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The Voice
Murakami, Haruki (2011). What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, 19. Story behind the Passage On some days, there are simply no words left. How often do you have to tell people that writing is vision, mission, and method at the same time? Haruki Murakami is one of those writers who writes about writing….
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Book Of The Week Silent Spring Part Ii
Carson, Rachel (1962). Silent Spring. Story behind the Passage Last week, I did not make it through the Carson book. Today I did — kind of. I have to admit, the book is so dense and so full of profoundly researched examples that I was not able to read and digest every single one of them. But that…
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Book Of The Week The Time Of My Life
Swayze, Patrick, and Lisa Niemi (2009). The Time of My Life. Story behind the Book Choice There is no actor I identify so much with as Patrick Swayze. I know this sounds stupid because, after all, I never him, neither did I watch many of his movies. But his life path always fascinated me whenever I…
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Gatsby
Fitzgerald, F. Scott (1994/1926). The Great Gatsby, 188. Story behind the Passage Today I looked at the website of a colleague of mine from the U.S. Well, she is more of a successful role model in our business than a colleague. I looked at her work and I could see the American Dream behind it. What…
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Is Writing Art Or What
Shakir, Evelyn (2014). Teaching Arabs, Writing Self: Memoirs of an Arab-American Woman, 73. Story behind the Passage Any text starting with “is it this…” or “that…” can be taken to set up an either/or logic that frames the piece in a questionable way. That is actually the whole point of my contribution today. I am not…
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Selling Lemons
Akerlof, George A. (1970). “The Market for ‘Lemons’: Quality Uncertainty and the Market Mechanism, 488. Story behind the Passage Again, I have to stress that I am losing track of all my blog topics. I swear I once thought about writing about the lemon paper above, which is a classic in economics. But I am…
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Moving Images Moving People
Schulz-Bruhdoel, Norbert (2005). Die PR- und Pressefibel: Zielgerichtete Medienarbeit: Ein Praxisbuch für Ein- und Aufsteiger, 134. Story behind the Passage There are so many things that entrepreneurs learn on their journey. One is: You never know what the day brings when you get up. That is quite a dumb statement, of course, because it applies…
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Karl
Sahner, Karl (2009). Karl, 181. Story behind the Passage Karl Lagerfeld is one of my biggest roles models. There you go — now it is out. He is one of the few people on this planet who really walked the talk and he resisted all mainstream ideas and temptations. Sure, it is tempting to satfisfy your ego with…
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Business Women And Identity
Kwolek-Folland, Angel (1994). Engendering Business: Men and Women in the Corporate Office, 1. Story behind the Passage “All this neo-liberal terminology, we should get rid of it altogether.“ This is what self-declared critical thinkers like to say. You know what, I understand all the critical thinking but the point is, it is also getting on my…
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Writing Ads
Frome, Shelley (2009). The Art and Craft of Screenwriting: Fundamentals, Methods Advice from Insiders, 214. Story behind the Passage Yesterday in my Social Entrepreneurship class we talked about THINX and Miki Agrawal’s book. No worries, the semester is going to be over soon and I am not going to start that many more posts with…