Bøger af Gary Gagliardi

This book was written to accomplish four goals: To encourage study of Jesus's words outside his storyTo show how to use his words to inspire prayersTo provide a selection of prayers on different topicsTo offer a template for creating more specific prayers.This work extends Pastor Rick Warren's 40 Days of Prayer concept for the specific purpose of studying Jesus's words. In his book, Pastor Warren suggested using the Lord's Prayer as a template for prayer in general. This book extends his idea by using all of the Savior's words in Matthew as a template for a set of prayers-based on my fifteen years of studying Christ's words in the original Greek.Unlike Warren's work, however, this book is designed both for study and for use as a prayer book. It offers you a guide to how you can use Jesus's own words to inspire your own prayers.On this book's left-hand pages, I show each of Jesus's spoken words in the Gospel of Matthew. On the facing right-hand pages, each line of Jesus's words inspires a line in a prayer.The verses from Matthew are shown in their original order, chapter after chapter, without their narrative. While we normally hear Jesus's words in the context of his story, by taking his words out of that story we can hear them in a new way: as if they were addressed to us personally today, not just to those around him then.I separated these verses into forty days for easier study. I used the chapter divisions and the logical breaks between topics within a chapter to create the separate prayers.Each prayer focuses on a specific topic. That topic was suggested by the content of Jesus's words. In the original story, his words may have addressed a number of different situations, but taken together they seem to offer a unifying theme. I used these themes to create the resulting prayers. Prayers average about a page and a half each. The shortest is one verse. The longest is three pages. These prayers are just one way to interpret the Lord's words as prayer. They are generalized and written in the first person plural, like the Lord's Prayer itself. However, they are designed to inspire more specific prayers relating to your own unique situation.These prayers can be used to give you words when you cannot find your own, or they can aid you in discovering your own words to express your own thoughts and feelings. This book can be used in several different ways. Each of these approaches offers different advantages.You can study the left-hand pages with Christ's words by themselves, ignoring the facing prayer. This approach allows you to rediscover what Christ said. By reading his words without their narrative, you can ponder his message for us today.You can read one verse of Christ's words and then the corresponding line of prayer. I think of this as the "call and response" method. Christ is calling to us with his words and we are responding directly to him with our prayer.You can also read one line of Christ's words, read a line of the prayer, and then imagine your own prayer: the "personal call and response." You are responding directly to him with your own words, beginning by changing the plural "we" pronouns to singular "I" pronouns. This book's format leaves plenty of spaces between lines and in the columns to write down your prayers if you so desire.Finally, you can use this work as a prayer book alone, concentrating on the right-hand prayer pages and using the index to find the prayer(s) you need. Using the book in this way, you or your prayer group will find that prayers adapted directly from Christ's words are powerful tools for addressing many different issues. There are prayers for healing, prayers for wisdom, prayers against self-deception, prayers for guidance, and so on.

This is Volume Six (47 articles) of our Art of War Playbook. This is the longest volume of the Playbook. The principles in this volume explain the nature of a competitive campaign, the nine common situations that arise in campaigns, and the proper responses to those situations. The Playbook itself is the culmination of over a decade of work breaking down Sun Tzu's principles into a series of step-by-step practical articles by the Institute's multiple award-winning author and internationally recognized Art of War expert, Gary Gagliardi. The work explains the concepts in the verses of Sun Tzu's classic on strategy in detail, explaining the situations to which they apply the steps in Sun Tzu's system for using them with examples from modern competition. While the original Art of War was originally written for military generals who understood the philosophical concepts of ancient China, our Art of War Plabook is written for today's readers and provide enough descriptive material so that Sun Tzu's ideas can actually be used in everyday life. The Art of War Playbook puts Sun Tzu's ideas into everyday, practical language as a book of instruction. Because of its size and detail, the Rule Book is published in nine volumes. The concepts covered in this volume are listed below: Rule Book Overview About Positions About Responding To Situations 6.0.0 Situation Response 6.1.0 Situation Recognition 6.1.1 Conditioned Reflexes 6.1.2 Prioritizing Conditions 6.2.0 Campaign Evaluation 6.2.1 Campaign Flow 6.2.2 Campaign Goals 6.3.0 Campaign Patterns 6.3.1 Early-Stage Situations 6.3.2 Middle-Stage Situations 6.3.3 Late-Stage Situations 6.4.0 Nine Situations 6.4.1 Dissipating Situations 6.4.2 Easy Situations 6.4.3 Contentious Situations 6.4.4 Open Situations 6.4.5 Intersecting Situations 6.4.6 Serious Situations 6.4.7 Difficult Situations 6.4.8 Limited Situations 6.4.9 Desperate Situations 6.5.0 Nine Responses 6.5.1 Dissipating Response 6.5.2 Easy Response 6.5.3 Contentious Response 6.5.4 Open Response 6.5.5 Intersecting Response 6.5.6 Serious Response 6.5.7 Difficult Response 6.5.8 Limited Response 6.5.9 Desperate Response 6.6.0 Campaign Pause 6.7.0 Tailoring to Conditions 6.7.1 Form Adjustments 6.7.2 Size Adjustments 6.7.3 Strength Adjustments 6.8.0 Competitive Psychology 6.8.1 Adversity and Creativity 6.8.2 Strength in Adversity 6.8.3 Individual Toughness The Art of War Rule Book Series About the Translator and Author Other Art of War Books by Gary Gagliardi Glossary of Key Concepts The Nine Volumes of the Playbook cover the following topics: 1. Positions, 2. Perspective, 3. Opportunities, 4. Probability, 5. Mistakes, 6. Situations, 7. Momentum, 8. Rewards, and 9. Vulnerabilities.

This is Book Two of Sun Tzu's Art of War Playbook explaining the principles of Sun Tzu's strategy. It contains the last five volumes of the work (130 articles) explains 1) minimizing strategic mistakes, 2) recognizing and responding to common strategic situations, 3) creating momentum, 4) wining rewards, and 5) identifying, attacking, and defending vulnerabilities. The Playbook itself is the culmination of over a decade of work breaking down Sun Tzu's principles into a series of step-by-step practical articles by the Institute's multiple award-winning author and internationally recognized Art of War expert, Gary Gagliardi. The work explains the concepts in the verses of Sun Tzu's classic on strategy in detail, explaining the situations to which they apply the steps in Sun Tzu's system for using them with examples from modern competition. While the original Art of War was originally written for military generals who understood the philosophical concepts of ancient China, our Art of War Playbook is written for today's readers and provide enough descriptive material so that Sun Tzu's ideas can actually be used in everyday life. The Art of War Playbook puts Sun Tzu's ideas into everyday, practical language as a book of instruction. Because of its size and detail, the Playbook is published in nine volumes. The specific topics examined in these last five volumes (in this one book) are listed below: Playbook Overview About Minimizing MistakesMinimizing MistakesMission PrioritiesEvent PressureUnproductive ResponsibilityOpportunity ExplorationChoosing AdaptabilityCampaign MethodsUnplanned StepsReaction TimeSpeed and QuicknessOpportunity WindowsInformation FreshnessMinimizing ActionTesting ValueSuccessful MistakesFocused PowerForce SizeDistance LimitationsEvaluation DeadlinesDefensive AdvancesDefense PriorityActing NowAbout Responding to SituationsSituation ResponseSituation RecognitionConditioned ReflexesPrioritizing ConditionsCampaign EvaluationCampaign FlowCampaign GoalsCampaign PatternsEarly-Stage SituationsMiddle-Stage SituationsLate-Stage SituationsNine Situations Dissipating SituationsEasy SituationsContentious SituationsOpen SituationsIntersecting SituationsSerious SituationsDifficult SituationsLimited SituationsDesperate SituationsNine ResponsesDissipating ResponseEasy ResponseContentious ResponseOpen ResponseIntersecting ResponseSerious ResponseDifficult ResponseLimited ResponseDesperate ResponseCampaign PauseTailoring to ConditionsForm AdjustmentsSize AdjustmentsStrength AdjustmentsCompetitive PsychologyAdversity and CreativityStrength in AdversityIndividual ToughnessAbout Creating MomentumcCreating MomentumOrder from ChaosCreating SurpriseMomentum PsychologyStandards and InnovationStandards FirstProven MethodsPreparing ExpectationsStrategic Innovation Expected ElementsElemental RearrangementCreative InnovationCompetitive TimingTiming MethodsMomentum TimingInterrupting PatternsMomentum LimitationsMomentum ConversionThe Spread of InnovationProductive CompetitionResource DiscoveryGround CreationAbout Winning RewardsWinning RewardsSuccessful PositionsTransforming ResourcesReward BoundariesReward TimingMaking ClaimsSecuring RewardsGauging ValueDistinctive Packaging Rules of EngagementPosition ProductionIndividual SupportLeveraging EmotionsWinning AttentionProductivity ImprovementPosition ErosionAbandoning PositionsAbout VulnerabilitiesUnderstanding VulnerabilityFire Storm VulnerabilityClimate RivalsThreat DevelopmentPoints of VulnerabilityPersonnel RiskImmediate Resource RiskLogistics RiskAsset RiskOrganizational RiskCrisis LeadershipMutual DangerMessage ControlCrisis DefenseDivision Defense Panic DefenseDefending OpeningsDefending AlliancesDefensive BalanceCrisis ExploitationAdversarial OpportunitiesAvoiding EmotionConstant VigilanceGlossary of Key Concepts

This book takes an entertaining approach to teaching practical strategies for success in everyday decision-making. In its 101 two-page lessons can change your life by teaching you to see competition from a completely new perspective. Fully illustrated, the book is full of stories, jokes, and quotes based on strategic principles that go back 2,500 years to Sun Tzu's The Art of War, the book takes competition out of the realm of conflict and redefines it as a matter of making the right choices based to improve the ways you are compared to others.The original edition of this book was the Winner of the Ben Franklin Book Award as Best Self-Help Book of the year.This tenth-anniversary edition contains has been greatly improved based on the author's recent nine-volume work on the various aspects of competitive strategy.What is the Golden Key?The concept of the "golden key" comes from the ancient Chinese philosopher Sun Tzu. He wrote the world's first book on strategy 2,500 years ago. He made success easy by breaking choices down into a series of comparisons. "Winning is a matter of balancing a gold coin against a silver one," he wrote. "Losing is a matter of balancing a silver coin against a gold one.". So, the "Golden Key" is comparison. Golden Key Strategy is a system of comparisons that lead to making the right choices to succeed in life.Why should you care? Because you can use this strategy every day to make better decisions. These decision will improve every aspect of your life. They depend on four basic comparisons.. Listening: Sometimes, we must compare "what we have heard" with "what we need to learn" before we make a decision.Aiming: Sometimes, we must compare "what we choose to do" with "what choose not to do." We can no longer make this decision unconsciously, as most people do.. Moving: Sometimes, we must compare "using the best response" with "using a creative approach." The first requires recognizing situations and the second leveraging surprise.Claiming: Sometimes, we must compare "our ability to get more" with "our need to protect what we have.". Table of ContentsPart IGolden Key Strategy, the Universal Tool. 131. Life's Swiss Army Knife. 142. The Golden Key and Why You Need it!. 163. A Million Little, Tiny Decisions. 184. Why Our Instincts Stink. 205. One Key to Rule Them All. 226. How Not to Accept Your Position in Life. 247. The Mission You Can Never Forget. 268. Doing Something About the Climate. 289. It is Good to Be Grounded. 3010. Taking Command of Your Character. 3211. Everyone has Skills in System Management. 3412. Putting the Pieces Together. 3613. Why Life Never Goes as Planned. 3814. More About The All-Purpose Tool. 4015. The Basic Keys to The Golden Key. 42Part II. Progress Advances Your Position. 4116. Even a Child Can Do It. 4417. Pride Is Expensive; Progress Is Cheap. 4618. The Engine of Manufacturing Luck. 4819. Listen to Map Your Position. 5020. Aim to Make Each Move Count. 5221. Move It or Lose It. 5422. Claim Without Shame. 5623. Pistons of Power, Balancing Opposites. 5824. Master the Power of the Machine. 6025. Campaigns for the Long and Winding Road. 6226. All the Directions of Progress. 6427. More About Progress. 6628. The Keys to Progress. 68>29. Listening to See What Isn't There. 7030. Learn to Listen by Stop Listening. 7231. Playing Games With Listening. 7432. The Game of "Finding Friends". 7633. Learning Leadership By Example. 78AND 68 more lessons.