers use to achieve their goals?

Successful achievers know that they have to take 100% responsibility for achieving the lifestyle, relationships, financial freedom, and career opportunities that they want to experience in life. During this class we will explore their secrets and you will leave the class with the knowledge of how to put a successful plan together that you can implement immediately. Your goals can be about anything – career, health, relationships, finances, career, etc.

Topics we will cover include:

  • Getting very clear about what you want and why you want it.
  • What will you gain by achieving your goal – what will you lose by not going for it?
  • The importance of being able to visualize your goal.
  • What is your biggest fear and how can you manage it?
  • Setting boundaries and making sure how you spend your time honors your goal.
  • Putting a plan together with specific action steps and benchmarks.
  • Building a support system.

WHEN: Two consecutive Thursdays from 8-9PM ET (5-6PM PT), 11/10, 11/17
COST: $79 Members ($95 Nonmembers) “

When I’d finished reading it, getting more and more irritated, I sat back and asked myself, “Now why did that get you so riled up?”  It was a flyer offering to teach people how to exert their will in their lives, to achieve what they want.  How could that be irritating?

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When the ladder doesn’t elevate anymore…

In programming, there is an escalating scale of code development.  The most basic level is machine coding, using numerical designators to provide instructions to the hardware and firmware of a computer.  Machine coding is then collected into larger common strings, which can be used for real-time process control when a computer is connected to actuators that open and close mechanical and electrical connections.  This language assembles common machine code sequences and is thus called “assembly” language.  Letters combine to form words, words combine to form sentences.

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Creating creativity

The Vice President of Logistics asked me to meet.  I had been advising this international company on strategic planning, and had gotten to know Keith during the process.  He wanted to talk about a team he was on, charged with finding new ways to achieve the company’s revenue, profit and strategy objectives.

“Stan, we’ve put together this task team, made of both senior leaders and more junior professionals from every major function in the company.  It’s a good group of people,” he explained. “Our challenge is to find new ways to increase sales, reduce costs and improve our strategic positioning in the market.”

“That’s quite a charter,” I said.  “What can I help with?”

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Antidote for crappy news

I’m sure most of you have observed that the news media daily provide a steady torrent of bad news:  tornadoes in the Great Plains, wildfires in Colorado, floods in the northeast and Great Lakes region, suicide bombings in the Cradle of Civilization, mass demonstrations in Istanbul, ethnic wars in sub-Saharan Africa, vanishing species in the oceans and on land, vanishing glaciers everywhere, nuclear weapon proliferation in unstable nations and home invasions in suburbia.

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