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Peace Is Possible is the first full and complete story of Prem Rawat. It documents his extraordinary life, from growing up with a father who was a revered master, to the day he first addressed audiences at age three, to being discovered by hippies at his home by the Himalayan foothills when he was a child, to his dramatic arrival in the West at thirteen, to today. When Prem Rawat was six years old, his father and beloved teacher showed him a special gift, a practical means to discover a world of peace within him. When he was eight, his father passed away, and he accepted the responsibility of spreading the message of peace. He attended school during the week and addressed audiences in the tens of thousands on weekends. He has spent the last forty years inspiring millions of people from all walks of life and offering this same gift to people. Controversy has not eluded him: he was only eight when the Indian media wrote that he was a sixty-year-old posing as a child. Few journalists have gone beyond stereotypes and taken the time to get a real sense of what he offers. While his message is translated into more than seventy languages, it remains a little-known secret, spread mostly through word of mouth. This book lifts the veil on Prem Rawat--the man, his life, his message.
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A Living Example of Trust.......2007-10-16
"Peace is Possible" is a captivating account by Ms. Cagan about Prem Rawat.
Intriguingly, this man from a small town in Northern India has won international acclaim from heads of state, esteemed institutions of higher learning and philanthropic organizations for his unflagging effort to unlock peace in people's lives.
Despite his unique station as the fourth and youngest son of a highly venerated life teacher, Rawat's personal accomplishments reveal a deeper theme. His apparent unwavering commitment to those who seek his guidance worldwide, regardless of the challenges thrown his way, is most striking.
According to the account, Prem Rawat grew up in a bustling household often occupied with people wishing to debate or implore his counsel. He was raised by a strictly devout Hindu mother and educated by ill-tempered monks at a Catholic grade school. Nonetheless, he evidently forged his own path, remaining steadfast to his experience of what his father had shown him.
The result reads as a living example of trust. At the tender age of eight, only Rawat can console others upon his father's death, and he soon becomes the mentor for his father's many students. At age thirteen, he leaves school and travels from India by himself to spread his message West, not knowing what he will find. The story that unfolds from there remains fascinating.
Many of the practitioners of his knowledge seem to verify what Prem Rawat has steadfastly asserted for many years, that there is a peace inside one can know through experience, not just belief. Prem Rawat seems dedicated to imparting what he knows to those who sincerely want it.
inspirational !.......2007-10-10
How wonderful to learn about Prem Rawat's history in such a readable and entertaining way. I was moved to tears and laughter many times. He has done so much for people all over the world, myself included. A good starting point for anyone seeking self knowledge.
Fun!funny!Adoreable!.......2007-09-26
I never laughed so much with my heart before I saw Prem Rawat. It feels like nothing I had felt before and well supported by kindness. Just out of the blue i picked a chapter from Peace Is Possible and started reading about these people who missed the Peace Bomb Festival because even though they tried to get there they got there a day late, I think. Whoever it was telling the story told it so beautifully. That's when out of the blue, I knew, young prem gave them something so funny to remember. It must have been a blast to write this book. I have started a book about a kind man, it is just the beginning.
One for The Ages.......2007-07-26
Having been a student of Prem Rawat since 1973, I was hesitant to buy this book because I figured I already knew most of the information. However, much to my delight, there are many intimate details and stories of Maharaji's phenomenal life that I had never heard before. The book has been meticulously researched for which the author deserves thanks. I'm about half way through it, and I can't put it down. Even after 33 years, Prem Rawat's message, life, and knowledge are as exciting and as fresh as ever.
I love this book.......2007-07-26
Just Amazing and inspiring !!
Five Stars
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The eagerly awaited paperback of the BusinessWeek bestseller that has sold 100,000+ copies and been translated into 20 languages. With combined sales of more than 14 million copies, the books of Ken Blanchard are a phenomenal source of business wisdom. In this international bestseller - Blanchard's first big-picture management book - he and business strategist Terry Waghorn show how to lead any organization by simultaneously focusing on the present and the future. Written in Blanchard's signature style - concise, inspiring, emotionally gripping, and always down to earth - Mission Possible reveals how to make any organizational change program a success.
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How to Work on the Present and the Future at the Same Time.......2006-06-02
This is Ken Blanchard's idea of how to propel your company securely into the future by dividing up your talent pool into two self-chosen groups - the P(resent) Team and the F(uture) Team. Aside from their regularly assigned positions, employees would commit themselves to one of these teams based on their own personal preference. Ken says you have adminstrators and producers that gravitate toward the P team and innovators and integrators that belong on the F team. These teams are overseen by a balanced Steering Committee that adopts the best of both teams. A patchwork of recycled ideas.
Interesting but non-riveting.
Four Stars
Insightful!.......2001-04-18
Ken Blanchard, one of the most successful business authors of all time, teams up with Terry Waghorn in this clear, concise guide to surviving and prospering in a time of great change. The authors show you how to guide your business through the present while simultaneously preparing for and implementing changes for the future. This well-balanced book, which focuses as much on vision, intuitive processes and thinking as it does on nuts-and-bolts strategy, is a valuable guide for working and leading in the twenty-first century. We [...] recommend this book for everyone in business, and find it particularly essential for leaders, managers, and business owners.
Attention Survivors!.......2000-10-02
Mission Possible... is a book about surviving today and recreating your organization for tomorrow. The authors use the analogy of a sand castle which faces the incoming tide. Does one leave it alone to face certain destruction and hope that it doesn't happen for a while; or does one take immediate action to build barriers along the beach for protection, which may or may not help; or does one plan for the future by redesigning the structure as well as relocate the castle? People are the key to an organization's success and the way a leader can best encourage them towards this goal is to allow them to become involved in improving the present or inventing the organization's tomorrow. It's all about the journey and the understanding of what is possible.
I used this for a reading assignment for a class and found it to be interesting. It certainly is easy to read and while others may find it's message too simple, I feel that it is the simple message that gets across easily and stays with you the longest.
Find some 21st Century spectacles - quick!.......1999-04-08
Buy the book because there is far too much useful information to take in at even two listenings. Although it starts as typical `heard it all before' the last two sides are remarkable in their depth and panorama. There is advice and guidance for everyone here. We need to ask questions of our customers and competitors. How would our customers redesign our company? Three steps: vision - picture of what we need to become to better serve existing customers, prepare - what is the shortest path from where we are to where we need to be, deliver - change organisation to match vision. Customer facing people need to be empowered to solve problems on the spot, not refer to their managers. Your organisation is evaluated by how quickly it can respond to customer needs and problems. The person they care about is are the ones they talk to and they want top service from these people. Making all your people your business partners is a way of raising financial awareness and therefor cutting costs (story of 5c margin in restaurant). Divide into cost centres and profit centres. What is the strategic reason for performing the function of the cost centres? Should the work be outcourced? Should be spending more time managing profits not costs. Profit results from keeping needs of customers and employees paramount. 4 key managerial roles: producing - technical skills in field, make things happen, implementing - planners and administrators, maintain order and control, innovating - entrepreneurs, future looking and integrating - motivators, good at teamwork. Also 4 mismanagement styles: lone rangers - producers who cannot delegate, bureaucrats - implementers who focus on administration, process and rules, arsonists - innovators who never follow through or implement the ideas of others, super followers who cannot provide direction. In times of change are leaders willing to: relinquish `parental control; look at both long and short term; supply resources and support; communicate and remove obstacles; help others overcome uncertainty and fear; admit that they do not have all the answers. Control kills learning, invention and commitment. Bossidy - burning platform principle, people `jump' only when they see flames themselves. Leaders need to help people see the flames. Long term provides focus not on survival but the future. When in doubt communicate more, not less. Nelson Mandela - "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light not our darkness that most frightens us." In order to help people manage change we need to keep everyone informed so they know what is in it for them. Change means that people feel awkward about needing to act differently, they focus on what they will lose, (what you resist, persists), they feel alone, they feel overwhelmed if there is too much change so they need to experience some successes before taking on more change. Readiness for change varies. Although people feel that they need more resources to do more - we have to do more with less. Need to keep everyone encouraged by catching people doing something right, but leaders need sufficient self-esteem to help others feel good about themselves. Discipline required managing perpetual churn (whitewater). Catch yourself doing something right - managing your self-talk. What do you want to be doing? Our problem is not what we see, but what we see with. At the brink of the 21st Century we cannot see the future with 20th Century spectacles.
Disppointing.......1998-11-03
I should have come to this site and read the reviews before purchasing the book. It was very disappointing. The chapter headings were interesting, and some were good insights. However, the author spent too much time around elaborating too many of the sub-points. There were also little case studies. Felt like the book could be condensed a lot more.
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We have long been aware of the challenge of reaching the unreached peoples of the world. For many this seemed a daunting and almost impossible task. However with a clear biblical model of church planting which works in divergent cultural settings it seems that this may in fact be possible.In A Vision of the Possible Daniel Sinclair thoroughly covers practical whys and howto's concerning pioneer church planting among unreached people groups with applicable discussions from Scripture along the way. Its emphases include resistant environments and church planting in teams. It also includes the newly revised seven quot;Pioneer Church Planting Phasesquot;nbsp; which is widely used by mission agencies working among unreached peoples.Those on the field and those in preparation including those in Bible schools and seminaries will find this book immensely practical. Senders on the homefront will also find it invaluable as they seek to understand the biblical and concrete issues the friends they support grapple with on a daily basis.
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Great missions book.......2007-09-10
If you want to read one contemporary book on missions, this is it. I really liked the book, particularly the appendix on orality.
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- A Chronicle of a Creative Company Combating the Cold War
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Mission Possible: The Latin American Agribusiness Development Corporation
Robert Ross
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A Chronicle of a Creative Company Combating the Cold War.......2000-10-24
The author documents the inception and extraordinary success of a small company that challenged the Cold War and sprung into becoming an accomplished enterprise. The author also managed to take a snoozing subject destined for insomniacs and transformed it into a charming book for history buffs and students of economic development and international business management. Readers for generations to come will continue to benefit from this company history and this authors wisdom.
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Our country: Its possible future and its present crisis
Josiah Strong
Manufacturer: Pub. by the Baker & Taylor Co. for the American Home Missionary Society
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The dynamic true story of Bible translator Marilyn Laszlo. Journey through the jungles of Papua New Guinea as she shares her adventures bringing the Word of God to the Sepik Iwam tribe.
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Look forward to reading.......2007-10-20
The book came very quickly and was in good shape. I have not had the time to read the book as yet, but have read another book by the author and that is why I ordered this book.
Tremendous Storyteller.......2006-08-18
What happens when men won't take up the cross and go to the most remote areas of the world to share the gospel? Single women such as Marilyn Laszlo take up the burden. Marilyn has a wonderful way of telling stories that bring her readers right there with her. You understand exactly what she was going through, and are inspired to sacrifice and go yourself--as I was, also in Papua New Guinea.
Good Story But Terrible Theology.......2004-12-03
This book is an okay missionary story, but Ms. Laszlo's approach to spreading the Gospel is entirely wrong. She was either by herself or had another lady with her at the tribe she was working in. I know from being on the mission field that that is no way to spread the Gospel and please God at the same time. What Ms. Laszlo and her fellow missionaries did, I think, is just like having a lady pastor.
THE NITTY GRITTY OF THE MISSION FIELD.......2000-11-04
This was a life changing book for me. I have been a Christian for a long time but only recently became interested in missionaries. This book describes so beautifully what happens when an ordinary person is called by God to take the gospel to people who have never heard it. This school teacher from Indiana answered the call to go to New Guinea (350 miles from the nearest radio contact) and learn a new language, then translate the entire New Testament into that language. It is a very personal account of her relationships, her struggles and the miracles that occurred while she was there. I will never again be able to put missionaries on the back burner after getting to know this woman. I'm giving this book to all my close friends at Christmas, I can't think of anyone who would not be fascinated by this journey.
Marilyn's book is exciting, adventurous, and encouraging!.......1999-07-09
Marilyn's courage and determination is inspiring. This is the most exciting "Missionary" book I have ever read. This is a "can't put it down" book. Her devotion to Christ and the Sepik tribes is so encouraging. Her story is adventurous, scary, loving, and intellectual all rolled into one. God bless you, Marilyn!
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- Mike Oyster offers unique strategies for investor outperformance
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Mission Possible: Achieving Outperformance in a Low-Return World
Michael Oyster
Manufacturer: Kaplan Business
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Can a celebrity fund manager truly beat the market? Can an individual investor fiddling with a blue chip portfolio achieve a stellar rate of return? ""Not likely,"" says veteran analyst Mike Oyster. ""Our low-return world calls for cutting-edge solutions."" In Mission Possible, financial whiz Oyster demystifies investing in today’s volatile climate. Written for intermediate and advanced investors, this book provides a highly critical review of ""active management"" investment practices. Showing that active investing provides only an illusion of control, the author tells readers exactly how to outperform the market without ever timing it or picking stocks. According to Oyster, the convergence of new theory, regulation, and technology will inhibit traditional active investors from achieving their goals.
Lightning-fast delivery of electronic data gives everyone the same information at the same time. Mission Possible also debunks the myth of the ""alpha edge""-that portion of an investment fund’s return generated solely by the portfolio manager’s skill and knowledge. Unlike other books on investing, Mission Possible provides a blueprint for workable approaches-protected leverage, enhanced indexing, covered call writing, portable alpha, and alternative instruments such as hedge funds and derivatives.
Mike Oyster shows readers:
• Four fundamental truths of investing that work successfully over time
• Behavioral idiosyncrasies that trip up individual investors and professionals alike
• How to choose appropriate risk/return perimeters to meet their objectives
• Why passive investing in index funds, though a good idea, yields a gap in total wealth at the end of the investment horizon
• A fresh way of thinking for a new era
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Mike Oyster offers unique strategies for investor outperformance.......2005-08-30
Mike Oyster's Mission Possible is a smart book written by an intelligent man at a time when the investment industry is at a critical crossroads due to today's low return environment. Given Oyster's extensive experience in both the institutional and retail investment arenas, he is able to provide a unique insight and strong recommendations for both institutional and retail investors to enhance their returns. Oyster's careful analysis of new investment strategies within a modern asset allocation framework is of particular importance to the institutional investor seeking better-than-benchmark returns with only a slight increase in overall portfolio risk. For the retail investor, Oyster makes it painstakingly clear why retail investors are considered the "cash cow" of the investment industry, providing huge windfalls for the industry and below benchmark returns for the vast majority of investors. Oyster also introduces advanced concepts for retail investors to improve their portfolio's performance through the use of derivatives and exchange traded funds (ETFs). In sum, this book provides useful strategies that both institutional and retail investors can apply to their portfolios in an effort to produce superior returns.
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One of the great universal Truths is that in life there are always those who have just completed the journey you are about to begin. And yet few take the time to debrief these weary travelers and discover the twists and turns of the adventures, pitfalls, and perils they've just encountered. More often than not, people take the great dive into the unknown with high hopes and very little planning. Mission Possible! provides a unique opportunity for anyone and everyone to learn from proven sojourners, to discover hard-earned insights from men and women who have traveled a worthy path and lived to share their experiences. All of these dynamic individuals are making a real difference in their world. They are not just students of life, of business, and of success-they are doers, and you can learn from them in this exciting collection of interviews. Don't miss a chapter of this special 10th Edition of Mission Possible!
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- Mission Possible is Awesome!
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Mission: Possible
Hans Kristian
Manufacturer: Revell
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Mission Possible is Awesome!.......2006-03-03
I've been reading Mission Possible and it is a great book! If you liked "God's Smuggler" by Brother Andrew you will love this book too!
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New Bonus CD - How to write mission statements and business plans. This dynamic ensemble decided to get together and create a REAL program based on their own life experience from Drew Heriot as a small child having a mission to help the world to going on and doing just that in many ways including directing and co creating The Secret . Lawrence and Michele's stories are also inspiring and YOU CAN LEARN how to create your own story YOUR MISSION, YOUR PURPOSE. Whether you have identified your purpose or not, MISSION POSSIBLE will inspire greater passion and purpose in your career and life. Heriot, Blood and Bond examine the ways in which hurdles along the path to success are often support in disguise. In fun and uplifting conversations with these three powerhouses of knowledge and combined experience in their respective fields, you will discover how the challenges that surface in the pursuit of your vision are always doorways to your dream. This powerful audio program (nearly 2 hours) is a blue print to living your life in the now. It is beyond just conversation together they open up their lives to you and share personal experiences in this thing called life. And through their true life experiences your heart and soul will awaken. Yes, this program goes beyond the physical, it will touch your Spirit. Because Your Mission is Possible !!
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