Archive for November 1st, 2018
Funny comprehension of authors: French students of 10 to 14 of age
Posted by: adonis49 on: November 1, 2018
Funny comprehension of authors: French students of 10 to 14 of age. Part 3
Excerpts from “Hardi! Les cancres” of Jean-Charles
Que savez-vous de Romeo et Juliette? “J’ai lu Romeo, mais Juliette pas encore”
Tolstoi: Auteur de “Guerre et Epee'”
Zola: Ecrivit l’histoire de la famille des Rouquins Macabre
Racine: Etudia l’impuissance de l’homme
La Fontaine: Il ecrivit la fable de “La laitiere potelee'”
Esope: Il copia les fables de La Fontaine
Corneile: Inventeur du cidre. Il ecrivit une tragedie qui se passe en Corneline
Boileau: Satyre qui suivait les enterrement en marmonnant des oraisons
Dantes: Dieu de l’ Enfer
Titre de quelques classiques musicales:
La Cinquieme Cacophonie, Le Beau velo (de Ravel), La Symphonie Pasterisee’, La Sonnette Pathetique
Puccini: Une petite puce en Italie
Chopin etait l’enfant unique d’une famille nombreuse
La maison etait d’une salete’ impeccable
Les affairs du commercant allaient a reculons
Le corbeau mangeait son fromage a plein dents
Le superlatif de far est le Far West
L’ enseignement de L’empire Greque etait superieur a l’ enseignement Romaine: Ils n’ obligaient pas les etudiants a apprendre le Latin
“Les petits enfants sont si gentil mais trompe l’esperance. Aucune excellence quand ils deviennent adultes: les colleges les abrutissent” (Montaigne, 400 years ago)
Je souhaite que les etudiants viennent aux examens avec des livres et des documents: ils doivent etre preparer a s’en servir.
Use your FRUSTRATION. And the 5 SUPERPOWERS OF OKR’S (whatever this acronym stand for)
Posted by: adonis49 on: November 1, 2018
THE 5 SUPERPOWERS OF OKR’S
“If you seek to achieve greatness, stretching for amazing is a great way to start.” John Doerr
By Dan Rockwell
Rethink:
Set a goal that requires you to rethink the way you do things.
Astro Teller, leader of Google X, illustrated the power of Moon-Shot-Goals when he said …
“If you want your car to get 50 miles per gallon, fine. You can retool your car a little bit. But if I tell you your car has to run 500 miles on a gallon of gas, you have to start over.” (WSJ)
Moon-Shot-Goals ignite creativity and innovation, not simply greater productivity and efficiency.
The gospel of OKR’s – Objectives and Key Results:
John Doerr has been preaching the gospel of OKR’s since the 80’s. He learned the system from Andy Grove (9/2/1936 – 3/21/2016), former CEO of IBM.
What and how:
Doerr explains, “The objective is WHAT I want to have accomplished. The key results are HOW I’m going to get it done. The objectives are typically longer lived. They’re bold and aspirational. The key results are aggressive, but always measurable, time-bound, and limited in number.” (HBR)
Timing and OKR’s:
Short-term goals impact daily behavior. Long-term goals define success and establish direction.
The 5 superpowers of OKR’s:
The acronym FACTS explains the 5 superpowers of OKR’s.
- Focus. OKR’s explain what matters most. “Innovation means saying No to one thousand things.” Steve Jobs
- Alignment – common purpose and creative latitude. Micro-management is mismanagement.
- Commitment and accountability. Establish weakly check-ins.
- Tracking. Make everyone’s KR’s public and trackable. People want to know if they’re succeeding.
- Stretching. A pattern of 70% attainment indicates OKR’s are functioning effectively. 100% achievement means the KR’s were too low.
(The above list is adapted from, “How VC John Doerr Sets (and Achieves) Goals”)
Note: Some operational KR’s need to be achieved 100%.
Comments and Notes posted on FB and Twitter in Arabic/Lebanese slang. Part 11
Posted by: adonis49 on: November 1, 2018
Comments and Notes posted on FB and Twitter in Arabic/Lebanese slang. Part 11
Note: These are notes and comments are mostly local (Lebanon) and Middle-East events. Written in Lebanese dialect with Latin characters and with numbers (2,3, 5, 7,8) representing vocals and consonants Not available in Latin or Saxon languages.
3endi 7assassiyyeh moufratat: a7zaab wa clubs wa tajjamou3aat moughlakat. Aslan, mouhhemton jame3 al moujtama3, lakenna bet farre2 3end kel al a3maar. Al moustafeed al taame7 li manssab siyassi (moush bel al ma3na al razeel)
Rabou2. bas tol, bi sobbo kel ghadabon wa inzi3ajon 3ala masma3i, min naw3 shi tfoo3, shi bala 7eshmi, shi bijarress… Bodhar ka2enno anna sabab kel hal mashakel
Min kem yawm I wrote: “Kornet Chehwan baladiyyet monfatiha. baddak tel3ab petanque, ahlan wa sahlan” I’ m starting to have misgiving. Kel shi bi Loubnan byenteze3, wa saree3an
Tawdee7. Al she2 al awal min “Iza jeet met2akher…” ello 3ela2a bi Club/Circle tani. Al 7ejjat: Revanche, a succession game for the loosing team.
La petanque n’ est pas un jeu Olympique et ne demande pas d’ entraineur. Khaffefo min ” c’ est la regle” 3ala al tale3 wal naazel. Enbosto. It should Not be petanque but meeting with good company
Bernamaj “Da2 al jarass” la Sa3d “you7aawer” tolaab zghaar fekrat kawiyyat, 7atta ma3 kel al mouwarabaat bil al radd, wa bet sabbet estemrarito. Bakiyyat al rou2assa2 3endon sneen kteereh bil al siyasseh wa 3endon msalaat kteereh bi tok3ar le ta2leed Sa3d wa al kezeb 3ala al wlaad.
Intikhabaat taa2ifiyyat 3ala al kabireh wa bil mshabra7. Hezbollah 7assam hal mawdou3 min awal al taree2 wa sabbat mawka3o.
General Jameel Al Sayyed batal nazeeh, nazeef wa moukawem min Loubnaan
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