This document presents a rich analysis of the conditions and lives of China's peasants, as explored in Chen Guidi and Wu Chuntao's work. It reflects on historical changes brought by economic reforms post-1979, delving into the impact of socialism, globalization, and social customs. The text also contrasts the survival and performance of historical business leaders with broader economic trends. Furthermore, it touches upon the significance of enthusiasm in leadership, proposing that effective leaders are those who inspire and connect with others creatively and energetically.
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The “Missing 900K” Will the Boat Sink the Water: The Life of China’s Peasants —Chen Guidi and Wu Chuntao’s
Schools & Techtonic Plates In: "economics, technology, social customs and globalization." Out: Socialism in general ("one short chapter"). Chinese communism before the 1979 economic revolution ("a sentence"). Mao ("only once--in a chapter on etiquette"). Source: The New York Times, p1, 0901.2006, on reported on revised history textbooks for high school seniors in Shanghai, China.
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In-Cab University*Business. Humanities. Science. Personal growth.*Listen in truck, transmit assignments via cellphone or Wi-Fi at truck stops*$225 per credit hour; several big fleets paying*Stephen Fraser, 38: “Rather than driving all day and dreaming about lottery winnings, I’m actually using my mind.”
“No leader sets out to be a leader per se, but rather to express him- or herself freely and fully. That is, leaders have no interest in proving themselves, but an abiding interest in expressing themselves.”—Warren Bennis,On Becoming a Leader
Exuberance: The Passion for Life, by Kay Redfield Jamison+ “I believe exuberance is incomparably more important than we acknowledge. If, as has been claimed, enthusiasm finds the opportunities and energy makes the most of them, a mood of mind that yokes the two of them is formidable indeed.” “The Greeks bequeathed to us one of the most beautiful words in our language—the word ‘enthusiasm’—en theos—a god within. The grandeur of human actions is measured by the inspiration from which they spring. Happy is he who bears a god within, and who obeys it.”—Louis Pasteur “Exuberance is, at its quick, contagious. As it spreads pell-mell through a group, exuberance excites, it delights, and it dispels tension. It alerts the group to change and possibility.”
Exuberance: The Passion for Life, by Kay Redfield Jamison+ “A leader is someone who creates infectious enthusiasm.”—Ted Turner “‘Glorious’ was a term [John] Muir would invoke time and again … despite his conscious attempts to eradicate it from his writing. ‘Glorious’ and ‘joy’ and ‘exhilaration’: no matter how often he scratched out these words once he had written them, they sprang up time and again …” “To meet Roosevelt, said Churchill, ‘with all his buoyant sparkle, his iridescence,’ was like ‘opening a bottle of champagne.’ Churchill, who knew both champagne and human nature, recognized ebullient leadership when he saw it.”
Exuberance: The Passion for Life, by Kay Redfield Jamison+ “At a time of weakness and mounting despair inthe democratic world, Roosevelt stood out by his astonishing appetite for life and by his apparently complete freedom from fear of the future; as a man who welcomed the future eagerly as such, and conveyed the feeling that whatever the times might bring, all would be grist to his mill, nothing would be too formidable or crushing to be subdued. He had unheard of energy and gusto … and was a spontaneous, optimistic, pleasure-loving ruler with unparalleled capacity for creating confidence.”—Isaiah Berlin on FDR
Exuberance: The Passion for Life, by Kay Redfield Jamison+ “Churchill had a very powerful mind, but a romantic and unquantitative one. If he thought about a course of action long enough, if he achieved it alone in his own inner consciousness and desired it passionately, he convinced himself it must be possible. Then, with incomparable invention, eloquence and high spirits, he set out to convince everyone else that it was not only possible, but the only course of action open to man.”—C.P. Snow “We are all worms. But I do believe that I am a glow-worm.”—Churchill on Churchill “The multitudes were swept forward till their pace was the same as his.”—Churchill on T.E. Lawrence “He brought back a real joy to music.”—Wynton Marsalis on Louis Armstrong
Home RunBeing there! * ** *** *****No more, no less**“A body can pretend to care, but they can’t pretend to be there.” — Texas Bix Bender*** GEN Melvin Zais on COs and inspections****Silence is golden! [Utter silence is golden-er.]
Sorting Out a Problem/ Misunderstanding with an e-mail:Don’t delay! It’s the effort that counts (Long>Short)Get personal (“authentic”—yuck)FLAT OUT APOLOGIZE (no equivocality)Take more blame than you “deserve”
“If I could have chosen not to tackle the IBM culture head-on, I probably wouldn’t have. My bias coming in was toward strategy, analysis and measurement. In comparison, changing the attitude and behaviors of hundreds of thousands of people is very, very hard.[Yet] I came to see in my time at IBM that culture isn’t just one aspect of the game—it is the game.”—Lou Gerstner, Who Says Elephants Can’t Dance
The New Enterprise Value-Added Equation/Mark2006(1) 100% “WOW PROJECTS” (New Org “DNA”/“The Work”)+ (2) Incredible “TALENT”Transformed into (3) Entrepreneurial “BRAND YOUs” and (4) Launched on Awesome “QUESTS FOR EXCELLENCE”= (5) Internal “Rockin’ PSFs” (Staff Depts. Morphed into Wildly Innovative Professional Service Firms) … (6) Which Coalesce to Transform the FEVP/Fundamental Enterprise Value Proposition from “Superior Products & Services” to “ENCOMPASSING SOLUTIONS” &“GAME-CHANGING CLIENT SUCCESS”
Big Idea/“Meta”-Idea/Premier “Engine of Value Added”(1) The Talent: “Best Roster” of Entrepreneurial-minded Brand Yous.(2) The (Virtual) Organization: Internal or External “PSF”/Professional Service Firmworking with “Best Anywhere” = Engine of Value Added through the Application of Creative “Intellectual Capital”(3) The Work Product: “Game Changer”/ “Gaspworthy” WOW Projects
“I wanted GE to operate with the speed, informality, and open communication of a corner store. Corner stores often have strategy right. With their limited resources, they have to rely on laser-like focus on doing one thing very well.”—Jack Welch/Fortune/04.05
TALENT POOL TO DIE FOR. Youthful. Insanely energetic. Value creativity. Risk taking is routine. Failing is normal … if you’re stretching. Want to “make their bones” in “the revolution.” Love the new technologies. Well rewarded. Don’t plan to be around 10 years from now.
