Complacency

Author : John T. Hamilton
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226818624
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Complacency written by John T. Hamilton and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2022-04-22 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This short book examines the history of complacency in Classics with implications for our contemporary moment. It responds to a published piece by the philosopher Simon Blackburn ["The Seven Deadly Sins of the Academy," Times Higher Education (2009)] who presented "complacency" as a vice that impairs university study at its core. If today this sin is most discernible among scientists who feel that their rigorous training and verifiable results authorize them to assume omniscience in all areas of learning, this book points out that, from the nineteenth to early twentieth century, this presumption fell instead to Classicists. The subjects, philosophies, and literatures of ancient Greece and Rome were treated as the foundation of learning; everything else devolving from them. What, Hamilton wants to know, might this model of superiority derived from the golden age of the Classical Tradition share with the current hegemony of mathematics and the natural sciences? How can the qualitative methods of Classics relate to the quantitative methods of big data, statistical reasoning, and numerical abstraction, which currently characterize academic complacency? And how did the discipline of Classics lose its prominent standing in the university, yielding its position to more empirical modes of research? Finally, how does this particular strain of scholarly smugness inflect the personal, ethical, and political complacency we encounter today?"--

Author : Tyler Cowen
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1250108691
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complacent Class written by Tyler Cowen and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the trend of Americans away from the traditionally mobile, risk-accepting, and adaptable tendencies that defined them for much of recent history, and toward stagnation and comfort, and how this development has the potential to make future changes more disruptive. --Publisher's description.

Author : Phillip T. Lohaus
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1640122265
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Power and Complacency written by Phillip T. Lohaus and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2021-07 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction -- Russia -- Iran -- China -- The United States -- Conclusions.

Author : Kevin Tutt
Publisher : Kouba Graphics Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781938577024
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trapped! Escaping the Comfort of Complacency written by Kevin Tutt and published by Kouba Graphics Incorporated. This book was released on 2015-10-29 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is human nature to try to make things easier, more routine or, as the book title suggests, more comfortable. We see comfort as a good thing, and in and of itself, it is. However, when we become comfortable with what seems to be good enough, we lose the drive that leaders want in individuals. There is no more passion, motivation, excitement, ownership, accountability or initiative. The fact is, we become dormant and find ourselves simply going through the motions of life, in our careers, families and personal life. We begin to complain that it is the fault of others around us-my job, my boss, my spouse, my kids, my friends-when the reality is that we have simply stepped squarely into the trap of complacency. This book addresses seven key areas to help free you from complacency and challenge you to rekindle your passion and desire for success.

Author : Gavin Ellis
Publisher : Bridget Williams Books
ISBN 13 : 094749295X
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Complacent Nation written by Gavin Ellis and published by Bridget Williams Books. This book was released on 2016-08-12 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Zealanders are too complacent about the continuing erosion of their right to know what government is doing on their behalf. Political risk has become a primary consideration in whether official information requests will be met, and successive governments have allowed free speech rights to be overridden. Drawing on decades of experience as a journalist and editor, Gavin Ellis chronicles the patterns of erosion and calls for entrenchment of the Bill of Rights Act. As supreme law, it would set a high bar that politicians must hurdle before freedom of expression could be curtailed.

Author : Len Herstein
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781737099116
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Be Vigilant! Strategies to Stop Complacency, Improve Performance, and Safeguard Success. Your Business and Relationships Depend on It written by Len Herstein and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complacency kills. Success can be deadly in business, leadership, and relationships. When you're used to winning and achieving, overconfidence and faulty logic can blind you to potential dangers up ahead. Complacency costs money, causes slip ups, and creates critical mistakes that will put your company, your brand, and your teams at risk. Protect your hard-earned success by combatting complacency! Blending his 30 years of brand marketing for companies such as Coca-Cola, Campbell Soup, and Nabisco with his experience as a sheriff's deputy, Len Herstein shares law enforcement-inspired business strategies to help you see beyond the target and stay vigilant against threats like competition, predictability, bad habits, micromanagement, abuse of power, and industry change. Battle-tested in the most dangerous breeding ground of complacency, this is your guide to conscious decisions for better business performance--powered by real-world safeguards to success. You'll discover:Four steps to avoid crises through threat awareness and management, scenario planning, and strategic communication.Assessment tips to help focus efforts on what went wrong, and what went right, after every project--and how to learn from both.The strategy of simple, sensory-based reminders to enforce positive behaviors at the workplace and at home.Better management accountability and protection against harmful organizational complacency through a more engaged team.How to use the right metrics in the right way to gauge performance while curbing overconfidence.The greater the success, the greater the risk of a complacent mindset. Anybody with something to protect should read Be Vigilant! now to get the tools you need to fight complacency at work and at home.

Author : John Mueller
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108843832
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Stupidity of War written by John Mueller and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-03-04 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative argument shows the consequences of increased aversion to international war for foreign and military policy.

Author : John T. Hamilton
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226818640
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Complacency written by John T. Hamilton and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2022-04-22 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critical reflection on complacency and its role in the decline of classics in the academy. In response to philosopher Simon Blackburn’s portrayal of complacency as a vice that impairs university study at its core, John T. Hamilton examines the history of complacency in classics and its implications for our contemporary moment. The subjects, philosophies, and literatures of ancient Greece and Rome were once treated as the foundation of learning, with everything else devolving from them. Hamilton investigates what this model of superiority, derived from the golden age of the classical tradition, shares with the current hegemony of mathematics and the natural sciences. He considers how the qualitative methods of classics relate to the quantitative positivism of big data, statistical reasoning, and presumably neutral abstraction, which often dismiss humanist subjectivity, legitimize self-sufficiency, and promote a fresh brand of academic complacency. In acknowledging the reduced status of classics in higher education today, he questions how scholarly striation and stagnation continue to bolster personal, ethical, and political complacency in our present era.

Author : Ron Laughlin
Publisher : Conquering Complacency
ISBN 13 : 0978852133
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Conquering Complacency In Sales written by Ron Laughlin and published by Conquering Complacency. This book was released on 2007-04 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes three different mental phases that correspond with success in sales or the lack thereof. Phase I people are highly motivated, focused, and anxious to learn and to grow; phase II people have become complacent and rest on their laurels; and phase III people have lapsed into outright apathy and cynicism. The book attempts to make readers aware of where they are on this complacency curve and offers advice on how to improve both motivation and productivity.

Author : Edward Minyard
Publisher : Archway Publishing
ISBN 13 : 166574460X
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Complacency written by Edward Minyard and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2023-05-26 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Complacency” exposes the perils of disregarding current global events and underestimating potential threats, drawing from his experiences in emergency management and cybersecurity to create an unforgettable tale that illuminates both preparedness and inaction - leaving readers with an intimate knowledge of the potentially devastating repercussions of becoming complacent in an ever-changing, ever-more volatile world.