Today in class we finished reading A Message to Garcia by Elbert Hubbard. I found this reading very interesting. To summarize, Hubbard thought people didn't have initiative to do anything, and that we should all be like Rowan; who can be asked to do the impossible, still say yes, and do the job well. Hubbard has very high standards of those in the work force. In contrary to that Hubbard also has low expectations of those in the work force. He mainly thinks that people will try to find any way to get out of doing something. Like making excuses. Hubbard hit on this one big time; he had a whole list of questions/ excuses that people will make in order to get out of something they have been asked to do. Hubbard also emphasized that people won't do anything without the right motivation. This type of motivation includes threatening to fired said person, threatening to hit them with a club, or literally kicking them in the butt. For me, this seems a little extreme; but you know whatever works, I guess.
We also started a PowerPoint titled Excellence. What was really surprising to me was that over 40 million copies of A Message to Garcia were sold. It was also translated into 37 languages, had two movies made from it, and was formatted into a pamphlet and book. I guess a lot of people related to it? I don't know, I have a feeling some people didn't realize that Hubbard could be talking about them too. The last thing I remember the class talking about was how Former President McKinley had a mountain named after him after was was assassinated. That Mountain was formerly called Mount Denali by the natives that lived there.
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