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Billy Regains GM

Full Episode: Chapter 4In my conversation with the author of "Motor City Drama", Russell Dore, we remarked on the difference in strategy between automotive legends Billy Durant and Henry Ford. Henry was heavily focused on making a car that the average person could afford. He also eventually looked

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With Winning in Mind Powerpoint: Part 5

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With Winning in Mind Powerpoint: Part 4

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With Winning in Mind Powerpoint: Part 3

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With Winning in Mind PowerPoint: Part 2

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With Winning in Mind PowerPoint: Part 1

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Motor City Drama: The Dodge Brothers and Ford Motor Company

Episode 2 of Series on Motor City DramaThis was one of the stories of the early automotive history of Detroit that I never knew about. The brothers who started the Dodge Automobile that we still catch glimpses of today, were once working and making parts for Henry Ford and the

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Motor City Drama: Henry Ford Meets Alex Malcomson

Full Episode: Henry Ford Gets Things RollingSince I grew up in the metro Detroit area, I have at times become oblivious to the fact that I live in a very special area. Amongst all the negative things one hears about Detroit these days, Corruption, crime [https://www.dbusiness.com/business-features/

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The Focusing Question

Full Episode: The Focusing QuestionOne of the keys pieces from the book, "The One Thing" that Gary chimes in with again and again is the focusing question. Really, you could say that all the actions, tips, concepts, etc. from the book stem from asking yourself just this one

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The Lies They Tell Us

Episode on WillpowerOne of the more surprising things about rereading “The One Thing” is coming across the section of the book titled “The Lies”. This was a part that I had actually completely forgot about, and Gary hits us with the lies about success with the first few chapters of

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Coding Bootcamp: My One Thing

The One Thing: IntroductionI first read Gary Keller's book around 2017/2018. Around this time, I quit my job as a medical sales rep, went through what was probably depression, battled anxiety attacks, started a new job as a beverage sales rep, and...started Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. A lot

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1984 Discussion (Chapter 3, Part VI)

Full Episode: Chapter 3, Part VI * We see a complete reversal of Winston in this final chapter, can you name some of the things Winston now does that reflects him being a good party member? What an extraordinary turn of events! At the conclusion of 1984 we see a huge

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1984 Discussion (Chapter 3, Part IV)

Full Episode: Chapter 3, Part IV * Is shooting Winston inevitable because the Party does it to everybody, or is it because Winston still holds some deep seeded thoughts? I do not think that Winston's inevitable end will come as a result of him having these thoughts. The thoughts

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1984 Discussion (Chapter 3, Part II)

Full Episode: Chapter 3, Part 2 * Explain how the Party’s methods eliminate martyrs First lets define what a Martyr is. According to Merriam-Webster, a Martyr is "a person who sacrifices something of great value and especially life itself for the sake of principle". I think that this

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1984 Discussion (Chapter 3, Part I)

Full Episode: Chapter Three, Part I * Why is the skull faced man and not the chinless man taken to room 101? This one is a curious case. From reading the scene take place it would seem that the chinless man should be taken to room 101 based on his actions.

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1984 Discussion (Chapter 2, Part X)

Full Episode: Chapter 2, Part X * What just Happened??? This was easily my favorite chapter of 1984, even having already finished the book at this point. It is for the shock and surprise that happened with Winston and Julia being arrested. I totally did not see anything like this coming.

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1984 Discussion (Chapter 2, Part VIII)

Full Episode: Chapter 2, Part 8 * Do you think Winston wanted to say yes to the question about being able to never see Julia again? Early on in the meeting with O'Brien, Winston and Julia are asked about the lengths they would go to do what needs to

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1984 Discussion (Chapter 2, Part VI & VII)

Full Episode: Chapter 2, Part VI & VII * Do you think Winston is being overly optimistic on his talk with O’Brien? In a word, YES! I really did not know where all this optimism is coming from when I was reading part six. O'Brien stops to have

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1984 Discussion (Chapter 2, Part V)

Full Episode: Chapter 2, Part V * Do you think Winston is emotional about Syme’s vanishing? Right at the beginning of part five, Orwell brings up a funny character we met back in Chapter 1. Syme was a "friend" of Winston's who he meets up with

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1984 Discussion (Chapter 2, Part IV)

Full Episode: Chapter 2, Part IV * What do you think Winston will mainly use his new room for? Winston successfully is able to rent out the room upstairs from Charrington's shop. It was mentioned at the end of Chapter 1 that he had a desire to do this.

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1984 Discussion (Chapter 2, Part III)

Full Episode: Chapter 2, Part 3 * Explain why the Party has made extreme effort to take over the sexual instinct Remember, this effort is really only demonstrated in the members of the Party. With the proles, they are able to marry, divorce, watch porn, and have sex. For the proles

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1984 Discussion (Chapter 2, Part II)

Full Episode: Chapter 2, Part II * Why do you think Winston gets apprehensive with Julia when they first embrace? Think about how long Winston has been without a Woman. True, he was once married to Katharine, but this was like 10 years ago. In the timespan from then until now,

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1984 Discussion (Chapter 2, Part I)

Full Episode: Chapter 2, Part I * Is her arm really broken? Does she really like Winston? Is the girl from the fiction department for real about her message to Winston, or do you think otherwise? So we find out that the girl from the fiction department has a crush on

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1984 Discussion (Chapter 1, Part VIII)

Full Episode: Chapter 1, Part VIII * Can you explain what Winston means by comparing old folks not being able to remember the past to an ant only being able to see small objects? When Winston meets the old man in the pub, his primary objective is to find out what

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1984 Discussion (Chapter 1, Part VII)

Full Episode: Chapter 1, Part 7 * Why do you think the Party places restrictions on its members and is more relaxed with the Proles? We have seen Winston describe the divide between the Proles and the Party. This was earlier in chapter 1, where Winston was describing the difference in