Comments on: How to Succeed, Chapter 3: Complicating Factors http://jasonseiden.com/how-to-succeed-chapter-3-complicating-factors/ My Blog is Profersonal™. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:17:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Ken Stremsky http://jasonseiden.com/how-to-succeed-chapter-3-complicating-factors/comment-page-1/#comment-766 Ken Stremsky Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:11:53 +0000 http://jasonseiden.com/how-to-succeed-chapter-3-complicating-factors/#comment-766 You might want to discuss Iran Contra and what our country should have learned from it. Iran Contra reminded me of the Roman Empire that had security guards of Emperors involved with the murdering of Emperors and helping to choose new Emperors. You might want to discuss the Savings and Loans Crisis and that if Congress had learned from it the mortgage mess might have not taken place. Congress should have figured out that it needed to require down payments on homes and fixed rate mortgages. You might want to discuss Xerox and how it did not market its inventions well that modern personal computers are based on. You might want to discuss 3M and other companies which have been successful innovators for many years. You might want to discuss our public k-12 schools and what changes you think makes sense. You might want to discuss health insurance and health care delivery in our country. You might want to discuss how some people have survived lost in the woods. You might want to discuss Iran Contra and what our country should have learned from it. Iran Contra reminded me of the Roman Empire that had security guards of Emperors involved with the murdering of Emperors and helping to choose new Emperors.

You might want to discuss the Savings and Loans Crisis and that if Congress had learned from it the mortgage mess might have not taken place. Congress should have figured out that it needed to require down payments on homes and fixed rate mortgages.

You might want to discuss Xerox and how it did not market its inventions well that modern personal computers are based on.

You might want to discuss 3M and other companies which have been successful innovators for many years.

You might want to discuss our public k-12 schools and what changes you think makes sense.

You might want to discuss health insurance and health care delivery in our country.

You might want to discuss how some people have survived lost in the woods.

]]> By: Mark Stelzner http://jasonseiden.com/how-to-succeed-chapter-3-complicating-factors/comment-page-1/#comment-765 Mark Stelzner Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:42:37 +0000 http://jasonseiden.com/how-to-succeed-chapter-3-complicating-factors/#comment-765 Great start Jason. I actually view Sphere of Control as THE macro factor with Ego, Time and Pressure as separate (but related) variables. Within control, I see internal factors (acuity, communication skills, etc.) and external factors (access, opportunity, etc.). This is probably a longer discussion than a quick post but I think you're on the right track but need to blow these out in quite a bit more detail with perhaps a slightly modified emphasis. Great start Jason. I actually view Sphere of Control as THE macro factor with Ego, Time and Pressure as separate (but related) variables. Within control, I see internal factors (acuity, communication skills, etc.) and external factors (access, opportunity, etc.). This is probably a longer discussion than a quick post but I think you’re on the right track but need to blow these out in quite a bit more detail with perhaps a slightly modified emphasis.

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