Tempo is a modern treatment of decision-making that weaves together concepts and principles from the mathematical decision sciences, cognitive psychology, philosophy and theories of narrative and metaphor. Drawing on examples from familiar domains such as the kitchen and the office, the author, Venkatesh Rao, illustrates the subtleties underlying everyday behavior, and explains how you can strengthen the foundations of your decision-making skills."TEMPO is one of the most insightful and original books on decision-making I've ever read..." -- Daniel H. Pink, author of DRIVE and A WHOLE NEW MIND"An uncannily accurate analysis of our choice-making behaviors" -- David Allen, author of GETTING THINGS DONE"Tempo is a highly original and engaging book...In a world where timing is increasingly central to success, this is an essential read, not just for executives, but for everyone."-- John Hagel, co-author of THE POWER OF PULL

What swing secret is shared by nearly all golf greats – from Ben Hogan to Tiger Woods? John Novosel’s revolutionary breakthrough has cracked the “genetic code” of the golf swing – Tour Tempo. Tiger Woods…Greg Norman…Ben Hogan. What secret do these and nearly all golf legends share? Identical swing tempo. John Novosel has cracked the “genetic code” of the golf swing – and has derived a simple and effective system to teach it to golfers of all levels, from tour players to weekend warriors. This book includes a revolutionary instructional CD, featuring videos that illustrate exactly how to learn the tempo secrets of the tour pros, and a calibrated soundtrack that you can use while practicing at a driving range or in your living room. As an avid golfer and inventor, John Novosel studied film footage of the PGA greats, searching, along with countless others over the last century, for the key to what made certain golfers’ swings so effortless and powerful. Novosel made a startling discovery. Nearly every champion demonstrated identical time proportion in his or her swing, a common ratio between takeaway and downswing. Regardless of style or form, the winning tempo was always the same – Tour Tempo. In this breakthrough book, Novosel and Sports Illustrated senior writer John Garrity explain exactly how to achieve Tour Tempo. Through clear, step-by-step instruction, golfers are taught how to master two basic drills to synchronize their swings. Novosel’s technique has yielded rapid and tremendous improvement for players of every level –adding distance, automatically correcting typical swing problems, and noticeably shaving strokes off one’s game. TOUR TEMPO is a remarkable breakthrough – truly golf’s last secret finally revealed.

Jenna, Caleb, and Ari discover a time map and journey back 15,000 years to witness the great Missoula Floods of the Ice Ages.

The former PGA champion demonstrates valuable methods that both high- and low-handicap golfers can use to develop better swing tempo in their games, with substantial improvement in power and accuracy

"Time is what we want most, but what we use worst."-William PennAfter years of helping teams improve at both Fortune 500s and Silicon Valley startups, we've designed a methodology that ensures teams use their time together effectively. Our Team Tempo instills a series of guided meetings and simple habits that can actually reduce the number of meetings you attend while increasing your ability to collaborate. Most of all, our methodology ensures teams make time and commit action to continuously improving how they work together.Praise from just a few of our clients:"What we spent years talking about, we were able to accomplish in one week thanks to NOBL."- Tressie Lieberman, VP of Digital Innovation at Taco Bell"NOBL introduced clever insights and fearless ways of working to our team, boosting our creativity, communication and overall performance as a brand marketing group."- Melisa Goldie, Chief Marketing Officer, Calvin Klein, Inc."NOBL helped us gain way more of a group awareness of what it might mean to get closer to our customer."- Carol Mahoney, VP of People at Zoosk"NOBL was really effective at bringing together the Reddit leadership team to align on mission, values, and priorities. The NOBL team spent time to understand the Reddit culture and facilitated in a way that led to tangible outcomes we are using day-to-day at the company."- Joel Meek, VP of Operations at Reddit, Inc."NOBL are pioneers at developing agile cultures."- Hyper Island, Trends Transforming Society

A Morningside Edition, originally published by Norton in 1953. Sachs deals with the principles, and considers musical meter and rhythm from the primitive stage to rag and jazz. Non-western music is fairly represented. No unified bibliography. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Guides modern performers and scholars through the intricacies of German Baroque metric theory, via analyses of treatises and organ music by J.S. Bach and other leading composers, such as Buxtehude, Bruhns, and Weckman.