The financial health of your organization depends on it! Bernie Haffey’s Cutting Through is a comprehensive exploration into the nuances of the key high performance management systems that turn good companies into great ones! SUCCESS BEGINS WITH A SYSTEM! Doctors, mechanics, pilots…. What do all of these professionals have in common? Simple: each operates within the framework of an established set of principles that guides all they do. Just as you wouldn’t build a house by first tacking on a roof, you can’t expect your business to flourish without understanding the underlying mechanisms that drive it. You need a foundation, an order, a system. Cutting Through is the blueprint to discovering and optimizing that system. The ideological quicksand of leadership trial-by-fire is gone. The best businesses of tomorrow will need to be equipped with a robust management system that drives performance from the ground up! How do you get there? Here’s a hint: you can’t intuit it, it’s going to take some work. Keep reading to: Discover the Six Pillars of a High Performance Management System Understand the methodology behind building an effective coalition of in-house ambassadors that will champion your management values and ideals Ascertain the significance of “the first follower” Define and direct your company culture within the framework of your larger HPMS Discover the power of the subtraction, elimination and simplification Understand how some of the world’s leading companies like Ford, Medtronic, Ritz Carlton, IBM, Amazon and many others implemented their own HPMS Learn how pinpoint the Vital Few while incorporating the remainder into a unified, cohesive system Achieve world-class customer, employee and financial results Cutting Through is the comprehensive answer to the question: Why is my business underperforming, and more importantly, what can I do about it? Eliminate, simplify and optimize your internal processes to achieve breakthrough business results!

This modern spiritual classic highlights a trick we play on ourselves and offers a brighter reality: liberation by letting go of the self rather than working to improve it The Tibetan meditation master Chögyam Trungpa calls attention to the commonest pitfall to which every aspirant on the spiritual path falls prey: what he calls spiritual materialism. "The problem is that ego can convert anything to its own use," he says, "even spirituality." The universal tendency is to see spirituality as a process of self-improvement—the impulse to develop and refine the ego when the ego is, by nature, essentially empty. Trungpa's incisive, compassionate teachings serve to wake us up from these false comforts. Featuring a new foreward by his son and lineage holder, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism has resonated with students for nearly thirty years—and remains as fresh as ever today.

The sweet core of every life is surrounded by many protective layers. In other words: getting to the good stuff means cutting through the…! And for childhood friends Julia, Krissy and Laura, there’s a lot to cut through! Each grew up with grandiose dreams of happily-ever-after, only to find that real life had another plan. They had grown apart — but now, in the fourth decade of their lives, a chance meeting brings them back together again. There’s nothing like sisters-in-arms to hand you lemons and say, "Make lemonade — we’ll all have a drink!" And then talk daughters, husbands, shopping malls…and what to do when a serious dose of reality is needed to get to the heart of the matter.…

This book presents the practice and theory of Tibetan Buddhism. First is a meditation manual written by the Fourth Pan-chen Lama (1781–1852), based on Tsongkhapa's Three Principal Aspects of the Path, which covers the daily practice of Tibetan monks and yogis. It details how to properly conduct a meditation session that contains the entire scope of the Buddhist path. Next is the Presentation of Tenets, written by Gon-chok-jik-may-wang-bo. It covers Indian Buddhist schools, as viewed in Tibet, and provides a solid introduction to the Buddhist theory animating the practice. Topics include the two truths, consciousness, hindrances to enlightenment, paths to freedom, and fruits of practice.

Jayme's life is noisy. Since her mom started dating again, she's had to take care of her younger siblings. If the baby isn't crying, then the toddler is throwing a tantrum, or her brother is asking for homework help. Jayme is never able to take a moment for herself, which is why she usually gets her sleep during class. When Jayme hears about auditions to sing in the school choir, part of her wants to try out. Can she follow her dream, or will she be on babysitting duty forever?

Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon. Orphaned by their mother’s death and their father’s disappearance and bound together by a preternatural connection and a shared fascination with medicine, the twins come of age as Ethiopia hovers on the brink of revolution. Moving from Addis Ababa to New York City and back again, Cutting for Stone is an unforgettable story of love and betrayal, medicine and ordinary miracles—and two brothers whose fates are forever intertwined.

The level of complexity in most organizations today is staggering-and it's only getting worse. There are so many choices to be made, people to involve, processes to manage, and facts to analyze, it's impossible to get things done. And in today's hypercompetitive world, that can be fatal. Yet complexity doesn't happen on its own. Managers unwittingly create it, often through well-intended decisions. In Simply Effective, Ron Ashkenas provides a playbook for regaining control, focused on the four major causes of complexity: -Constant changes in organizational structures -Proliferation of products and services -Evolution of business processes -Time-wasting managerial behaviors The author provides a diagnostic for identifying how these causes of complexity are affecting your organization-and presents practical tactics for combating each one. Ashkenas also explains how to craft a strategy that will make simplification an ongoing driver of your company's success-no matter where you work in your organization. Abundant examples from companies like ConAgra Foods, GE, Cisco, Zurich Financial Services, and Johnson & Johnson illuminate his points. A crucial resource in today's overly complex age, Simply Effective should be required reading for everyone on your management team.

Unlock the transformative power of Kali with "Kali’s Sword: Cutting Through Illusions." This compelling book invites you on a profound journey to shatter the deceptive barriers of fear, ego, and anger that cloud your true potential. Guided by the fierce and fearless goddess Kali, each chapter delves into pivotal life lessons—from embracing change and humility to channeling anger constructively and forgiving deeply. Within these pages, you will discover 20 transformative chapters, each equipped with a specially designed meditation to deepen your understanding and enhance your spiritual practice. These meditations are crafted to help you dissolve fears, clear mental clutter, and unveil your hidden strengths, aligning you with the divine energy of Kali. Whether you are seeking spiritual awakening, emotional healing, or simply wish to live a life of greater clarity and strength, "Kali’s Sword: Cutting Through Illusions" is your essential guide. Embrace the courage to confront your shadows, release past burdens, and step into a life of empowered authenticity. Join us on this journey of enlightenment and let Kali’s wisdom lead you to a path of liberation and rebirth.