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Clare Lancaster: Women in Business

Creator: Clare Lancaster, Women in Business
Purpose: Inspiration and tips for women who are writing their own success stories.

Manifesto

Women in Business Manifesto

1.    Follow your passion, it knows where you should go
2.    Help people
3.    Explore, play, laugh, enjoy
4.    Move more, stress less
5.    Set and celebrate milestones
6.    You have to put something out there to get something back
7.    Everything you want and need is up to you to make happen
8.    Carve a niche
9.    Get it out there
10.    Make your own path
11.    Define what success looks like for you then go after it
12.    Do it now
13.    Collect experiences, not things
14.    Ignore doubters, even when they’re in your own head
15.    Embrace online business
16.    Believe in yourself
17.    Simplicity is key
18.    Nourish your mind and body
19.    Take time out often
20.    Be your own hero
21.    Give yourself permission
22.    Trust your instincts
23.    Take it one step at a time
24.    Leverage everything
25.    Build your days around what is important to you
26.    When you’re doing what you’re passionate about you’re making the world a better place
27.    Never stop learning and experimenting
28.    The less you spend, the more you have
29.    Be thankful
30.    Look at your goals every day

Sources

Manifesto: http://www.womeninbusiness.com.au/_blog/Style_and_Substance/post/manifesto

Thanks to Ainslie Hunter for suggesting this manifesto!

The Ten Commandments

Creator: Published in the Bible and said to be spoken by God to the people of Israel.
Purpose: A moral foundation and guide for living in Judaism and Christianity.

Manifesto

The Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Jewish (Talmudic), Anglican and Orthodox Christians have slightly different versions of the Ten Commandments. This a combination of these versions.

I am the Lord your God

You shall have no other gods before me / You shall not make for yourself an idol

Do not take the name of the Lord in vain

Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy

Honour your father and mother

You shall not kill / murder

You shall not commit adultery

You shall not steal

You shall not bear witness against your neighbour

You shall not covet your neighbour’s wife / You shall not covet anything that belongs to your neighbour

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Commandments

Marx and Engels: The Communist Manifesto

Creator: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, 1848
Purpose: Promotes communism by highlighting the class struggle and the problems inherent in capitalism.

Manifesto

Aim

For the working class (proletariat) to start a revolution and overthrow the ruling class (bourgeoisie) with the aim to create a classless society.

Selected Quotes

“It is high time that Communists should openly, in the face of the whole world, publish their views, their aims, their tendencies, and meet this nursery tale of the spectre of communism with a manifesto of the party itself.”

The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.
Freeman and slave, patrician and plebeian, lord and serf, guild-master and journeyman, in a word, oppressor and oppressed, stood in constant opposition to one another, carried on an uninterrupted, now hidden, now open fight, a fight that each time ended, either in a revolutionary reconstitution of society at large, or in the common ruin of the contending classes.

“The immediate aim of the Communists is the same as that of all the other proletariat parties: formation of the proletariat into a class, the overthrow of the bourgeois supremacy, conquest of political power by the proletariat”.
“…the theory of the Communists may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property”.

“In short, the Communists everywhere support every revolutionary movement against the existing social and political order of things.
The Communists disdain to conceal their views and aims. They openly declare that their ends can be attained only by the forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions. Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Workers of the world, unite!”

Sources

General: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Communist_Manifesto
View the Complete Text: http://www.anu.edu.au/polsci/marx/classics/manifesto.html
Download the Complete Text: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61
Study Guides: http://www.gradesaver.com/communist-manifesto/study-guide/section5/

Genesis: The Bible Creation Story

Creator: The work of many people over many centuries.
Purpose: A manifesto that explains the way the world was created and the role of man and woman in that world. It becomes a framework for living for followers of Judaism or Christianity.

Manifesto

The Creation Story Summary:

The seven steps in which God created with world…

Day 1 – God created light and separated the light from the darkness, calling light “day” and darkness “night.”

Day 2 – God created an expanse to separate the waters and called it “sky.”

Day 3 – God created the dry ground and gathered the waters, calling the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters “seas.” On day three, God also created vegetation (plants and trees).

Day 4 – God created the sun, moon, and the stars to give light to the earth and to govern and separate the day and the night. These would also serve as signs to mark seasons, days, and years.

Day 5 – God created every living creature of the seas and every winged bird, blessing them to multiply and fill the waters and the sky with life.

Day 6 – God created the animals to fill the earth. On day six, God also created man and woman (Adam and Eve) in his own image to commune with him. He blessed them and gave them every creature and the whole earth to rule over, care for, and cultivate.

Day 7 – God had finished his work of creation and so he rested on the seventh day, blessing it and making it holy.

Sources

Transcript: http://christianity.about.com/od/biblestorysummaries/p/creationstory.htm

General: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creation_according_to_Genesis

Scripture Reference: Genesis 1:1-2:3

Lululemon Athletica

Creator: Lululemon Athletica
Purpose: A set of phrases that guides the culture of the organisation.

Manifesto

Selected Manifesto extract…

•    Do one thing a day that scares you.
•    Life is full of setbacks. Success is determined by how you handle setbacks.
•    Your outlook on life is a direct reflection of how much you like yourself.
•    Stress is related to 99% of all illness.
•    Jealousy works the opposite way you want it to.
•    Friends are more important than money.
•    Living in the moment could be the meaning of life.
•    Visualize your eventual demise. It can have an amazing effect on how you live for the moment.
•    Practice yoga so you can remain active in physical sports as you age.
•    Dance, sing, floss and travel.
•    Children are the orgasm of life.
•    Sweat once a day to regenerate your skin.
•    What we do to the earth we do to ourselves.
•    The pursuit of happiness is the source of all unhappiness.

Sources

Full Manifesto: http://www.lululemon.com/about/culture

The Christian and Judaism Bible

Creator: The work of many people over many centuries.
Purpose: The Bible contains a collection of stories and lessons for living for followers of Judaism or Christianity.

Manifesto

The Bible

The Bible is a collection of sacred scripture of the various branches of Judaism and Christianity. The following are various stories or lessons that are commonly included in a range of Bible versions.

Genesis: The Creation of the World

Noah Ark and the Flood

The Birth of Jesus

The Tower of Babel

Sodom and Gomorrah

The Ten Commandments

The Battle of Jericho

Samson and Delilah

David and Goliath

Jesus Walks on Water

The Bread and the Fish

The Last Supper

The Crucifixion of Jesus Christ

The Resurrection of Jesus Christ

Sources

General: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible
Who Wrote the Bible?: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorship_of_the_Bible
Stories Within the Bible: http://christianity.about.com/od/biblestorysummaries/tp/biblestorysummaries.htm

Mark Sisson: Primal Blueprint

Creator: Mark Sission
Purpose: A challenge to conventional wisdom for getting fit quickly and maintaining your strength, fitness, leanness and health well into your 70’s, 80’s and beyond.

Manifesto

Ten Primal Laws

1.    Eat lots of animals, insects and plants
2.    Move around a lot at a slow pace
3.    Lift heavy things
4.    Run really fast every once in a while
5.    Get lots of sleep
6.    Play
7.    Get some sunlight every day
8.    Avoid trauma
9.    Avoid poisonous things
10.    Use your mind

Sources

Primal Blueprint ebook: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/definitive-guide-primal-blueprint/

The Russell – Einstein Manifesto

Creator: Bertand Russell and Albert Einstein, issued in London, 9 July 1955.
Purpose: End the use of nuclear weapons as our best chance of peace in the world.

Manifesto – Extract

In the tragic situation which confronts humanity, we feel that scientists should assemble in conference to appraise the perils that have arisen as a result of the development of weapons of mass destruction, and to discuss a resolution in the spirit of the appended draft.

We are speaking on this occasion, not as members of this or that nation, continent, or creed, but as human beings, members of the species Man, whose continued existence is in doubt. The world is full of conflicts; and, overshadowing all minor conflicts, the titanic struggle between Communism and anti-Communism.
Almost everybody who is politically conscious has strong feelings about one or more of these issues; but we want you, if you can, to set aside such feelings and consider yourselves only as members of a biological species which has had a remarkable history, and whose disappearance none of us can desire.

…We have to learn to think in a new way. We have to learn to ask ourselves, not what steps can be taken to give military victory to whatever group we prefer, for there no longer are such steps; the question we have to ask ourselves is: what steps can be taken to prevent a military contest of which the issue must be disastrous to all parties?
The general public, and even many men in positions of authority, have not realized what would be involved in a war with nuclear bombs.

…Here, then, is the problem which we present to you, stark and dreadful and inescapable: Shall we put an end to the human race; or shall mankind renounce war? People will not face this alternative because it is so difficult to abolish war.

…There lies before us, if we choose, continual progress in happiness, knowledge, and wisdom. Shall we, instead, choose death, because we cannot forget our quarrels? We appeal as human beings to human beings: Remember your humanity, and forget the rest. If you can do so, the way lies open to a new Paradise; if you cannot, there lies before you the risk of universal death.

Resolution:

We invite this Congress, and through it the scientists of the world and the general public, to subscribe to the following resolution:
“In view of the fact that in any future world war nuclear weapons will certainly be employed, and that such weapons threaten the continued existence of mankind, we urge the governments of the world to realize, and to acknowledge publicly, that their purpose cannot be furthered by a world war, and we urge them, consequently, to find peaceful means for the settlement of all matters of dispute between them.”

Sources

Complete Manifesto: http://www.pugwash.org/about/manifesto.htm
General Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%E2%80%93Einstein_Manifesto

Google: Ten Things We Know To Be True

Creator: Google
Purpose: Core principles to guide our actions and keep Google looking towards the future.

Manifesto

Google’s Philosophy and Core Principles

Focus on the user and all else will follow.

It’s best to do one thing really, really well.

Fast is better than slow.

Democracy on the web works.

You don’t need to be at your desk to need an answer.

You can make money without doing evil.

There’s always more information out there.

The need for information crosses all borders.

You can be serious without a suit.

Great just isn’t good enough.

Sources

Complete Manifesto: http://www.google.com/corporate/tenthings.html

Bre Pettis and Kio Stark: The Cult of Done

Creator

Bre Pettis and Kio Stark

Purpose

To get things done!

Manifesto

The Cult of Done

1.    There are three states of being. Not knowing, action and completion.
2.    Accept that everything is a draft. It helps to get it done.
3.    There is no editing stage.
4.    Pretending you know what you’re doing is almost the same as knowing what you are doing, so just accept that you know what you’re doing even if you don’t and do it.
5.    Banish procrastination. If you wait more than a week to get an idea done, abandon it.
6.    The point of being done is not to finish but to get other things done.
7.    Once you’re done you can throw it away.
8.    Laugh at perfection. It’s boring and keeps you from being done.
9.    People without dirty hands are wrong. Doing something makes you right.
10.    Failure counts as done. So do mistakes.
11.    Destruction is a variant of done.
12.    If you have an idea and publish it on the internet, that counts as a ghost of done.
13.    Done is the engine of more.

Sources

Website: http://www.brepettis.com/blog/2009/3/3/the-cult-of-done-manifesto.html