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As a person who has read hundreds of business books, especially those about successful entrepreneurs, I have a good ability to review and rate business books. I’ve read biographies on Henry Ford, Richard Branson, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and even Martha Stewart, but I’ve never read a book like Eugene O’Kelly’s Chasing Daylight.

Eugene O’Kelly was an amazing, successful and down to earth man. He had two daughters, a wife who was his one true partner in his life, and had worked his way up to become CEO of multibillion-dollar KPMG. Most Americans would agree that he had it all; a great family, a well-respected and well-paid job, and lots of friends. However, after only two years as CEO, he began to notice that his health was deteriorating. One side of his face was slightly droopy and showed signs of being paralyzed. Also, the headaches that he thought were stress-related were starting to worry him.

O’Kelly took time out of her busy schedule and long days to visit her doctors and get head and brain scans. The results were terrifying; he had three golf ball-sized tumors in three different parts of his brain that had been there for so long that the tissue was dead, rendering it inoperable. The doctors told him that his prognosis was very bad and that he only had to wait three more months to live. Chemotherapy and radiation were options that could potentially give him a few more months to live, but would also greatly diminish his quality of life.

O’Kelly realized within hours of her diagnosis that she would make the most of the time she had left. He immediately resigned from his CEO role at KPMG, but agreed to stay on for a few weeks to ensure a smooth transition. While most people would sit around and get very depressed and angry, O’Kelly wanted to stay active and die as well as possible. This included calling everyone in his life who had been closest to him, starting with those he was close to, but not incredibly close like his family. These people included coworkers, college roommates, and family friends. He knew that talks and meetings with these people could be potentially uncomfortable, as it is very difficult to say a last goodbye, but he went ahead. What he found was that these encounters were very enjoyable and brought a happiness in his life that he never expected. He created hundreds of what he called “perfect moments” when everything just couldn’t seem to get any better.

As time went by, Eugene filled his day with more friendly gatherings and time with his two daughters and his wife, Corinne. His vision began to blur and fade and his motor skills were deteriorating. He felt the need to relax and find inner peace, and he found it one day while she was in a park. The sound of a water fountain and the peaceful thought of water flowing from one place to another allowed him to enter a peaceful zone. He was so easygoing that his daughter bought him a fountain for her house so she could relax whenever she wanted. The book also mentions that Eugene would rent a boat and take his family on day trips just to relax and be near the water.

The way Eugene handled his next death was truly amazing. It’s scary to think about the date of his death, but Eugene managed to overcome the fear and depression and make the most of each day. He traveled with his daughters, took time to meditate and relax with his wife, and told his family how much he loved them and how his brother was an amazing father. Furthermore, he had the admirable idea of ​​writing a book to document his transition from the physical world to the spiritual world. This book was meant to show that knowing the date of his own death can be a blessing and allow him to realize how good life can be. He was not only able to speculate on his own life and death, but the book gave him one last project to work on with his wife, Corinne.

Corinne was portrayed as a gorgeous woman numerous times in this book. It is evident that Eugene thought a lot about her and they were really in love with her. When Eugene was writing the book and knew that he couldn’t continue writing until the last day of his life, he enlisted Corinne to help him finish writing. She contributed several sections to close the book, documenting what we can learn from the life of Eugene O’Kelly and his final days. His wife gives us advice on how to live our lives, how to face each moment as it comes and live in the present. Eugene and Corinne discovered that he had a much better life when he stopped worrying about the future and what will happen in six months or a year.

The end of the book is encouraging but at the same time disturbing. As Corinne writes about the last three or four days of her husband’s life, you begin to realize how special he was as a man. O’Kelly became extremely weak and inactive and was bedridden in the last days of his life. He fought as long as possible, but finally knew that he would die in a day or two. Family surrounded him, including his daughter, wife and sister-in-law when he said goodbye and died. Corinne comments that although everyone was very sad, it was a moment of joy to know that he was in a better place and that his strong faith in God would take him to Heaven.

This book is very emotional and will open your eyes to the meaning of life and death. After reading, I felt that everyone has the ability to be more productive and live a better life. An easy step to take is to call the people you love and tell them. One of the joys of being human is that we can communicate our emotions and put a smile on our faces. It doesn’t take long to make a phone call to someone you care about or even write a short email telling someone you care about. If you take the time to make a call or send an email, you’ll probably find yourself more optimistic and you might even find yourself smiling more often. This book is one that everyone should read. Eugene O’Kelly was a spectacular person and we should all strive to live the rest of our lives like the last three months of his. This book has a definite rating of 5 out of 5.

To answer this question and a host of others that I will address in the days to come, let’s start with a quote from the United States Constitution – Fourth Amendment:

The right of persons to the security of their persons, houses, papers and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated, and court orders shall not be issued, except for probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place that must be searched and the persons or things that must be apprehended.

Now, that language is pretty heavy and definitely not written in the plain language that each of us speak on a daily basis, so let me rephrase it in a way that’s more readable and understandable:

A person, his house, his documentation and his personal property will not be registered or possessed with an unreasonable purpose (by the Government). In addition, a court order is required and can only be issued if probable cause is presented before a judge supported by someone who cares about the truth of your statement, and the affidavit must specifically describe the location to be searched and the person or things to be taken.

So, to address this question, I draw on my experience as a former police officer and criminal defense attorney. Let me start by describing a scenario that each of us witness on an almost daily basis. You are driving on the freeway and you see a car stopped on the shoulder of a road and behind it is a black and white car with red and blue flashing lights. An officer is standing at the window of the vehicle, speaking to the Driver, who is the sole occupant. The officer tells the Driver that he wants to search the vehicle. What happens from here?

The general rule: An officer may stop and drive a car if he has a reasonable and articulate suspicion that the motorist has violated a traffic law. Once the vehicle has stopped on the side of the road, the Fourth Amendment allows the officer to search the interior of the vehicle by looking through the windows; This is the “plain sight” or “plain sight” rule that has been developed in case law and is part of the “automobile exception” to the 4th Amendment warrant requirement.

However, the trunk of a vehicle may not be searched unless the officer has probable cause to believe that it contains contraband or the instrument of criminal activity, and similarly, the officer may not inspect locked containers or a locked glove box. locked unless it presents the type of probable cause. When the vehicle is seized, its contents can be inventoried without a court order, including the contents of the trunk and the containers inside.

The rationale for allowing warrantless car searches is that the mobility of cars would allow drivers to get away with incriminating evidence in the time it would take police to obtain a search warrant. The Court has held that a person expects less privacy in a car than at home, and when you think about it, this is reasonable: you are driving down the road in a vehicle that anyone, not just an officer, can look through the windows and see what’s inside.

As the driver of the vehicle, you can do a couple of things:

1) Consent to search, if you have absolutely nothing to hide or hide in the vehicle and want to speed up the process; Prayed

2) Refusing to allow the officer to search the vehicle.

If you choose to deny the officer’s registration request, you should ask the officer if you are under arrest and, if not, why you want to search your vehicle. However, the officer may not give you a complete answer as to why he is requesting to search the space. Denying an officer’s search request is not an admission of guilt, although the officer may tell you that if he has nothing to hide he should allow the search.

The officer may insist on searching your car. He clearly states, “I do not consent to this search,” but follow the officer’s instructions. He repeats repeatedly, but politely and firmly, that he is not consenting to the search, since the likelihood that the statement will be recorded is high, at least according to the policies of most departments. This recording will be invaluable in a subsequent legal proceeding, should it arise. But no matter what he does, don’t interfere with the search and don’t touch the officer, as either action is likely to arrest him.

Also, the officer can place you in the police car or even handcuff you and have you sit on the sidewalk while they search. Again, this does not mean that he is under arrest, but it is likely to be labeled as an “officer security” tactic. This typically occurs if there is only one officer and multiple occupants in a vehicle or if the officer knows that backup is not nearby. If the officer handcuffs you, DO NOT RESIST and provide a reason for the arrest.

Another situation that can arise is that an officer orders the occupants to get out of a vehicle because he is going to search it. This type of search is based on probable cause. For example, if the officer approaches a vehicle and smells what “training and experience” tells him is marijuana or another illegal substance, he does not have to obtain consent to search the vehicle. However, the officer can ask for consent because then there is little room to challenge the search later, except if it is claimed that the search was not voluntary or freely given… that is, the search was under duress. In this situation, even if he refuses to consent, the officer can still search the vehicle. Again, if this happens, don’t resist and don’t create trouble. You can always challenge the record in court and the more cooperative you have been (in following the instructions), the better result you can get later.

The information in this article is not specific to any state and if you discover that you or your vehicle or property has been searched or seized, you should contact a criminal defense attorney without delay if you believe your rights may have been violated. A good defense attorney will be able to answer your questions about what happened and determine if you have a valid claim or case. And it is very important that you tell your lawyer what happened as quickly as possible, especially if you are facing criminal charges as a result of the search, as evidence found as a result of an illegal search will likely be excluded from any proceedings. against you.

The emerging medical science of Platonic-fulerene life raises questions regarding the role of classical Platonic science. ways of thinking in the maintenance of mental health. Is it possible that Plato’s ethical thought forms, which were fused into the structure of Anaxagoras’s Nous, could provide rigorous scientific concepts related to our current state of mental well-being? Lord Bertrand Russell, in 1903 advised the worker to desperately accept his fate, imposed by a science governed by the dictatorial second law of thermodynamics. plates ways of thinking they were not associated at all with the construction of that nightmare of continuous anxiety imposed on society by entropic law. Therefore, in light of the recent medical discoveries of Plato-Fullerenes made by Nobel laureates in Medicine, Platonic concepts of mental health deserve discussion.

In 1979, China’s most awarded physicist, Kun Huang, proposed that there were new physical laws governing optimal biological growth and development across space-time. He proposed that the life science reasoning of the ancient Greek golden mean was much more advanced than had been realized by modern Western science. He thought that by looking at changes in the golden mean patterns of life forms recorded in the world’s fossil record, particularly seashell fossils, new physical laws could be discovered that govern optimal biological growth and development at through space-time.

In Australia, the Science and Art Research Center established a methodology for employing the research program suggested by Huang, by improving the life science of classical Greece. This resulted in a discovery by the Center’s mathematician, Chris Illert. who became the first person to show that the famous seashell fossil, Nipponites Mirabilis, influenced the design of a living sea creature through laws of optical physics that work across 20 million years of space-time. In 1990, this life science discovery was selected for reprinting of 20th-century world literature by the IEEE-SPIE Milestone Series in Washington.

In 1995, Illert’s mathematics won a biology prize sponsored by the Institute for Basic Research in the United States. The director of the Australian Center considered that the geometric logic used to generate the simulations of growth and healthy biological development through space-time was based on fractal logic. Therefore, Kun Huang would have been absolutely right in considering that the architects of modern Western science had constructed an inadequate scientific worldview, because modern science forbids linking any science of life to the infinite logic of fractal geometry. The Center accepted that the current entropic worldview scientific culture, wholly governed by an unbalanced understanding of the second law of thermodynamics, was cancerous in nature.

Years later, the Harvard Smithsonian/NASA High-Energy Division of Astrophysics Library published a paper by Petar Grujic, a science adviser at the Belgrade Institute of Physics. The article argued that the work of the Greek philosopher Anaxagoras was derived from fractal geometric logic. The Platonic tradition of the Greek philosophy of life sciences was based on fusing ethics in the Nous of Anaxagoro, to avoid the destruction of human civilization. Due to its unbalanced and inadequate understanding of the second law of thermodynamics, modern science cannot conceive of the possibility that any science of life is linked to the logic of fractal geometric logic.

The balance of universal entropic energy for the evolution of consciousness is basic for the functioning of the fractal logic Us. The Nobel Prize in Medicine, Szent-Gyoergyi, called scientists who did not understand this balance between entropy and the evolution of consciousness barbaric (the term actually used was mad apes). In his 1959 Cambridge University Rede Lecture, the molecular biologist, Sir CP Snow, referred to these same barbarians, thinking of them as their Neolithic caveman ancestors.

Plato also described engineers who did not understand his spiritual (holographic) engineering principles, as barbarians, fit only for destructive warfare. Evil (as a non-ethics) was specifically defined by Plato as a property of formless matter within the physically indivisible Greek atom. This simplistic representation of nuclear atomic radiation is now of interest. The Plato-Fullerene synergistic fractal logic of life science has become basic to C Sixty Inc., the medical science established by the three 1996 Nobel Prize Winners in Chemistry. Platonic thought forms are now relevant to an update on the Szent-Gyoergyi’s science of medicine.

Thought forms are now known to be relevant to holographic chemistry. Entropic thought forms may not necessarily be lethally carcinogenic, however the law of universal atomic decay, which governs the physics of modern chemistry, obviously is. The Szent-Gyoergyi medical linkage of consciousness to a balanced functioning of entropy is directly related to Plato-Fullerene’s new balancing life science.

Colleague from the Center for Science and Art, Chris Degenhardt, has carried out research on the rotating force of the Music of the Spheres of Nous, which is carried out to convey information relevant to the healthy evolution of growth and development. of seashells through space-time. Degenhardt investigated the construction of the Us Space-Time Model postulated by the Center’s colleague, Mark Robinson. Reference to the Robinson model was made in a quantum biology article by Huping Hu and Maoxin Wu in the June 2007 issue of NeuroQuantology. The article was about how electron spin influenced the brain and mind, challenging the current inadequate understanding of the second law of thermodynamics.

According to Robinson’s Nous model of Space-time, past, present and future form an instant of time, associated with the harmonic resonance properties of light. Degenhardt sees fractal geometric symmetry and asymmetry as combining their particular properties to present a mental access to the self-organizing evolutionary purpose omini Nous, which Degenhardt finds consistent within Robinson’s model. The “present” component of Robinson’s space-time “instant” is considered to combine stored information and potential omni-information to balance entropy. This component of the We is believed to allow the evolving mind to use Sir Isaac Newton’s proposed property of light’s interaction with gravity to provide evolutionary information. This transmission of wisdom, We in evolution, pervades the entire universe instantly through Newton’s concept of non-local effect. Newton’s physical principles for balancing the current inadequate understanding of life forces were derived from the harmonic properties of particle motion generated by the We.

Robinson’s model according to Degenhardt allows for the existence of crucial electromagnetic opportunities within the functioning of Us. These opportunities are considered to allow the mind to adapt to the Nous omni self-organizing principles of life science fractal logic. The Plato-Fullerene chemistry of life, arising in contrast to the existing entropic chemistry of death, makes a clear medical statement for both Robinson and Degenhardt. The present cancerous entropic mentality need not enter a terminal state when Fuller’s synergistic argument for utopia or oblivion is understood as a factual medical concern.

The new Plato-Fullerene science of life established by the three 1996 Nobel laureates in Chemistry can be seen as holding the secrets of human survival. Yet within the machinations of entropic capitalism, overwhelming legalized predatory activity could be seen to prevail to obstruct its vital implementation. However, the generation of rigorous life science computer simulations, similar to the successful seashell discoveries mentioned above, can provide basic evidence statements for new environmental survival legislation to solve this crucial problem.

The Chemistry award-winning project of the Florentine New Measurement of Humanity, under the banner of the New Florentine Renaissance, has also compiled relevant factual research related to the questions raised in this essay. Hopefully, medical test statements to validate the Project’s purpose beyond doubt will soon come into existence and their importance to human survival will be reflected in proposed new “knowledge economy” legislation.

Professor, Roberto Papa. ©

When you open your small business, one of the questions to ask yourself is whether you want to be a job manager or a general manager. A lot of people start thinking, what does that mean? What and how do I benefit from this? Which path should I take? The real question is, where do I take the function of managing my business?

A job manager is someone who puts his hands in all areas of the business and does everything. From meeting people, marketing, to even throwing out the trash. A manager manager is someone who tells people what to do, where to go, and how to do it.

At the start of every small business, the job manager is the way to go, but as your business grows, what you end up doing is a general manager. He is now dependent on his business and the direction he wants his small business to take.

I have seen many one person businesses grow and prosper by one person and the business is 5-10 years old and that is good. But I’ve also seen small businesses get into 10-person operations and that’s good too.

You must and see all aspects of your business. You must look at the future of your business and see where it is headed. Or you also have to think, if I keep it as one-person operations or start hiring people to cover all areas of my business. Again, it depends on the nature of your business.

Example: I have seen a person from a bakery enter a 15 person operation. I have seen a kind of support business in a one person operation. I have seen a one person business card dealer stay as a one person operation and I have seen a basket making business go down to a 5 person operation.

The list goes on and on, I’ve talked to all of these business owners and they made a business decision when they had to, from going from a one person operation to a 20 person operation.

But all of them have told me that they started out as job managers and let the nature of their company grow into whatever operation they needed.

The benefits of being a job manager is that you control everything and you see what is going to happen and you are responsible for everything. The benefit of a general manager is that you have staff that do everything for you and take over the duty and the work and you just watch what’s going on.

No matter which direction you take, there is no mistake here. Just let the nature of the business go in the direction it needs to go. When you allow that, it will flow easily and you will do well.

The decision is yours, job manager or manager manager. What is your method of working with companies?

In today’s California condominium market, the seller must not only prepare the unit for sale, but must also be prepared with some HOA information prior to listing. Do you as a seller know how many owners live in the community? Are you familiar with your association’s Conditions, Covenants and Restrictions (CC&R)? What about upcoming assessments for planned maintenance work in common areas?

You’ve worked hard to repaint your unit, clean your carpets, and possibly upgrade your kitchen and bathroom countertops, and you’re ready for buyers to take a look. Then he maybe he gets an offer from a motivated and excited buyer and opens escrow and plans to close in 30 days. But wait, have you considered other issues that could affect your sale?

For example, did you know that having an owner-occupancy rate of less than 50% means you may have to get an offer from a cash buyer? Unfortunately, many condo owners don’t realize that with a greater number of rental units, there is a lesser likelihood of mortgage financing by the buyer. Many lending sources have higher criteria than required by FNMA lending rules, and may require 70-75% owner occupancy before accepting your new buyer’s loan. At a minimum, 50% owner occupancy is required for FHA loans (by the way, this applies only if your building is FHA approved). In a 32-unit building, for example, 16 tenants will be too many. Lest you think otherwise, this situation is not unheard of and actually exists in a very exclusive area where homeowners do not want to leave their units after they have moved into a single family home. It has presented many difficulties for those owners who wanted to sell. If you wait until you are in escrow for the buyer/buyer’s lender to find out, you will have wasted a lot of time and the transaction may end up being cancelled. Wouldn’t it be wise to bring this issue up to the Board of Directors so that the general membership can review the rental management policy?

Property owners should not live in oblivion as they allow the ratio of homeowners in their association to decline year after year. This could mean the difference between selling a unit while you still have equity or as a successful short sale, or forcing a foreclosure because the homeowner has no other way out of their situation because no lender would provide financing and they couldn’t be a cash buyer. . found. A foreclosed unit in an association means a decrease in collected owner debt and a possible increase for remaining members, or at least a lack of contribution to normal operating costs. Additionally, the market value of all units in that association may be affected if financing now becomes impossible, or if cash buyers submit “low” offers to a desperate seller. Typically, a lender’s HOA Certification submitted to the Board or property manager may ask how many owners, how many tenants, and how many vacant units. You can avoid wasting time by contacting your Board or property manager beforehand for this information.

Let’s say the owner occupancy rate is still OK, but there are delinquent owners in the building, possibly due to job loss, or units already in foreclosure. Did you know that if an association has more than 15% of its homeowners 30 days (or more) behind on association payments, lenders probably won’t make a loan until that number drops to less than 15%? In a smaller 30 unit building, that would take just 5 units. What if those particular owners are foreclosures held by a bank that won’t pay until the unit is sold, or owners who have abandoned their units and are unavailable? Has your Board of Directors suggested a remedy to help current sellers in good standing? This is information that the seller must analyze before listing his property. Why wait until you’re in escrow and then find out the lender won’t go through with this problem? Again, your Board of Directors (possibly the Treasurer) or your property manager’s representative should be able to provide you with this information quickly.

These are two of the biggest issues a vendor can face, but others may include whether or not your association has a reserves study: how much money is set aside in your annual budget for reserves? Ideally it would be around 10%. Does your association have updated CC&Rs within the last 5 years, or are you still operating with your original documents which are probably way out of date with current laws? What is the pet policy in your building? Many buyers have pets and will need to know in advance what to expect, ie two dogs may not be allowed, but one dog under 35 pounds is allowed. Are you aware of any litigation within the association? This is a required disclosure to sellers in California where lenders have a vested interest in the risk of lending there, depending on the particular issue.

In a community of owners, the concept of “the greater good” is very close to the surface. Members of an HOA are bound by a particular legal framework found in the California Civil Code that does not exist in a non-association neighborhood. Condo living was and is really for owners who plan to live there, and it may not work well for long-term absentee owners, because now more than ever, the transfer of these units is largely controlled for the first time. for mortgage loans. criteria.

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Telemarketing has been around for decades. It is believed to have been formed in the 1950s, where it enjoyed substantial growth. Because many of these calls are unsolicited, numerous people have complained about telemarketers. In fact, some of the practices were unfair, harassing and rude. For example, telemarketers have been known to call late at night or early in the morning, apply undue pressure, refuse to properly identify themselves, make repeat calls even after being asked not to call again, and engage in deceptive practices.

Due to the volume of complaints against the telemarketing industry in general, the government responded with increased consumer protection and regulations for telemarketers. The Telephone Consumer Protection Law, enacted in 1991, established that telephone vendors had to comply with the following rules:

– Do not call the residences before 8 in the morning or after 9 at night.

– Maintain an internal Do Not Call list

– Provide your name and the name of the entity on whose behalf you are calling

– Do not use artificial voices or pre-recorded messages

– Do not send unsolicited advertisements by fax

In 2003, consumers got another break with the national Do Not Call registry. Once you registered your phone number on this list with the FTC, telemarketers, with the exception of a few nonprofit organizations, were unable to call you. In 2007, the Do Not Call Improvement Act allowed your phone number to remain on the list without expiring. This makes it an easy and one-time process to avoid most telemarketing calls.

Regulation of the telemarketing industry is intended to protect consumers from unsolicited and unwanted calls. This is not to say that all telemarketers comply with the law or that there are no unscrupulous telemarketers that have unregistered numbers. If you continue to receive calls from these types of telemarketers, you can look up a telemarketing number and request that they stop calling you or report the activity to the FTC.

Jobs for criminals are always hard to find and as most criminal job seekers know, any job or business that requires a license is usually a waste of time to try to apply for or try to start. Well, I’ve found a profession that will grant you a license, assuming you meet the regular requirements, even if you have a felony conviction. Freight Transportation Corridors; people who broker shipments of cargo, household items, or even automobiles and other types of vehicles.

There is an exception, however. If he was convicted of a drug related felony, then he is disqualified. I know it’s wrong, but at least if your crime wasn’t drug related, you can go.

Transport intermediation does not imply driving a truck. It is a job for criminals who can lose your house or apartment if you wish. Basically, find people or companies that need to move something big within the country. Let’s say someone in New York City doesn’t want to drive their car to Florida, where they will spend the winter. People in this situation usually hire a car transport company to take their car, on a car transporter, to Florida so they don’t have to drive it there themselves. In this example, you are probably talking about people who are retired or close to retirement and can’t or won’t drive all night to Florida.

So where do you come in? Well, as a car transport broker, you basically find people who need this type of service and match them with a transport company. When the deal is agreed, you get paid, sometimes up to $500 per car.

Who else would need this kind of service? Well, let’s say your daughter just got accepted to a college 1,500 miles from where you live. Do you really want your 18-year-old daughter to drive from, say, Georgia to California by herself?… I don’t think so.

This is another example of the type of customer looking for a freight broker. Also, in a case like this, you could also negotiate the transportation of anything else you bring to the university, such as furniture, boxes of clothes, etc.

The mere fact that you need a license for this business sets you apart from the crowd, whether you are a criminal or not. But the fact that you can get a license like this, even with a felony conviction, seems like a great opportunity for any felon looking for work.

Most would agree that Jeff Immelt is one of the great CEOs of our time, and he had better be because GE is one of the largest corporations in human history. And it’s good to see that Mr. Immelt has volunteered to help President Obama bring jobs to America and help us get into the clean energy future, but still, this is very risky for GE’s reputation. and also for Jeff’s. After all, with approval ratings falling sharply, it could spell a dangerous demise for Immelt’s longevity as a top executive in corporate America.

Before Immelt’s appointment to Obama’s internal team to revive our economic prospects, I was having a conversation with a guru of business management and small business consulting about General Electric, and we both agreed that it’s a great company. When talking about why, he believed that GE had great leadership, mentors and coaches and stated;

“Think of Jack Welch and GE, especially in his prime. No one was better at producing top-tier business leaders who knew how to execute. Well, because of the culture and psychology of GE. Because of the leadership and coaching they it happened continuously there. This did not happen accidentally.”

Okay, I said, that’s one way of looking at it, and it’s true, but I suggested that he read the book; Rothschild’s “The Secret to GE’s Success.” (Amazon sells the book online I still believe). So considering GE did a good job with their executive training center, thanks to some smart leadership. I would say that a good part of his success has more to do with his close ties to the US government.

Even today we see that, namely a law to make all citizens change light bulbs, funding for night vision goggles for the troops, and let’s not forget banking laws that help GE Capital, health insurance laws for that division, jet engines for military aircraft, Medicare funding for its high-tech medical division: plastics, nuclear-powered submarines, hydroelectric plants, energy-efficient appliance rebate stimulus, etc., etc., and Seriously, I could go on for 10 minutes on this topic.

So while Jack Welch got it right, and yes I’d say he was a General Patton-type motivator, but make no mistake, GE has bounced back from a series of pretty big mistakes over the last 6 decades. And he would tell you that GE had to set up that executive training center for its employees because the business schools weren’t producing or teaching their MBAs correctly or well enough.

So one can say Yale, Harvard, Stanford, Wharton are the best there is, but I read all their stuff and frankly most of it is like “dah” or so loaded with politically correct horse manure. That’s not worth my time to read. Also, their students and industry faculty explanation, case study or future predictions is in most cases WRONG. And I’m surprised no one can see it, when everything is right in front of them, but they don’t see it.

And I’m happy that GE is being used for case study after case study in these schools, but in retrospect, it’s obvious that because of their closeness and comfort to the government, they’ve been able to do what few companies have. And I would say that close relationship has done as much or more wonders for his success than his ability to train, educate and motivate his team to greatness. In fact, I would say that they had no choice, because they had so much work that they had to rise to the occasion.

Also, this latest relationship with GE and the Obama Administration, well, it will be great for GE’s profits, and raises Obama’s credibility to work with such corporate superstars. But GE’s reputation could suffer from the privilege of that very relationship. Time will prove me right, have a good day.

President Ronald Reagan is basically labeled “The Gipper” as a result of his film portrayal of the legendary Notre Dames football player. The nickname is so firmly attached to the president that the real Gipper is almost forgotten.

The true story is clouded by the mists of time. His hometown of Laurium, in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, maintains a website dedicated to his local hero. One thing is certain: he was born on February 1. 18, 1895 to Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Gipp.

He attended Calumet public schools, but never played high school football. However, he was a complete athlete. He participated in track and field, hockey, sandlot football, and organized baseball. The Laurium baseball team were the Upper Peninsula champions in 1915, with George playing center field.

Gipp had not thought about going to college. However, he was an expert in baseball, billiards, poker, and craps. His greatest achievement was winning a gold watch for ballroom dancing.

A Notre Dame grad convinced 21-year-old 6-foot, 180-pound husky Gipp that he could get a baseball scholarship just by asking.

Beyond these statistics, we must rely on sports historians.

James A. Cox presents a colorful account of Gipp’s spectacular career. It begins on a fall afternoon in 1916 with two freshmen playing baseball on the ball field of a Midwestern college.

Without warning, a football flies over the fence from a nearby grill where the school’s varsity team was practicing. Hit one of the youths. He picks up the errant soccer ball and kicks it over the fence 70 yards away.

Across the field, a coach whistles in amazement and runs up. “Hey you! You with the baseball. What’s your name?”

“Gipp”, comes the laconic reply.

“Where are you from?

“Michigan.”

“Play high school football?”

“Nope.”

“Well, I think you’ll be a soccer player,” says the coach. “Come out tomorrow. We’ll follow you and see what you can do.”

The young man shrugged. “I don’t know,” he says vaguely. “I don’t particularly care about soccer.”

Such was the meeting of Gorge Gipp and Knute Rockne. A few days later, Gipp shows up for a test.

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There was no difficulty in switching scholarships when it was learned that he could run 100 yards in ten seconds, throw accurate midfield passes and kick 60-yard punts with ease. He became an All-American running back.

Gipp established a reputation in his first game out of town with the freshman team against the Western Michigan State Normal. Write to Cox:

“Playing running back, Gipp racks up the yardage. But the score is 7-7 as the fourth quarter drags on with just a couple of minutes to go.

“The Irish have the ball. The quarterback calls the punt formation – kicks wide and plays for a tie.

“Gipp objects. He wants to try a field goal. The quarterback looks at him like he’s looking at a crazy man. From where the kicker will stand, to the opposing goal post, which was on the goal line at the time, it was more than 60 yards.However, the quarterback orders, ‘Punt’.

“The ball breaks, Gipp drops it headfirst to the ground, as was the custom then, gets a perfect rebound and blasts the ball through the uprights. It was a 62-yard field goal that earned an enduring spot.” in the minute book”.

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In the spring of his freshman year, Gipp tried out for the baseball team and became an outfielder. He only played one game.

Ignoring a bunt signal, he tossed the ball over the fence for a home run.

“Why?” asked the manager. “Don’t you remember the signs?”

“Sure,” Gipp replied, “but it’s too hot to be running the bases after one bunt.” The next day he turned in his baseball uniform and concentrated on soccer.

He earned his way waiting tables in the college dining room for food and lodging. He earned money playing in nearby industrial and semi-pro baseball leagues.

He also frequented the pool halls and other low-key dives in South Bend.

A hangout called Hullie & Mikes became his second home. He once said, “I’m the best independent player to ever attend Notre Dame.”

His roommate, Arthur (Dutch) Bergman, explained:

“No one in South Bend could beat him at faro, billiards, billiards, poker, or bridge. He studied percentages at dice and could melt those bones in a way that made the pros dizzy. In three-pocket pool, he was the terror. of the halls.

“He never gambled with other students, although his craps skills helped pay for more than a few of his friends to go to Notre Dame. I’ve seen him win $500 on a game of craps and then spend his winnings buying meals for families in need in South Bend”.

Gipp missed so many classes in 1919 that he was kicked out of school. He took a job as a house gambler at the Hullie & Mikes gambling empire.

Horrified, Notre Dame alumni sports fans flooded the university with complaints. The university gave him a special exam, which he passed, and reinstated him. From then on, Gipp came to practice whenever he wanted, doing what he felt like doing. Nobody complained. Coaches and players knew that he was proudly dedicated to winning. The team revolved around him.

The 1920 season established Gipp as “immortal”.

On a Saturday afternoon, Notre Dame found itself trailing the Army 17-14.

In the locker room, Rockne unleashed one of his famous halftime fight speeches. Gipp looked bored. Rockne turned to Gipp and challenged him: “I guess you have no interest in this game.” Gipp replied, “Don’t worry, I have $500 and I don’t intend to spend my money.”

By the end of the game, Gipp had amassed 385 rushing yards, more than the entire Army team. He scored a running back touchdown on a kickoff, threw two pinpoint passes to set up a touchdown. Almost single-handedly led Notre Dame to a 27-17 comeback victory.

Gip paid a price for that day’s performance. He was tired, pale, and a little bloody. His anguish was so obvious that the West Point crowd stood up and watched in amazement as he walked off the field.

There were four games left in the season. A clean sweep would give Notre Dame a shot at the national championship.

Purdue fell 28-0. At Indiana the following week, Gipp suffered a dislocated shoulder that sent him to the bench in bandages. The Hoosiers built a 10-0 lead, which they held until the fourth quarter.

The Irish pushed to the 2-yard line but stalled. Gipp jumped off the bench and yelled at Rockne, “I’m coming in!”

‘To return!’ Rockne roared.

Gipp ignored the order. On the second play, he crashed for a touchdown. He then kicked the extra point, and went back to his bench.

On Notre Dame’s next possession, as time expired, the Irish carried the ball to the 15-yard line. Once again, Gipp rushed off the bench to take over.

He dropped for a game-tying dropkick to tie the game. The Hoosiers stormed in to block it. Quietly, Gipp tossed the ball to a receiver at the 1-yard line. On the next play, with the entire Indiana team converging on Gipp, he tackled him with his injured arm nearby. it was a gimmick. The Notre Dame quarterback danced into the end zone with the ball for the game-winning touchdown.

While the team returned to South Bend, Gipp went to Chicago to teach a high school team how to kick. The icy wind brought aches, fever and sore throat. Back in South Bend, Gipp went to his sickbed.

The following Friday, against Northwestern, Rockne kept the feverish Gipp on the bench until the fourth quarter. Then to the chants of the crowd – “We want Gipp!” – allowed his star to get in on a few plays, capped with a 55-yard touchdown pass to put together a 33-7 victory. .

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On Thanksgiving, Notre Dame defeated Michigan State 25-0 to complete its second straight season of outright wins, but Gipp wasn’t there. He was in the hospital with pneumonia and strep throat, a serious illness before antibiotics.

It was clear that Gipp was doomed. On December 14, 1920, he converted to Catholicism and received the last rites. His mother, his brother, his sister, and Coach Rockne kept vigil by his bedside as the entire student body knelt in the snow on campus praying for him.

While he was in a coma, someone whispered, “It’s hard to go.”

Gipp heard it and woke up. “What’s so hard about it?” he said he dismissively.

Beyond this, we only have Rockne’s version.

Gipp turned to Rockne. “I have to go, Rock,” he whispered to himself. “Okay. Sometime when the team is against you, when things are going bad and the breaks are beating the guys, tell them to go in there with everything they’ve got and win just one for the Gipper.”

There are doubts that the usually modest Gipp delivered the dramatic deathbed speech, but Rockne always swore it was true.

However, eight years passed before Rockne felt the need to invoke George Gipp’s last words.

It was at Yankee Stadium, New York, on November 12, 1928. Notre Dame had lost two games. An unbeaten army side held the regular Fighting Irish to a goalless draw at half time. In the locker room, Rockne stood up and addressed the tired players to him.

“Guys, I want to tell you a story that I never thought I would have to tell.”

Then Rockne related, in a serious voice, George Gipp’s final challenge. As he climaxed, “he Gets in there and wins one for the Gipper”, the players are said to have opened the locker room door by running onto the pitch. The Irish played the second half as if the legend of Notre Dame led the way.

At the end of the game, the score was Notre Dame 12, Army 6.

The Gipper had dialed one last time, from the grave.