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Public Thinking
Arendt, Hannah (1998/1996). Ich will verstehen: Selbstauskünfte zu Leben und Werk, 70. Story behind the Passage In a mentoring session today, it struck me how wrong many things are in present-day society. I mean the global society by that. Most problems nowadays are trans-national. Yes, their intensity and some reasons might differ but the outcomes are…
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News
Iyengar, Shanto, and Donald R. Kinder (1987). News That Matters: Television and American Opinion, 127. Story behind the Passage When watching the news today, I realized that I am not watching it attentively anymore as I had once used to. Now, this one sentence already poses a lot of miracles, right? What is “news,” what does…
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The Philosophy Of Brokerage
Slater, Robert (1996). Geldanlage mit George Soros, 110. Story behind the Passage Somehow, money is playing a huge role in my conversations these days. I do not mean my money or me making money. It is the topic. Today, for example, we discussed Bitcoin in my class and I was pretty proud of my students who…
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Modeling Excellence
Ash, Mary Kay. (1984). On People Management, 65. Story behind the Passage Last week someone mentioned that I should not worry so much about how to call what I do. What matters is that I do what I do and thus “model” what I stand for. Fine, that is what I call “walking the talk.”…
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Bodyless
Kugle, Scott (2007). Sufis & Saints‘ Bodies: Mysticism, Corporeality, & Sacred Power in Islam, 24. Story behind the Passage No, this post is not about some overused diet, as you might guess now based on the title. Body and mind form a spiritual union but you might not believe in that anymore based on today’s world….
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The Flood
The Bible. Genesis 6:9–9:17, New International Version. Story behind the Passage Yesterday when watching the news I had to cry. My Learnings Water rising, No escape Help coming from above — If at all. Noise and mud Things drowning everywhere. All hope is gone Where disaster struck. People running. Neighbors screaming Firemen drowning in the…
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Between Ambition And Arrogance There Is Self Confidence
Schmidt, Silke (2021). Narrative Change Management in American Studies: A Pragmatic Reading, 360. Story behind the Passage Today I am actually quoting from my own book. I just have to because this post is going to be the answer to a question I received about it. I started at least five different attempts to reply to…
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Book Of The Week Curiosity Kept Me Striving
Helfritz, Hans (2007). Curiosity Kept Me Striving: Hans Helfritz in Yemen 1931–1935. Story behind the Book Choice It is a challenge for people like us to not get on a plane for more than a year. Yes, of course, some people still travel all the time. For them, Covid hardly exists anymore. Still, I decided…
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Marketing
Kealing, Bob (2008). Tupperware Unsealed: Brownie Wise, Earl Tupper, and the Home Party Pioneers, 12. Story behind the Passage Whenever I think of marketing, I think of Brownie Wise. I already blogged about her but not about this book. Today she is on my mind because I am involved in some pretty cool marketing projects…
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The Disunity Of Science
Slingerland, Edward (2008). What Science Offers the Humanities: Integrating Body and Culture, 69. Story behind the Passage Whenever I make big leaps in terms of personal growth, science gradually plays a more important role. This in and of itself is “growth” because when I was younger, I did not care about science at all. Not that…