Book Description
Have you ever wondered why you didn't get a job offer after an important interview?
People interviewing for jobs today often fail because they are using yesterday's strategies. They haven't realized that the best employers have changed the way interviews are done, and it now takes a different strategy to succeed.
Competency-Based Interviews shows today's candidates a new, more targeted way to prepare for the tough interviews based on the competencies that the most sophisticated employers are looking for.
Competency-Based Interviews offers you a new and more effective way to handle the tough new interviews so that you will emphasize the knowledge, skills and abilities that you have and that employers need. Most sophisticated U.S. and international employers are using competency-based systems to recruit, interview and select employees. Corporations such as American Express, Anheuser Busch, BP, Coca-Cola, Energizer, Federal Express, IBM, and Pfizer are all looking for specific competencies.
Preparing for a competency-based interview will give you the strategy you need to:
• Be selected for the most competitive positions.
• Win the best job at a new organization.
• Get a great first job or internship.
• Be chosen for that critical promotion in your current organization.
• Take control of your career path.
• Increase your salary.
• Get more interesting assignments and more interesting work
Most interviewees don't know how to be successful when they are being interviewed by an organization looking for key competencies. Few candidates answer questions so they demonstrate their own critical competencies.
Competency-Based Interviews will teach you what you need to master this tough new interview style and give the interviewers the answers that will win you the job.
Customer Reviews:
Competency-Based Interviews.......2007-09-21
I am out on the job market after a 25 year career at GM. While I interviewed and hired employees, there is nothing quite the same as your own job interview. This book is a must for anyone wanting to brush up on their interviewing skills.
A Must for Targeted Selection/Compentecy-Based Interviews.......2007-06-28
This book is a must if you have a targeted selection or competency-based interview in the near future or if you are planning to change jobs in the near future. In fact, even if you don't plan on searching for a new job within a year, I still recommend this book due to the planning advice it gives.
This is by far the best all-in-one book for targeted selection or competency-based interviews. Ms. Kessler is an excellent author and she breaks down the process on how to prepare, how to perform during the interview, and how to follow up after the interview.
Great for landing interviews.......2007-06-16
After re-writing my resume using the competency format, the interviews started pouring in! Good examples and guidelines. Have organized all my competencies and interviews are much easier.
Also recommend the full book on writing interviews.
Excellent book with very useful advice.......2007-04-07
I loaned my copy to two friends going to interviews for big jobs.
Both of them raved about how this book put them in to a fame of mind that made them very comfortable going into and during their actual interviews. It makes you think about questions and areas of your past work expereinces that you should and should not talk about and how to talk about them. Great buy.
Effective, simple and to the point.......2007-04-06
The author carefully gives you the information to help you prepare for your next interview, even if the employer is not conducting a competency based interview. I have had three interviews in the last two weeks and two of three employers used competency based interviewing techniques. I was fully prepared and unsurprised. The book is also simple to read and provides you with summaries that help bring it all together. Additionally, the book gets to the point. I was examining my competencies in the first chapter. The book is also helpful in that it provides case studies that help improve your responses.
Book Description
Acclaim for The Global Class War
"You will never think about 'free trade' the same way after reading Jeff Faux's superb book. As Faux makes clear, the globalization debate is really about whose interests are served by global elites, and how we need to go about reclaiming a democracy that serves ordinary people. This book should transform public discourse in America."
-Robert Kuttner, founding coeditor of the American Prospect and a contributing columnist to BusinessWeek
"Jeff Faux's astonishing story of how class works will scandalize the best names in Wall Street and Washington-especially the much admired Robert Rubin, who along with other elites colluded behind the backs of ordinary citizens in Mexico, Canada, and the United States. The most cynical Americans will be shocked by the sordid details. This really is an important book."
-William Greider, author of The Soul of Capitalism and Secrets of the Temple
"Globalization is a cover for American imperialism, but the beneficiaries are not the American people at the expense of foreigners but corporate executives at the expense of working-class and poor people wherever they may be. Jeff Faux offers a comprehensive and devastating analysis."
-Chalmers Johnson, author of The Sorrows of Empire
Customer Reviews:
One of the Best Analyses of Globalism I have read.......2007-10-22
Jeff Faux does a masterful job of revealing in detail the heinous raping of the American people (and the rest of the world's people) by the richest elites. After reading this book, no one can ever again pretend to be ignorant of the the deception being perpetrated by the richest of the rich using multinational agreements such as NAFTA to make democracy anywhere irrelevant. Transnational corporate interests trump everything, and it is too late to go back short of an asteroid hitting the earth. However, the author does make a good case for continental unification that I had previously dismissed; it is just doubtful to me that this can be achieved while restoring the democratic voice of the people. In conjunction with this book I recommend finding "The Wizards of Money" audio series online by "Smithy" who in 22 episodes explains just about everything one needs to understand about the complex financial techniques used to deceive us all. [...]
Clubby "governing class" with its fingers in its ears.......2007-07-15
Basically, a lot of governmental decisions (such as the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA) get made by the "governing class", an insular group of government officials closely linked with the business world; alternative viewpoints (such as labor or environmental concerns) tend to be minimized. This results in outcomes that are not only detrimental to individuals and society in general, but can also backfire and hurt business as well (higher health care costs and the loss of the US steel industry are examples given).
NAFTA promised "good jobs" (many tied in to the import/export business), for Americans and Canadians, as well as better job opportunities (and less illegal immigration) for Mexicans. What happened, though, was a lot of manufacturing moved from the US to Mexico, where the lower wages paid did little to stimulate the economy. Mexico was hurt further when manufacturing, ever in search of cheaper labor, moved production to Asia.
There is also discussion about global organizations such as the WTO and their meetings in Davos. Same clubbiness, but on a worldwide basis. Labor, etc. is again shut out or co-opted by business, and what opposition there is often ends up ineffectual.
Even the US invasion of Iraq had a basis in developing markets for multinationals, not just oil and/or military strategy.
The subtitle states "How America's Bipartisan Elite Lost Our Future". The author does blame Clinton as much as he does Bush (41) for ramming NAFTA through over the objections of labor, environmental and other concerned groups. (Canadian and Mexican leadership, including the high level of corruption in Mexico, are also called to task) And he points out that almost as much corporate money flows to Democrats as it does to Republicans.
But he does save most of his opprobrium for the right: the "think tanks of the 1970's, followed by Reagan and Thatcher; the rise of the religious right; Friedman, etc.
Finally, the author puts forth his plan to "Win it back": a "Continental Democracy", essentially a reformed version of NAFTA with labor, environmental, and human rights provisions explicitly written in and enforced. In addition, a "Citizens Continental Congress" would be implemented. The three countries would be divided into several geographical regions, some of which would cross national borders ("Nine Nations of North America" anyone?). Sounds like part of a plan, but actaully "belling the cat" (i.e. getting the governing class to listen, let alone implement it) is left as an open exercise.
Neither the premise nor the conclusion is a surprise here.......2007-05-28
The premise of this book is that the global elites are more loyal to their own class than to their country of origin (see the discussion of universal health care in America under Clinton) and the conclusion is that the working class will be hurt more by the coming economic catastrophes in America than will the global elite who are the cause. In between those "well, duh" moments is a reasoned and thorough exposition of how NAFTA came into being and the consequences for the working class, especially in Mexico. Faux presents the differences between the Keynsian model and the social Darwinism under which we struggle at present. My dad was a professor of Economics, and a follower of Keynes, and he would have endorsed this book. Unfortunately, I think that Faux's idea of a North American union, while deserving of consideration, will not be accepted by US citizens.
It's the book for the young to read and reread!!.......2007-02-08
I read the book with a scant eye on the economists view of events but by the end of the first chapter I had a different attitude. I found myself thinking that my children must know this material in order to make sound decisions about their future and the future of the country. Every newscaster should be required to read this book before interviewing propective candidates for President. It has enlightend me on the workings of our government.
Insightful Analysis.......2007-01-15
Jeff Faux gives an insightful overview of the causes behind the gradual decline in living standards and income of not only the American Middle Class, but its counterpart in every other country of the world, orchestrated by the newly-globalized power-elite class. Intriguing and thought-provoking, the book looks at the big picture and brings into focus the reasons for some of the world-wide developments of which everyday people have become victims. It will give readers a whole new, and probably even more cynical take on political leaders of the present era.
Amazon.com
Onto 2004's already crowded political non-fiction bookshelf, comes Reason by former Clinton administration Labor Secretary Robert Reich. It's a call to arms for liberals and progressives against what Reich terms the "Radcons", radical conservatives who combine the aggressive "neoconservative" foreign policy of Richard Perle and Robert Kagan with an insistence on interfering with private morality, all the while eliminating social safety nets. At times, it seems like Reich is trying to have it both ways: he condemns the Radcons for being judgmental and demonizing those with whom they disagree but, in the process, he often does some demonizing of his own in his summarization of their philosophies. Reich's arguments are most persuasive when he takes the approach of the Radcons but turns them around. Yes, he says, morality is crucial to the survival and prosperity of the United States, but instead of worrying about what people do in their own bedrooms, we should focus on public morality, especially as it pertains to overpaid CEOs, corrupt corporations, and the government's tacit approval of them. Despite his long history with the Democrats, or perhaps because of it, Reich saves some of his most pointed criticisms for his own party. He assails the Democrats for ceding the ongoing electoral struggle to the Republicans (and the Radcons, naturally). It's stupid, says Reich, to pursue a centrist approach to capturing the voting blocs necessary to achieve victory in the White House or congress because there is actually no such thing as centrism. Instead, there is a shift in the political dialogue as the right tacks further rightward and drags victory-hungry Democrats with it, thus alienating and ultimately disenfranchising the substantial liberal electorate. Reich ultimately sees good news for liberals on the horizon, however. While he thinks millions of Americans are fed up with the overly cautious Democratic Party that won't stand up for it's progressive principals, they are even wearier of the Radcons and "their intolerance, their mean-spiritedness, their moral righteousness, and their arrogance toward the rest of the world." --John Moe
Book Description
For anyone who believes that liberal isn’t a dirty word but a term of honor, this book will be as revitalizing as oxygen. For in the pages of
Reason, one of our most incisive public thinkers, and a former secretary of labor mounts a defense of classical liberalism that’s also a guide for rolling back twenty years of radical conservative domination of our politics and political culture.
To do so, Robert B. Reich shows how liberals can:
.Shift the focus of the values debate from behavior in the bedroom to malfeasance in the boardroom
.Remind Americans that real prosperity depends on fairness
.Reclaim patriotism from those who equate it with pre-emptive war-making and the suppression of dissent
If a single book has the potential to restore our country’s good name and common sense, it’s this one.
Customer Reviews:
A must read! Fantastic Book!.......2007-09-30
This is a "persuasive" book, as opposed to narrative or expository writing. He uses descriptions to facilitate communications instead of trying to be complete. For example, he uses the term "radcons" - radical conservatives. You can get a flavor for this term at http://www.robertreich.org/reich/20040501.asp. One can go on about the different types of conservatives (libertarian, paleo...) but that would not be useful. The real power in recent years has been the radcon; an unholy alliance between religious/social and fiscal conservatives
Mr. Reich takes radcons to task, and rightly so. They complain about moral-bankruptcy, focusing almost completely on sex. Yet, they rarely if ever speak out against the greed and concentrated wealth that is destroying our country. How often do right-wing preachers castigate those that would layoff hard working Americans just to give the CEOs a raise, even when the stock is down! How often do they speak out against a system where CEOs are coddled because they hand pick the people on their board!
How many times did Jesus speak out against wealth and greed? How often did Jesus say we should help the poor and weak? How many times did Jesus speak out against homosexuality? Jesus never said we needed to get rid of the estate tax. Jesus never said capital gains tax cuts were immoral. Radcons focus on the wrong things.
Radcons have hurt this country. Their Greed Over People philosophy has led to many disasters, from Enron-like rip-offs to billions lost in Iraq. This corruption hurts families and small-investors alike.
The FDR quote about radicals, liberals, and conservatives is worth the price alone of this book. A real gem, it explains the reality that is only again coming to light: liberals are the practical politicians. Radicals on the left and right (communists, facists, radcons, libertarians) will bury the world trying to push their ideology. Liberals look at problems and use practical solutions, which may involve government, to solve them. Rural power, Social Security, food safety, civil rights, public transportation, public roads, libraries... all liberal traditions that are solving problems that the free market cannot.
It appears that Mr. Reich's thought parallels mine: history has shown that communism does not work; extreme capitalism does not work; the only way is the middle way, regulated capitalism.
Slightly dated, as it does not (or should say cannot as it was written before 2006) discuss the recent blow-back (i.e., lost elections) conservatives have received from the fiasco in Iraq and their disastrous economic policies, it is still a very worthy read.
One of the best political books of the past decade.......2007-03-29
I love this book. Reich explains in great detail how progressive ideas and ideals are the true hope for America and how the conservative, regressive programs of the right-wing are bad for America. He uses examples, gives details, explains things. It's really a wonderful read.
That said, you probably have to be a real political junkie to really enjoy it. At times, it's kind of dry reading. Then again, if you picked up the book in the first place, you probably already ARE a political junkie.
This book offers essential ammunition for combatting the right-wing smear mearchants who prefer to talk in sound bites and remember the good old days of "separate, but equal."
Buy it. You'll like it. .......2006-03-23
In short, I highly recommend this book to anyone who espouses reason over vitriolic spew. If you love America, but are troubled by the current state of affairs, this book may provide you with some level of inspiration.
I purposefully chose the audio version of this book because I have heard Reich speak and his quirky delivery is affecting.
Un-Reason .......2006-03-21
MUST READ REVIEW: The Free Speech Haters (lefties) have deleted this review Twice.
Robert Reich, was Bill Clintons scariest appointment. His ideology, ergo his politics has been the of the most extreme left of any Bill Clinton's appointments. And some may argue that he some of the most extreme viewpoints of ANY high level appointment.
Robert Reich and his ilk were very happy when from the 1940's - 1980, radical lefties was setting the public agenda. All items were in play, courts were stacked and extremist's legislatures abdicated their law making ability to the courts. The executive branch simply turned a blind eye when radical lefties created a false impression that they were supporting the constitution when in fact they were and still are systematically undermining it. Left-Wing views that were on the fringe of the Democratic Party in the Sixties and Seventies are now center stage. These views, being forwarded by people like Reich, Dean, Kerry and Feingold, seem accepted as normal.
Left Wingers - control the media, academia, the sciences, think-tanks, and for most of the last century the executive, judicial and legislative branch. Republicans were demoralized, but the pendulum has finally begun to swing the other way. People are finally getting fed up with the extremist left who is arrogantly opposed to honest intellectual debate for they are fervently certain that they are correct in all matters. Their disdain for discourse and for anybody who challenges them is extant.
But the worst part is that radical lefties are uncivil to the extreme. They fill the public airwaves and bookstores with nastiness. Listen to Air America or watch a Michael Moore DVD. Read their editorials and you will find vicious vituperative attacks. Open a leftist political best-seller and you find more mean spirited screeds. Extremist lefties, RAD-COMS (Radical Communists) typically reduce political debate to nonsensical statements that seem to be making point but are nothing but vague and angry assertions, unsupported by facts.
But what we're now witnessing is something far more corrosive of civic life than normal political vitriol: It's viciousness directed toward anyone holding a view other than the prevailing elitist left-wing propaganda. Insults also calculated to belittle and ridicule entire groups or judged to be different are part of the divisive wedge that lefties like to play in hurting the cohesiveness of the nation.
The Conservative tradition values free speech and debate. No one should be deterred from speaking his or her mind for fear of offending some group. Lefties are opposed to this idea, the shouting down of Ann Coulter the attacks on Christians, etc, etc. Are all handiworks of the left. It is their mean-spirited trash talk that fills their protégée's with this HATE and ANGER of anybody not like them.
I'm sorry Mr. Reich, I used to be one of these lefties, and I know the condescension with which I was taught to look at people on the right. The attacking of American Citizens rather than ideas, the smearing of whole segments of society for some perceived ills against our ideology. This is leftism at its base. Fear and Hate driven. No. Mr. Reich it will be a sad day when you and your type WIN America. People are waking up, they are realizing that the great Democratic Party of yesteryear has been hijacked by Radicals.
Your book speaks about morals but you never discuss where the morals come from. Conservative position comes from a bedrock of factual and historical facts. They are a clear-eyed view of where America is and where we need to go. Your left wing morals come from a modernist philosophy, blown by the wind and proven to be a disaster. You biggest moral imperative is to BLAME others but that is what happens when you are ideologically based rather than historically and fact based.
I could go on and on, but MR. Reich, I used to be on the left. But the divisiveness, hate, anger, name-calling, utter compliance with leadership, no dissention, no debate, and supreme arrogance drove me away. Once one is away and in the middle you look at the two competing political thoughts and it is scary, very scary to see what you once were.
Mr. Reich, I am not an automaton, and that is what you need to usher in your America. What the conservatives need, is open honest debate, free speech, and equal time. You have a fight on your hands, one that I am hoping for my children's sake that you lose.
Forcefully written, methodically argued.......2005-11-19
Robert B. Reich, Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton, crafts a unified but diverse work in Reason. He forcefully attacks right-wing policies, methodically arguing against the irrationality of policies.
Reich avoids writing like an academic (which he is) and intersperses his agreements with personal anecdotes - interesting events from his childhood (listening to a conservative neighbor talk about FDR) stories from his time at Dartmouth (as a member of an honor committee that expelled a student for having sex), and a memorable tour of a public school with the late Daniel Patrick Moynihan (who demanded that vandalism on the wall be removed immediately).
Reich was especially impressive on second points:
*First, in the prelude ("The Revenge of the Radcons"), Reich rejects "neoconservative" and "paleoconservative" labels and instead refers throughout to "radical conservatives," or "radcons." He describes how radical conservatives aren't really conservative, contrasting true conservatives in the tradition of Burke (cautious, skeptical of grand plans, big ideas, meticulous, concerned with civilly) with radical conservatives in the mold of Kristol and Shachtman (revolutionary, intent of dramatic change, uncivil in the extreme).
*Second, in the discussion on economic policy ("Real Prosperity"), Reich demonstrates his economic brilliance through his discussion on globalization, outsourcing, and "the Two Jobs of the Future." Here he discusses how the declining consumer-goods sector of the American economy (replaced by technology and foreign workers) will be counterbalanced by the two growing sectors of the economy--personal service workers and what Reich calls symbolic analysts. It's a unique and intriguing argument that trumps the "protectionism-free trade" dichotomy artificially imposed on economic debate.
In generally, an excellent discussion that presents a solid and reasonable view of the modern United States and how it can be a better country if liberals win the "battle for America." Five stars.
Book Description
From the Revolutionary War to the present, the American military has consistently beaten the odds. It's not luck.
America's armed services are under attack. From college campuses to the floor of the Senate, the Iraq war is portrayed as a quagmire, the army is described as "broken," and our men and women in uniform are maligned as torturers.
By seeing everything through the distorted lens of Vietnam—a war shrouded in harmful myths— critics have lost sight of our country's real military record, and the factors that have enabled us to win with remarkable consistency, in situations even more dire than Iraq.
In America's Victories, Professor Larry Schweikart restores the truth about our amazing military heritage. Just as he did in his acclaimed previous book, A Patriot's History of the United States, Professor Schweikart cuts through the distortions passed along by academia and the media.
Far from being a cruel, bloodthirsty nation, eager to acquire other people's resources, American troops value the sanctity of life more than any military culture in history. This fundamental trait has led, over the last two centuries, to more humane treatment of prisoners, more daring POW rescues, and more effective operations than any comparable power.
America's Victories explains how this culture of victory has endured through the darkest moments of World War II, the Korean and Vietnam wars, and how it has helped our troops prove their critics wrong over and over, from the Battle of New Orleans under Andrew Jackson to the war in Afghanistan under Tommy Franks.
Customer Reviews:
A Patriot speaks up about American Military History.......2007-08-29
Are you tired of Liberal professors telling you how bad America is, or are you tired of only hearing of our troops being shot on the news. Then this book is for you. It is a well written and researched book, as an examination of the notes will clearly show. However it lacks the boring read of a college text book, and on the contrary, it is actually fun to read. The maps are detailed and helpful, and the author does a great job of explaining just what the title says, "Why America Wins Wars." If you are interested in learning about American Military History, this is one of the best one volume books out there for you.
Superb when he skips the propaganda.......2006-12-13
I hate rhetoric; I hate anyone who distorts the truth to support their prejudices, whether it be Michael Moore on the left or Ann Coulter on the right. Schweikart starts out in the introduction with pointless exaggerations like "We were out of Grenada so fast, American troops didn't even have time to paint KILROY WAS HERE on a Grenadian wall." And later on he implies that the War of 1812 was a victory for the US, analyzing the Battle of New Orleans (one of the few US victories) without ever mentioning that it was fought two weeks after the peace treaty was signed. Um, Professor Schweikart, it was Washington, DC, that got burned down in that war, not London.
He is definitely a conservative, and it shows. As someone who's all over the map personally, I can live with that, but when he goes off on standard right-wing talking points like the media's anti-military bias or how the US doesn't treat its prisoners of war as badly as the Nazis or the Japanese did (as if that made it all right), he just becomes tiresome. He also skirts of lot of issues, claiming that the worst thing done to the prisoners at Gitmo was playing Christina Aquilera. There's no mention of the documented instances of waterboarding or sleep deprivation.
He also takes Hollywood to task for not being as supportive of the military as it was in World War II, ignoring the difference between fighting for our nation's survival against an attacker, as we did against the Japanese, and whatever the heck we were fighting for in Vietnam or are fighting for today in Iraq (the latter seems to change on a weekly basis). And frequently he glosses over major issues of controversy: of course, the media has a left-wing bias, of course Iraq had WMDs and was fostering Al Qaeda, and so on.
That being said, his analysis of why the US has, on the whole, been so successful militarily is superb. It rests, not surprisingly, on our strengths as a country: our free-market system, our support for individual initiative, and (much as he has mixed feelings about this) our openness. He supports this by analyzing both recent and past wars and battles, both successes and failures, to see what works and what doesn't.
The military, far from being the hierarchal, authoritarian system it has the reputation for being, leaves much room for individual judgement at all levels, not just at the top. Soldiers learn, and learn quickly, what works and what doesn't, and that information gets passed around. Our capitalist system leads to technological advances that can be adopted by the armed forces. And even the anti-war movement spurs those in charge to modify military doctrine to minimize effects on civilians and reduce the total number of casualties. The latter may seem surprising in the present circumstances, but it's worth noting that even though we've now been fighting in Iraq for longer than we were involved in World War II, the number of dead soldiers is fewer than there were for many individual battles in that war.
He also legitimately refutes some myths, such as that the Vietnam War victimized the poor and uneducated by disproportionately claiming them as drafted soldiers when in fact the demographics of veterans at the time and the general population from which they were drawn are about the same - and it was the volunteers who took the lion's share of the casualties, not the draftees.
His conclusion, that we are better and stronger than the Islamic extremists we are fighting against, is well-supported. However, that we will inevitably win is still arguable. If anything, his optimism has already been refuted: he claims in the book that the Iraqi insurgents are being devastated by our military and can't possibly hang on much longer, which doesn't explain why - months after the book was published and surely a year after it was written - October 2006 was the deadliest month of the war so far for American soldiers.
Overall, I think that if we make the right decisions, then we should indeed win. However, Schweikart all but assumes that invading Iraq was the right thing to do, even though Iraq was the only secular state in the Islamic Middle East and (something else he ignores) Saddam Hussein had nothing at all to do with 9/11. If anything, our worst mistake - made by one of his heroes, Ronald Reagan - was to ally ourselves to Hussein back in the eighties, something that rightfully makes the Iraqis suspicious of our good intentions now. But, as Schweitzer points out, America is almost uniquely able to learn from its mistakes. So let's hope we can learn from this one.
Go USA!.......2006-10-31
Plenty of good info in the book, but hard to get past the pep rally feel.
basically an extended op ed piece.......2006-09-13
As others have noted, this is an extremely readable account of the factors that contribute to American military success. This reads more like an extended op ed article rather than a dry scholarly tome. Nevertheless, it is footnoted, and if you're interested in a given subject, you can use his sources to follow them up in greater detail. It is definitely written from a conservative perspective, and the Left will surely disagree with much of what this book says (indeed, his specific purpose is to counter "Leftist myths").
I have several nits I might pick with his arguments, but I think the major weakness is the contention that the US learned a lot from defeat in Vietnam. It is true that the US Army improved dramatically after 1973, but that was in spite of Vietnam, not because of it. In my opinion, the Army did not engage in rigorous self-criticism of its failure in Vietnam - instead, after 1973, the Army did its best to forget Vietnam and focused instead on fighting the Soviets in Germany. As a result, the Army forgot all the lessons of counter-insurgency so painfully learned in Vietnam, and is now having to learn them all over again in Iraq. But Schweikart says nothing of this.
What you will never learn from the press, who fights the last war.......2006-08-13
Larry Schweikart provides an inside view that civilians haven't heard from other sources. He shows us military leadership thinnking that has changed greatly since even the Desert Storm war. He washes away the media sterotype of a big dumb ape in uniform leading our troops. Most of the retired offices that appear as experts on TV reports are woefully unprepared to even comment on the new way of war against terrorism, and the new way is working.
Well researched. Quick logical presentation. Easy and engaging read.
Product Description
From the Author of Raising Children Who Refuse to Be Raised and Traumatic Experience and the Brain comes this third book in the difficult children trilogy. For more than 30 years, Dr. Dave Ziegler has been a psychologist, therapist, and foster parent to hundreds of the most challenging children. His methods have helped these "impossible" children--and their parents, teachers, and caregivers--to get back on the right track. He has done what many therapists don't know how to do: help to raise troubled youths, who are the exceptions to all the usual rules, into healthy, successful human beings. This book emphasizes an important element of being successful with difficult children hope. The repeated message is not only that success is possible, but also that it is realistically achievable. However, success comes only with the right type of hard work combined with a deep understanding of what troubled children need. If success with your child is escaping your grasp, you'll find some help in these pages.
Customer Reviews:
RAD- can you really help it heal?.......2006-08-07
Achieving success is a good book to give out to relatives and other caregivers who really have no clue about living with your "little darling". It is easy to read, not too technical or boring, gives the general information on the disorder, and does give some ideas of how to deal with the child. The best thing is that he has lived with these kids and at least can understand where you are coming from.If you are new to the research on RAD it might help you. If you have read and researched and have one of those kids that just won't make it in your home it can give you another perspective on residential treatment and therapeutic homes.
A down-to-earth guide for parents and professionals.......2005-07-06
Written by a psychologist, therapist, and foster parent of more than 30 years' experience, Achieving Success With Impossible Children: How To Win The Battle Of Wills is a down-to-earth guide for parents and professionals alike struggling to deal with challenging children in a wide variety of settings. Various chapters address the importance of modeling responsibility and creating an environment where responsible behavior is the norm, the power and methodology of positive discipline. Further discussion deals with more serious cases, including how to handle violent children, a process that can take years of patience, firmness, and vigilance, and how to deal with post-traumatic stress disorder in young children. Especially recommended for psychologists, caregivers, parents, and mental health professionals.
Book Description
DREAM AND YOU WILL WIN THE WORLD
Not only those who believe in Christ, but all those who hold this book in their hands, will be challenged by the power of God to enter in the dimension of spiritual dreams and visions projecting their lives towards success.
Your life will not be the same after reading "Dream and You Will Win the World". You will become a person that dreams, a visionary, challenged by the experiences of Pastor Cesar Castellanos.
Customer Reviews:
he is for real.......2007-06-09
On one of the reviews someone is saying that Uri Geller is using nothing but parlor tricks and I'm here to tell you that he is for real because tonight I was hearing him on am 600 (coast to coast) for the 1st time and he told the listeners to either pull out a watch that was not working or to place a spoon over the radio, my eleven year old son and I placed a spoon over the radio and we watched in shock as the spoon moved across the radio as Geller instructed us to say the word "work" repeatedly. The spoon was not moving because of the radio's vibration because prior to us saying the word " work" the spoon was not moving at all and once we stopped saying the word "work" it stopped moving completely. I will never forget this experience and I am going to purchase some of his books early in the morning.
Uri Geller's Little Book of Mind-Power: Maximize Your Will to Win.......2006-06-30
Good book full of excellent information and enlighting for the mind.
There are better magicians to get your advice from .......2005-09-01
How do you bend a spoon? As The Amazing Randi says - "you bend the spoon when they're not looking". Sleight of hand in other words. No aliens or psychic powers are required at any point in the process, which may explain why Uri Geller refuses point blank to be tested under conditions that prevent him from cheating.
Now what has all this to do with this book? Well it gives you some background of who Geller is - a magician with a limited repertoire that he's been performing for 30 years. Do you seek out advice from magicians? If so at at least pick a *good* magician! Derren Browne and Ian Rowland have written authoritative and acclaimed books on willpower, mindreading and coldreading. Their efforts are based on the practical application of psychology, not on a bunch of new age guff that sounds good on paper but is little more than platitudes.
If all you want is platitudes, here is the only one you'll ever need - just do something or don't do it. Try talking yourself into something instead of out of it and just do it. You shouldn't need a book to figure it out.
Little book of mind-numbing silliness........2005-01-11
It only takes minute amount of research and questioning to realize that Mr. Geller's career is little more than parlor tricks.
I would highly suggest that those willing to question Mr. Geller's techniques and see if they actually hold up under scientific scrutiny read James Randi's book "The Truth about Uri Geller"
metal bendable with your mind power.......2001-01-10
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