Tue.Jan 15, 2013

First Friday Book Synopsis

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The Ax and the Elevator – Elisha Otis Gives the First, and very real, Elevator Speech (Thanks to Daniel Pink)

First Friday Book Synopsis

Isn’t this interesting? I have now read about Elisha Otis and his elevator demonstration in two different books in the last few months. The most recent (and very thorough) account is in Daniel Pink’s new book To Sell is Human. Mr. Pink tells about the day in 1853 when Elisha Otis, who had successfully invented/designed/built [.].

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Quotations of Timeless Relevance

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o “Enjoy the little things in life, for someday you will realize that they were the big things.” – Source Unknown o “I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.” – Douglas Adams o “The will to power, as the modern age from Hobbes to Nietzsche understood it, far [.].

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