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Galapagos: Archipel der seltsamen Tiere
Hans D Dossenbach
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He guided LSU to its first football championship in forty-five years. He turned down countless offers from professional teams to stay with the job he loves. Now Nick Saban reveals the secrets that will help you lead and succeed at work and in life.
Excellence doesn’t happen overnight. It comes from hard work, consistency, the drive to be the best, and a passion for what you do. Few understand this better than Nick Saban, the hottest college football coach in the game. Now, in How Good Do You Want to Be?, Saban shares his winning philosophy for creating and inspiring success.
In more than three decades as a player and coach, Saban has learned much about life and leadership, both on the field and off. Working alongside some of the game’s legends, including Super Bowl winner Bill Belichick and coaching legend Jerry Glanville, he saw firsthand how great leaders encourage greatness in others. In this candid, insightful guide, he shares such acquired wisdom as
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Organization, Organization, Organization
Create an environment where everybody knows his or her responsibilities–and each is responsible to the entire group.
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Motivate to Dominate
Understand the psychology of teams and individuals, and use that knowledge to breed success.
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No Other Way than Right
Practice ethics and values–and demand the same from your team.
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Look in the Mirror
Maintain an understanding of who you are by knowing your strengths and your weaknesses.
How Good Do You Want to Be? is more than the story of how Nick Saban motivates his staff and players to excel–it is also the memoir of one of America’s most successful coaches. Filled with instructive anecdotes and illuminated by never-before-told stories of his life and career, this is a book that challenges and inspires us all to be our best.
From the Hardcover edition.
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Decent ideas - Not bad for a first effort.......2007-09-25
This is a good read for students of leadership, with plenty of good ideas that readers can adopt. While most of the components of his philosophy are fundamental (hard work, integrity, communication skills, balance, etc.), there are actually some original ideas that run counter to those pitched in typical success/leadership books. This is where I believe the value lies. Examples include focusing on the process - not the goals, setting a start time but not an end time, and playing to dominate (no matter what the score).
Like him or not, Saban has a unique system that works (assuming he stays around long enough to implement it). This book is worth a read...
Messenger vs. The Message.......2007-09-06
I bought and read this book before Nick Saban left LSU. Regardless of what you think of Nick's subsequent career moves, the lessons presented in the book are solid, relevant and a good read for anyone middle school and upwards.
Since the jacket cover has been changed to reflect Nick's new team, I just wonder if the paperback edition has all references to LSU edited out???
This is one you've got to read.......2007-05-07
This is one of the best I've read this year. The message applies not only to football, but to everyday living. I bought a copy for myself and my teenage sons.
Saban is a liar.......2007-02-14
I would not read or listen to anything this douche writes ever again. As talented as he is, he is not to be trusted and the"cat is out of the bag" with his players and assistants now. Watch his demise unfold at Alabamma. His next book will be "How I slit my wrists with a paper cut."
CHARACTER, LOYALTY, COMMITMENT???.......2007-02-14
$aban uses the words Character, Loyalty & Commitment throughout this book...Obviously this is a clear case of, "Do as I say, NOT as I Do". Mr. Webster define's Hypocrite as, "one who pretends to be pious, virtuous, etc. without really being so"...How many time will they change the color of his shirt on this book's cover?
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Golf's popularity has gone through the roof in the last five years. It is now a $26 billion industry, with approximately 26 million golfers. A stream of golf picture books and mediocre how-to books followed this surge. But, finally, here's an easy to read and understand instructional book to help adult players sharpen their skills. Most golfers never improve once they reach adulthood. Author Bill Kroen wants to help those golfers get past that and take their game to a new level. Readers will learn how to learn the game, not just how to swing; they'll gain a greater sense of awareness of the total golf experience, and they will finally learn how to take their practice game to the golf course.Drawing on his background in psychology, Kroen directs his readers to envision the results they want. Then they can put what they read into practice without the confusion caused by most instructional books. Golf: How Good Do You Want to Be' offers a blueprint for resourceful practice and practical application with chapters including "The Mental Connection," "The Art of Practice," "Thinking Your Way Around the Course," and "Scoring Well." Bill Kroen is the author of Andrews McMeel's Golf Tip-a-Day Calendar, which has sold more than one million copies since its first year of publication
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Very good and easy Read.......2004-11-02
Bill makes reading fun and very informative in this book. The personal stories and reflections make this a book hard to put down except for the fact you want to go out and try his suggestions.
Golf can be very frustrating at times but Bill's book has taken a lot of the frustration out of the game for me. Thanks
Attitude IS Everything!.......2004-04-25
Just finished reading Bill's new book, "Golf: How Good Do You Want to Be?".
I'm impressed. I gotta level with ya, not very many instructional golf books that I buy end up getting read all the way through. Somewhere in the midst of planes, angles, and differing philosophies, I tend to drastically lose interest. And most all of them fail to address what most of us agree to be the most important area in golf -- the mental aspects of the game. Well, Bill has done a wonderful job of not only providing the reader with an excellent mental foundation to build upon, but also touching on the basic fundamentals and principles of the swing and 'golf wellness.'
I've experienced some quality golf the past few rounds, and it's not just a coincidence that this came after reading some of Bill's insight to something that has been a nagging nuisance in my own game the past few years -- maintaining a mental edge for the entire 18 holes. While some of the consistency may have been lacking in my game, I was able to exercise some of the principles he outlined to keep focused. What normally would be average rounds turned out to be better than average results. Monday saw the resurgance of what used to be a very tidy short game. I had one of the best putting rounds in over a year, and actually tied my 9 hole personal best with only 12 putts on the back nine. Then today, I set a new personal best with only 11 putts on the back, 26 putts total for the round.
And it just hasn't been with the putting.... I'm not known to be a long baller. If I can get 230-240, I'm more than content most days. Monday was undoubtedly the best tee game I've had in years, and hit some of the longest, straightest balls off the tee that I've hit in years. I would estimate that my driving averages the past three rounds have increased in both fairways hit and total driving distance. All of a sudden those 400+ yard par4's aren't that long.
The information that Bill has translated through this book has been digested and applied. I didn't change my swing, just changed my way of thinking, planning, and preparing. Whether you're a twice a month or twice a week player, beginner or seasoned, I would higly recommend you check it out if you're serious about improving in the game.
Thanks, Bill!
Scott
Personal experience.......2004-04-17
Bill and I have played golf over the last winter down in the Treasure Coast of Florida. I was one of those people hung up on mechanics - striving to regain my lost distance and capability as a former 9 handicap. After meeting Bill - and having him look at my swing during one practice session, Bill focused not on what I thought was wrong - but on what he saw. He gave me a drill to use to insure that I made a turn but kept balanced - and lo and behold my handicap started dropping - and now is approaching my former levels. ( I am now 65)
Bill's book reads like the man I know who so easily helped me. Read it and you may get to be as good as you want to be.
Dave Friedman
Easy to Read, Fascinating Behavioral Observations.......2004-04-08
I recommend this book for golfers at all levels. Unlike some other "how to" books I've read, it is well written. It makes you think about why you play golf and suggests that improving your mental approach is as important as improving your mechanical skills. I loved the descriptions of behaviors observed at the driving range. I look forward to better scores and to Mr. Kroen's next book.
A Great read!.......2004-04-03
This book is a must for learning how to take your game to the next level. Easy to read and loaded with great stories and ways to become a really good player without mumbo jumbo. This is the real thing for learning to play great golf!
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Be BAD! Do Good! How To Get What You Want In Spite Of Yourself!
TB Wright
Manufacturer: TwixSilver Press
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Release Date: 2006-06-22 |
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Be BAD! Do Good! Is exactly what the title describes. You can Banish All Doubt, and be as BAD! as you would like to be. Find out how to create incredible success through The Loving Process. Live it out to give it out! It's your abundance, get used to it!(c)
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Successful College Writing: Skills, Strategies, Learning S.......2004-06-06
After reading and studying this book, you will end up with excessive confusion because this book not only provides unfocused and unclear information, but its overloaded comments and examples make the original explanation seem more difficult to understand.
Comprehensive freshman composition text.......2003-10-28
This is a comprehensive freshman composition text--it has it all: brief, provocative readings, clear advice to student writers, and a handbook. It guides college writers through the process of writing papers by leading them through the writing process with a blend of thought-provoking images and essays and cogent explanations and checklists. The learning styles information is also useful for any student and is integrated throughout the text. Also, teachers will want to check out the annotated teacher's edition.
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"Successful College Writing" Skills, Strategies, Learning Styles.
Kathleen T. McWhorther
Manufacturer: Bedford / St. Martin's
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Good software starts with a good design, and the subtitle of Applying UML and Patterns, "An Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and Design (OOA/D) and the Unified Process" reinforces that that's what this book is about.
The first edition of Applying UML and Patterns became a standard. The second edition uses the unified process (UP) as the iterative process within which OOA/D is introduced, and extends the case study used in the first edition. Other changes have been made to reflect the growing consensus on the most effective ways to work with OOA/D and patterns.
Although you will learn UML, this isn't what Applying UML and Patterns is all about. It's designed to teach you to think of software as a collection of objects with properties and to manipulate the relationships between them. This is far more profound.
The case study enables Craig Larman to carry the design through to Java code. In practice, you will need a basic understanding of OO programming to benefit from Applying UML and Patterns, though you needn't know Java--you can implement the designs in the OO language of your choice with equal facility.
When it comes right down to it, Applying UML and Patterns is all about providing you with a language in which to think about software design. This is quite different from learning a language in which to code a design.
A facility with OOA/D will enable you to design and discuss programs independent of code, to produce more elegant and maintainable software, and to take a 30,000-foot view of the way your software interacts with the world. In effect, it can shift your viewpoint from that of a mechanic to that more sophisticated viewpoint of an engineer. Recommended. --Steve Patient. Amazon.co.uk
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“People often ask me which is the best book to introduce them to the world of OO design. Ever since I came across it, `Applying UML and Patterns' has been my unreserved choice.” —Martin Fowler, author, “UML Distilled” and “Refactoring”
The first edition of “Applying UML and Patterns: An Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and Design” quickly emerged as the leading OOA/D introduction; translated to many languages and adopted in universities and businesses worldwide. In this second edition, well-known object technology and iterative methods leader Craig Larman refines and expands this text for developers and students new to OOA/D, the UML, patterns, use cases, iterative development, and related topics.
The book helps newcomers to OOA/D learn how to “think in objects” by presenting three iterations of a single, cohesive case study, incrementally introducing the requirements and OOA/D activities, principles, and patterns that are most critical to success. It introduces the most frequently used UML diagramming notation, while emphasizing that OOA/D is much more than knowing UML notation. All case study iterations and skills are presented in the context of an “agile” version of the Unified Process -- a popular, modern iterative approach to software development. Throughout, Larman presents the topics in a fashion designed for learning and comprehension.
Among the topics introduced in Applying UML and Patterns are: * requirements and use cases, * domain object modeling, * core UML, * designing objects with responsibilities, * “Gang of Four” and other design patterns, * mapping designs to code (using Java as an example), * layered architectures, * architectural analysis, * package design, * iterative development, * the Unified Process.Foreword by Philippe Kruchten, the lead architect of the Rational Unified Process.
“Too few people have a knack for explaining things. Fewer still have a handle on software analysis and design. Craig Larman has both.” —John Vlissides, author, “Design Patterns” and “Pattern Hatching”
“This edition contains Larman's usual accurate and thoughtful writing. It is a very good book made even better.” —Alistair Cockburn, author, “Writing Effective Use Cases” and “Surviving OO Projects”
Customer Reviews:
A great reference, had to get the UML 2.0 edition.......2007-10-06
I found the previous edition 5 years ago, and completely marked it up. This book was instrumental in passing the OOAD test certification.
I continued recommending this book to my colleagues.
Then found the UML 2.0 edition, and plan on using this book as much as I did.
First book for anyone learning to create business software.......2007-08-11
Craig Larman's classic has reach 10 years of prime position on my professional book shelf, the 1st edition now replaced with the 3rd. Whenever anyone asks for an introduction to UML, this is always my first recommendation. Though the book focusses on software construction from scratch, it still contains much brilliant guidance for enhancement work or implementation of software packages.
This book takes you in a logical, distilled process through pragmatic application of Unified Modelling Language on real projects for which people pay. Of course the examples are simple, but relevant and helpful. The book is chock full of diagrams and little text, which makes it quick to read and easy for reference.
You could do little wrong if you used only this book to guide your first application of UML to a real project.
Review of Applying UML and Patterns: An Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and Design and Iterative Development (3rd Editi.......2007-07-19
I have 30 years in the industry (and in different industries in IS management) and one thing I dislike is the author's persistence do down-grade the waterfall or modified waterfall models. He should be more objective on his comments since the waterfall and modified waterfall do have their merits on projects -- refer to "Rapid Development, Training Wild Software Schedules" by Steve McConnell, Microsoft Press, ISBN 1-55615-900-5. I have used them very successfully on big programs. The key here is, with any model, in order to be successful you need quality communications with ALL stakeholders. Just like in our personal life's, communications is everything; the models can be secondary.
The author should also strictly follow the attributes of writing good requirements. On page 72, he wrote for "frequency of occurrence", "Could be nearly continuous". Now, I ask, how ambiguous is that????
The single best book for your OO development team.......2007-07-06
As others have pointed out, the content on OO analysis and design is excellent. Equally important - Larman's book is also an excellent on "process".
Unlike many books that simply focus only on "programming", Larman gives you a working examples and excellent advice on overlapping fields like "requirements", "testing", "architecture" and "project management".
Craig Larman's "Applying UML and Patterns, 3rd Ed" is a wealth of practical advise, covering *all* significant aspects of successfully defining and implementing a non-trivial software project. If your team were to choose only one book as your "Bible" - this would be that book.
Excellent Work!.......2007-04-23
As pointed out by many, this book is a very nice introduction to Object Oriented Analysis and Design. The author's explanations were very clear. This book covers agile practices, UML, many patterns including Gang of Four (GoF), and software architecture. Overall I really enjoyed reading this book. From an industry standpoint as well as an academic standpoint, I believe this book does an excellent job. This book will be part of my library for a long time to come. Highly recommended.
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