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A Corporation Is A Living Organism; It Has To Continue To Shed Its Skin. Methods Have To Change. Focus Has To Change. Values Have To Change. The Sum Total Of Those Changes Is Transformation.

The Sad News Is, Nobody Owes You A Career. Your Career Is Literally Your Business. You Own It As A Sole Proprietor. You Have One Employee: Yourself. You Need To Accept Ownership Of Your Career, Your Skills And The Timing Of Your Moves.

Pickups, S.u.v.'s, Vans And The Like Represent About 80 Million Vehicles, With Mileage Of Perhaps 13 To 16 Miles Per Gallon. Converting Those Should Be Our First Priority.

How Can You Motivate Yourself To Continue To Follow A Leader When He Appears To Be Going Around In Circles?

In The First Round Of Work Simplification...you Can Reasonably Expect A 30 To 50 Percent Reduction...to Implement The Actual Simplification, You Must Question Why Each Step Is Performed. Typically, You Will Find That Many Steps Exist In Your Work Flow For No Good Reason. Often They Are There By Tradition Or Because Formal Procedure Ordains It, And Nothing Practical Ordains It.