Chapter 1Success Is a Planned Event!

People believe the only alternative to randomness is intelligent design.

—Richard Dawkins1

Mission Statement

In order to devise the right plan, intelligence needs to be gathered, conditions on the ground need to be assessed, decisions need to be made.

Excuse my impudence for saying so, but if you want more out of your work life, then there is no more important place you can be than right here, reading this line in this book, right now. Everything else in your life can wait, even for a little while, and most certainly will be there when you put the book down. What being here now tells me is that you’ve decided it’s time to take a more productive, committed, engaged, and possibly a more proactive role in architecting ...

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