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Faced with increasing global competition, every industry, business, and service organization is restructuring itself to operate more effectively. Cost-effectiveness and product reliability without excess capacity are the keys to successful activity in business, industry, and government, and these keys are the end results of methods engineering.
The 11th edition of Methods, Standards, and Work Design provides practical, up-to-date descriptions of engineering methods to measure, analyze, and design manual work. The text emphasizes both the manual components and the cognitive aspects of work, recognizing the gradual decline of the manufacturing sector and the growth of the service sector. The importance of ergonomics and work design as part of methods engineering is emphasized not only to increase productivity, but also to improve worker health and safety, and thus, company bottom-line costs.
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Great Book.......2007-09-11
Learn alot from the book about Project management. It does not only apply to management but apply to daily life. It teaches you more than there is. Definitely recommended.
Methods, standards and work design.......2005-09-26
I got the book on the first day that it was expexted to arrive and its in great shape.
11th edition.......2002-08-30
I am one of the professors Dr. Seifert is talking about in his review. I continue to use this textbook in both graduate and undergraduate classes on job design. Every semester I search for a better alternative, but am unable to find it. I find this book to be helpful and a good reference that incorporates ergonomics, work design, and methods engineering. (I also use old versions of the lab book that contain very well-made forms.) This text contains the best discussion of time standards I have seen. The 11th edition contains a new chapter on cognitive work. This is a topic I have always discussed and am glad to see formal treatment of it in the new edition. As with any textbook, I do not use it as the sole source of information taught in the classroom and would not recommend it as a sole source. I use the topics in the text to launch discussions and research papers on systems theory, lean, cycle time, environmental, process improvement methodologies, ethics, and other issues for manufacturing and non-shopfloor applications. I find the book especially useful in the area of work design and time standards.
Students have found these skills useful in the workplace. Many of our students work in process improvement and lean implementations. They use these skills to reduce cycle time and balance the lines to meet the demands of customers. Good implementation of lean requires knowledge of how to balance a line to meet customer demand, identify constraints, reduce cycle time, eliminate waste, understanding and dealing with change, cost/benefit analysis, and a direct understanding the relationship between the customer demand and production rate. This text touches on or covers in detail these topics.
I find that the book appears to focus on machine and operator efficiency and utilization, has a primarily decompositional view of work, and concentrates mostly on shopfloor operations. Even with these drawbacks, the text gives the reader solid information on improving workplace design and reducing cycle time while improving worker safety and productivity. I use the discussion on machine and worker utilization to compare and contrast with other manufacturing philosophies, and to relate what the text is covering to more 'big picture' aspects. Other topics not included are a good discussion of maintenance operations and quality. I suggest using other sources to incorporate those topics. All in all, the book is not perfect. It is a very good reference book and text book.
1955 Concepts in 1999 Edition.......2000-10-07
This antiquated textbook is still used at colleges and universities throughout the United States. The first edition of this book was published in 1955 and, after nine more editions, appears largely unchanged in its mentality. Specifically, the textbook is written for a time when corporations had legions of industrial engineers who did nothing but detailed and tedious time and motion studies. Unfortunately, today's dynamic manufacturing environment renders many of the authors' techniques impractical or even financially hazardous. For example, it emphasizes the need to maximize machine utilization (even if the machine is not considered a bottleneck operation). Practices like these lead to excessive inventory and sub-optimization of the collective manufacturing process. In summary, I believe this textbook does a great disservice to those manufacturing firms that have achieved dramatic productivity gains through the application of lean manufacturing techniques.
1955 Concepts in 1999 Edition.......2000-10-07
This antiquated textbook is still used at colleges and universities throughout the United States. The first edition of this book was published in 1955 and, after nine more editions, appears largely unchanged in its mentality. Specifically, the textbook is written for a time when corporations had legions of industrial engineers who did nothing but detailed and tedious time and motion studies. Unfortunately, today's dynamic manufacturing environment renders many of the authors' techniques impractical or even financially hazardous. For example, it emphasizes the need to maximize machine utilization (even if the machine is not considered a bottleneck operation). Practices like these lead to excessive inventory and sub-optimization of the collective manufacturing process. In summary, I believe this textbook does a great disservice to those manufacturing firms that have achieved dramatic productivity gains through the application of lean manufacturing techniques.
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Logistics management is increasingly being seen as a source of competitive strength. Its effective use provides potential for cost reduction and the opportunity for increasing market share. The second edition discusses the role of logistics in achieving corporate and financial goals. Updated and expanded with more checklists, more short cases and executive summaries, this is an invaluable guide for all logistics and distribution managers.
Customer Reviews:
Boring book.......2007-06-10
Keeps repeating the same things over and over using different words. Very boring and nothing new to learn.
Modern logistics - an executive summary.......2007-02-08
After reading various textbooks on logistics, quantitative analysis and strategy, this book was very refreshing, in large part from the fact that it is a short and non-technical book. The title of my review says it all, this book is summary for busy people wanting to get som insights into what is going on in logistics and organizational theory . I got through the book in two readings, which is a very valuable aspect for busy people.
Still, despite being brief, it touches on most important aspects, and points you to further areas of importance if what you read here makes you want to change things in your organization.
So: Not technical, easy read, 4 stars instead of 5 because it is too brief to be truly useful for those that actually want to learn the subject-matter.
PS: The printing I recieved was a defect, pages 247 to 278 missing (Replaced by duplicate pages 215-246), ust watch out for that.
Excellent Advanced SCM Book - Repost.......2007-01-05
This is a wonderful book and introduces the practioner to some of the frontiers of strategically driven service response logistics. In other words how to design, deploy and organize integrated SCM for corporate strategic reasons, not just for functional cost control. Probably one of three key books for understanding the frontiers and highly recommended.
Key is the process, customer value and system integration perspectives threaded throughout but particularly in the last several chapters. The chaper on service response logistics is worth the price of the book.
As a practioner dealing with advanced SCM I found this very worthwhile and found myself wishing I'd written it. If you are relatively new to the field you need a decent baseline grounding and Stock & Lambert's book on 'Strateigc Logistics' is a perfect complement. To move slightly higher up the food chain get the recent compilation of HBR articles called 'Managing the Value Chain'. Together the three make a perfect bookshelf set for any practioner, student or corporate executive who needs to understand what integrated logistics, SCM or the future of e-business might be doing to your career or your firm's competitive prospects !
Easy to read, theorethically strong and practical enough.......2006-03-03
After reading many books about logistics and supply chain issues, this third edition adds value to the field.
The author confirms his visionary approach and provides new thinking on supply chain risk and resilience. Not only agility is now more elaborated and explained as an important logistics strategy together with leaness, but also, hybrid strategies are proposed and practical cases are developed.
As always, the author ends with a view to the future and introduce the readers in the ever challenging thoughs of business transformations.
I Need It Yesterday .......2005-06-12
At first glance this is a book that is going to scare off the vast number of readers. Unless you are in this field or this is part of your daily job, why would you read this book. I submit that most managers today need to have a basic understanding of this process, which is why I read this book. Overall I came to the book with no real understanding of the topic nor had I ever read a book along these lines before. I found the book to be a nice and understandable overview of the topic. I did find it to be a bit more detailed then I was looking for, but I understand that the book was not necessarily meant for a reader such as myself.
I think what interested me most was that I used to think of this topic as just a line of trucks coming into the plant so to speak. The book brings out that supply chains are really complex networks with many moving parts. Due to the increased out sourcing and off shoring, the complexity of these chains has grown. With this complexity comes even more of a need for pro-active coordination within the network. This is the reason the book and concepts are important. Overall I enjoyed the book. Sure it had more detail then I wanted, but I assume that a seasoned professional in this line of work needs that detail. I also found the book to be, at times, a bit dry, but I attribute this to my lack of real depth in the area. If you are looking for something in this subject I think this is a good starting point.
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Advance praise for Developing Products in Half the Time Second Edition New Rules, New Tools Preston G. Smith * Donald G. Reinertsen "This is an exceptional book! Get a new highlighter before you start. There are so many 'ah ha's' in each chapter you will never make it through with an old one." Don LaCombe, Ford Motor Company, Product Development Process Leadership "An excellent book with a strong treatment of the cycle-time consequences of overloading your development capacity. It provides powerful and practical concepts for dealing with this issue." Andrew Aquart, Director Product Development, Cordis, a Johnson & Johnson Company "This is practical, useful stuff for people competing in highly competitive fast moving business." Dr. Paul Borrill, Chief Scientist, Sun Microsystems "3M has absorbed many of the tools from the original edition, and this new one will be even more useful. The topic of incremental innovation is crucial to us, and I really appreciate its balanced treatment." Ronald H. Kubinski, Manager New Product Commercialization Services, 3M Company "As the authors correctly point out, the Fuzzy Front End is the least expensive place to reduce cycle time. This book is one of the only sources of concepts, methods, and metrics for compressing this critical portion of the development process." David M. Lewis, Product Manager, Eastman Kodak Co. "Using these tools we've more than cut our time to market in half. The new edition of this classic crystallizes the synergy of the fast-to-market techniques, and the icons in the margins highlight the opportunities and pitfalls." Mike Brennan , Vice President of Product Development, Black & Decker
Customer Reviews:
Useful tools for shortening development time.......2007-08-27
"Developing products in half the time" is a collection of tools and practices that can be used to speed up the release of your new products. The book provides a well-balanced view on how to cut the development time and especially what the trade-off is that you will probably make. Many of the tools and practice are only touched upon and would require a book on its own.
Preston Smith and Donald Reinertsen start the book by tackling some important misconceptions about fast development. Their opinion is that it's not per definition good and you really need to have a good reason to speed up the development. They continue this theme in their second chapter which gives a basic financial model that they will use during the rest of the book. It explains what trade-off will be made when saving time in a particular way. The rest of the book provides practices to save development time: starting with "the fuzzy front end". In power of incremental innovation they argue that most products can probably be developed incrementally, which reduces development time and risk a lot.
Chapter 7 and 8 are key to the book, they provide motivation for using cross-functional development teams. How to create these, how do they fit within the organization and where should you locate them. This concept is repeated probably most throughout the book.
Developing in half time is an excellent read. It's full of small ideas which can help your development process to deliver faster and explains the trade-offs well. The only criticism to this book would be that all topics are discussed only shortly. Recommended reading.
Also for a Service Organization!.......2006-11-27
A comprehensive approach to Product development and lot of advices that can be used also in a Service Environment like my own; the best book on the subject of speed to market. I still continue to suggest it as a reading to my collegues and to the students in my teachings. I also strongly recommend the Reinertsen book "The Design Factory" and I am waiting for a sequel on Lean Product Development.
THE book about product development .......2005-10-20
This book giver clear insights about product development in general. What amazed me when I read the first edition is that agile software development methodologies are clearly aligned with these book findings. Preston Smith and Reinertsen did an excellent job and succeded to create a better book in this new edition!
Keep an eye open specially to the tools listed below(number is the corresponding chapter) and watch the link with agile processes:
2. Putting a Price Tag on Time --> how to convince upper management to do small releases and work in an iterative and incremental mindset.
4. The Power and Pitfalls of Incremental Innovation --> Why to be agile and how to mitigate risks described in the disadvantages section.
5. Capturing Customer Needs --> Why to work jointly with all stakeholders and stay focused in minimal and iterative specifications.
6. Using System Design to Compress Schedules --> Why software architecture is an important activity and why projects must be planned based on architecture.
8. Organizing for Communication --> Why Co-location brings benefits most of the times.
10. Controlling the Process --> why insitute essential metrics and which are these. Aligned with information radiators practice of agile software development teams.
11. Preventing Overloads --> One of the best in the set. With great empirical evidence the authors explain why most managers do the wrong thing and try to mantain 100% people allocation. In this chapter he gives light to why is not a good thing to split people between various projects and what to do: control the project list religiously! The agile methodologies also say: Control the feature list of each project religiously :-) !
Read this book, if you want to understand why agile and iterative development processes are the way to build most software products out there!
Lightweight Chat about New product Development.......2004-10-04
Using this text to teach MBA students about new product development.
Probably the worst text I've encountered for a course, never mind lacking useful information for guiding managers in this field.
Incrediably lightweight with passing comments about rigorous engineering tools, and of little use to anyone to actually do anything relating to creativity, innovation or technology commercialization. Pick up something like Ulrich/Eppingers's "Product Design and Development" for a much more thorough and useful approach.
Excellent must-read for senior managers.......2002-01-05
I found that this book was packed full of common sense, which is rare in a development management book. Although it has a lot of examples of manufacturing of phsyical goods, I found it great as a software manager. There aren't many spare words in this book, either -- it's terse and well edited, so you get the raw facts and the necessary stories to back them up, but not a lot (or any, really) fluff.
I am putting it on my bookshelf for software engineers, right next to Writing Solid Code and Debugging the Development Process, two classics for software engineers and team leads, respectively.
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- Detailed engineering description of TPS
- Excellant book to understand how the TPS evolved.
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A Study of the Toyota Production System from an Industrial Engineering Viewpoint (Produce What Is Needed, When It's Needed)
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Here is Dr. Shingo's classic industrial engineering rationale for the priority of process-based over operational improvements for manufacturing. He explains the basic mechanisms of the Toyota production system in a practical and simple way so that you can apply them in your own plant. This book clarifies the fundamental principles of JIT including leveling, standard work procedures, multi-machine handling, and more.
Customer Reviews:
Detailed engineering description of TPS.......2003-10-12
There are a lot of books about the Toyota Production System, but this is one of the most useful for those actually attempting to implement elements of this system. Most of the books on TPS by western authers are just superficial glosses written by MBA's who don't seem to have a clue how to make anything. This book is detailed, specific, clearly written, and very well translated. Some of the material is repetative, nevertheless this is the book to get on TPS.
Excellant book to understand how the TPS evolved........1999-04-23
I enjoyed it since it gave me insight on how TPS evolved and allowed me to better understand not how TPS works but more why.
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Personal coach Cheryl Richardson helps people create the lives they want. In Take Time for Your Life, she shows you how to switch from being stressed, unfulfilled, and overworked, to "living a life you love" by using a seven-step process. First, she gives you permission to "make the quality of your life your top priority" by honoring your self-care--a difficult choice for fast-track readers, but essential. Putting yourself at the top of your "to do" list will help you connect your head with your heart and enhance your satisfaction and joy. Next, you define your priorities and revise your schedule so it reflects them. Then you figure out what actions, issues, and people are draining your energy and start to "plug those drains." The next step is getting your financial house in order. And so on, through seven progressive strategies that free you to live an authentic, high-quality life, embracing your spiritual, emotional, and financial well-being. Richardson recommends enlisting a friend to work through the book with you: a fine idea to help you benefit from all the guidance that this book offers. Resource lists at the end of each chapter let you pursue topics further. Highly recommended. --Joan Price
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America's #1 personal coach offers an inspiring, practical, seven-step program to help you create the life you want.
Step 1: If you think "selfish" is a dirty word, learn to practice extreme self-care--put yourself at the top of the list and everyone else will benefit!
Step 2: If your schedule doesn't reflect your priorities, stop reacting to life and take control of what gets your time and attention.
Step 3: Identify the things that drain you and eliminate them--people, places, and things--once and for all.
Step 4: If you feel trapped by money, investing in your financial health will stop making you feel like a victim.
Step 5: Kick the adrenaline habit! Identify the things that fuel you and discover healthy, new sources of energy.
Step 6: If you feel lonely or isolated, learn how to surround yourself with high-quality relationships that support, challenge, and encourage you to be your best.
Step 7: Don't let life get in the way of your spiritual well-being--connect to your inner wisdom and create a personal practice.
Packed with useful exercises, checklists, personal stories, and a wealth of resources, Cheryl Richardson's program will show you how to step back, regain control, and make conscious decisions about the future you'd like to create. Take time for your life--and begin living a life that you love.
Customer Reviews:
Take Time .......2007-06-28
I thought the suggestions were very good. However, I did not like how one is suppose to find someone else and do the program with them along the way. That has never worked for me.
There were good suggestions about getting rid of the clutter in your life and about spirituality.
Cheryl is truly supportive and full of positive advice........2007-02-02
I can't say enough good things about the authors on Hay House and Hay House Radio. While this book is not a Hay House title (at least not the edition I'm reading), it certainly is one of the best self-help books I've read.
Cheryl is very action-oriented and quite generous when it comes to sharing her tactical secrets for success. Read this book if you're absolutely willing to do the work required to achieve your goals. This is not for the woo woo reader who is passively waiting for the Universe to deliver.
Compliments to Cheryl as well for the advice she gave me when I called into her radio program. She's a big champion of the idea that when you marry intention with action, miracles occur. I'm experiencing the results of putting her strategies into action as we speak. And am looking forward to achieving more happiness and success as more miracles unfold.
Think twice before hiring a career coach. Read this book first. The tone is positive and Cheryl is genuinely supportive.
Helpful resource book.......2006-11-20
I had never heard of Ms. Richardson until a friend recommended this book. I bought it, began reading and immediately connected with her personal story and approach. She is reader friendly and offers seemingly endless lists and exercises to help us reduce stress, simplify and create balance.
Some of Ms. Richardson's tips and suggestions resoundingly resonate a "Martha Stewart" style, which is at times cumbersome and a bit over-the-top with to-dos.
I like referring to this book, either when I'm searching for another book or URL (she lists many resources at chapter ends, very useful!) or when I'm looking to create new ideas for my women's support group.
Pie Dumas - Author & Life Coach
A "Must Have".......2006-11-05
This book is a "must have" for anyone who feels "trapped" in their current life and lifestyle. This book walks you through, step by step, with eye opening exercises that really make you take a look at where you are now and where you want to be. It is an excellent tool to get your life on the track to where you want to go. Your life WILL be changed. I whole-heartedly recommend Cheryl Richardson's, Take Time For Your Life.
Take Time for Thought and Planning.......2006-01-05
This book, written by life coach Cheryl Richardson, details a 7-step plan for creating the life you want.
Author Cheryl Richardson is a former tax consultant, who after many years of talking with clients about their finances, would also talk about the seemingly unrelated topics of medical history, family goals, and career plans. Over time, her practice developed into life coaching, as she became for them a sounding board, an objective listener who provided a fresh perspective. She found herself becoming less interested in their tax returns and more interested in helping them prioritize their lives to spend more time with families or fulfill a secret dream. Today, you can find many life coaches who offer their services in many venues-individual coaching, workshops, etc. The coach listens carefully for the source of problem areas, helps you formulate a plan for change, and then encourages you as you make the changes necessary to reach your goals. In this book, Ms. Richardson gives a detailed 7-step plan for identifying and creating the life you want to live. Her first instruction is that you read the book through without actually doing the plan, then go back and start the plan. She highly recommends that you have at least 1 person join you or doing the plan as a group, so that you can "coach" each other, providing encouragement and a sounding board.
Seven obstacles that Ms. Richardson commonly sees that prevent people from living the lives they love:
1. You think "selfish" is a dirty word.
2. Your schedule does not reflect your priorities.
3. You feel drained by people, places, and things.
4. You feel trapped by money.
5. Adrenaline has become your main source of fuel.
6. You're missing a supportive community in your life.
7. Your spiritual well-being gets last place in your busy life.
"The Plan" involves the following seven steps:
1. Practicing extreme self-care. This means making time for yourself (just you, all by yourself) each and every week.
2. Setting priorities that are aligned with your true intentions and honoring them.
3. Identifying and eliminating what drains you. Remember all that "stuff" in your basement?
4. Investing in your financial health.
5. Using healthy fuel-kicking the adrenaline habit and fueling your body healthfully.
6. Building a soulful community of relationships
7. Attending to your spiritual well-being. This might mean mediation, prayer, yoga, or some other form of spiritual expression.
At the end of each chapter of the book, you will find a list of resources for products, services, and other support.
I highly recommend the book for everyone. It is a great start toward sharpening your focus and eliminating what is not necessary in your life and the things that are not in line with your truest intentions. I immediately got the motivation to start cleaning out that basement and even had a garage sale (ugh-but very cathartic!), got off all those useless junk mail lists, and am updating my will and thinking more seriously than I ever have about long-term financial security. All are things that I wanted and needed to do, but was too intimidated, busy, and full of excuses to take care of. This book gave me just what I needed to start heading in the direction I really want to go. The list price of this book is $13, and it is an easy read. I read most of it on airplanes. Happy Reading!
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- Great Tips on Getting Your Life in Order
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- Interesting concept but not very realistic
- Don't like the author much, but love the book
- Four Hour Work Week is a Great Motivational Tool. Use It.
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What do you do? Tim Ferriss has trouble answering the question. Depending on when you ask this
controversial Princeton University guest lecturer, he might answer:
“I race motorcycles in Europe.”
“I ski in the Andes.”
“I scuba dive in Panama.”
“I dance tango in Buenos Aires.”
He has spent more than five years learning the secrets of the New Rich, a fast-growing subculture who has abandoned the “deferred-life plan” and instead mastered the new currencies—time and mobility—to create luxury lifestyles in the here and now.
Whether you are an overworked employee or an entrepreneur trapped in your own business, this book is the compass for a new and revolutionary world. Join Tim Ferriss as he teaches you:
• How to outsource your life to overseas virtual assistants for $5 per hour and do whatever you want
• How blue-chip escape artists travel the world without quitting their jobs
• How to eliminate 50% of your work in 48 hours using the principles of a forgotten Italian economist
• How to trade a long-haul career for short work bursts and freuent "mini-retirements"
• What the crucial difference is between absolute and relative income
• How to train your boss to value performance over presence, or kill your job (or company) if it’s beyond repair
• What automated cash-flow “muses” are and how to create one in 2 to 4 weeks
• How to cultivate selective ignorance—and create time—with a low-information diet
• What the management secrets of Remote Control CEOs are
• How to get free housing worldwide and airfare at 50–80% off
• How to fill the void and create a meaningful life after removing work and the office
You can have it all—really.
Customer Reviews:
Great Tips on Getting Your Life in Order.......2007-10-23
Ferriss has an incredibly entertaining writing style that makes the book really hard to put down. Filled with inspirational anecdotes and more importantly, clever tips and concrete steps one can take to improve their quality of life and decrease the likelihood of being caught up in the 'rat race'. There is nothing wrong with owning your life completely. Ferriss travels the globe and shows us one universal truth: regardless of geography and status, you can own your life again by leveraging teamwork, technology and time in a way that at first may seem unfamiliar, but ultimately becomes a lifestyle.
One other book I highly recommend is Understanding: Train of Thought.
The Lazy Man's Way to Riches.......2007-10-22
A few of the over-50 crowd might remember The Lazy Man's Way to Riches by Joe Karbo. The 1973 edition is the last of many that were widely advertised in newspapers and magazines in the `60s and '70s. When I say widely advertised, I mean you could hardly get away from it. It was everywhere.
The ad was a cleverly-written story of Joe Karbo's quest for an easy way to get rich. Now he will share his secret with you.
I eventually took the bait and sent away for the book (available through mail order only). I don't recall the price but at the time hardcovers were something like $2.50, so Karbo's book was probably something outrageous like $20.
For that all you got with a thin paperback you could read in one sitting! It was actually a useful handbook, however. You can get rich, the book explained, by writing a book with a catchy title (The Lazy Man's Way to Riches, for example), advertising it all over, and then watching the money roll in.
The book provides a lot of ideas for book topics (a cookbook or other how-to manual). It gives detailed explanations of writing ad copy, finding publications for your ads and so on.
Joe Karbo must be the granddaddy of the get-rich-quick-with-little-or-no-work genre. The engine for getting rich quick is to write a book about getting rich quick and then market it shrewdly.
I wonder if Timothy Ferriss knows about Joe Karbo. The 4-Hour Workweek is a splendid example of the Karbo legacy. If Karbo is still alive, I'm sure he would be the first to acknowledge Timothy Ferriss as the new undisputed champion of the genre.
That's not to discredit the book, however. Like Karbo's book, The 4-Hour Workweek is packed with legitimate useful content.
Chapter two sets a bold tone for the book: Rules That Change the Rules (Everything Popular is Wrong). Mr. Ferriss cheerfully recounts how, with very little actual kickboxing experience, he gamed the system to win the Chinese Kickboxing National Championship.
He cheated! (Didn't he?) Mr. Ferriss doesn't even pause to address the issue. The chapter sets forth new rules that will help shake you out of your rut and get you started on a new life. Rule #3--Less is Not Laziness: "Doing less meaningless work," says Mr. Ferriss, "so that you can focus on things of greater personal importance, is NOT laziness."
OK, doing more meaningful work is not lazy. It just feels lazy compared to the spirit-killing drudgery of a regular job (the hardest work you'll ever do). So in my book it IS lazy.
The appearance of cheating in his kickboxing bouts, among other things, has fueled the ire of some who have trashed the book as if it were the work of Satan. The nattering nabobs of negativism are focusing on a couple of hot-button issues, such as personal outsourcing, to discredit the entire book.
That so many people are upset with Mr. Ferris is a sign he's onto something. He wants to stir readers from their apathy and entrenched ineffective habits. It's like having ice-water thrown in your face.
The book is packed with hundreds of ideas and suggestions. One I haven't had the nerve to try is to lie down for a few seconds in a busy area (such as the Barnes & Noble bookstore). This is one of many "comfort challenges" he gives to get you out of your rut.
In additional to conceptual material, Mr. Ferriss provides detailed, step-by-step procedures and methods for becoming one of the New Rich (those who want to enjoy life now) and stop being a Deferrer (one who waits until his life is nearly over to have some fun). There are scores of references to other books and websites to enrich your search for knowledge. Mr. Ferriss introduced me to the 80/20 principle, a single tidbit that makes the book worthwhile for me.
This book will give you a good kick in the pants. You finish with a decisive "snap!" as you close the cover. By God, after reading this I can conquer the world!
Interesting concept but not very realistic.......2007-10-22
This book like others of the career self-help genre play on wide spread worker angst and offer some new unconventional advice so the author can make money. Some of the advice is workable, some of it is not. Managing workflow, controlling disruptions, delegating when possible, and the Pareto principle all make sense. This sound advice is mixed in with tidbits such as:
Go to a coffee shop and lie down on the floor to relax.
Getting fired is preferable to quitting because you can draw unemployment.
When you do get fired, you can always sell or rent your house.
Leasing a Maseratti made sense because it was only $2,000 a month.
Join the hordes selling e-books on the internet.
His lifestyle advice is almost completely unworkable for those who have spouses, children, and mortgages. Spouses and children typically don't want to live like Gypsys, kids have 9 month school years to work around, and the cost and difficulty of travel go up exponentially. Plus if your company finds out you're sending stuff to India you may get fired for leaking confidential information.
Don't like the author much, but love the book.......2007-10-22
Very thorough with great specifics, not flippant or just scratching the surface as do most "Work Less" books.
Great reminders on a lot of things that we should remember to implement.
Note: Written in a very extreme manner. Which is great for busting through our thick heads, but could potentially make people discount or not believe in the incredibly ideas as a result.
Four Hour Work Week is a Great Motivational Tool. Use It........2007-10-22
just finished reading this book recently. i received it from a friend that knows that I'm into entrepeneurial endeavors online. This book sparked me to move forward with my ideas and put them in play. I put a memebership site together that I'll be charging about 10 bucks a month for information on using Craigslist to dominate any market for your online or offline business at dominating craigslist.com. It's still in the the embyro stage, but even if I only get 100 customers, it will encourage me to move forward and do more sites.
I'm pursuing my goals because of this book. Isn't that what a good book is supposed to do?
I'm starting a forum about the four hour work week here so maybe we can share and learn form each other.
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This is the book for you if you've ever had the urge to tell off your boss, quit your job, hurl your Palm Pilot into the trash, and move to a farm. Written by bestselling stress consultant and psychotherapist Dr. Richard Carlson Don't Sweat the Small Stuff, it advocates the cultivation of a personal mindfulness and "thought navigation" to foster a sense of mental calmness and increased creativity and productivity.
With sage tips reminiscent of those in Jon Kabat-Zinn's Wherever You Go, There You Are, Carlson recommends a "Psychology of Mind" approach that involves being fully present in each situation and not letting the attitudes of others ruin your day. This way, your thoughts become more organized--wiser, if you will--and you get more work done without even trying. This time management trick is what he says will improve your life--not a cell phone or an electronic scheduler or a personal assistant. Carlson's advice can be taken to heart, as he's used these techniques to improve his own life. While he was working on his Ph.D., he rose at 4 a.m. and "gulped down ten or fifteen cups of coffee" each day just to get all his work done, and would bristle if family emergencies took him away from his studying.
Not only does Carlson promise to help boost one's productivity, but he says that relationships and intimacy will improve as well. He maintains that disagreements--at home or at work--are less likely to blow up into full-fledged arguments if you're being calm and levelheaded. "A mind operating at the speed of life can see things as they really are," he writes. "Slowing down gives you needed perspective during times of transition and stress. When you operate at the speed of life and your child desires privacy, you'll probably remember that almost all teenagers go through phases of wanting space from their parents....Rather than take it personally, you'll be able to see the bigger picture. If your mind is moving too quickly, events as well as your own thoughts about events become much larger than they really are."
For anyone fed up with life's chaos, Slowing Down to the Speed of Life should prove to be an immensely helpful mental health manual. --Erica Jorgensen
Book Description
Feel like you're always rushing but never catching up?Are you doing more, but enjoying it less? The frantic pace and pressure of modern life can take a serious toll on your happiness and your health'but there is one way to step off the treadmill without giving up your career or your activities. The answer lies not in sacrificing your work productivity or your lifestyle but rather in changing your attitudes. By using simple exercises to slow down your mind and focus on the present moment, you can actually achieve greater productivity and creativity-all while maintaining a calmer, healthier state of mind.
Slowing Down to the Speed of Life helps you:
- Slow down your life without downsizing your lifestyle
- Enjoy the increased creativity and productivity that flow from inner calm
- Free yourself from the stressful influence of other peoples' habits, attitudes, behaviors, and moods
- Attain a sense of satisfaction with your life'and be happy!
Customer Reviews:
great book, missing clue.......2007-08-20
A very good book with THE solution to most stress- and bad life quality problems: get out of analytical thinking mode and in to free flowing mode. The book makes sense 100%. However, how DO you get into the free flowing mode? This is only arbitrarily described, even though it is the very essential thing! A great pity.
Great Inspirational Book.......2007-01-30
An easy to read book that I found to be very down to earth and true to life. Good for anyne who has lost focus on what life is all about.
Dollar for dollar the best investment I`ve made in years........2007-01-09
The book came into my life at a perfect time. It has helped me liberate my mind to focus on the real important things in life. Before the book I was considering going on blood pressure medicine- NOT ANYMORE! Enjoy.
Stop and smell the roses.......2006-09-21
In this fast pace world we live in we tend to forget to stop and smell the roses. We live our lives planning our next days activities without truly sitting back and gazing at awe of the world around us at the only moment we know. Despite our best efforts to manage our time we ultimately fail.
The book is about simplifying ones life. Live for the here and now and be happy. Enjoy the moment, change your thinking, reduce stress, better your relationships and work smarter.
We get caught up in the worldly things, isn't time to concentrate on what's most important. I highly recommend this book.
"Don't sweat the small stuff, and it's all small stuff"----------a book by the same author
book review.......2006-07-10
Excellent content. easy to read and understand allows me to understand how destructive our thoughts can be, leaving us with emotions that result entirely from our thoughts raise an awareness of our thought process allowing us to contain our emotions hence our behaviour
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Toyota's world-renowned success proves that with kanban, the Just-In-Time production system (JIT) makes most other manufacturing practices obsolete. This simple but powerful classic is based on seminars given by JIT creator Taiichi Ohno to introduce Toyota's own supplier companies to JIT. It shows how to implement the world's most efficient production system. A clear and complete introduction.
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Maximize your Returns.......2005-05-11
The book is eye opening. Many of the processes described can be applied to any business as a management philosophy. Managers must look for improvement or face stiff competition from those who don't.
Where is KANBAN.......2003-12-24
Lack of information, I didn't find what I was looking, how to calculate KANBAN.
An absolute farce of a review on Toyota.......1999-04-05
This book failed to capture the essence behind the workings of Toyota. Whether it was through poor research or a simple lack of understanding this book should be avoided at all costs.
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In this total update of his classic, quality guru Philip Crosby revisits and ultimately reaffirms the thinking he introduced in the tradition-shattering Quality is Free. In that volume, he took quality precepts learned at ITT and adapted in his great entrepreneurial experiment, Philip Crosby Associates (PCA), and rolled them out for the business world's lasting benefit. Now, after 16 years of intense change in one of the hottest areas of business, he shares his current thoughts on some of his most enduring contributions.
Customer Reviews:
Business life story under misleading title.......2001-05-23
Some people who read 'Quality Is Free' observed that the title is somewhat misleading (because it oversimplifies the real message). This book's title is definitely misleading, because it suggests that the book is an update to "Quality Is Free'. This, however, is not at all the case - this book does not have anything to do with "QIF", except the author and his general attitude towards quality (which is quite convincing, however).
"Still Free" is just an account of Crosby's career from his earliest work experiences, through ITT to his own quality consulting firm. The focus, however, is almost always on quality philosophy and implementation, rather than personal matters - they are touched on only to illustrate the professional aspects. Generally, it is a good account but I doubt that this is a reasonable form of explaining author's quality philosophy because it's intrinsically simple and intuitive; as far as can be seen from the book, it has not evolved much over years of its application by the author. This being the case, it is not worth explaining in this particular form.
The book would be more valuable if it were written before "Quality Is Free", not after. Maybe they should be read in this order; doing it the other way round does not seem to be very useful.
An advantage of this book over "QIF" is its language: much more clear and readable. All in all, it may be worth reading if you only want to get a general idea of Crosby's quality concept. If you need a program for actions, better read "QIF".
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