http://philcooke.com/How_the_mighty_fall/ Change Revolution Wed, 16 May 2012 19:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://philcooke.com/How_the_mighty_fall/#comment-4356 Truett Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://philcooke.vintom.com/How_the_mighty_fall#comment-4356 <p>Can I wait to read it until I reach the "Undisciplined pursuit of more" stage?</p> Can I wait to read it until I reach the “Undisciplined pursuit of more” stage?

]]> http://philcooke.com/How_the_mighty_fall/#comment-4357 Anthony Peterson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://philcooke.vintom.com/How_the_mighty_fall#comment-4357 <p>This book sounds like gold. I've recently made the decision to create and maintain a set of financial reports (balance sheet, cash flow statement, and profit and loss) for my own personal household. I'm doing this out the realisation that much of the advice given by my parents generation is simply based on hubris, and has in fact created the housing bubble. Failure to ignore what are the real drivers of growth, failure to challenge long held beliefs and "mother hood statements" is a recipe for disaster. Actually the term "mother hood statement" is an offence to mothers - we need to invent a new lexicon.</p> This book sounds like gold. I’ve recently made the decision to create and maintain a set of financial reports (balance sheet, cash flow statement, and profit and loss) for my own personal household. I’m doing this out the realisation that much of the advice given by my parents generation is simply based on hubris, and has in fact created the housing bubble. Failure to ignore what are the real drivers of growth, failure to challenge long held beliefs and “mother hood statements” is a recipe for disaster. Actually the term “mother hood statement” is an offence to mothers – we need to invent a new lexicon.

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