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Everyone knows that high IQ is no guarantee of success, happiness, or virtue, but until
Emotional Intelligence, we could only guess why. Daniel Goleman's brilliant report from the frontiers of psychology and neuroscience offers startling new insight into our "two minds"—the rational and the emotional—and how they together shape our destiny.
Through vivid examples, Goleman delineates the five crucial skills of emotional intelligence, and shows how they determine our success in relationships, work, and even our physical well-being. What emerges is an entirely new way to talk about being smart.
The best news is that "emotional literacy" is not fixed early in life. Every parent, every teacher, every business leader, and everyone interested in a more civil society, has a stake in this compelling vision of human possibility.
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This is his classic work - I recommend it to all my clients........2007-09-16
This is his original classic work. The term "emotional intelligence" has become iconic yet not fully understood. Start discovering the concept with this first in a series of books by Goleman. Emotional intelligence involves the ability to identify and manage our emotions; to recognize our impact on others; to empathize; and to generate and direct emotions in ourselves and others towards a constructive goal. This ability can be measured, and more importantly, it can be improved. I egularly encourage my business and life coaching clients to read it.
I found this book well worth reading.......2007-09-16
This book does a great job of explaining the interactions between the logical part of the brain and the emotional part of the brain. I studied psychology 20 years ago in college. It is amazing how much more has been learned about the human body since that time. This book includes many case studies about what happened when various parts of the brain were removed or damaged due to cancer or some other malady. Reading this book has helped me to keep a better check on my emotions when in stressful situations.
When will this book be over?!?!?.......2007-05-12
I feel like I'm in psychology class all over again. He uses a lot of big words that all pretty much mean the same thing and says them over and over. Most of the things he's saying feel like common sense to me and nothing new. If this book wasn't required reading, I would quit reading it!
Psychology at best.......2007-03-22
I am not one who would volunteerly read a psychology book - so naturally I came across this book in one of my courses. It is a book, though, that I can say I was happy to read. It puts life into perspective with regard to how emotional intelligence - coping, depression, addiction - its all based on our emotional realm. Life does not revolve around the intellect of a person. Even the most intelligent can form addictions. This book was great and offers studies and other proofs for Goldmans point of view.
Emotional Intelligence * * * *.
Emotional Intelligence.......2007-02-08
This book is filled with useful information. Once you pick this book up, it is difficult to put it down
Really good reading!!!
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- Interesting topic
- Inspirational and Informative Book
- Might help kids if you're a parent/teacher, but not adults.
- Widely applicable, but a lot of physiology
- Great personal and professional growth tool
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The Western cultures esteem analytical skills measured by IQ tests: but there is clearly more to success and happiness, even in technological societies, than IQ alone. Goleman has written one of the best books on the nature and importance of other kinds of intelligence besides our perhaps overly beloved IQ. Recommended.
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Everyone knows that high IQ is no guarantee of success, happiness, or virtue, but until the discoveries of modern brain researchers, theorists could only guess why. Daniel Goleman's fascinating report from the frontiers of psychology and neuroscience offers us startling new insight into our "two minds" -- the rational and the emotional -- and how they together shape our destiny. Beginning deep in the brain, Emotional Intelligence shows us the exact mechanism of an "emotional hijack," when passion overcomes reason. Through vivid examples, Goleman then delineates the crucial skills of emotional intelligence, and shows how they determine our success in relationships and work, and even our physical well-being. What emerges is a crucial new way to talk about being smart. The final chapters reveal the possibilities -- and limits -- of "emotional literary," as it is taught by both parents and educators. The book concludes with a compelling vision of what true emotional intelligence means for us both as individuals and as a society. The message of this eye-opening book is one we must take to heart: the true "bell curve" for a democracy must measure emotional intelligence. Daniel Goleman offers a new vision of excellence and a vital new curriculum for life that can change the future for us and our children.
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Interesting topic.......2007-09-07
In this book the author manages to shine some light on an interesting topic which, unfortunately, is not getting enough attention especially in schools and universities. The best thing about the book is that every claim the author makes is backed up with a scientific experiment or a practical example from the real world. The bottom line is that if you have enough experience and knowledge, you may get the job, but in order to advance, or even keep your job, you should have emotional intelligence. Some of the things in the book are common sense, but the author shows us how much they really affect our performance.
Inspirational and Informative Book.......2007-01-19
This is an inspirational and informative book on emotional intelligence; on our rational and emotional minds and why it is very important to our careers, our relationships and our destiny.
This insightful book examines emotional intelligence in an easy to follow and understand format which makes the book useful to a wide readership. The book pragmatically examines what emotional intelligence is all about and what it can achieve for individuals and organisations. The author methodically explains how the rational and emotional minds can effectively work productively together. As I go up the corporate ladder, it is critical to know how to manage my emotions so that I can relate better with others.
Dr Goleman is both a good writer and an original thinker. This is not just an academic book but also one that looks at the whole aspect of emotional intelligence to see how it "fits in" with all aspects of life. The book examines all the relevant issues and provides sound, sensible advice succinctly.
The book changed the way I look at life and relate with people. As an engineer, I used to believe in the power of logic and reasoning in all my dealings with people, be it at work, in the home and in relationships. I considered emotions as irrelevant or for those that are intellectually challenged. How wrong was I. Now that I am a bit more enlightened, from lessons learnt in this wonderful book, I am a better self. I realise that emotional issues affect the way people work, their motivation, satisfaction and productivity and affect the quality of relationships among spouses or friends. I am now a much happier and more effective manager and therefore recommend this book strongly to anyone who wants to live a happier and successful life.
Might help kids if you're a parent/teacher, but not adults........2007-01-09
First off, the Audiobook version has a TERRIBLE narrator. He sounds like a robot, like a computer program interpreting the text. Most bad narrators I get used to, but this one just got more and more annoying until I picked up the paperback.
The writing style drags and is not very engaging. I have forced myself to get through it because of all the hype, but I found myself wondering what all the fuss was about afterwards.
If you are looking for a life-changing self improvment book, this isn't it. 95% of it's contents are about how terrible depressed and angry people have it and how emotionally intelligent people are so well off in comparison. If you feel you lack EI, then this is depressing in itself. There is nothing on how to actually improve or attain EI if you are an adult. The advice that is offered is targeted to children only, reforming education mainly. I think most people already know that bullys more often grow up to be criminals, or that depressed people are more prone to illness, or that angry people have less satisfying relationships. If you want to read a bunch of obvious statements like these, followed by studies that support them, then buy this book.
Widely applicable, but a lot of physiology.......2006-10-24
If physiology bores you, specifically, explanations about how the different parts of the brain work and send signals to the body, then it may be a difficult to read this book. But if you get through it (or skim over it), you'll get a comprehensive explanation of why people act the way they do -- at home, at work, and in school -- in response to the physiological systems that were designed for an earlier time in the history of humankind. Shows how decisions and plans are not made based solely on logical consequences, but often based on people's past, vague memories, and strong feelings.
Practical applications: understand the indvidual human basis of office politics, the challenges of managing and leading a team. And of course, learn more about to live in a family. Also talks about educational solutions to train children and adults to interact better and more peacefully.
Great personal and professional growth tool.......2006-08-18
As owner of a corporate training consultancy - PICKS Training & Consulting - and 20-year sales manager, I found 'EI' to be extremely beneficial to me in both my personal development and my profession. For anybody who is interested in better understanding their emotions and harnessing them for good instead of trauma, I encourage you to read this book and practice its principles.
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In Matter and Consciousness, Paul Churchland clearly presents the advantages and disadvantages of such difficult issues in philosophy of mind as behaviorism, reductive materialism, functionalism, and eliminative materialism. This new edition incorporates the striking developments that have taken place in neuroscience, cognitive science, and artificial intelligence and notes their expanding relevance to philosophical issues.
Churchland organizes and clarifies the new theoretical and experimental results of the natural sciences for a wider philosophical audience, observing that this research bears directly on questions concerning the basic elements of cognitive activity and their implementation in real physical systems. (How is it, he asks, that living creatures perform some cognitive tasks so swiftly and easily, where computers do them only badly or not at all?) Most significant for philosophy, Churchland asserts, is the support these results tend to give to the reductive and the eliminative versions of materialism.
Paul M. Churchland is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego. A Bradford Book.
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Extremely accessible introduction.......2007-01-27
"Matter and Consciousness" is a very accessible introduction to basic issues in the philosophy of mind. Paul Churchland divides the book into several sections, with each one serving to give a broad overview of the relevant issues, the main positions and controversies, as well as the major lines of research inquiry that have been developed in the past few decades as ways of approaching the study of brain/mind.
The first problem that Churchland addresses in the book is the ontological one - that is, what is the real nature of mental phenomena and in what relation do they stand to the physical world? He surveys the different types of dualism, including substance dualism, property dualism (a category which subsumes epiphenomenalism, interactionist property dualism and elemental property dualism). He also gives a flavor for the many different species of materialism such as reductive materialism/identity theory, functionalism (which currently serves as the main philosophical position for those involved in the fields of cognitive science and artificial intelligence) and eliminative materialism. Some really important questions are addressed in this first section, such as the feasibility of reducing mental states to neurobiological states. The history of science offers plenty of examples of successful intertheoretic reductions - for example, the theory of optics being reduced to the theory of electromagnetism. However, different arguments have been made (not just by dualists, but also by materialists) as to why mental states will not be capable of reduction to neurobiological states. For the functionalists this is because there are no universal correspondences between physical and mental states (there are many potential physical states that can instantiate mental states) and for the eliminative materialists, this is because our current folk psychological framework is radically wrong. Instead of intertheoretic reduction, the eliminative position holds that there will instead be a full-scale elimination, with our folk psychological concepts going the way of phlogiston in the physical sciences.
Churchland also focuses on the semantic problem -- where do our mental terms derive their meaning from? He suggests that this problem can be resolved by the network theory of meaning in which the meaning of a term derives from the term's embedded status in a larger theoretical framework. He addresses the epistemological problem (the problem of other minds and the problem of self-consciousness) and the methodological problem. What should be the structure of a science of mind? Churchland reviews several traditional approaches - idealism/phenomenology, methodological behaviorism, the cognitive/computational approach and the methodological materialist approach.
In the next two chapters Churchland offers a cursory overview of the fields of artificial intelligence and neurophysiology. These sections are meant to give the reader a flavor of some of the research projects that have been initiated in these fields and the manner in which they bear on the problems discussed in earlier portions of the book. For example, can intelligence be represented computationally? How can we develop programs that simulate aspects of intelligence? Churchland reviews fundamental concepts such as universal Turing machines in a very readable manner. However, it should be noted that Churchland sometimes seems to conflate consciousness and intelligence -- intelligence need not imply consciousness, though he sometimes seems to use these two terms almost interchangeably.
The last chapter of the book is devoted to some thoughts on the possible distribution of intelligence in the universe at large. Overall this book should serve as a highly readable introduction to some very difficult problems. Given the amount of the material covered, it is to be expected that many issues will be dealt with in a cursory manner. Some of the author's biases are reflected in the work. However, Churchland does a decent job in trying to present the main arguments and he also provides suggested reading lists at the end of the chapters for those who would want more in-depth coverage.
a necessary prerequisite..........2006-04-01
Richard C. Vitzthum discusses this book in his "Materialism: An Affirmative History and Definition." He explains the animosity certain kinds of philosophers express towards anyone who insists on physical causation of mental processes. Thus, the negative reviews below are understandable and should be ignored.
Now that I understand the nature of the incessant bickering that occurs among philosophers of various biases, I am ready to take this book up seriously. If an individual, trying desperately to understand the nature of the situation here in the world, must choose eventually between physical causation of thought and non-physical causation of thought, then it seems reasonable to me to choose physical causation.
Throughout history, physical causation has ended up explaining away non-physical, i.e., wishful, fantasies.
Quite horrible..........2006-01-16
As much as I respect Paul Churchland as a philosopher, I can't say this book is very good (he's written much better!)
His coverage of the main positions in the philosophy of mind leaves much to be desired. For one thing, the arguments he uses in favor of dualisms and the objections he brings against it are quite bad. Most dualists would probably cringe at the idea (John Foster, William Vacllicella, W. D. Hart, Richard Swinburne, C. J. Ducasse, David Chalmers, William Hasker) that their position can be so sloppily defended (and refuted). Of course there are a number of differences between these dualists, but that is not the point. It is also true that Churchland's book is intended as an introduction. All the more reason for a bit more balance. Frankly, as a dualist I was no impressed--not to mention unmoved.
Churchland goes from there to arguing later in the same chapter (ch. 2) for eliminative materialism. He uses a very bad argument. He argues that an objection against eliminative materialism which appeals to introspection begs the question. After all, this is the very thing which Churchland is calling into question. So far of course, this is only an assertion, as much in need of justification as he claims the non-eliminative materialist advocate requires. He then claims that introspection is as 'theory-laden' as empirical judgments (I suppose a la Kuhn). But this claim is very weak. For the claim itself rests on a sort of introspection, and requires that Churchland's critics accept the a number of controversial claims (the empirical judgements are theory laden, and that introspection is somehow analogous to empirical judgments). It would also seem that his view of introspection is a bit simplistic (straw man).
But at the very least, the argument is unconvincing.
Pretty good introduction to a vexing problem.......2002-11-03
The mind-body problem, as it is called in Western philosophy, still has the attention of philosophers, despite centuries of debate. It will no doubt occupy more of philosophers time in the upcoming decades due to the resurging interest (and advances) in artificial intelligence. But the goal of most research in A.I. is now geared towards computational algorithms that are able to learn and can discover new knowledge or data patterns. The "hard A.I." problem, that of creating conscious machines, is not top priority it seems.
But philosophers will continue with the analysis of the nature of conscious intelligence, and the author is one of these. Interestingly though, and correctly, he asserts that progress in this analysis has been made, and he notes that philosophy has joined hands with psychology, artificial intelligence, neuroscience, ethology, and evolutionary theory in making this progress. And this will no doubt continue as advances in these fields are made, and the 21st century will see the advent of the "industrial philosopher". Once thought to be a purely academic profession, the ethical considerations behind genetic engineering and the legal rights of thinking machines will require the presence of philosophers in the rank and file of engineers, technicians, and managers. And because of this, these philosophers, and their coworkers will themselves have considerable knowledge outside their own field.
Again, the refreshing feature of this book is that the author believes that philosophy has made considerable process on the nature of mind. This was done, he says, by understanding the mind's self-knowledge, by providing a much clearer idea of the nature of the different theories of mind, and by clarifying the sorts of evidence that must be acquired in order to distinguish between these different theories. Empirical evidence, he states, has enabled the making of these distinctions much more rational and scientific. But he is careful to note that the evidence is still ambigious, and much work still needs to be done before the these ideas can be differentiated with more clarity. He discusses in detail the different theories of dualism and materialism. An entire chapter is devoted to discussing substance dualism, property dualism, philosophical behaviorism, reductive materialism, functionalism, and eliminative materialism. The author asks readers to start anew and throw away their convictions while analyzing these conceptions of mind and matter.
For the author, the mind-body problem cannot be solved without considering three problems: 1. Semantical: The meaning of ordinary common-sense terms for mental states. 2. Epistemological: The problem of other minds and the capacity for introspection. 3. Methodological: The proper methodology to use in constructing a theory of mind. Entire chapters are devoted to these, and after reading them the reader entering the debate on the mind-body problem for the first time will have an over-abundance of food for thought.
An entire chapter is spent on the topic of artificial intelligence. If this book were updated, this chapter would probably have to be considerably expanded, in that many advances have been made in A.I. since this book was first published. Research in A.I. has been rocky, and many promises that were unfullfilled were made in the past about it. But now it seems a more rational and realistic attitude is taken about the claims of A.I. Most everyone involved in it understands that it is an enormously complex problem, and have concentrated their efforts on building intelligent machines from a piece-meal, microscopic approach, i.e. from solving the simplest problems first before tackling the more difficult ones.
A chapter is also devoted to neuroscience. Thanks to imaging technologies and other approaches to mapping the brain, this field has mushroomed in recent years. The author only gives a cursory overview of the brain and the nervous system in this chapter, due no doubt to lack of space. The reverse engineering of the human brain has been pointed to by some researchers in artificial intelligence as being the best hope for building intelligent machines. The dramatic increases in chip technology and bus design have made this belief certainly more feasible. It remains to be seen, via actual empirical research, whether the reverse engineering of the human brain, and then its subsequent implementation in electronic devices, will indeed result in the rise of intelligent machines.
Whatever the future of artificial intelligence and neuroscience, the mind-body problem will no doubt be of interest to philosophers for decades to come. It will be fascinating to see what kinds of conceptual frameworks and methodologies will be employed in attempts to solve this problem. Without doubt some new ideas would be welcome in this regard, as proposals for solutions to the mind-body problem seem to be stuck in a local minimum. But, as the author argues well for, the solution will bring in many areas and possibly some radical ideas, all supported by painstaking experimentation.
The philpsophy is pretty interesting but.........2002-08-31
This book is dated when it comes to AI coverage. Among other things, it talkes briefly about the backpropagation algorithm , invented some 15++ years ago. While this book is about philosophy, it would be nice to have an updated version of this book giving a short overview of how the AI field is borrowing more and more ideas from natural evolution and real neural networks. Backpropagation is a specific (and really usefull ) algorithm, and sparked a new wave of excitement about artificial neural networks in the mid 80s. Still, one problem is that the algorithm, as far as I know, is not biology plausible. More recent criticism agains the algorithm would be really really usefull. A short overview of _recent_ AI progress in language understanding/image understanding among other things, would also improve this book.
Also, the book contains a chapter on neuroscience. I found it pretty hard to follow all the details here, because of the technical term used. But remember,- its not the easiest subject around, and carefull reading through the chapter will help.
The more philosophical part of this book is interesting, but to be honest its not my favorite subject, and I didnt know much about dualism and other philosophical problems before reading this book. Well, as a master degree student in artificial intelligence, I probably should have been more interested in philosophy, and in some areas this book is an eyeopener.
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In this explosive, controversial, and profoundly alarming insider's report, Senator Bob Graham reveals faults in America's national security network severe enough to raise fundamental questions about the competence and honesty of public officials in the CIA, the FBI, and the White House.
For ten years, Senator Graham served on the Senate Intelligence Committee, where he had access to some of the nation's most closely guarded secrets. Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, Graham co-chaired a historic joint House-Senate inquiry into the intelligence community's failures. From that investigation and his own personal fact-finding, Graham discovered disturbing evidence of terrorist activity and a web of complicity:
- At one point, a terrorist support network conducted some of its operations through Saudi Arabia's U.S. embassy—and a funding chain for terrorism led to the Saudi royal family.
- In February 2002, only four months after combat began in Afghanistan, the Bush administration ordered General Tommy Franks to move vital military resources out of Afghanistan for an operation against Iraq—despite Franks's privately stated belief that there was a job to finish in Afghanistan, and that the war on terrorism should focus next on terrorist targets in Somalia and Yemen.
- Throughout 2002, President Bush directed the FBI to limit its investigations of Saudi Arabia, which supported some and possibly all of the September 11 hijackers.
- The White House was so uncooperative with the bipartisan inquiry that its behavior bore all the hallmarks of a cover-up.
- The FBI had an informant who was extremely close to two of the September 11 hijackers, and actually housed one of them, yet the existence of this informant and the scope of his contacts with the hijackers were covered up.
- There were twelve instances when the September 11 plot could have been discovered and potentially foiled.
- Days after 9/11, U.S. authorities allowed some Saudis to fly, despite a complete civil aviation ban, after which the government expedited the departure of more than one hundred Saudis from the United States.
- Foreign leaders throughout the Middle East warned President Bush of exactly what would happen in a postwar Iraq, and those warnings went either ignored or unheeded.
As a result of his Senate work, Graham has become convinced that the attacks of September 11 could have been avoided, and that the Bush administration's war on terrorism has failed to address the immediate danger posed by al-Qaeda, Hezbollah, and Hamas in Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, and Somalia. His book is a disturbing reminder that at the highest levels of national security, now more than ever, intelligence matters.
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SKIP THE 9/11 REPORT. READ THIS INSTEAD........2007-08-20
Nearly every page is riveting. Highly readable account of the missed opportunities before and after 9/11 and the failed Iraqi War. Senator Graham's expertise is validated by the fact that all his predictions about Iraq and al-Qaeda from 2004 when the book was published are now reality. He even broaches the subject of impeachment at a time when Bush was riding high and on the way to reelection.
The good senator doesn't pull punches. Intelligence Matters is full of shocking revelations of Saudi funding of 9/11 hijackers, numerous instances of the FBI and CIA not seeing the forest for the trees, and the Bush administration's obsession with Iraq blinding them to the immediate threat of the greatest attack on our homeland since Pearl Harbor.
A highly patriotic and useful account of the latest greatest challenges to our nation's survival. We overcame a civil war and defeated ruthless enemies from different continents in WWII, but are we prepared to win a global jihad, one that could last well into this century and involve dangerous weapons falling in the hands of stateless terrorists willing to martyr themselves for a cause? As Sen. Graham relates, we're off to a troubling start.
It's hardly reassuring that a man with such a grasp on foreign policy isn't still in the throes of power directing our response. What a missed opportunity that Sen. Graham, who never lost an election in Florida during his nearly 40 years as an elected official and briefly ran for president in 2004, wasn't at least selected for VP.
By the way, the double-entendre in the title is apparent, although I can think of a third possible interpretation - can you? [Hint: Think 'intelligence' in terms of our woefully feeble leader.]
Very educational, and well presented for the lay reader.
SENATOR BOB GRAHAM FALLS VICTIM TO INTELLIGENCE WORLD OF DECEPTION & ILLUSION.......2006-12-10
I have read this book cover to cover & I've read all 24 reviews. I don't doubt the intellect of any of these authors. It's apparent that Senator Graham is a noble American patriot & that the reviews of this book have expressed serious concerns.
Senator Graham points out 12 INSTANCES before 9/11 in which the 9/11 plot could have been discovered. He points out that at least one alleged hijacker was being housed by an FBI informant. (The FBI DENIED SENATOR GRAHAM ACCESS TO THIS INFORMANT FOR QUESTIONING!.) He describes the circumstances under which Arizona FBI Agent, Kenneth Williams, a seasoned 10-yr terrorism veteran wrote a memo, now known as the Phoenix Memo, in July of 2001 to the Counterterrorism Division at FBI Headquarters. Declassified segments are quoted beginning on page 44, "The purpose of this communication is to advise the bureau [headquarters] and New York of the possibility of a coordinated effort by Usama bin Laden to send students to the United States to attend civil aviation universities and colleges. Phoenix has observed an inordinate number of individuals of investigative interest who are attending or who have attended civil aviation universities and colleges in the state of Arizona...". Agent Williams included 4 specific recommendations as to what to do about it. On August 7, 2001 the intelligence operations specialists decided that this lead should be closed with no action taken.
In excruciating detail Senator Graham tells the story of Zacarious Moussaoui and how suspicions of him at the Pan Am International Flight Academy were so acute, that authorities notified the FBI on only the 2nd day of Moussoui's training. Yet permission to search Moussoui's computer was denied. Incredibly Senator Graham tells us about the August 6, 2001 Presidential Daily Brief received by President Bush entitled "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.", and that Bush did nothing with the warning.
Senator Graham tells of the lies he was told by Dick Cheney, John Ashcroft, the intelligence agencies, the White House, as well as many instances of stonewalling and deceit. Senator Graham tells of hearing personally from Tommy Franks that only 4 months after the Afghanistan invasion, the military resources were redeployed to Iraq (February of 2002) quoting Franks as saying, "This is not a War on Terror, this is a manhunt".. Senator Graham tells us that most of the deficiencies in our national security remain, as of the time his book went to press, broken and unfixed despite increased budgets for counterterrorism. The most revealing comment in the entire book is on page 202, "...the more we learned, the less curious the administration seemed about what had happened on September 11". And, "the more discoveries we made, the more the administration's obstructionism intensified." And page 166, "...the White House was directing the cover-up."
And then, we're all supposed to believe that these ignorant incompetent intelligence agencies were able to come up with the identities of all 19 alleged hijackers just hours after the attacks. ARE YOU KIDDING ME???
THERE'S MORE. Despite all the death and horror and destruction on 9/11-all attributed to "intelligence failures", senator Graham discovers, as disclosed on page 113, "It amazes me to this day that no one-not one single person-has been held accountable for the intelligence and other lapses that contributed to the failure to inderdict the attack...it is important that people be held accountable. None have been."
Unfortunately, the investigative committee on which Senator Graham co-chaired was NOT equipped with a "smell test". Based on the voluminous examples of administration malfeasance related to 9/11, Senator Graham's conclusions simply do NOT make sense. Therefore, they must be rejected!
We all have our own internal evaluation process in determining what does and what does not make sense. And at some point what is perceived as incredulous ignorance & gross incompetence becomes so overwhelming that one has to realize that explaining everything away as ignorance & incompetence is itself ignorance & incompetence.
You see people, all of the findings of Senator Graham makes perfect sense! The problem is HIS CONCLUSIONS DO NOT MATCH HIS FINDINGS! Therefore, the round hole premise in which he is trying to hammer his square peg of findings MUST BE CHANGED! Since the intelligence agencies lied to Senator Graham and his investigative committee about everything else, doesn't it make sense that they also lied about the identities of those responsible for the 9/11 attacks? And sure enough, soon after 9/11, various sources in the foreign press (obviously such stories are supressed in the U.S.) were reporting that at least 6 of the alleged 19 hijackers were still alive and well! (The BBC reported that Waleed Al Shehri is protesting his innocence from Casablanca, Morroco). It's been discovered that there were NO Arab names on any of the flight passenger lists. The USA Today reported that Osama bin Laden denied 9/11 involvement, AND the December, 2001 Osama "confession video" has been proven to be a fraud.
So there you have it America. Google "9/11 Truth" and you will see that nothing you have been told about the attack is true. And then ask Keane and Hamilton how they could be so void of conscious as to play along with such skullduggery in their 9/11 Commission Propaganda Report. We have lost our country, folks, and our gutless and clueless congress is worthless to a democracy.
You see people, despite all of Senator Graham's findings, it never occurred to him that the intelligence agencies were all working fine and were in tip top shape as they made sure that all 19 hijacker patsies were going about their business of building a "terror" legend and were NOT in custody on 9/11. These agencies were not born yesterday and they know that a little "international" flavor will create more distance from U.S. complicity (Pakistan's ISI had also funded $100,000 to Mohammed Atta.) Disinformation & propaganda is their specialty and accountability is not part of their charter. And in the end, the power of our intelligence agencies lies not in their ability to get away with secrets, but rather their power lies in their ability to get away with...murder...
Rather Good.......2006-02-19
Although slightly partisan and carrying a slight self-congradulatory tone in parts, this is a fairly good presentation of the facts. His recommendations are well-thought and should be given serious consideration.
Making sausages like making laws or formulating government policy.......2005-11-11
I'm afraid this book has made me ill, very ill indeed. I can understand now why some people say they don't want to know how our country's intelligence agencies work because Graham's description of their dysfunction is not pleasant. What the government does or doesn't do with that intelligence is even more sickening.
The first part of the book covers the 9/11 tragedy and all the errors that made it possible. There is plenty of blame to go around on this one and Democrats and career government employees as well as Republicans will have to bear their portion of responsibility. But what is tragic is the white washing, the stonewalling, and the outright power plays that has gone on to prevent the American people from knowing what could have been done and wasn't.
The second part of the book details the other tragedy - that the focus on the overthrow of Saddam diverted attention from the terrorists, allowed Bin Laden to escape, and has actually fostered a less safe world than we had before we began the war. Graham documents these details. This tragedy can only be laid at the feet of the Bush government since taking on Iraq was a purely optional war. Based on Graham's book, we should expect continue whitewashing, stonewalling, lying, and a campaign of disinformation from the Whitehouse regarding their role in making the world a more frightening place while at the same time being questioned about our patriotism.
I think I'd rather go watch sausage being made.
A scathing indictment.......2005-07-31
This is a scathing indictment of not only the intelligence community which failed to prevent the very preventable 9/11 attacks, but more incisively the Bush administration itself which is losing the war on terror through stupidity and incompetence.
Written by Senator Bob Graham with help from speech writer Jeff Nussbaum this book details in a clear and readable manner twelve intelligence and governmental failures that allowed the September 11th attacks to take place. Graham's point is that had any one of the failures been instead successes, 9/11 would likely never have happened.
The failure of the intelligence community is now well known and well documented. Mainly it has been a case of not so much incompetence (although there was plenty of that) but of (believe or not) "a failure to communicate." That is, the CIA would not tell the FBI what it knew and vice-versa, and neither would tell other law enforcement and intelligence agencies what they knew. The reason: mainly turf control. Institutionally, the CIA never wants to tell anybody anything since any revelation may have the effect of revealing sources or methods, which would tend to lessen their ability to gather information in the future. The FBI on the other hand wants to arrest people and have them prosecuted--although of course they don't want to make an arrest if they think they can get somebody higher up. Furthermore, government agencies tend to withhold information to keep hidden incompetence or failure. The Bush administration is notorious for this tactic; indeed the Bush administration does not share with the American people one iota of information unless it has to, or unless, in the rare instance, such information is entirely flattering to the White House.
The failure of the Bush administration is unfortunately not so well known or understood as is that of the intelligence community. Part of the problem is a failure NOT emphasized in this book, that is, the failure of the press to report the news as it is rather than as the White House would have it. I'll skip the failure of the Fourth Estate for now, as Graham has, and concentrate on the most massive of all failures reported in this book, the failure to engage the enemy in the war on terror. As Graham makes clear, what Bush has done with his invasion of Iraq is divert resources from the war on terror, using our military and hundreds of billions of our dollars in an exercise in utter futility, an exercise in shock and awe, full of sound and fury, signifying exactly, as Shakespeare had it, nothing. Instead of going after Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda when we had them on the run in Afghanistan, Bush let bid Laden escape and instead went after the bogeyman Saddam Hussein. The direct result has not only been that the terrorists who actually were responsible for the murders of 9/11 are still free to direct more acts of terror, but in Iraq, Bush has created "a laboratory for terrorists" (p. 222) and "a giant recruiting poster for radicalized Islamists" (p. 219)
To put it bluntly, the Bush administration in effect is helping the terrorists. Why? The obvious reason is just sheer stupidity, ignorance and incompetence, but it is increasingly being hinted that George W. Bush is so much under the thrall of the Saudi princes who have the ability to one day make George W. a really, really rich man (instead of just a run of the mill millionaire) that he continues to allow them to financially support terror and does nothing about it. Graham of course does not say this, but it is only a step or two from what he does say to this conclusion.
Here's what Graham does say. Noting that "...a section of the report [from a declassified CIA report on terrorism] related to the Saudi government and the assistance that government gave to some and possibly all of the September 11 terrorists" had been blacked out, he writes, "Again, it was as if the President's loyalty lay more with Saudi Arabia than with America's safety." (pp. 215-216)
One also recalls, as Graham notes on page 106 that immediately following the September 11th attacks, the Bush administration allowed "more than 140 Saudis--including members of the bin Laden family" to be flown out of the United States. This despite the fact that the FAA had ordered all (other) private flights grounded, and despite the fact that none of the Saudis was interviewed by the FBI. Most of them were no doubt not involved in the attacks, but nonetheless they might have had information that would have helped the investigation. I'm sure the reader does not have to be reminded that most of the 9/11 hijackers were Saudi nationals.
I want to make two other points: One, if the Bush administration and the administrations that follow do not use America's resources wisely in combating terrorism (instead of increasing it), we will almost inevitably experience a nuclear attack on one of our cities, most likely Washington D.C. or New York. It is not enough to throw bodies and money at some perceived evil in the Middle East as if to puff out our chests in a macho manner. Fighting terrorism requires skill, knowledge, hard work and dedication. Bombs and troops on the wrong ground will not get it done.
Finally, why, oh why, have we not heard any more about who planted the anthrax in the mail immediately following the September 11th attacks? Graham reports only that "no connection has been established between the anthrax attacks and the terrorist attacks of September 11." (p. 134) I think he knows a lot more than he is letting on, and that there was a connection between Al Qaeda and the anthrax attacks that is being covered up, perhaps so as not to alarm the public. See Cole, Leonard A. The Anthrax Letters: A Medical Detective Story (2003) for more details.
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In I DonÂ't Know What I Want . . . But I Know ItÂ's Not This, career consultant Julie Jansen won over readers with the same comforting, clear headed approach that she brings to her many Fortune 500 clients. Now she tackles a problem that affects every working person, regardless of occupation: difficult people. Whether the problem is an “abusive” boss, “toxic” coworker, or “difficult” assistant, Jansen shows how to master the eleven keys to getting along with even the most dysfunctional colleagues. Featuring self-assessment exercises designed to identify the root causes of problem behavior and smart, viable solutions and tips for managing different kinds of difficult people—from subordinates to superiors—this invaluable resource is a savvy, humane guide to reducing stress, establishing workplace harmony, and making sure that no one stands in the way of your career goals.
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In I Don't Know What I Want . . . But I Know It's Not This, career consultant Julie Jansen won over readers with the same comforting, clear headed approach that she brings to her many Fortune 500 clients. Now she tackles a problem that affects every working person, regardless of occupation: difficult people. Whether the problem is an "abusive" boss, "toxic" coworker, or "difficult" assistant, Jansen shows how to master the eleven keys to getting along with even the most dysfunctional colleagues. Featuring self-assessment exercises designed to identify the root causes of problem behavior and smart, viable solutions and tips for managing different kinds of difficult people-from subordinates to superiors-this invaluable resource is a savvy, humane guide to reducing stress, establishing workplace harmony, and making sure that no one stands in the way of your career goals.
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Worthwhile Read.......2006-06-10
Just got off a cross-country trip, where I started/finished this week.It's a great "plane book".
In all honesty, wish I had read this some years back at a time when I had a very difficult boss.
It's an easy read with some good, practical suggestions.
There is also a self-assessment component, something I usually dislike, but here I really got into it and found the "results" sometimes surprising (to me).
Even if you don't hate your boss/job, I think it's an interesting read. Also a perfect gift for those friends who are constantly whining about their bosses!
I rate it a 4 out of 5 because, at least for me, it got a bit wordy at the end. If you start skim-reading toward the end, it's a def 5!
Sole Proprietor, Still Dealing with Nonsense!.......2006-06-09
I left the corporate world several years ago to escape drudgery
and daily bickering with employees. Now I hold my client's hands instead of my employees!
Ms. Jansen's no nonsense approach to dealing with difficult individuals really resonates with me. Whether you answer to a Board of Directors, or to Yourself, read this book! She asks you to examine YOUR behavior as well. Bravo Julie!!!!
Keep your sense of humor, remain optimistic, breathe & get this book for your or your company's library!!!
Chris Cold Spring NY
You Want Me to Work with Who?.......2006-06-01
I was a big fan of Julie Jansen's after reading her first book, "I Don't Know What I Want, But I Know It's Not This." In fact, reading that book at an important juncture in my life helped successfully propel me forward to go back to school for my MFA and to reignite my passion for writing. So I just had to read "You Want Me to Work with Who?" when it came out. There is a real longevity value to this book. It's not trendy or too "today." I think the advice given will apply ten years from now, and I also think it can be applied to a lot of different situations (not just "the office" - in fact, I thought about how helpful this book can be for everything from going back for an MBA or joining the PTO - situations that attract very different personalities!) What I love most about Julie's books are that there is a depth to them. The experience is not just about reading words, but you have the opportunity to do exercises that let you look inside yourself and how the concepts she writes about apply to you and your situations - while giving realistic advice about what to do.
Insightful and fun.......2006-04-21
Julie Jansen gives solid advice on how to get a work life you like. I love her self-assessment exercises - they can help everyone.
Excellent Resource!.......2006-04-03
This is an excellent resource for anyone who is trying to sucessfully navigate the professional environment. The book provides straightforward guidance and handy tips for how to handle those challenging personality types. Wish I had this book years when I started working!
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Praise for Mind Over Matter Why Intellectual capital is tHe Chief Source of Wealth
"Ron Baker has written another great book on the thoughts and theories on intellectual capital.As usual, he has an awesome depth of content, knowledge, and thought. A great read."
—Reed Holden, founder, Holden Advisors Corp., www.holdenadvisors.com, and coauthor, The Strategy and Tactics of Pricing and Pricing with Confidence: 10 Ways to Stop Leaving Money on the Table
"At a time when the virtues that made America great--individualism, hard work, and free trade--are openly debated by well-meaning politicians, Ron Baker gives us Mind Over Matter. It is a story detailing the triumph of human spirit, imagination, and creativity. Ron tells us what the 'knowledge economy' really means. He gives a prescription for transforming human and intellectual capital into the foundation for sustainable prosperity. Mind Over Matter is a provocative book deserving of a thoughtful read. It is a timeless message to be treasured for generations."
—Robert G. Cross, Chairman and CEO, Revenue Analytics, Inc., www.revenueanalytics.com
"Ron Baker is an absolute master at challenging the 'physical fallacy,' e.g., the basis on which we assign value to businesses by focusing on tangible rather than intangible assets. This book builds on his previous books and helps the reader understand how critical intellectual capital is to the key to success in the twenty-first century. Ron pulls from the greatest business thinkers and economists,?from Drucker to Karl Sveiby as well as current company success stories to fund his rich gold mine of proof. The biggest benefit of the book is to change the paradigm of those who are the passive keepers of the 'books.' This is a must-read for anybody who wants to flourish in the age of intellectual capital."
—Sheila Kessler, PhD, President, Competitive Edge, www.CompetitiveEdge.com
"This book helps us understand some of the origins and sources that have led Ron Baker to the many contributions he has made to our understanding of good practice in running professional businesses."
—David Maister, author and leading consultant to professional firms www.davidmaister.com
"Reading Ron Baker's book was the only delightful incident that robbed my sleep on the flight to Frankfurt today. It was sheer pleasure—I must have entertained or annoyed fellow passengers with repeated nodding and several exclamations. Baker has a terrific style that captures my mind while he entertains and educates by showing lines of connection between authors, incidents, and theories that I have never seen before. He hardly uses the 'You have to do this and that' approach, which I despise in most business books. I sum it up in two words: outstanding stuff!"
—Friedrich Blase, Kerma Partners, www.kermapartners.com
"This is a wonderful read for anyone who wants to explore the power of constructive thinking. In Mind Over Matter, Ron examines the power of creative thought over the conventional wisdom that you must make a tangible product for wealth to be created. The opening chapter sets a wonderful stage for the book, which develops the power of the new business equation and the underlying theory of the various types of intellectual capital. This is a must-read book for every business leader."
—Peter Byers, Chartered Accountant, Byers & Co. Ltd, New Zealand
"Peter Drucker coined the term knowledge worker a half century ago. We are all still only beginning to fully comprehend the implications. In Mind Over Matter, Ron Baker has switched on a beacon for us to follow. If we have the courage to embrace the concepts Ron posits, perhaps it will be less than another half century before we begin to reap the rewards as individuals and as a society."
—Ed Kless, Senior Director, Partner Development and Recruitment, Sage Software
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"Spiritual intelligence is the human capacity to ask ultimate questions about the meaning of life and to experience simultaneously the seamless connection between each of us and the world in which we live."
— Dr. Richard Wolman
The quest for more meaning in everyday life arises in all of us at one time or another. In fact, spirituality can be the touchstone of our lives — a single reliable constant that sustains us through life's most trying moments. Using the current theories of multiple intelligences as his springboard, Dr. Richard Wolman began his research into the nature of spirituality with the belief that each of us has a distinctive "spiritual intelligence."
Thinking with Your Soul offers crucial insights into this most important of intelligences and how we can make it work for us.
Dr. Wolman presents the PsychoMatrix Spirituality Inventory (PSI), his groundbreaking system for evaluating the levels and areas of spirituality in people's lives without reference to a specific religious ideology. More than six thousand men and women have taken the PSI. After carefully studying their responses, Wolman identified seven factors that make up human spiritual experience and behavior. They are: Divinity, Mindfulness, Intellectuality, Community, Extrasensory Perception, Childhood Spirituality, and Trauma.
Thinking with Your Soul gives you the chance to take the PSI and examine the resulting profile of your spiritual energy and awareness. For instance, the PSI results may show a strong sense of a higher power but little sense of community. By analyzing the results of our personal PSIs, we can begin to see patterns in our spirituality and to change them if we choose. Understanding our spiritual makeup, strengths, and limitations is crucial to being able to see and improve our personal relationships and our relationship to the world. This insight into our behavior, internal experience, and empathy for the experiences of others gives us a conscious context for our actions and choices.
In addition to catalyzing self-reflection and spiritual awareness,
Thinking with Your Soul is a thoughtful inquiry into the spiritual dimension of life, its past treatment by the scientific and psychological communities, and its place in the twenty-first century.
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Finally, An Intelligent Book about Spirituality.......2002-07-29
Thinking With Your Soul: Spiritual Intelligence and Why It Matters is a masterful blend of science, clinical experience and spirituality. Tackling the difficult, and controversial problem of spirituality, Wolman makes a convincing case for the existence of a new intelligence inherent in the human condition.
I approached this book skeptically, but was soon engaged in the range of topics and fields examined and synthesized. From evolutionary psychology, philosophy, and cognitive neuroscience, Wolman makes accessible the most difficult and complex of issues. He then shows how his new methodology for studying spirituality evolved, not from his preconceptions, but from the minds and hearts of thousands of individuals. This new procedure has wide applications in daily life and also in the consulting room.
The book is written in elegant prose - almost poetic at times - and reveals the compassion and sensitivity Wolman shows to his patients, his students and his colleagues. This is an important book. You will read it more than one time.
Phony Science not Worth the Money.......2002-05-21
Wolman teaches at Harvard University,and like many professors, peddles his books "Thinking With Your Soul" to his students. Unlike distinguished faculty, he avoids questions from us bright undergraduates who challenge him on pseudo-science nonsense from the book-- that which translates into using an entire class period to hand out Tarot cards and have us discuss what they tell about our lives. Tarot cards? From a Harvard professor? If any of us males in the class point out that Tarot cards aren't science, he simply shrugs. Perhaps some of the profits from the book could be used to pay us back for our tuition. And they say Cornel West was goofing off last year? Yet there is a silver lining here: self-help gurus usually maintain their appeal by seeming like they walk the talk: reading "Thinking with Your Soul" gives the impression that Dr. Wolman believes in genuine, humble spiritual insights. Yet watching him lecture about the book, one sees how he is entirely wrapped up in his need for the class to like him and think he's a funny, great guy. Forget about honestly answering the questions posed to him about whether a spiritual dimension exists, he would rather avoid direct confrontations and chatter on incessantly about his personal life. Great news: by taking a course with this book's author you can learn ahead of time that you're not listening to advice from a wisened professional, but handing over hard earned dollars to a man who needs to get his own spiritual house in order. Forget "Thinking with Your Soul" and try to remember that this book deosn't live up to its inspiring title. Pull aside the curtain and you have the great and terrible Oz. The only tricks up this author's sleeve are tarot cards and tenure. Don't be fooled. Think with your wallet.
Spirituality in everyday life.......2001-10-26
I love "Thinking with Your Soul"; it is a wonderful book for anyone interested in expanding one's own spiritual awareness through the acts of living. Dr. Wolman invites the reader to open the door that leads to discovery of the relevance of spirituality for each of us not only within the context of the community we live, but also in relationship to larger questions about the meaning of life. His empirically based investigation unites everyday personal experience with the scientific approach to spirituality. Through PsychoMatrix Spirituality Inventory, Dr. Wolman found a way to measure spiritual intelligence not in the terms of numerical value, but as a developmental dimension which increases and deepens with life experiences. For an interested reader, the book is a pleasure to read. "Thinking with Your Soul" turns examining of one's own spirituality to a highly attractive endeavor. I highly recommend it.
Save your money.......2001-07-01
Unless you are brand new to issues of spirtuality, this book weill seem simplistic and unsatifying.
BELONGS IN EVERY SPIRITUAL COLLECTION.......2001-05-29
This book is expertly crafted, beginning with explanation of the categories of intelligence as postulated by leading psychologists, continuing with his contention that there is a spiritual intelligence, an explanation of how his test was developed, and then the test itself along with evaluations of the results. The reader learns more of himself, and where he is in the seven aspects of spiritual intelligence, how to increase his awareness in some aspects if desired...
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The fascinating true story of how a U.S. spy ship was captured by North Korea.
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Best of the bunch.......2007-07-11
Pueblo's skipper Pete Bucher often said that this was the best of the several books written on this subject. Pete was right.
A Must Read.......2007-05-21
I read Cmd Bucher's Book "My Story", then Lt Murphy's Book "Second in Command". Armbrister's account fills in all the parts missing. It let's you know what's going on back home. If you want to learn anything about this event read this book.
An incident that echoes in current events.......2005-11-30
This book provides excellent coverage of the Pueblo incident from a number of viewpoints, including a number of the captured men as well as those involved in the crisis response and negotiations.
I found this book provides compelling testimony in the debate over "questionable methods" in the current conflict. The brutal torture that the men of the Pueblo endured only managed to extract fantastic "confessions" and steel the men's resolve to resist their captors.
One of the most embarrassing chapters in US Navy history.......2005-10-25
I read this book when I was stationed in Guam in 1981 and never forgot it. The seizure of the USS Pueblo is one of the most embarrassing chapters in Naval history. The USS Pueblo is the only ship that United States Navy has on it's active roster but does not have custody- the ship is a museum in the Wosan harbor of North Korea.
Trevor Armbrister does and outstanding job pointing out the United States Navy's deep committment of it's air power to North Vietnam. So committed that it did not have the air power to committ to provide support for the USS Pueblo, although 500 miles from where the incident occurred was the biggest aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise. The pilots were never even briefed as to what was happening to the USS Pueblo. During the entire time of the North Korean attack, the crew was in direct contact with the National Security Administration (NSA), and was informed that help was on the way in the form of F-105 aircraft. The crew watched the sky for hours- planes never arrived! The next morning the whole world woke up to the news - US NAVY SHIP SEIZED ON THE HIGH SEAS. The first to see it was Rose Bucher, the wife of Commander Lloyd Bucher, Commanding Officer of USS Pueblo. The question that everyone asked was, "How can this happen to one of the most powerful navies in the world?"
The seizure of the USS Pueblo enabled the Soviets to assess the authenticity of what John Walker was selling. The North Koreans were counterparts with the Soviets, and the equipment needed to asses the quality of Walker's material came off the USS Pueblo.
Worse Than it Seemed at the Time.......2005-03-08
It was tragic news when the spy ship Puible was captured with her crew. The whole country watched for months while the negeotiations were carried out to free the crew.
What wasn't known for many years was the fact that this was part of the biggest intelligence loss the United States ever had.
The Pueblo was filled with the most secret intelligence euipment the US posessed at that time. Equipment not unlike that found on U-110, the German Enigma machine. Knowing that this most secret equipment was now in the hands of the North Koreans the United States immediately changed its codes. After all, like the Enigma, the equipment wasn't useful without the codes. Unknown at the time was that the North Koreans immediately invited the Russians to examine/study, maybe even take home, the machines.
But during this time, the Walker spy ring was supplying the Russians with the daily codes. For years during this critical time in the Cold War, the Russians were "reading our mail."
The Pueblo is a story of arrogance on the Navy's part that created an attitude of infallibility and confidence that no one would ever attack a U.S. Navy ship. They were wrong.
Well researched and well written, this is a book that remains on any student of modern history.
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Making Your Mind Matter: Strategies for Increasing Practical Intelligence
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Making Your Mind Matter is a practical guide to effective thinking in college and in everyday life, following the WISE model (Wonder, Investigate, Speculate, Evaluate).
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Smooth Transaction.......2005-10-04
No hitches. Recieved item in an timely manner. There is highlighting that was not disclosed in the descprition or else I would have chosen a different vendor. But otherwise, I am satisfied with my purchase.
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