It's Not You, It's Them

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.	Return to Hammer Spade's Homepage Available on Amazon Kindle and iPod	By E. B. Alston Do you wonder where all this stuff comes from, and where it's taking us? ISBN 978-1-934936-21-4 Paperback - 160 pages - $12.00 Coming Soon eBook: US $6.00 Our political leaders no longer make hard choices about what to do about the myriad of problems facing us. Our country and our society have lost what Wyatt Earp called its “snap.” If an easy solution can be found for any problem, it is always the first choice. I believe this is the path to certain long term failure, the results of which will destroy American society and the country called the United States. This Book is available in the United Kingdom through Bertram Books

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I began my career as a craftsman at the telephone company. I say this realizing that the academic and media community will write me off as an uneducated and unsophisticated commentator. But I am proud that I successfully mastered highly technical skills. I enjoyed the technical aspects of what I did and the physical labor required to complete the tasks assigned to me. These skills were valuable after I was promoted because I understood better than my peers how to make things happen on the ground.

After I was promoted into management, I learned early that it’s nice for everybody to get along, but if the unit was to succeed, it is mandatory for everybody to do their job. In making personnel selections, I favored the ability to perform over a tendency to get along with other people. This characteristic caused some intense discussions during staff meetings, but as a result we got a lot of good work done. Operational decisions were made considering the best option that produced long term success. I believe this is the only way to operate a business, or a country.

Over the last few years, I have written quite a lot about this. These thoughts have been assembled to make up the contents of this book.