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Show Setting your goals, knowing the score if knc v mai &J I SCO eff( par v like of 1 " , ' ,? , ' ' I ".Co IV p ' ' ' ', '' 'l r know what your goal is and how many points you will receive for scoring. When you know your goal and your rewards for the effort you expend in the other parts of your life, you can play it like a game too, and win. In the chapter called "Attitudes of Winners" Mr. Coonradt says, "If you are going to hunt ducks, you must go where the ducks are ...Losers refuse to face up to such facts. That is why they lose. But winners face up to what is really happening they even keep track of it. That winning attitude gives them the knowledge they need to win." One chapter, "Coaching Winners Win-ners to Greatness," should be required re-quired reading for everyone in a position of authority, parents, teachers, coaches and bosses. Mr. Coonradt says. "There's something some-thing about the way people are put together that makes it almost impossible im-possible for them to do something until they understand why." The standard reply, "Do it because I said so," just is not good enough for any of us. He recommends including in-cluding the WIIFM (What's in it for me) factor and the WSI (Why should I) factor to motivate others. Remember everyone is motivated, the trick is to motivate in a worthwhile direction. "The Game of Work" is a professional's pro-fessional's book, written for men and women in the marketplace. Parents, however, can get a great deal out of the book because of the insight it provides on the way the human mind perceives work, goals and rewards. Take up the . challenge. Don't just read the book. Make it work for you! "The Game of Work" is from Shadow Mountain, a division of Deseret Book. Lee Nelson assisted in the writing. Of course if this is one of those weeks when you would rather escape than continue your quest, try "The Road Unseen" by Peter and Barbara Jenkins. This couple also wrote "A Walk Across America" Amer-ica" and "The Walk West." Here they tell of the hardships that they endured on the final leg of their journey to the Pacific coast. Certainly Cer-tainly Peter and Barbara understand under-stand what Charles Coonradt means about setting goals. Their goal was to walk across America and they did it despite the distance, dis-tance, the heat, the exhaustion of it all. Along the way they meet a By CHERIE HUBER Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do, and play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do. Mark Twain Why do people put ten times as much energy and effort into their recreational pastimes as they do their job? Why will people pay for the privilege of working harder than they will work when they are paid? Charles Coonradt, president of Western Leadership Group.ex-plains Group.ex-plains what makes people so dedicated dedi-cated to recreational pursuits, and he shows how you can use that same motivation to win at business busi-ness in his book "The Game of Work." Every person, business or organization orga-nization can achieve better results with these principles. Mr. Coonradt Coon-radt points out that in a game you CRITIC AT LARGE cross section of Americans. They introduce you to the good, the kind and the selfish. Some people who may see themselves in the book may not be pleased with the impression they made on these two travelers. One of the nice things about "The Road Unseen" is that there is no strong story line. You can read the book from cover to cover or you can read selected chapters. No matter how you do it, you'll enjoy the story of their walk and their faith. Ten years later, Peter and Barbara live with their three children on their own 200-acre working cattle farm in the hills of Tennessee which was purchased from the profits of their books. |