The Secrets of Success and Happiness By Jack Brannigan Published by IndependentBook.com, October 2000. 2000 by Jack Brannigan All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the publisher. 2 Table of Contents Preface 3 Success . 5 Happiness 7 Strategies for Success 9 Goals . 10 Focus 11 Prepare 12 Timing . 13 Attitude . 14 Risk Taking 15 Hard Work . 16 Luck 17 Ruthlessness . 18 Failures . 19 Final Words 21 3 Preface One of the most common misconceptions about success is that it relates directly to money or happiness. While success can make one rich and/or bring happiness, it does not necessarily do either. In this book, a clear definition of success is given: what it means and why it is so often misunderstood as a measure of wealth or happiness. Then, happiness is discussed philosophically before we talk further about success. I must say right away that there are no secrets or shortcuts to success, but there are strategies and methods, which, if followed, will greatly increase the chances of success and a successful execution. These strategies are totally independent of what you do or what your goals are. You can employ them to carry out a successful project at work or to create a beautiful stroke on a tennis court. One of the ancient introduced secrets of success by Aristotle is “thinking”. However, here we will assume that you are already 4 thinking since you’ve picked up this book to read. We will discuss that although thinking is a first and necessary step, it is by no means enough to guarantee a desired outcome. 5 Success Success, by definition, means achieving your objectives. Thus, a successful person must be an individual that accomplishes his objectives more often than he fails to do so. Success is largely defined by measures such as wealth, position or status. In addition, success is measured by one’s capabilities. (It is trivial if a seven foot tall man makes a slam dunk, while it is an amazing achievement if he is only six feet tall.) Usually the word success is used interchangeably with financial success. This is the main reason for the fallacy that a successful person must be rich. In many cases money may be only a by-product of success. For example, a painter who has achieved his goal of masterfully illustrating his vision on a canvas is successful regardless of anybody offering a $1,000,000 for it. The most common misconception about success is that people think that it will automatically bring happiness. Although any success will temporarily make you happy, it does not guarantee you overall happiness in life. There are many financially successful 6 businessmen who are very unhappy individuals, and there are millions of deprived people who are totally content and satisfied with their lives. This is because while success is about the achievements only, happiness is about how we feel about our achievements The Principles Of Courage And Perseverance by Paul Peterson The Principles Of Courage And Perseverance by Paul Peterson By: Joe Tye As he caressed the cover, a thousand memories raced through Paul’s mind; the same compression of reality he had experienced in the fall from Shay’s Point, but without the terror He gently lifted the cover and read the first heading: Caring Is the Root of Courage Though Paul did not remember having written the lessons, they were clearly part of his story; over a lifetime they were the principles he had learned and had taught to many “You are not finished with your teaching, my friend.” “I hope not, Rafe It would be unfortunate if everyone had to learn these lessons from scratch.” Rafe laughed with the deep, rich tenor that had once led Paul to expect to see Moses “Paul, the universe is very efficient Nothing is ever wasted, especially not the lessons of life It’s been said on earth that when the student is ready, the teacher appears And I believe that your first student is nearly ready So we had better hurry up and teach you to fly on your own At least better than you did at Shay’s Point,” he added with a laugh Paul felt the weight of the book suddenly leave his hands and, looking down, saw that there were no hands there at all “It’s really quite easy, Paul Stretch your wings, lean forward into the wind, and give a little push with your legs.” Paul tried to respond, but could only make a shrill squawking noise 1/4 The Principles Of Courage And Perseverance by Paul Peterson “Don’t worry Your voice will come back to you when you need it again Now, follow me.” Paul was amazed at how precisely he could see the fi nest details of the eagle perched beside him, and at how clearly every distant tree and stone appeared on the periphery of his vision Rafe squawked at Paul, spread his wings, and pushed off into the wind As he watched his old friend silhouetted against the setting sun, Paul realized that he would not need lessons to learn to fly Paul Peterson spread his new wings and leaned forward into the sunset The eagle soared down from the North Rim along Bright Angel Creek Paul had never seen the Grand Canyon so fresh and green Gliding up and down the Canyon walls, from the dark metamorphic stone near the river to the sandstones and limestones higher up the towering cliffs, he could see the unfolding of over a billion years of the earth’s history At the junction of Bright Angel Creek and the Colorado River, he wheeled to the east and soared out over the Tonto Plateau, freshly watered blackbrush giving it the hue of a green chalkboard Catching an updraft, he rocketed up and over Zoroaster Temple, in his mind the most sacred of all the Canyon’s rock cathedrals, and then spiraled down around its flanks, chasing off a pair of ravens Playing out the wind, he kited eastward along the river all the way to Marble Canyon, then wheeled back around, flying into the setting sun No human had ever seen the Canyon this way, and none ever would Paul longed to stay a little longer, to watch the sun’s setting transform the Canyon into a living sculpture But his sharp eyes saw the gray pickup truck pull into the parking lot at Lipan Point and come to a stop fi ftyfeet short of the guardrail Paul raced the wind as the sun approached the horizon Although he was still nearly a mile from the point, he saw white smoke belching out of the truck’s tail pipes and, inside, the driver’s arm moving as he put it into gear At the moment the sun kissed the earth, the truck’s tires started to spin, blowing off a gale of white smoke They caught with a shriek, and the truck lurched forward and bounced over the curb As it smashed through the railing and suspended, Paul saw the look on the driver’s face through the side window, grim and determined In the seat next to him, invisible to human eyes but now, finally, evident to Paul, was the ghost of fear, every bit as hideous as he’d ever imagined The pickup quickly lost its forward momentum and the hood turned downward It fell free for several seconds before the front bumper caught on a rock outcropping, yanking 2/4 The Principles Of Courage And Perseverance by Paul Peterson the headlights in toward the Canyon wall and flipping the truck bed outward The somersault slammed the roof into the rock wall, crushing it flat; on the second roll the bed broke away from the cab, rupturing the fuel tanks Though it seemed to Paul that the sparks floated in the air forever before igniting the gasoline, he knew it was only microseconds The flaming wreckage avalanched its way past hundreds of millions of years of rock creation before landing in a pyre of metal and rubber far below the dangling guardrail of Lipan Point Even at his altitude high above the wreckage, Paul could feel the updrafts being created by the inferno four thousand feet and 500 million years below He spiraled around the billowing black plume as he waited for the miracle to begin It wasn’t obvious when time reversed its ...A SYSTEM OF LOGIC, RATIOCINATIVE AND INDUCTIVE, BEING A CONNECTED VIEW OF THE PRINCIPLES OF EVIDENCE, AND THE METHODS OF SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION. by JOHN STUART MILL. Eighth Edition. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, Franklin Square. 1882. Contents Preface To The First Edition. Preface To The Third And Fourth Editions. Introduction. Book I. Of Names And Propositions. Chapter I. Of The Necessity Of Commencing With An Analysis Of Language. Chapter II. Of Names. Chapter III. Of The Things Denoted By Names. Chapter IV. Of Propositions. Chapter V. Of The Import Of Propositions. Chapter VI. Of Propositions Merely Verbal. Chapter VII. Of The Nature Of Classification, And The Five Predicables. Chapter VIII. Of Definition. Book II. On Reasoning. Chapter I. Of Inference, Or Reasoning, In General. Chapter II. Of Ratiocination, Or Syllogism. Chapter III. Of The Functions And Logical Value Of The Syllogism. Chapter IV. Of Trains Of Reasoning, And Deductive Sciences. Chapter V. Of Demonstration, And Necessary Truths. Chapter VI. The Same Subject Continued. Chapter VII. Examination Of Some Opinions Opposed To The Preceding Doctrines. Book III. Of Induction. Chapter I. Preliminary Observations On Induction In General. Chapter II. Of Inductions Improperly So Called. Chapter III. Of The Ground Of Induction. Chapter IV. Of Laws Of Nature. Chapter V. Of The Law Of Universal Causation. Chapter VI. On The Composition Of Causes. Chapter VII. On Observation And Experiment. Chapter VIII. Of The Four Methods Of Experimental Inquiry. Chapter IX. Miscellaneous Examples Of The Four Methods. Chapter X. Of Plurality Of Causes, And Of The Intermixture Of Effects. Chapter XI. Of The Deductive Method. Chapter XII. Of The Explanation Of Laws Of Nature. Chapter XIII. Miscellaneous Examples Of The Explanation Of Laws Of Nature. Chapter XIV. Of The Limits To The Explanation Of Laws Of Nature; And Of Hypotheses. Chapter XV. Of Progressive Effects; And Of The Continued Action Of Causes. Chapter XVI. Of Empirical Laws. Chapter XVII. Of Chance And Its Elimination. Chapter XVIII. Of The Calculation Of Chances. Chapter XIX. Of The Extension Of Derivative Laws To Adjacent Cases. Chapter XX. Of Analogy. Chapter XXI. Of The Evidence Of The Law Of Universal Causation. Chapter XXII. Of Uniformities Of Co-Existence Not Dependent On Causation. Chapter XXIV. Of The Remaining Laws Of Nature. Chapter XXV. Of The Grounds Of Disbelief. Book IV. Of Operations Subsidiary To Induction. Chapter I. Of Observation And Description. Chapter II. Of Abstraction, Or The Formation Of Conceptions. Chapter III. Of Naming, As Subsidiary To Induction. Chapter IV. Of The Requisites Of A Philosophical Language, And The Principles Of Definition. Table of Contents; Mises, The Theory of Money and Credit: Library of Economics and Liberty The Theory of Money and Credit by Ludwig von Mises First published, 1912. Translated from the German by H. E. Batson. Liberty Fund, Indianapolis, 1981. © 1980 by Bettina Bien Greaves. Notepad Calculator Search Reference Links Foreword, by Murray N. Rothbard (1981) Preface to the New Edition (1952) Introduction, by Lionel Robbins (1934) Earlier prefaces Part I The Nature of Money I.1 The Function of Money I.2 On the Measurement of Value I.3 The Various Kinds of Money I.4 Money and the State I.5 Money as an Economic Good I.6 The Enemies of Money Part II The Value of Money II.7 The Concept of the Value of Money II.8 The Determinants of the Objective Exchange Value, or Purchasing Power, of Money II.9 The Problem of the Existence of Local Differences in the Objective Exchange Value of Money II.10 The Exchange Ratio Between Money of Different Kinds II.11 The Problem of Measuring the Objective Exchange Value of Money and Variations in It II.12 The Social Consequences of Variations in the Objective Exchange Value of Money II.13 Monetary Policy II.14 The Monetary Policy of Etatism Part III Money and Banking III.15 The Business of Banking III.16 The Evolution of Fiduciary Media III.17 Fiduciary Media and the Demand for Money III.18 The Redemption of Fiduciary Media III.19 Money, Credit, and Interest III.20 Problems of Credit Policy Part IV Monetary Reconstruction IV.21 The Principle of Sound Money IV.22 Contemporary Currency Systems http://www.econlib.org/library/Mises/msTtoc.html (1 of 2) [10/27/2004 3:31:40 PM] Table of Contents; Mises, The Theory of Money and Credit: Library of Economics and Liberty IV.23 The Return to Sound Money Appendix A Appendix B Biographical Note Silver Demereteia of Syracuse Footnotes About the Book and Author Copyright ©: 2000, The Liberty Fund. 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The edition presented here is that published by Liberty Fund in 1980, www.it-ebooks.info Summary of Contents Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv 1. Layout and Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2. Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 3. Texture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 4. Typography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 5. Imagery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 www.it-ebooks.info www.it-ebooks.info THE PRINCIPLES OF BEAUTIFUL WEB DESIGN BY JASON BEAIRD www.it-ebooks.info The Principles of Beautiful Web Design by Jason Beaird Copyright © 2010 SitePoint Pty. Ltd. Chief Technical Officer: Kevin YankProgram Director: Lisa Lang Indexer: Michele CombsTechnical Editor: Louis Simoneau Cover Design: Alex WalkerEditor: Kelly Steele Expert Reviewer: Jennifer Farley Printing History: First Edition: January 2007 Printing History: Second Edition: November 2010 Notice of Rights All rights reserved. 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Jennifer also writes about design on the SitePoint blog. She BABBITT’S PRINCIPLES OF LIGHT AND COLOR.—PLATE I. VARIOUS SHADES OF GRAY ARRANGED IN ANALOGICAL HARMONY. SPECTRA OF THE SUN, SIRIUS, AND SEVERAL ELEMENTS. BABBITT’S PRINCIPLES OF LIGHT AND COLOR.—PLATE II. CHROMATIC HARMONY OF GRADATION AND CONTRAST. CONTRASTING CHROMATIC COLORS PLACED OPPOSITE THOSE WHICH ANALOGICAL HARMONY FORM A CHEMICAL AFFINITY WITH THEM HARMONY In the above elaborate combination of colors the artist has found it impossible to get every feature accurate although he has many beautiful and pure tints. The grays on both plates I. and II. are not sufficiently dued, the chromatic colors standing out too brilliantly, the red, for instance, in the house, fig. 6, being strong, etc. For description of plates see pp. 63, 65, 66, 69, 71, etc. The spectra are described on p. 217. ÆTHERFORCE THE PRINCIPLES OF LIGHT AND COLOR: INCLUDING AMONG OTHER THINGS THE HARMONIC LAWS OF THE UNIVERSE, THE ETHERIO-ATOMIC PHILOSOPHY OF FORCE, CHROMO CHEMISTRY, CHROMO THERA- PEUTICS, AND THE GENERAL PHIL- SOPHY OF THE FINE FORCES, TOGETHER WITH NUMER- OUS DISCOVERIES AND PRACTICAL APPLI- CATIONS. ILLUSTRATED BY 204 EXQUISITE PHOTO-ENGRAVINGS, BESIDES FOUR SUPERB COLORED PLATES PRINTED ON SEVEN PLATES EACH. BY EDWIN D. BABBITT. "Study the Light; attempt the high; seek out The Soul's bright path."—Bailey. NEW YORK: BABBITT & CO., SCIENCE HALL, 141 EIGHTH STREET. 1878. PREFACE. ——— THE preface of my work is like a Hebrew book; it begins at its very end. Having spent several years in developing this large vol- ume, what is my excuse for thrusting it out upon mankind? None at all unless human knowledge and upbuilding can be enhanced thereby. Am I laboring under a vain delusion when I assert that no science whatever, excepting pure mathematics, has thus far reached down to basic principles—that in spite of the wonderful achievements of exper- imental scientists, no definite conceptions of atomic machinery, or the fundamental processes of thermal, electric, chemical, physiological or psychological action have been attained, and that because the correla- tions of matter and force have been misapprehended? If I am de- luded and cannot depend upon the thousand facts that seem to sus- tain me and clear up so many mysteries, it is certainly a sad matter, for then no one will be made the wiser for my labors; if I am right, and so many scientists are wrong in their conceptions of force, then too there is a melancholy side to the question, for great will be the trouble of having to pull up old stakes and put down new ones, and some opinionated persons will be so indignant at having dear old be- liefs attacked, that if unable to demolish my facts in fair discussion will present one-sided views of them, or attack the author himself. I hope and pray that I may be duly abused, however, by all such crys- tallized conservatives, otherwise it will show that my efforts to advance this great cause of truth have been but feeble. After all, if this work shall develop some new and better foundations of scientific truth, sci- entific men themselves should rejoice at it even if it does cause a little trouble to adjust themselves to new conditions, for ... yanking 2/4 The Principles Of Courage And Perseverance by Paul Peterson the headlights in toward the Canyon wall and flipping the truck bed outward The somersault slammed the roof into the rock... the river to the sandstones and limestones higher up the towering cliffs, he could see the unfolding of over a billion years of the earth’s history At the junction of Bright Angel Creek and the. .. barreling by His hair blowing in the wind was the only movement on the frozen landscape; his image sat behind the wheel of the truck, unaware of the ghost of fear at his side Paul felt the light