Raise your expectations

PUBLISHING, New York to Project Management Working from your Center to Balance Expectations and Performance George Pitagorsky, PMP The ZEN Approach ™ Copyright © 2007 by International Institute for Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form, except for brief quotations in critical reviews or articles, without the prior written permission of the publisher. For information, contact the publisher. e information in this book is distributed without warranty. Although every pre- caution has been taken in the preparation of this book, neither the author nor the publisher shall have any liability with respect to any loss or damage caused in any manner by the information contained in this book. IIL Publishing, New York titles may be purchased in bulk at a discount for edu- cational, business, fund-raising, or sales promotional use. For information, please e-mail michelle. blackley@iil.com or call 212-515-5144. Published by IIL Publishing, New York a division of International Institute for Learning, Inc., 110 East 59 th Street, 31 st Floor, New York, NY 10022 www.iil.com Publisher: Judith W. Umlas Design: Tony Meisel Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data available. ISBN 0-9708276-9-5 Printed in the United States of America Acknowledgments T his book is an expression of gratitude for my incredible good for- tune to be immersed in the world of projects while meeting the teachings of the wisdom traditions of Yoga, Taoism, Advaita Vedanta and Buddhism. From these teachings and their application in complex organizations performing complex projects, I am better able to under- stand the essence of the many attempts to express the nature of our shared experience. I wish to thank first my wife Linda, a fellow traveler and the loving mirror who helps me to see myself as I am and as I can be. anks to my colleagues at IIL and to E. LaVerne Johnson for pub - lishing this book and for the opportunity to be in the thick of project and quality management with some of the world’s great organizations and people. Special thanks to my editors, Judy Umlas and Ed Levy for their contribution to making this expression clear and useful. anks and homage to my teachers from several traditions: Ram Dass and Neem Karoli Baba who taught the essence of loving, serving and remembering and the critical importance of dwelling in the heart; Namkhai Norbu Rimpoche and Tsoknye Rimpoche my teachers in the Tibetan Dzogchen tradition, Chogyam Trungpa Rimpoche who initi- ated me into the Vajrayana teachings of Tibetan Buddhism with his crystal clarity and crazy wisdom; Jean Klein and J. Krishnamurti with their direct and unrelenting direction to explore the question “who am I?” and cut to the core of self. anks also to Gabriel Halpern who in- troduced me to Yoga and to the joy of chanting and song as a means for going beyond the intellect. anks to N.Y. Insight Meditation Center for the opportunity to serve the community as a teacher of meditation and how to apply it in daily life. anks also to my children and many friends on the path, too numerous to name but who are a constant sup- port in my inner work Raise your expectations Raise your expectations Bởi: Joe Tye “A high expectation of success is the single most valuable quality you can bring into any challenging situation A high expectation of success is more important than natural ability or the lack thereof It’s more important than practice or preparation This has been proven in any number of controlled experiments.” Denis Waitley: The New Dynamics of Winning Another paradox: high expectations have the greatest leverage when your world is upside down, if for no other reason than there is nowhere to go but up It is precisely when the weight of an upside world is resting upon your shoulders that it is hardest for you to create those high expectations, and to believe in their ultimate realization T.J Rodgers is CEO of the Cypress Semiconductor Company He has a sign behind his desk that reads: “Be reasonable, demand the impossible.” Year after year, his company does exactly that; in a cutthroat industry, it delivers near-impossible results I often ask Values Coach clients what I call the “magic wand” question: If you could wave a magic wand and have anything happen, what would it be? That’s a great question for you to ask yourself when your world has turned upside down Then turn the answer to that question, whatever it is, into your expectation for the future Be reasonable, demand the possible, and expect a miracle! 1/1 Leveraging IP to Raise Funding and Improve Your Valuations in a Bear Market by John Cronin, CEO ipCapital Group, Inc. . April 15th , 2001 Leveraging IP to Raise Funding and Improve Your Valuations in a Bear Market by John Cronin, CEO ipCapital Group, Inc. . April 15th , 2001 © 2001, ipCapital Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 2 www.ipcapitalgroup.com Agenda Agenda Today’s Environment Challenges Lets discuss IP and leveraging Protected Innovation SM Case Studies Actions Your Can Take © 2001, ipCapital Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 3 www.ipcapitalgroup.com Today’s Environment Today’s Environment © 2001, ipCapital Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 4 www.ipcapitalgroup.com End of the Bull Market End of the Bull Market Nasdaq Composite Index, 1974 - date Nasdaq Composite Index, 1974 - date © 2001, ipCapital Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 5 www.ipcapitalgroup.com VC Funding is Dropping VC Funding is Dropping PWC MoneyTree™, February 6, 2001 © 2001, ipCapital Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 6 www.ipcapitalgroup.com Internet Investors are Shying Away Internet Investors are Shying Away $0 $2,000 $4,000 $6,000 $8,000 $10,000 $12,000 $14,000 $16,000 $18,000 Dollars in Million s Q1 96 Q2 96 Q3 96 Q4 96 Q1 97 Q2 97 Q3 97 Q4 97 Q1 98 Q2 98 Q3 98 Q4 98 Q1 99 Q2 99 Q3 99 Q4 99 Q1 00 Q2 00 Q3 00 Q4 00 Internet-Related Venture Capital Investments 1996 - 2000 PWC MoneyTree™, February 6, 2001 © 2001, ipCapital Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 7 www.ipcapitalgroup.com New Expectations are Emerging New Expectations are Emerging "We are moving into the stage of the cycle when growth is strong, inflationary pressures build up and interest rates rise. Investors prefer the security of profits today to the promise of profits in the future." Owain Evans, global strategist at Merrill Lynch © 2001, ipCapital Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 8 www.ipcapitalgroup.com Knowledge will Drive Future Economic Growth Knowledge will Drive Future Economic Growth “Intellectual property rights is an area of law and business management which is enjoying a recent explosion in significance. Many governments and businesses believe that knowledge will increasingly drive economic performance in the industrialized countries.” Ruth Soetendorp, Director, Centre for Intellectual Property Policy and Management, Bournemouth University © 2001, ipCapital Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 9 www.ipcapitalgroup.com VCs are Recognizing the Value of IP VCs are Recognizing the Value of IP “The venture capital arena is quite savvy to the importance of an intellectual property portfolio.” Lance D. Reich, partner Bockhop & Reich, LLP © 2001, ipCapital Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 10 www.ipcapitalgroup.com IP is Becoming a Strategic Issue IP is Becoming a Strategic Issue “Intellectual property management has become a new corporate strategy issue. A patent strategy can help Wall Street see a company’s true competitive prospects and earnings potential.” Kevin G. Rivette & David Kline, authors Rembrandts in the Attic [...]...Companies are Taking Action to Manage Their IP “The new economy barters, trades, and produces one integral asset more than any other: intellectual Raise Your Glass - Pink Right, right, turn off the lights We're gonna lose our minds tonight What's the deal, yo? I love when it's all too much 5am turn the radio up Where's the rock 'n roll? Party crasher, panty snatcher Call me up if you're a gangsta Don't be fancy, just get dancy Why so serious? So raise your glass if you are wrong In all the right ways, all my underdogs We will never be, never be anything but loud And nitty gritty, dirty little freaks Won't you come on and come on and Raise your glass! Just come on and come on and Raise your glass! Slam, slam, oh hot damn What part of a party don't you understand? Wish you'd just freak out (Freak out already) Can't stop, coming in hot I should be locked up right on the spot It's so on right now (It's so fucking on right now) Party crasher, penny snatcher Call me up if you're a gangsta Don't be fancy, just get dancy Why so serious? So raise your glass if you are wrong In all the right ways, all my underdogs We will never be, never be anything but loud And nitty gritty, dirty little freaks Won't you come on and come on and Raise your glass! Just come on and come on and Raise your glass! Won't you come on and come on and Raise your glass! Just come on and come on and Raise your glass! Oh shit! My glass is empty That sucks! So if you're too school for cool And you're treated like a fool (You're treated like a fool) You can choose to let it go We can always, we can always party on our own So raise your (oh, fuck) So raise your glass if you are wrong In all the right ways, all my underdogs We will never be, never be anything but loud And nitty gritty, dirty little freaks So raise your glass if you are wrong In all the right ways, all my underdogs We will never be, never be anything but loud And nitty gritty, dirty little freaks Won't you come on and come on and Raise your glass! Just come on and come on and Raise your glass! Won't you come on and come on and Raise your glass for me! Just come on and come on and Raise your glass for me! 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