A message to Garcia

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• randomdrake · Mar 11, 2017 · Recommends

  …brought up in today's military training. It is clearer and more to the point of the fundamental need of people who can do what you ask and deliver what they say. It's only three pages and it's wonderful. A Message to Garcia by Elbert Hubbard: http://www.benning.army.mil/infantry/199th/ocs/content/pdf/m... There's an extraordinary amount of laziness and entitlement in today's businesses; technology is no exception. It is…

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• rkabir · Sep 19, 2007 · Recommends

  Hubbard's "A Message to Garcia" (written in 1899) is a must-read. It's available online here: http://www.birdsnest.com/garcia.htm My AI professor made us read it for his class - no one else in the class seemed to like it, so you might…

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• gadders · Sep 9, 2019 · Recommends

  A Message to Garcia by Elbert Hubbard from 1899. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Message_to_Garcia https://courses.csail.mit.edu/6.803/pdf/hubbard1899.pdf

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• jmpman · May 20, 2022 · Recommends

  Not quite what you’re looking for, but highly recommend: A Message to Garcia This generation needs this mindset. My first manager gave it to me.

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• tmcdos · Mar 19, 2023 · Recommends

  …Money Out of Thin Air" by Brian Sher - "Good manners and business etiquette. Illustrated Guide" by Elena Ber - "Don't just roll the dice: A usefully short guide to software pricing" by Neil Davidson - "Message to Garcia" by Elbert Hubbard - the TopLeaf course of 36 video lectures on management by dr. Izhak Adizes can be purchased on https://vimeo.com/ondemand/topleaf or found on ru tracker (if you have access)

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• itchyouch · Jun 19, 2013 · Recommends

  …is quite different, however I'd be willing to bet that there's one golden quality that consistently underlies those that most of us consider "awesome" co-workers or employees. In the short essay, "A Message to Garcia," it underlines the qualities of the man that is so valuable that no employer can let them go. Ultimately, it's embodied in the man who can carry the message to Garcia. http://www.benning.army.mil/infantry/199th/ocs/content/pdf/Message%20to%20Garcia.pdf…

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• derricki · Jun 1, 2013 · Recommends

  …design pattern, but it takes a lot of searching to find someone smart who is also diligent, dedicated, hard-working, and responsible. Every university should ask their students to read the short essay "A Message to Garcia" (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17195/17195-h/17195-h.htm) that tells the story of the dependable servant Garcia. The author exclaims: "By the Eternal! there is a man whose form should be cast in deathless…

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• bumby · Dec 22, 2020 · Mentions

  …very good at blindly following orders). From boot camp onward, they are encouraged (sometimes mandated) to read from the Commandant’s reading list. A perennial favorite to assign junior enlisted is A Message to Garcia. However, after nearly 40 years, it was removed from the list explicitly because the message was often misinterpreted as advocating strict obedience and went against the intent to promote independent…

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• abarringer · Jan 19, 2012 · Mentions

  Reminds me of the historic "Message to Garcia" http://www.foundationsmag.com/garcia.html "The point I wish to make is this: McKinley gave Rowan a letter to be delivered to Garcia; Rowan took the letter and did not ask, "Where is he at?" By the…

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