Make Your Watercolors Sing

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Architectural Digest - Designers' Own Homes - September 2002
Paige (editor) Rense
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Architectural Digest Designers Own Homes
Rense Paige
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Architectural Digest Designers' Own Homes, September 2004
Architectural Digest Editors
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Architectural Digest, July, 2000: Interior Designers Own Homes
Architectural Digest Staff
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Architectural Digest: Collector's Edition: Interior Designers' Own Homes (September 1996)

Manufacturer: Architectural Digest
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000NSFUCC

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Architectural Digest: Collector's Edition: Interior Designers' Own Homes (September 1998)

Manufacturer: Architectural Digest
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OCT9WO

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Architectural Digest: Interor Designers' Own Homes (September 1999)

Manufacturer: Architectural Digest
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ASIN: B000OCQ1W0

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Designers' Own Homes: Architectural Digest

Manufacturer: Knapp Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0895351412

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Architectural Digest designers' Own Home
Rense Paige
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Architectural Digest (Architectural Digest, September 1997 - Collector's Edition: Interior Designers' own Homes)

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The latest in this respected series investigates the potential of innovative ways of living in an ecologically sustainable way.
In the last twenty years ecovillages - local communities which aim to minimize their ecological impact but maximize human wellbeing and happiness - have been springing up all over the world. They incorporate a wealth of radical ideas and approaches which can be traced back to Schumacher, Gandhi, the 1960s, and the alternative education movement. This Briefing describes the history and potential of the ecovillage movement, including the evolution of the Global Ecovillage Network and the current developments in both North and South.
The threads that are brought together in Ecovillages include:

Learning from the best elements in traditional and indigenous cultures

Alternative economy: community banks and currencies, and voluntary simplicity

Designing with nature: using permaculture design, eco-building, small-scale energy generation, waste-management, low-impact transport systems, etc

Organic, locally-based food production and processing

Reviving small-scale participatory governance, conflict facilitation & social inclusion as well as reviving active inter-generational community

Creating a culture of peace, and holistic, whole person education
In an age of diminishing oil supplies, the Briefing examines the lessons that we can learn from ecovillages about how to live in a more ecologically sound and sustainable way.

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Developing a Village Model that Holds Hope.......2006-12-07

I don't think it is big enough yet to call it a trend, but there is certainly a movement, an interest of mostly isolated people to live with less of an impact on our society. We see this in the occassional solar powered house, the growth of the self-sustaining small (or even tiny) farms, the commune system that began to be set up in years past.

All of these, of course, had problems associated with them. The solar house may well not, probably doesn't meet building codes, so they may have to be built outside a cities limits, they are difficult to sell, difficult to find someone who will issue a mortgage on them.

The tiny farm takes an awful lot of work, more than most people want to do. And the cost of the food is expensive in terms of working at a real job and buying at the supermarket.

Communes work only when everyone get along with each other. But soon people begin to feel that they do more than their fair share.

The next logical step is to put together a small village. Perhaps a dozen famlies, perhaps 20 or 30. Here you begin to get the small town mentality that is so famous in literature. This book talks about local communities that have come together with shared goals. It offers a lot of the advantages of the traditional small village, with a vision that transcends and enhances the individual goals of the residents.

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New Frontiers in Environmental Research

Manufacturer: Nova Science Publishers
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ASIN: 1600211712

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During the decade from 1982 to 1992, Texas banks failed at a rate unprecedented in United States history. In all, 506 Texas commercial banks failed, including seven of the ten largest banks in Texas. In this fascinating insider's account, Joseph M. "Jody" Grant, former chairman and chief executive officer of Texas American Bancshares, Inc. of Fort Worth (the seventh largest), tells the story of the collapse of Texas' major banks. He vividly re-creates the three-year struggle to save his own organization, Texas American Bancshares. A crucial player in Grant's story is the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Encouraged by the FDIC to pursue a daring merger with San Antonio's National Bancshares of Texas, Grant and his fellow bankers endured months of agonizing negotiations which culminated in a decision by the FDIC that had devastating and costly consequences. This sobering account makes a compelling case against the FDIC's handling of Texas' financial crisis. Grant's book will be thought-provoking reading for everyone in the financial community, as well as for students of Texas history and of business and government relations.

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Rich Cowboy Writes Vanity Book.......2003-09-10

I like Texas. I like Texans. I have lived in Texas. As someone that has been annoyed by the Texas nationalist attitude, I found this book unbearable. This guy wrote a vanity book so he could put it on his resume that he is an author. It was published by University of Texas, where the author received his doctorate in economics. Yes that venerable old UT, steeped in tradition, including the tradition of soaking the taxpayer so that rich Texans can get cheap tuition in a state where the poor can expect one of the worst educations in the country.

The authour includes characters in his very personal saga until it reads like "War and Peace." It is clear that he believes in judging a book by it's cover. As if a person's height and weight have some sort of importance to the reader. Those things are only important to the author. There isn't a single claim supported by sound argument in this book. What more could you expect from a man who endorses making loan decisions based on a clients honest/dishonest face. Throughout the book the author never loses this attitude.

The approach is pure "Gone With the Wind." The Yankee carpet baggers ruined everything for Texans!!!! That is a shame, because by sheer coincidence I often agree with him. I do think that the federal government hurt a lot of innocent people in the 1980s with bizzare banking policy, and it was unfair that a few where bailed out by the government for no logical reason, while the many suffered.

If you are from Texas, go ahead and press the disapproval button now. Then stop complaining and go to the polls and vote to take your country out of mine.

A Crash Course In How To Save A Bank.......2003-08-08

Joseph M. Grant's "The Great Texas Banking Crash : An Insider's Account" is an exceptional diary of the author's attempt to save Texas American Bancshares (TAB) from the collapsing 1980's Texas real estate and oil/gas debacle. It's a tragic story of a man who was given an extremely difficult task: to save a long-revered banking institution, the jobs of thousands of employees, local community ties, etc. Grant goes into meticulous detail in his many attempts to save TAB, from his dealings with potential merger partners, wealthy White Knights, and the Darth Vader of our story, the FDIC and banking clowns who could never get their stories straight.

Grant does an outstanding job of storytelling and the only sad part is knowing the predictable end. Done in by politics, collapsing asset values, and broken promises, Grant struggled to the bitter end, saving as much of the bank's assets and human capital as possible. If all of the other bank and thrift CEO's had put forth a fraction of the effort that Grant put into saving TAB, much less damage would have been done via the S&L crisis and many more institutions would have made it through.

I have only 1 teeny quibble with the book. I would have appreciated more frequent quotes on the stock price of TAB and some of the other banks mentioned throughout the narrative. At times, without charts or recent quotes, you weren't sure if the price was low double-digits or hanging barely above $1 per share when key events took place. Since the book was written before the stock bubble obsessed late 1990's, I can presume that frequent interspersing of quotes wasn't as important then. But this is small potatos in the scheme of things. This book is outstanding and even if the topic is one you never though you'd have interest in, you will finish the book pretty quickly and have a tough time putting it down.

This book would be of interest to anybody with an interest in banking, the financial markets, or Texas history. Even if those aren't your main areas of interest, if you just want to read an in-depth struggle of one man's battles against a whole array of forces aligned against his business and his battle to save it, this is quite enjoyable reading that gives a big picture to an overlooked segment of the S&L debacle.

The FDIC Exposed!.......2003-03-03

After 30 years in Texas banking, I've seen it all, done it all and thought I had heard it all.... until I read Jody Grant's book. Great inside story. A great book even if you aren't a banker or an ex-banker.

Insightful, compelling account of the 1980's banking crisis........1999-01-23

Perhaps the definitive work on the Texas Banking crash from someone who survived, but not without scars. Grant's attempt to save his failing institution is a lesson in crisis management. Furthermore, his insights into the reasons behind the banking crisis are particularly relevant in the high growth 90's. Finally, the detailed account of working with the federal gov't (particularly the FDIC) will force anyone considering working in a highly regulated industry to think again.

The Great Texas Banking Crash : An Insider's Account

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The Great Texas Banking Crash : An Insider's Account
Joseph M. Grant
Manufacturer: University of Texas Press
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000ORKKT0

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If you own a business, you need to listen to this CD - Several times,

Empathy in Leadership and Management

Excellent, but redundant on many points

Thinking in new directions

Meaningful All The Way...

Principle Centered Leadership
Stephen R. Covey
Manufacturer: Free Press
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ASIN: 0671792806

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How do we as individuals and organizations survive and thrive amid tremendous change? Why are efforts to improve falling so short in real results despite the millions of dollars in time, capital, and human effort being spent on them? How do we unleash the creativity, talent, and energy within ourselves and others in the midst of pressure? Is it realistic to believe that balance among personal, family, and professional life is possible?

Stephen R. Covey demonstrates that the answer to these and other dilemmas is Principle-Centered Leadership, a long-term, inside-out approach to developing people and organizations. The key to dealing with the challenges that face us today is the recognition of a principle-centered core within both ourselves and our organizations. Dr. Covey offers insights and guidelines that can help you apply these principles both at work and at home -- leading not just to a new understanding of how to increase quality and productivity, but also to a new appreciation of the importance of building personal and professional relationships in order to enjoy a more balanced, more rewarding, more effective life.

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If you own a business, you need to listen to this CD - Several times,.......2006-09-03

Period.

Empathy in Leadership and Management.......2006-08-12

More "sound advice" from the autor of "Sever Habits of Highly Effective People". Quite a few (at least semi) practical advices in this book - building on the priveate and public victories. I think Covey once more prooved his ability to put this into a leadership perspective. Althoug it may not be absolutely necessary to read The Sever Habits in advance, it undoubtedly would be an advantage .

Øystein

"People don't care how much you know, unless they know how much you care"

Excellent, but redundant on many points.......2006-06-23

This follow up book to the SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE (Covey), repeats a lot of the same ideas in this title. However, it applies the ideas in a slightly different way and is a useful read who want to enforce the difficult to develop seven habits and apply them on an organizational level.

I particularly liked the way Dr. Covey handled the discussion about the two "must have" qualities of any leader -- character and competence. The former of these two is often forgotten in today's rough and tumble business world.

While there is redundant information in this volume, I found it to have enough new information to be a worthwhile read. I also found that the way the repeated information was presented made it interesting to review. I don't think you can go wrong buying this book, it contains many worthwhile ideas and case histories to ponder that will spark your own creative thinking.

Thinking in new directions.......2006-04-23

Some of the other reviews say that the concept of principle centered leadership is old or rehashed, or that people who don't know this shouldn't be in business.

Yet it's still incredibly hard to find corporations that operate on leading by principle. The vast majority of companies still hire people to do a specific job and if the workers become more efficient, they're marginally rewarded. "Do this over and over again, and we'll give you some money."

The concept of utilizing the actual mind's of employees is brilliant. Creativity is an infinite untapped resource. Consider the fact that we only use 10% of our brains. Imagine what would happen if we started tapping into that remaining 90%. Imagine what would happen to a company if it tapped into the massive creative conscious of its many employees.

People can't be treated like machines that need to be more efficient. People are not machines, they are people.

Stimulate their minds and get them to contribute to the direction of the company and (surprise,surprise) they will feel like they matter. This will bring forward motivation, enthusiasm and responsibility AS WELL AS fresh ideas, innovative solutions and ultimately, rampant growth.

All the company needs is a worthy principle to guide the people. Here's a good example: "Serve the customer like they've never been served before." The company that succeeds understands that there's always a better way to do something, and after achieveing the better way, there's an even better way.

In order to find these better ways, the successful company realizes that their workers can contribute very useful ideas by being actively involved in the direction of the company.

Principle centered leadership is not an old concept. It is a necessary concept that unfortunately only a minority of businesses use.

This book is required reading for any business or leader.

Meaningful All The Way..........2006-03-15

Stephen Covey is on way to conduct a seminar in India on the 8th Habit and this reminds me of my previous read of Stephen Covey 'Principle Centered Leadership' - Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day...the very quote says a lot. Stephen Covey opens up your mind to the permanent things - values, family, relationship, communication. He gives an insight to create a long-term meaningful relationship and be success at workplace and home. He defines how to increase quality and productivity by impressive charts as :

*Alternate Life Centers & Organizational Centers
*Four Levels of Principle centered leadership with key principles
*Seven habits maturity Continuum
*Power Process
*Pyramid of Influence
*Four Paradigms
*Six Conditions of Empowerment

In Chapter Seven, the Author focus on Seven deadly sins referring to Mahatma Gandhi's quote:All to do with social and political conditions:

*Wealth without work
*Pleasure without conscience
*Knowledge without character
*Commerce without morality (Business without ethics)
*Science without humanity
*Religion without sacrifice
*Politics without Principle

He charts out how the seven habits will help you avoid seven deadly sins. Stephen Covey's Thirty Methods of Influence in Chapter 11 centers around positive influence with people in our personal and professional lives. He explains how we can powerfully and ethically influence to win new business, keep customers, maintain friendships, change behaviors or improve marriage and family relationships.

Chapter 13 - Making champions of your childen is one chapter that weigh stress to build their self esteem with added scoops of guidance.

Divided into section 1 and 2, the book has 31 chapters - each one a unique approach with powerful reading with his principles of vision, leadership and human relationships. Section 1 deals with Personal and Interpersonal Effectiveness whereas Section 2 focus on Managerial and Organizational Development. This becomes a practical teaching tool for business leaders. Covey's Principles make a great sense and I recommend this book for all exisiting and future leaders who would like to scale high with the perfect blend of Stephen Covey's wisdom, compassion and practical experience. Good Pick.

-ilaxi

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Principle Centered Leadership
Stephen R. Covey
Manufacturer: Simon Schuster Trade
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