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"[
Run With the Bulls Without Getting Trampled shows] us how success in the workplace can be something more-but is never less-than the sum of our experiences, emotions, and intelligence. I really liked this book."
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Marcus Buckingham, International speaker and best-selling author,
Now Discover Your Strengths and
First, Break All the Rules
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Run With the Bulls Without Getting Trampled is one of those books that really makes you want to be a better manager, a better leader, a better person. The stories are powerful, the anecdotes are right on the money, and the wisdom is so evident and clear."
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Pat Lencioni, Author,
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, and President, The Table Group
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Run With the Bulls Without Getting Trampled grabbed me from page one and never let go. It's one of those rare business books full of fresh, original stories that inspire us to take a look at our three Cs: commitment, character, and competence."
-Ken Blanchard, Coauthor,
The One Minute Manager® and
Leading at a Higher Level
"As a member of the senior White House staff and a veteran in banking and the executive search fields, I have interviewed thousands of highly successful people. In
Run With the Bulls Without Getting Trampled, Dr. Tim Irwin nails the essential differences between those who do well and those who don't. If you want to know what it takes to make it in any endeavor, read this book!"
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J. Veronica Biggins, Senior Partner, Heidrick & Struggles
"In this inspiring and adventure-filled book, Tim Irwin creatively weaves in stories from his own experiences with hard-hitting corporate examples. It's a great read for those willing to do the work required to experience their own spectacular results and enjoy success."
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Roger Staubach, Chairman/CEO, The Staubach Company and Super Bowl MVP
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Run With the Bulls Without Getting Trampled features Tim Irwin's seven critical success factors as well as six common career derailers. With compelling real-life stories to launch each chapter, Irwin distills not only his experiences as a successful corporate psychologist but also what he has learned from others in thousands of interviews with senior executives. Inside you will also find how you can access free online self-assessment exercises and developmental resources.
Customer Reviews:
Commitment, Character, Competence.......2007-07-31
The advice in this book extends beyond the professional world and echoes in everyday life. This makes sense; we don't live double-lives, and there exists no magic, secret formula for success in business, medicine, or raising kids. It comes down to basic human virtues.
Commitment. Character. Competence. These attributes fuel the engines of success in life.
It boggles the mind how many books or programs offer axiomatic platitudes such as "it's not what you know but who you know" or "success is what makes you happy, so be true to yourself."
None such wasteful advice finds its way into this book. Rather, Dr. Irwin points out the objective, observable standards that exist in life, and our need to continually evaluate ourselves and measure our choices against those standards.
As the book says; it's simple, but it isn't easy. I highly recommend this book.
Run with the Bulls Without Getting Trampled.......2007-07-08
Tim Irwin's book, "Run with the Bulls," is by far the most insightful business book I have read this year. It causes you to take a look beneath the surface and determine how you can lead a life of significance and find meaning in your work. There are very few business books that take you to this level of personal reflection. "Run with the Bulls" is one of them.
run with the bulls.......2007-04-19
"Run with the Bulls" offers a practical approach to finding meaning and fulfillment in our careers. Tim Irwin uses straightforward language to express complex ideas. He has an engaging way with personal anecdotes that serve both to clarify his themes and share aspects of his family life. One of the book's many pleasures is its frequent use of cultural references. Dr Irwin's interests range from "New Yorker" cartoons to TS Eliot to popular movies like "Groundhog Day." His experience as a psychologist has given him unique insight into the complex issues that so often derail our attempts to pursue excellence.
If you are running your career you need this book.......2007-03-08
The best complete compilation and illustration of the keys to a great life and career.
Great Stories with a Powerful Message.......2007-01-31
"Run with the Bulls" is hard book to put down. I savored each chapter. The author tells real life stories as the foundation for a powerful message on principles of leadership. After reading the book I passed it on to my 18 year-old son who read it in a week. I wish I had known the principles which Irwin sets forth so clearly when I began my career! The stampeding bulls will trample the energy and enthusiasm out of many young professionals. I ordered six copies for my family members to help them avoid that fate.
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About the Noah's Wish Investigation.......2007-06-05
This is in response to the post about Terry Crisp's organization being investigated by California's Attorney General's office. This is what's posted on her website:
Noah's Wish Board of Directors, March 26, 2007
We are writing to inform you that Noah's Wish is in the midst of an ongoing civil investigation by the California Attorney General's office concerning funds received by Noah's Wish during Hurricane Katrina. The California Attorney General has taken the position that certain funds donated to Noah's Wish during this period, and its immediate aftermath, are restricted and may only be used for the animal victims of Hurricane Katrina, rather than the animal victims of other disasters or for general disaster preparedness. Noah's Wish disagrees with the Attorney General's position with respect to those funds, but is working cooperatively with the Attorney General toward a timely resolution of the dispute.
In response to the California Attorney General, Noah's Wish has set aside the disputed funds and agreed not to use those funds pending final resolution of the investigation. Noah's Wish is unable to predict when the matter will be resolved. Because Noah's Wish does not presently have access to the disputed funds, it is unable at this time to continue with its efforts to provide disaster preparedness services and volunteer training.
We will provide you with an update once we have resolved this matter.
We appreciate your patience and also wish to express our gratitude for all that you have done to support Noah's Wish in carrying out our charitable mission.
Crisp is Toast.......2007-04-08
State probe forces animal-rescue nonprofit to close
Queries $8M raised in wake of Katrina
Sacramento Business Journal - March 30, 2007
by Kelly Johnson
Staff Writer
A local animal-rescue nonprofit that gained national attention for its work after Hurricane Katrina, sparking more than $8 million in donations, was shutting down this month amid a state investigation into how it used that money.
Noah's Wish, which rescues and cares for animals in disasters, was preparing this week to close its El Dorado Hills headquarters. About a dozen workers have resigned or been laid off since late last year.
The California Attorney General's Office has been investigating the organization since last summer, examining how Noah's Wish used donations that might have been designated for relief efforts in the hurricane-ravaged area. The probe led to most of the nonprofit's funds being set aside in accounts where they couldn't be used for other operations.
The nonprofit contends the funds were used properly and said it is cooperating with investigators.
The group received millions in donations after news stories showed its efforts in an area devastated by the August 2005 hurricane. Former Noah's Wish insiders allege those millions were intended to relieve suffering in the storm-battered zone but were improperly used for other purposes.
According to documents obtained by the Business Journal from a former employee, an accounting firm hired by Noah's Wish to examine its books concluded that it would be impossible to conduct a reliable audit because so many records were missing from the period when the group and its volunteers were working on the ravaged Gulf Coast.
Documents filed by the nonprofit or provided by the former employee indicated Noah's Wish had about $210,000 in revenue in the year ended June 30, 2005, and almost 40 times that much -- $8.4 million -- in the next six months.
Expenses shot upward, too, from about $212,000 in 2004-2005 to more than $2 million in the last six months of 2005, including almost $400,000 to purchase vehicles. In early 2006, the group bought a storage building in East Alton, Ill., for $65,125 and leased office space in New York City, according to documents provided by the former employee.
Terri Crisp, founder of the group and its executive director until this week, was paid $6,200 in 2004-2005, tax records show. The documents supplied by the former employee covering July through December 2005 indicated Crisp received compensation of almost $141,000.
The nonprofit's board this week acknowledged the investigation on the group's Web site. "The California Attorney General has taken the position that certain funds donated to Noah's Wish during this period (of Katrina), and its immediate aftermath, are restricted and may only be used for the animal victims of Hurricane Katrina, rather than the animal victims of other disasters or for general disaster preparedness," a letter posted online said. "Noah's Wish disagrees ... but is working cooperatively with the Attorney General toward a timely resolution of the dispute."
Noah's Wish has agreed not to use the disputed funds while the investigation is pending, and the nonprofit cannot continue its work without access to the money, the letter said.
A spokesman for the state's top lawyer would not confirm or deny an investigation.
Ralph Nevis of Downey Brand Attorneys LLP in Sacramento, who represents the group, would not discuss the nature of the inquiry.
Founder was asked to leave board
Staff members are being paid through April 11, but this week only the office manager remained at the El Dorado Hills headquarters to close things down over the next couple of weeks.
At one point, the nonprofit had 15 employees working at offices in El Dorado Hills and New York City and from homes in other states. The three-person office in New York closed in January.
"They've reduced the staff because of funding. It's everybody," Crisp said Wednesday. She said she's taking her remaining days as sick leave, but by Wednesday evening a message on the group's Web site said she was no longer connected with Noah's Wish.
Crisp also served on the organization's board of directors from its founding in 2002 until February. She's no longer on the board, she said, "partly because it's a conflict of interest." The Attorney General's office "had asked for me not to remain on the board."
Because she's no longer on the board, Crisp said she did not have the latest information on the investigation or details about what it covers. Investigators, she said, have not interviewed her and were working only through the nonprofit's attorney and its board chair, Amy Maher.
Maher did not return calls Wednesday. Board members Lyn Kendrick, Gail Monick and David Lesser declined to comment on the investigation; another, Heather Hathaway, did not respond to a request for an interview.
Asked about allegations that the nonprofit inappropriately used money, Crisp said, "I don't know of any misuse of funds."
Lori Polk, chair of the Noah's Wish board during Katrina, left it the month after the hurricane. Before and after Katrina, she said, she voiced concerns about "the organization and the allocations of the donations we were collecting." She said she felt she was "fighting a losing battle trying to maintain my fiduciary responsibility to the organization."
The group "did not make decisions based upon board approval," she said, and made "expenditures without approval."
The former employee, who would only speak on condition of anonymity, said that "the amount of money that was spent by the organization was unbelievable."
The Attorney General's authority over charities includes investigating the loss of substantial funds during one year, illegal use of funds, diversion of funds from their intended purpose and excessive amounts paid for salaries, benefits, travel, entertainment, legal and other professional fees, according to the agency's Web site.
Raising money last month
Noah's Wish was soliciting funds as recently as February. In a letter to potential donors, Crisp wrote the nonprofit had "made a concerted effort to only ask for donations when the need truly exists, and not become a pest with repeated appeals."
Later, the letter said, "So why am I contacting you now? Noah's Wish is prepared for the next disaster, but lately this has become increasingly challenging." Because 2006 was a "fairly uneventful year," Crisp wrote, donations declined significantly.
Tax documents for Noah's Wish obtained by the Business Journal reported revenue of $8.4 million, almost all of it from contributions, between July 1, 2005, and Dec. 31, 2005. Some $4.8 million was in unrestricted assets and $1.5 million in temporarily restricted assets at the end of that year, financial documents indicate.
In June 2006, the accounting firm engaged to audit the books wrote the board that it could not express an opinion on the 2005 financial statements, according to documents provided by the former employee.
"A significant portion of corroborating evidence such as vendor invoices, receipts, deposit slips and other supporting data were not maintained during the period that the organization was responding to the needs of animals during Hurricane Katrina. The records that remain are not sufficient to permit the application of auditing procedures that would be adequate for us to express an opinion on the accompanying financial statements," according to the letter from John Waddell & Co. CPAs.
For the second half of 2005, Noah's Wish paid $405,948 in salaries and compensation, according to the Form 990 supplied by the former employee. Of that, Crisp received $140,900, while the second-highest compensation went to Sheri Thompson at $118,125, the tax documents show.
If the numbers are correct, it appears the compensation for Crisp and Thompson is well above the norm for nonprofits of this size, said Ann Lucas, executive director of the Nonprofit Resource Center. The annual median base salary for the executive director of a nonprofit of this size is $130,000, according to the 2006 Compensation and Benefits Survey of Northern California Nonprofit Organizations, which is produced by the Center for Nonprofit Management in Los Angeles.
Noah's Wish committed $1 million to the city of Slidell, La. for construction of a new animal control center; the old one was severely damaged by Katrina. The city has not received any of those funds, Slidell City Attorney Tim Mathison said.
Okay.......2007-02-17
I thought it was an okay book, but as I was reading, I found myself skipping through all the blah blah blah to get to the actual animal stories. The stories about the animals were great, but you have to wade through a lot to get to them.
FOR THOSE WHO'VE WONDERED.......2007-01-20
Terri Crisp has been in the forefront of animal rescue for many years, and her gripping accounts of freeing animals caught in disasters make for compelling reading. All of us who love animals and who have ever wondered what it's really like to work in disaster relief will enjoy this book and be informed by it. A wonderful addition to the library of anyone who is interested in animals, animal rescue, and disaster relief work.
One Person.......2006-10-10
'Mom, do you have any good books I can read? Maybe one about animals?' I asked my mom one day when I was bored. When my mom handed me this book, about a year ago, I didn't know what to expect. I read the first chapter and was hooked. The author is so dedicated to animals and has experienced so much, it's hard to put the book down. I think it only took me a few days to read it and I just finished reading it for a second time. This is a book that makes you want to go and make a difference in the world. It makes you realize how much the news doesn't talk about animals in a disaster. When I graduate collage, I want to become an animal disaster volunteer. Right now I'm only 14 so I have a few years but, while I wait it's nice to know there are people like Terri Crisp making a difference in the animal world. Before I read this book I didn't think I could make much of a differance, after reading this book, I've learned how much of a difference one person can make.
Book Description
In June 1940, Britain expected enemy invasion. Despite Churchill's determination to fight on the beaches, many parents made desperate efforts to send their children abroad to safety. Thousands left for America, Canada, Australia, and other distant countries. In this revealing new book, Jessica Mann, herself a wartime evacuee, looks at the experiences of those who were sent away to a foreign land, including their dangerous journeys across U-boat-ridden oceans, and asks how they coped with being away, and how they found life back in the UK on their return. Drawing on extensive original research and memories of many former evacuees, including Elizabeth Taylor and Shirley Williams, Jessica Mann builds up a moving portrait of a lost generation.
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Rave Reviews from Across the Pond.......2005-07-28
Evening Standard, 14 March 2005
A fascinating book...a splendid piece of social history...Mann's witness deserves a distinguished place in 20th-century history
Literary Review, March 5, 2005
'this splendid account of...children in the Second World War provides us with a unique and valuable historical document'
Glasgow Herald
'Mann's book makes for a read that is illuminating and sobering, riveting and sad.'
The Telegraph
'Neither the evacuees nor the reader could ask for a better chronicler than Mann.'
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- Pathetic
- Unless revised, checked and almost completely rewritten, this book will remain a one star book!
- Miserable reading material
- I tried, I really did
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Out of Harm's Way
Jack Thompson
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What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy
ASIN: 1414304420 |
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Jack Thompson eats giants for breakfast. Just ask media giant and shock-jock Howard Stern, who ranted on air about the "one lunatic lawyer" who got him kicked off the air. Jack, an outraged father and activist lawyer, is on a mission to protect children from the violent and obscene video games, music lyrics, shock jock radio shows, and television programs he says are creating a culture of violence and degradation. Going beyond outrage, Thompson chronicles his own spiritual journey from bystander to activist and offers the sociological, medical, scientific, and legal evidence that will motivate all Americans--especially parents--to get involved.
Customer Reviews:
Toilet Paper.......2007-04-12
Yep, that's what this book is. Who is really going to believe this hypocrisy this hack writer has to say? This is all biased, opinionated, and easily debatable subject matter. Are certain video games really that bad for your children? It's not like your children will live a life completely devoid of profanity.
Well, congratulations Jack Thompson. You just made yourself look like a fool. You're even worse than Ann Coulter, and that's rather sad.
Pathetic.......2006-12-24
What Jack is doing here is using the most pathetic techniques to make people believe his inaccurate views. He uses religion, lies, and other shameless techniques. He claims the game Killer7 has pornographic material in it, I myself have the game and I love it, it has no such thing. I do applaud him however for his effort. But this is a new age, like it or not, video games are becoming incredibly huge. We can't try to convince people to stop playing them, it's already too late for that. All in all, don't buy this book. Your money is better of going to other good books. On a side note, I do find it funny he put a quote of someone being angry at him on the cover. Guess he must have been desperate.
Unless revised, checked and almost completely rewritten, this book will remain a one star book!.......2006-06-23
I bought this book because I saw it in the bargain bin at WH Smith for 99p. I hate a lot of things, I hate stamps, I hate fanboys, I even hate fanboys who collect stamps! But none of those can compare to the hatred I have for this book and my curiosity to read it! I honestly don't know where to start; there are certain FACTS which he has tried to work his way around or completely dodge. FOr instance, the videogame Killer7, he claims it has a full blown on sex scene, however I have played this and there is nothing over PG rated! He also mentions criticising the ESRB without offering any proof for what he says! The same could be said for grammar and spelling, it was completely atrocious, it is unforgivable that he is a lawyer and I believe a 16 year old could do better! What I found worse about him is the fact he gives out false threats, he threatened Rockstar Games to pull their GTA games from the shelves or he would bring a law suit to them... nothing happened! The last thing I would like to say about the book is he leaves out the negative things about him such as offering to donate $10,000 to charity if someone were to make a game of a father killing video game designers. About two or three of these games appeared on the internet and he refused to help charities. In the long run, I believe that the perception of Jack Thompson has gone bad to worse after releasing this book.
A very poor and very sloppy read. Save your money, as for my copy? [...]
Miserable reading material.......2006-02-18
Quite possibly one of the most poorly-thought out rants I've read yet on the whole "entertainment is destroying America" controversy. All arguments he presents are simply straw men that he's created to bolster his point. None of the serious criticisms that have been laid against him and his work have been seriously addressed.
Don't waste your time with this drivel. One star.
I tried, I really did.......2006-01-23
I bought this book because I am a 22 year old male, who still plays video games every day for many hours. I saw Mr. Thompson on TV and he peaked my interest. I thought wow am I crazy since I still play video games? So I picked up his book. I was in tears at some points, I couldn't believe this man actually gets anyware. [...] Shame on you Mr. Thompson for taking advantage of parents fear for the childrens saftey to make a buck!
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- In and Out of Harm's Way
- A wonderful book about dedicated "caregivers" in harm's way
- An interesting book on women's and military history
- An Intriguing Book, A Fascinating Read
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In and Out of Harm's Way : A History of the Navy Nurse Corps
Doris Sterner
Manufacturer: Peanut Butter Publishing
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Ruff's War: A Navy Nurse on the Frontline in Iraq
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In and Out of Harm's Way.......1999-12-26
If one is looking for excellent role models and hero's of the last century this is the book for you. I picked it up and had trouble putting it down. Some wonderful accounts of truly dedicated professional nurses who devoted their lives in service to their country. Read and enjoy, a well written book.
A wonderful book about dedicated "caregivers" in harm's way.......1998-08-25
I have never read a history book which was so spell binging. I had trouble putting it down once I started reading it. There are numerous accounts of courageous people & their personal experiences in dealings with life. It is a very moving account of history that anyone can enjoy reading.
An interesting book on women's and military history.......1998-04-22
Ms. Sterner provides an interesting foray into the History of the Navy Nurse Corps, incorporating personal interviews and accounts from the people who lived the history. This book should spark discussion and thought.
An Intriguing Book, A Fascinating Read.......1998-04-09
"In and Out of Harm's Way" is an engrossing study in the history of the Navy Nurse Corps, told through personal narratives and first-hand accounts. Although I originally viewed the subject as being perhaps too centralized, the book will appeal to history buffs, military enthusiasists and students of women's history alike. This book should be enjoyed by generations to come.
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Out of Harm's Way
Ann Pritchard
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Sal Madison, a highly successful writer, moves from Malibu into a beautiful new home in Portland, Oregon, to live near her son and his family. Flashbacks of Sal's earlier life reveal a tragic murder and heart-wrenching experiences that continue to haunt her. Emotionally wounded, she holds her life together over the years with unyielding self-control, unable to confide in her son or the man who falls in loved with her. An acquaintance draws her into a dangerous web of conflict. As Sal struggles against the menace that threatens to shatter everything dear to her, an epiphany redefines her world.
Self-preservation, mystery, love and redemption are central themes of this ambitious psychological novel.
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Out of Harm's Way : Moving America's Lighthouse
Mike Booher , and
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Cape Hatteras: America's Lighthouse
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The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse: Sentinel of the Shoals, Second Edition
ASIN: 1885457154 |
Book Description
The remarkable "inside" story of how the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse on North Carolina's Outer Banks was moved to safety from the encroaching Atlantic Ocean. The media called it the "move of the century"... an engineering feat never equaled. Many said the country's tallest lighthouse would fall before it reached its final destination more than one-half mile inland. Some said the historic lighthouse, often referred to as America's lighthouse, should be preserved at its original site and not be moved at all. In the end, the U.S. Park Service,engineers, and well seasoned movers calculated the risk and without fault sucessfully moved the lighthouse out of harm's way.
The book features a history of the lighthouse and the nearby Outer Banks area and continues through the years until the lighthouse was re-located in 2000.
The quality hardbound book contains over 200 four-color photographs and illustrations along with vintage B&W photos of the lighthouse and lightships that served at the Cape Hatteras Station.
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