Contenders and Pretenders

Contenders and Pretenders
Author: Rey Thomas
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 79
Release: 2006-12
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0595426700

The field of Contenders vying to become the next President of the United States seems to grow every day. Big names like Clinton, McCain, Obama and Giuliani dominate the landscape right now but as we know, it¿s possible that an unknown can come out of the pack and become the Contender to beat. Questions surround the leading Contenders: - Is America ready to elect a woman President? - Has John McCain mended fences in the Republican Party? - Is America ready to elect an African-American President? - Can a pro gay rights, pro abortion and pro gun control Contender from New York City win the Republican nomination? If any of these Contenders stumble, who in either Party can pick up the baton and race to the finish? And what about the Pretenders? While most of them have no chance to become President, they can make the race very difficult for the frontrunners. Will Governors continue their hold on the Presidency? Can a sitting Senator become President, the first one since John F. Kennedy? Rey Thomas, political analyst and Editor-In-Chief of ¿The Thomas Political Report, ¿ examines the Democrat and Republican Contenders and Pretenders. Just one can win. Who will it be?

You Are a Contender!

You Are a Contender!
Author: John Haime
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
Total Pages: 147
Release: 2009-12-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1600377696

In business, sports and life, it takes more than knowledge and good technique to achieve great performances with consistency. The challenges you need to win aren’t always terrific plays, perfect golf shots, record sales or great new ideas. Instead, in any arena in life, it is command of the emotional challenges that separates winners from wannabes, contenders from pretenders. Contenders who achieve consistently outstanding results all demonstrate key characteristics and practice specific winning techniques that you can learn. The inconsistent performance of pretenders in business, sports and life can be traced to common missteps that you can avoid. If you are a leader who wants to lead more effectively, a worker who wants to achieve more, an athlete who wants to win more, or you want better performance in all areas of your life, you need this book. Filled with practical and innovative high-performance tools like the Emotional Spiral, the Emotional Inventory and the Emotional Caddie, You are a Contender! Build Emotional Muscle to Perform Better and Achieve More in Business, Sports and Life will teach you how to make the move from sometimes-star to consistent performer. It will show you how to train your emotional muscles to handle any experience and challenge with strength and confidence.

Professional Boxing

Professional Boxing
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1892
Release: 1960
Genre: Boxing
ISBN:

Considers organized crime's alleged attempts to "fix" championship middleweight fights.

Love and Handicapping

Love and Handicapping
Author: Jennifer Ott
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 121
Release: 2013-08-04
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1304295052

Is your game on? No denying dating is a game filled with winners and losers. How you finish equates to your own performance. Dating sites may provide introductions and first time statistics of a possible winning match. Advice advocates give suggestions on previous successes, but still these offer no guarantee and sometimes create more hardship. Like a sports handicapper you are equipped to assess your own winners; all you need is the tools to do so. Inspired by sports handicapping tips you too can learn how to not only find a winning relationship but become a winning contender.

The Eyes on Growing Needs:

The Eyes on Growing Needs:
Author: Dr. Love Otuechere
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2017-01-24
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1532006160

Each of us are created with unique gifts, divine grace, and a purpose. While some obstacles are placed in our way to prepare us to handle our assignments with good outcomes, many of us still need specific guidance in order to break through barriers, develop and grow, and ultimately achieve dreams. Dr. Love Otuechere relies on her diverse experience as a ministerial leader and community advocate to share inspirational advice intended to help a new generation as well as those hoping to break new virtual grounds. While encouraging young adults to see opportunities and then effectively use grassroots issues to solve challenges and plan careers within a multifaceted, tech-driven world, Dr. Otuechere draws inspiration from biblical stories that encourage others to avoid repeating mistakes, live a service-oriented existence, find confidence to pursue goals, and shun selfish desires. Included are tips and tools that will help the latest generation apply analytical data, technology, and divine plans in order to meet needs and accomplish goals. The Eyes on Growing Needs shares inspirational wisdom that will guide people to embrace virtual tele-technology to find fulfillment, be on demand via skill sets and address desires within a multifaceted world filled with information.

Mike Royko: The Chicago Tribune Collection 1984-1997

Mike Royko: The Chicago Tribune Collection 1984-1997
Author: Mike Royko
Publisher: Agate Digital
Total Pages: 3259
Release: 2014-11-04
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1572844922

Mike Royko: The Chicago Tribune Collection 1984–1997 is an expansive new volume of the longtime Chicago news legend’s work. Encompassing thousands of his columns, all of which originally appeared in the Chicago Tribune, this is the first collection of Royko work to solely cover his time at the Tribune. Covering politics, culture, sports, and more, Royko brings his trademark sarcasm and cantankerous wit to a complete compendium of his last 14 years as a newspaper man. Organized chronologically, these columns display Royko's talent for crafting fictional conversations that reveal the truth of the small-minded in our society. From cagey political points to hysterical take-downs of "meatball" sports fans, Royko's writing was beloved and anticipated anxiously by his fans. In plain language, he "tells it like it is" on subjects relevant to modern society. In addition to his columns, the book features Royko's obituary and articles written about him after his death, telling the tale of his life and success. This ultimate collection is a must-read for Royko fans, longtime Chicago Tribune readers, and Chicagoans who love the city's rich history of dedicated and insightful journalism.

Flip the Switch: Activate Your Drive to Achieve a Freakish Level of Success

Flip the Switch: Activate Your Drive to Achieve a Freakish Level of Success
Author: Coach Micheal Burt
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2023-01-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1264269234

Learn now to unlock your "prey drive"—the instinctual ability that allows you to "flip the switch" to achieve massive success Micheal Burt was already a successful basketball coach when he discovered, quite by accident, how to articulate the concept he had been using for years to motivate himself and his players. At a workshop in Tennessee taught by a Vietnam veteran, he learned about the "prey drive" of war dogs—an instinctive inclination to find, pursue, and capture their prey. In Flip the Switch, Coach Burt shows how humans, too, have this instinctive drive—not for hunting prey, but for pursuing goals with a persistence and intensity that goes far beyond the usual efforts applied to everyday tasks. As with war dogs, external stimuli are required for flipping the switch: For the dogs, it's movement or scent. What are they for you? In these inspiring and eye-opening pages, you'll discover how to find what activates you, personally, to do more, create more, and achieve freakish levels of success. You'll explore them all in detail, in chapters that include: Motivated by What? The Three Phases of the Prey Drive The Science Behind What Activates You Screw Your Why: How to Get Your Purpose to Activate You Going All In: How to Make Your Drive a Daily Habit Creating Value in the World: Becoming a Contender Prioritizing and Personalizing Your Prey Drive: The Keys to Continued Expansion The Habit of 1% Performers: How to Re-ignite Your Prey Drive and GO PRO Every Single Day Throughout Flip the Switch, Coach Burt explains how to analyze and explore the primary drivers: fear, competition, exposure, environment, inspiration from others, and yes—even embarrassment. Whether you're flipping the switch to win a championship or win new business, knowing how to find external stimuli that activates that thing inside of you is what will allow you to achieve your highest goals—naturally.

Growing up with Harry

Growing up with Harry
Author: Sherman Baldwin
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2009-03-06
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1935278444

Praise for Growing Up with Harry Sherman Baldwin has written a delightful and honest account of a father whose love of life permeates every page of this book. Growing Up with Harry is about the lifetime of an unforgettable relationship, deeper and more intimate than Tuesdays with Morrie. Donald S. Lamm, former Chairman of W.W. Norton & Company What would Harry do? is a question author Sherman Baldwin asks himself when faced with a difficult decision. Henry Harry Baldwin is his father who died in 1997 at the age of sixty-five after a battle with Lou Gehrigs Disease. This memoir captures the essence of Harrys character. He lived by the credo that character is what you do when no ones looking. For Harry, doing the right thing was like breathing. Growing Up with Harry presents an insightful series of stories showing a glimpse of Harrys life in Roxbury, Connecticutfrom his work as a lawyer, to his love of dogs, and the outdoors. Offering universal life lessons, this memoir demonstrates that families are the sum of their stories. Some happy and some sad, the stories have value because they pass life lessons to the next generations.

The PerformanceStat Potential

The PerformanceStat Potential
Author: Robert D. Behn
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Total Pages: 434
Release: 2014-06-24
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0815725280

A Brookings Institution Press and Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation publication It started two decades ago with CompStat in the New York City Police Department, and quickly jumped to police agencies across the U.S. and other nations. It was adapted by Baltimore, which created CitiStat—the first application of this leadership strategy to an entire jurisdiction. Today, governments at all levels employ PerformanceStat: a focused effort by public executives to exploit the power of purpose and motivation, responsibility and discretion, data and meetings, analysis and learning, feedback and follow-up—all to improve government's performance. Here, Harvard leadership and management guru Robert Behn analyzes the leadership behaviors at the core of PerformanceStat to identify how they work to produce results. He examines how the leaders of a variety of public organizations employ the strategy—the way the Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services uses its DPSSTATS to promote economic independence, how the City of New Orleans uses its BlightStat to eradicate blight in city neighborhoods, and what the Federal Emergency Management Agency does with its FEMAStat to ensure that the lessons from each crisis response, recovery, and mitigation are applied in the future. How best to harness the strategy's full capacity? The PerformanceStat Potential explains all.