The Little Red Book of Wisdom » (Special Value)

The Little Red Book of Wisdom offers time-tested principles for professional and personal fulfillment.

Mark DeMoss gathers insights for living wisely from history, Scripture, and a lifetime of listening. The result is a handy, accessible book that gives readers a new way to enjoy lasting success in the work world and beyond. Topics include finding and keeping your focus in life, building a winning corporate culture, and setting aside time for good thinking.

Preface     xv
Wisdom for Your Professional Life
A Matter of Death and Life: Life is brief     1
Stay Under the Umbrella: Finding and keeping your focus in life     7
Tackle Something So Difficult You'll Never Want to Do It Again: Getting out of your comfort zone     15
The Amazing Power of Understatement: Under-promise, over-deliver     22
Work Less, Think More: Good thinking requires some effort     30
Buy Some Stamps: Reclaiming the lost art of letter writing     36
Technology Isn't Everything: Learning to use it wisely     47
Honesty Can Be Costly: But telling the truth is always good business     56
Good People Are Everything; Money Isn't: Building a winning corporate culture     62
Everyone's in PR: Are you practicing it poorly or well?     70
And Another Thing...: A few more thoughts     76
Wisdom for Your Personal Life
God Owns It All: A wise perspective on things     85
The Wisdom of Firsts: The first hour, the first day, the first dime     91
A Turtle on a Fencepost: Appreciating how you got where you are     98
There Are No Degrees of Integrity: You either have it or you don't     104
A Proverb a Day: Wisdom for every aspect of your life, in one short book     113
The Wisdom of Age: Seek out olderpeople     120
Shut Up and Listen: Learn to listen more than you speak     130
The Best Defense...Is a Good Defense: Why I won't ride alone with another woman     135
Anticipate Deathbed Regrets: Take steps now to avoid regrets later in life     142
Here's to Not Drinking at All: Wisdom and alcohol-a good mix?     148
And Another Thing...: A few more thoughts     154
The Wisest Decision Anyone Can Make: Answering the "And then what?" question     160
About the Author     169