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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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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 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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Crime Stories
Cuddon, J.A. (1999/1977). Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory, 192. Story behind the Passage Today, I had a car crash. Well, actually, I knocked over a street sign and that street sign hit a car. It was not anything major and actually, it turned out as the story of the day! I met a wonderful…
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Book Of The Week Vom Mythos Lesen Zum Lesen Nutzen Special
Benesch, Klaus (2021). Mythos Lesen: Buchkultur und Geisteswissenschaften im Informationszeitalter. Geschichte hinter der Buchauswahl Wie bereits am Titel erkennbar weiche ich in meiner heutigen Buchbesprechung in vielerlei Hinsicht von meiner sonntäglichen Praxis ab. Das hat mehrere Gründe. Der wesentliche ist natürlich: Das Buch selbst. Der als Mini-Buch veröffentlichte Essay Mythos Lesen von Klaus Benesch repräsentiert…
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Art As Destination
Meijer, E. R. (1963). Rembrandt, 13. Story behind the Passage It is stupid to talk about a “destination” because that does not reflect the life wisdom I have been blessed to gain. If you strive towards some destination, you will never get anywhere. Still, you end up in places that feel more like home than…
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Becoming Dance
Stewart, Iris J. (2000). Sacred Woman, Sacred Dance: Awakening Spirituality through Movement and Ritual, 12. Story behind the Passage Last night, I listened to music till very late. As often happens, I ended up listening to African and Arab music. And then, I also got into the “Jerusalema” song and the story behind it. The song…
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Ancient History
Watson, Peter (2005). Ideas: A History of Thought and Invention, from Fire to Freud, 171. Story behind the Passage There are books that you can easily read in a few hours. And then there are books which take more time to read — so much that you might never actually complete them. Every page is so dense that…
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Money
Stanley, Thomas J., and William D. Danko (1996). The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America’s Wealthy, 4–5. Story behind the Passage With a client today, we talked a lot about wealth and money. He had experienced how it is to always chase the money but never really become happy. That, of course, is something…