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Inspirations for Manufactured Housing Professionals
The truth about the Status Quo
The spin stops here today, here is the truth…
…there is no “status quo.”
Learn. Earn. Return. ##
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Reading All Day?
“I just sit in my office and read all day.”
That’s how Warren Buffett, one of the richest and most successful people in the business world, describes his day. Reading!
Buffett advises everyone to read more. At MHProNews, this is a topic Buffett and we agree.
http://open.bufferapp.com/how-to-read-more-and-remember-it-all/
The Staples speed reading test includes data on how various age and educational groups stack up in words per minute. According to Staples, the average adult reads 300 words per minute.
When I took the test (late and a bit tired…), my personal reading rated scored at 361 WPM, above average, but far from fast.
Third-grade students = 150 words per minute
Eight grade students = 250
Average college student = 450
Average “high level exec” = 575
Average college professor = 675
Speed readers = 1,500
World speed reading champion = 4,700
But I’m reading hours daily. How about you?
http://t.staples.com/sbd/cre/marketing/technology-research-centers/ereaders/speed-reader/
Read for understanding, even if you may think differently than the writer. Fresh perspectives often lead to that breakthrough, ‘aha!’ moment. We recommend 15 minutes daily here on MHProNews, and 7-8 minutes a day on ManufacturedHomeLivingNews.com. The more industry pros who do that, the more our sales will rise. Seriously! ##
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The False Face
“The urge to save humanity is almost always a false-face for the urge to rule it.”
— H. L. Mencken
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Tyler Craddock
VAMMHA.org
All the Way
If you’re not gonna go all the way, why go at all?”
– Joe Namath
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Tom Kovach
Don’t be Afraid to Trade…
“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.”
John D. Rockefeller
American Business Magnate and Philanthropist
1839-1937
“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.”
Albert Einstein
Theoretical Physicist, 1879-1955
“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”
Steve Jobs
American entrepreneur and CEO of Apple Inc.,
1955-2011
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Robin Crow
Jujitsu for More Victories
A True MH Story.
An independent contractor was working for a multi-state company (MSC). The Contractor did good work, the MSC’s president, key staff, plus rank and file praised him publicly and privately. A payment (bonus) – part of a written agreement – was coming due to the Contractor, a 5 figure one, which would be the first of many. The principle/CEO of the MSC decided not to pay, and threatened legal Consequences for the Consultant if he tried to collect.
As the MSC had attorneys and deep pockets, what was the Contractor to do? All direct appeals to the MSC were met with deaf ears.
In sharing this story and what follows, I’m not taking sides. Nor is this story necessarily praising or condemning either party, both of whom I know personally.
With the odds stacked against the respected Contractor, he creatively decided to turn his disadvantages to his benefit. The Contractor interviewed some law firms, and because the Contractor had good records and could prove performance and good reviews from the MSC, he found an attorney willing to take his case on contingency.
First a demand letter, then the suit. After the normal pre-trial activities, after several months of depositions and related discovery, once the MSC realized they’d lose, they settled. The MSC paid more in attorneys fees, lost time – plus the settlement than the amount – far more than they tried to withhold from the Contractor. Plus, they obviously now felt they could no longer could turn to the Contractor for future, useful services.
The Contractor used jujitsu, turning the ‘stronger’ and ‘larger’ MSC’s “advantages” into disadvantages.
The lesson?
When you face a problem, step back. Think things through. Often you can turn the force of a challenge – or even an unjust attack – into an advantage. ##
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Use what makes you Different to your Advantage
It goes without saying. We are all different. We may share much in common, but it is differences that set us apart. Learn to use what makes you different in a positive way. Learn the lesson Timothy Q. Mouse shared with Dumbo to make him embrace those huge ears in the Disney movie classic.
“The very things that held ya down are going to carry ya up, and up and up!”
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The Greatest Danger To Liberty – Justice Louis Brandeis
"The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding.”"
– Justice Louis D. Brandeis
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"Our government… teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy."
– Justice Louis D. Brandeis
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L.A. Tony Kovach
The Single Twig Breaks
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"A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong."
– Tecumseh, Shawnee Chief
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L. A. 'Tony' Kovach