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Drop the Pink Elephant

15 Ways to Say What You Mean...and Mean What You Say

By: Bill McFarlan

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Drop the Pink Elephant

15 Ways to Say What You Mean...and Mean What You Say

By: Bill McFarlan

As GMTV anchor, I interview hundreds of people every year. However well they interview, every single person would find it easier to explain their case by following these simple principles." EAMONN HOLMES, GMTV Presenter "[Drop the Pink Elephant]...tackle[s] every aspect of personal communication in a crisp, entertaining style." THE PLAIN ENGLISH SOCIETY "There can be no whitewash at the White House." (Richard Nixon). These nine words turned the American nation against their President. Why? Because people hadn't linked the White House with a cover up until Nixon himself made the connection. His own denial created the story. It is perhaps the most famous Pink Elephant in history. But what exactly is a 'Pink Elephant'? Pink Elephants are the unnecessary negatives that clutter your conversation and meaning, sending out the wrong signals to anyone you communicate with. In Drop the Pink Elephant, Bill McFarlan reveals how to avoid the deadly trap of allowing poor communication skills to obscure your meaning and reduce your effectiveness. Drop the Pink Elephant is filled with helpful, simple and practical advice on how to make your words count for more. Put these straightforward lessons into practice and you will notice immediately how much more effectively you are able to communicate with others. Sharpen your conversation by: * FIRST SPOTTING, THEN DROPPING THE PINK ELEPHANT * GETTING RID OF THE JARGON * LEARNING TO SPEAK IN PICTURES * RECOGNISING WHEN YOU SHOULD APOLOGISE OR THANK PEOPLE * CAPTIVATING AN AUDIENCE N.B. No animals were hurt in the making of this book. (Can you spot your first Pink Elephant?)

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John Wiley & Sons

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1907312226

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9781907312229

Are You Good Enough?

15 Ways to Build a Confident Mindset

By: Bill McFarlan,Alex Yellowlees

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Are You Good Enough?

15 Ways to Build a Confident Mindset

By: Bill McFarlan,Alex Yellowlees

Following the success of Drop the Pink Elephant, Bill McFarlan and leading psychiatrist Dr Alex Yellowlees from The Priory, offer explanations about what affects confidence and practical advice to build confidence to become a happy, well-rounded individual. Whether you are leading a high powered corporate lifestyle, at home raising a family, studying at university or unemployed Are You Good Enough? will help to create confidence and boost it so that you reach your goals, banish low self- esteem and eliminate self-doubt, explained in terms that all can understand. Imagine being able to replace negatives with positives, having clarity and being able to pay and accept compliments with sincerity. Think about how good it would be to be direct with your manager about being overworked on your project and not being able to make a deadline without feeling anxiety and stress. Gain knowledge in pruning friendships from unhealthy “all take” and “no give “ to healthy balanced friendships. Learn how to boost your own confidence and pass your awareness of self-esteem onto your children, encouraging them to thrive and be confident adults. It is not possible to alter the past and your own set of circumstances that had detrimental consequences on your mindset but it is within your grasp to learn how to change your attitude and outlook to become that contented, confident person you would like to be. Let Are You Good Enough? based on real life experiences, triumphs and tragedies and solutions to deep-seated problems, show you how.

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200

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John Wiley & Sons

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1841127221

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9781841127224

Let's Cross Before Dark

A History of the Ferries, Fords and River Crossings of Texas

By: Bill Winsor

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Let's Cross Before Dark

A History of the Ferries, Fords and River Crossings of Texas

By: Bill Winsor

Let’s Cross Before Dark... A History of the Ferries, Fords and River Crossings of Texas The state of Texas claims over 12,000 named rivers and streams stretching approximately 80,000 linear miles within its boundaries. In this book, Bill Winsor identifies and locates over 550 named river crossings within the state that once served as vital destinations for Native Americans, European explorers, and Mexican and American soldiers and colonists. Winsor has catalogued their origins and histories. Included in the work are maps of major rivers and their crossings as well as select images of early ferry operations of Texas. In addition to an alpha index of the crossings, the 625-page book presents an in-depth examination of the roles principal rivers and their crossings assumed in the framing of Texas history. Each of its fourteen chapters explores the founding of these various sites and the characters that brought them to life. This information, under one cover, presents an incomparable resource for future generations to better understand and appreciate the historical relevance of these vanishing theaters of history.

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627

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AuthorHouse

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1665565616

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9781665565615

The Baseball Necrology

The Post-Baseball Lives and Deaths of More Than 7,600 Major League Players and Others

By: Bill Lee

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The Baseball Necrology

The Post-Baseball Lives and Deaths of More Than 7,600 Major League Players and Others

By: Bill Lee

During his playing career, a baseball player's every action on the field is documented--every at bat, every hit, every pitch. But what becomes of a player after he leaves the game? This exhaustive reference work briefly details the post-baseball lives of some 7,600 major leaguers, owners, managers, administrators, umpires, sportswriters, announcers and broadcasters who are now deceased. Each entry tells the date and place of the player's birth, the number of seasons he spent in the majors, the primary position he played, the number of seasons he spent as a manager in the majors (if applicable), his post-baseball career and activities, date and cause of his death, and his final resting place.

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527

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McFarland

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1476609306

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9781476609300

Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words

A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right

By: Bill Bryson

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Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words

A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right

By: Bill Bryson

One of the English language's most skilled and beloved writers guides us all towards precise, mistake-free usage. In the middle 1980s Bill Bryson was a copy editor for the London Times with the brash idea that he could fill a hole in the British book market for a concise, accessible, handy guide to proper usage. A complete unknown, he nonetheless sold Penguin Books on the idea, and the result was The Penguin Dictionary of Troublesome Words, which sold decently enough on both sides of the Atlantic. Now, fifteen years later, Bill Bryson has become, well, Bill Bryson -- and his terrifically useful little book has been revised, updated and Americanized to become Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words. Precise, prescriptive, sometimes (like its author) amusingly prickly, this book belongs on the desk of every person who cares enough about our language not to maul or misuse or distort it. Move over, Strunk and White.

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183

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Anchor Canada

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0385679963

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9780385679961

Money-saving Answers to Your Car Care Questions

By: Bill Simmons

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Money-saving Answers to Your Car Care Questions

By: Bill Simmons

... Money saving tips to cutting car repair costs a nationally syndicated automotive columnist ...

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176

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0830679782

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9780830679782

Decision Support in Organizational Transformation

IFIP TC8 WG8.3 International Conference on Organizational Transformation and Decision Support, 15–16 September 1997, La Gomera, Canary Islands

By: Patrick Humphreys,Sabino Ayestaran,Andrew McCosh,Bill Mayon-White

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Decision Support in Organizational Transformation

IFIP TC8 WG8.3 International Conference on Organizational Transformation and Decision Support, 15–16 September 1997, La Gomera, Canary Islands

By: Patrick Humphreys,Sabino Ayestaran,Andrew McCosh,Bill Mayon-White

The main purpose of this paper is to contribute to the discussion about the design of computer and communication systems that can aid the management process. 1.1 Historical Overview We propose that Decision Support System can be considered as a design conception conceived within the computer industry to facilitate the use of computer technology in organisations (Keen, 1991). This framework, built during the late 1970s, offers computer and communication technology as support to the decision process which constitutes, in this view, the core of the management process. The DSS framework offers the following capabilities: • Access: ease of use, wide variety of data, analysis and modelling capacity. • Technological: software gel)eration tools. • Development modes: interactive and evolutionary. Within this perspective, computer and communication technologies are seen as an amplification of the human data processing capabilities which limit the decision process. Thus, the human being is understood metaphorically as a data processing machine. Mental processes are associated with the manipulation of symbols aOO human communication to signal transmission.

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Springer

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0387353488

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9780387353487

Books, Bytes and Business

The Promise of Digital Publishing

By: Bill Martin,Xuemei Tian

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Books, Bytes and Business

The Promise of Digital Publishing

By: Bill Martin,Xuemei Tian

How are businesses responding to global changes in markets driven by changes in technology? Whatever the industry, the trends are familiar: globalization and the rise of industrial conglomerates, mergers and acquisitions, the networking of businesses and markets, outsourcing and shifts in the distribution of resources and production, all reflected in the emergence of new players, new products and services and new forms of competition. As arguably the first knowledge-based business, book publishing provides an ideal setting for the study of challenge and opportunity. The industry is currently experiencing fierce levels of competition, extreme financial pressures, restructuring and the threat of technology-induced obsolescence. Added to these are the challenges posed by new and potential entrants to the market, the emergence of new products and services, new ways of doing business, including trading in virtual markets, and the vulnerability of traditional business models. The suitability of book publishing as a context for researching the emergence of knowledge-based business becomes all too apparent. Through combining primary research with secondary analysis drawn from the relevant literatures, Books, Bytes and Business is both a readable and informative account of business in the knowledge-based economy.

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Routledge

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1317173252

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9781317173250

Drop the Pink Elephant

15 Ways to Say What You Mean...and Mean What You Say

By: Bill McFarlan

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15 Ways to Say What You Mean...and Mean What You Say

By: Bill McFarlan

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John Wiley & Sons

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1907312226

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Gently Down the Stream - A Collection of Bill Mcclellan Columns

By: Bill McClellan

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Gently Down the Stream - A Collection of Bill Mcclellan Columns

By: Bill McClellan

Gently down the stream, Bill's latest compilation of columns, features nearly 90 of his personal favorites, and spans the emotional spectrum. From heartfelt to whimsical, feel-good to tragic, Bill's unique and uncanny ability to capture readers' attention and engage them in his stories has earned him a loyal following in St. Louis and beyond"--Cover p. [2].

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0984208445

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9780984208449

From Bill with Love

Bill Mcclellan's Favorites Columns and Fan Favorites

By: Bill McClellan

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From Bill with Love

Bill Mcclellan's Favorites Columns and Fan Favorites

By: Bill McClellan

Bill McClellan, of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, selected a few of his favorite love columns, and paired them with a few of his readers' favorite columns for the book of "love"!

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0984208496

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Book's by Bill McFarlan

Drop the Pink Elephant

Drop the Pink Elephant

Are You Good Enough?

Are You Good Enough?

Let's Cross Before Dark

Let's Cross Before Dark

The Baseball Necrology

The Baseball Necrology

Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words

Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words

Money-saving Answers to Your Car Care Questions

Money-saving Answers to Your Car Care Questions

Decision Support in Organizational Transformation

Decision Support in Organizational Transformation

Books, Bytes and Business

Books, Bytes and Business

Drop the Pink Elephant

Drop the Pink Elephant

Gently Down the Stream - A Collection of Bill Mcclellan Columns

Gently Down the Stream - A Collection of Bill Mcclellan Columns

From Bill with Love

From Bill with Love

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