Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant

Winning by not competing! This international best seller upends traditional thinking with principles and tools to make the competition irrelevant.

In an audiobook that challenges everything you thought you knew, W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne assert that tomorrow's leading companies will succeed, not by battling their rivals for market share in the bloody "red ocean" of a shrinking profit pool, but by creating "blue oceans" of untapped new market spaces ripe for growth.

Based on a study of 150 strategic moves, spanning more than 100 years and 30 industries, they provide a systematic approach that every company can use to render rivals obsolete and unleash new demand:

Reconstruct market boundaries

Focus on the big picture

Reach beyond existing demand

Get the strategic sequence right

Overcome organizational hurdles

Build execution into strategy

https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Ocean-Strategy-Uncontested-Competition/dp/1591396190

Getting Past No: Negotiating with Difficult People

Everyone knows that it is the give-and-take of negotiation that enables decisions to be made, problems to be solved, needs to be satisfied - in our professional as well as our personal lives. But where does that leave you when you confront someone who has no intention of negotiating fairly or in good faith? How can you find common ground when your opponent - an angry boss, an unreasonable client, a deceitful colleague, an insecure business partner, a stubborn spouse - refuses to give an inch? How, in short, can you get to "yes" when someone else says "no"?

In Getting Past No, Dr. Ury offers his unique five-step system to dismantle stone walls, disarm tough bargainers, deflect attacks, and dodge dirty tricks. Dr. Ury's method of breakthrough negotiation depends not on scoring a win over your opponent - but on winning him over. Getting Past No offers specific techniques and proven strategies designed to identify the problem, develop practical proposals, and invent creative options that satisfy both sides' needs.

Whether you're dealing with an unruly teenager or an office bully, Dr. Ury's method will help you gain control in even the most difficult situations. More than getting mad or getting even, Getting Past No will get you results!

https://www.amazon.com/Getting-Past-Negotiating-Difficult-Situations/dp/0553371312

Fizyka życia - http://www.physicsoflife.pl/

Życie to coś więcej niż walka, to gra. Gra, która toczy się bez ustanku. Gra, w której ktoś wygrywa. Gra, z której odpadają pokonani, a zwycięzcy zdobywają prawo do powielenia i dalszej gry. Gra, w której gra jeden na jednego, jeden na wielu, wielu na jednego i wielu na wielu; w której grają rodzice, klony i zwycięskie klony klonów.

Na treningach siatkówki, bilarda, zapasów, szachów i każdej innej dyscypliny sportowej, trenerzy nie podają magicznej formuły wygrywania. Bo na wygrywanie nie ma prostego wzoru, który każdemu i zawsze zapewniałby zwycięstwo!

... a jednak trenuje się! Trenuje się po to by wygrywać! A wszystko to, co na trening się składa - wyrafinowane metody, sprawdzone zasady, wieloletnie doświadczenie, zaawansowana analiza teoretyczna, ciężka praca i od czasu do czasu jakiś matematyczny wzór - to wiedza, wiedza służąca do wygrywania.

Fizyka Życia to nie wzory, to wiedza. Wiedza dotycząca gry najważniejszej - życia. Gry, pełnej przeróżnych reguł, często niezrozumiałych i bezlitosnych, lecz czasem pełnych miłości i poświęcenia. Gry, w której każdy z nas, czy tego chce czy nie, bierze udział!

Rich Dad Poor Dad

Rich Dad Poor Dad: What The Rich Teach Their Kids About Money - That The Poor And Middle Class Do Not! Kindle Edition

https://www.amazon.com/Rich-Dad-Poor-Teach-Middle-ebook/dp/B0175P82RA

Rich Dad Poor Dad will…
• explode the myth that you need to earn a high income to become rich
• challenge the belief that your house is an asset
• show parents why they can’t rely on the school system to teach their kids
about money
• define, once and for all, an asset and a liability
• explain the difference between good debt and bad debt
• teach you to see the world of money from different perspectives
• discuss the shift in mindset that can put you on the road to financial freedom

Flight Plan: The Real Secret of Success

In ""Flight Plan,"" Brian Tracy reveals the real key ingredients that go into accomplishing any long-term, meaningful success. Using the metaphor of an airplane trip from coast to coast, Flight Plan shows that the real secret to success is to first figure out your destination -- where you want to go -- and lock in on it.

Some quotes worth mentioning:

• Determine the highest and best use of your time. Whatever job you choose to take, company you choose to work with, investment you choose to make with your money, or time you choose to spend on a particular activity, think it though carefully in advance and be certain that you are  making the highest and best use of your time and resources
• Ask for what you want. Remember that before you ask, the answer is always no.
• Use the ten-goal method. Take a clean sheet of paper and write the word "Goals" and today's date. Write down ten goals that you would like to accomplish. Write in the present tense. Write in positive tense. Write in personal tense.
• Start with 100 % throttle
• First of all, change the word "problem" to the word "situation". It changes negative word into neutral.
•  Good leader has to function well as a member of the team and function well in a crisis.
• The top people never become angry or upset. They did not become excited or irritated. They seam to go to the opposite extreme. They slow down and become more polite and courteous.
• Ask yourself what are the worst possible things that could go wrong? What could derail my plans or block my ability to achieve my goals. Make a list of every problem or crisis that could occur. `even if a serious problem has only a 3 percent chance of occurring, write it down on your list.
•  Keep your mind clear by practicing zero-based thinking  all the times. Ask yourself, based on this new information, if I were not now doing this, knowing what I know, would I start it up again today. If the answer is no, immediately make whatever changes are necessary. Be clear about your goals, but be flexible about the process of achieving it.
• In a crisis ask yourself: What are we trying to do? How are we trying to do it? Is there a better way? What are our assumptions? What if our assumptions are wrong? What action should we take  based on our answer to these questions? What is the first action we should take?
• When you make a decision, and new information or circumstances prove that it was wrong, don't be afraid to say: I was wrong. I made a mistake. I changed my mind.
• You are always free to change your mind.
• Always ask yourself when things seem to go wrong, what can I learn from this experience.
• When you are working on a problem or goal and you get an impulse to make a phone call, buy a book, speak to a person, or take any particular action, move quickly. Don't delay. It may be too late soon.
• The time will never be just right. Start where you stand: work with whatever tools you have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.

https://www.amazon.com/Flight-Plan-Real-Secret-Success/dp/1576754979

Code Tools: jmh

JMH is a Java harness for building, running, and analysing nano/micro/milli/macro benchmarks written in Java and other languages targetting the JVM.

http://openjdk.java.net/projects/code-tools/jmh/

The Magic of Thinking Big

 


Those who believe they can move mountains, do. Those who believe they can't, cannot. Belief triggers the power to do.

Simple actionable advice for self-improvement. Basically, we are what we think, so think big.
1) Build confidence in yourself. Action reduces fear, so act.
Take small steps at first: Sit in the front everywhere you go, practice eye contact, walk 25% faster, practice speaking up, smile big, use positve words.
2) Think and dream creatively. Believe that it can be done and then the mind finds a way to get it done. Be open to new ideas and be progressive. Stimulate yourself with diverse ideas from diverse people. Capacity is a state of mind.
3) You are what you think. "The price tag you put on yourself, is probably the same price tag that the world will put on you." (pg 75) Dress up. Think your work is important. Think enthusiastically. Ask yourself if you are the type of manager that a subordinate would respect and follow?
4) Manage your environment because it is food for your mind.
People who tell you that it cannot be done are usually unsuccessful people.
5) Make your attitudes your allies. Live it up. Broadcast good news. Do better work that others expect. Remember people's names. Take initiative to build friendships. Talk less. Listen.
6) Get the action habit. Nothing happens just by thinking. Do not worry about problems. You can handle them as they come. Successful people handle problems as they arise. You cannot buy insurance on all problems. Start now.
7) Turn defeat into victory. Defeat is a state of mind. Be constructively self-critical; do not just look for another reason that you are a loser. Think that there IS A WAY. If it does not work, then back off and start afresh. Get mentally refreshed.
8) Use goals to help you grow. Goal is a dream acted upon. "The important thing is not where you were or where you are but where you want to get." (pg 195) Know where you want to go. Visualize your future.
9) How to think like a leader. Achieving success requires the help of others. Trade minds with the people you want to influence. "What would I think if I were that person?" Be human, and put people first.

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