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Aids businesspeople in becoming aware of the subconscious assumptions and habits which limit their success potential. The author outlines a pragmatic self-inquiry process which forces the reader to challenge assumptions, and become aware of habits, keeping some, abandoning others, and adapting new ones. He believes that once people are aware of their beliefs, they can better discover their vocation and find meaning, purpose, and direction for their corporations and careers. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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'It's not what we know, but how we learn.' This is the key Learning to Read the Signs presents for evaluating and applying ideas and facts to one's business life. The book asks the reader to go back to and reclaim American pragmatism: an activity of thought involving four parts: Investigation, Hypothesis, Action, and Testing. Pragmatism is a method of interpretation or inquiry which offers to the thoughtful business practitioner a way to better understand the reality in which we operate, to think critically and creatively, and for business people to think together to make the best use of all our perspectives and talents.Questions raised in this book include: What are the signs telling us? Where are we headed and why? Why are things going the way they are? What is our purpose?
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