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How Much Personal Diversity Is Too Much
Cox, Taylor, Jr. (1993). Cultural Diversity in Organizations: Theory, Research, and Practice, 11. Story behind the Passage A few years ago, it must have been in 2015, I gave a talk about diversity management in front of an academic association of cultural and literary studies scholars. To make a long story short: They ripped me…
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Reading As Serendipity Resolution
Merton, Robert K., and Elinor Barber (2004). The Travels and Adventures of Serendipity, 2. Story behind the Passage Usually, I try to use easy language that everybody can understand — including myself. The title today diverges from this golden rule. Even more disturbing is the fact that I myself did not know about the concept of “serendipity”…
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Two Years Since I Chose Myself
Altucher, James (2013). Choose Yourself! Be Happy, Make Millions, Live the Dream. Story behind the Passage Today, it has been two years exactly since I started Companypoets. On Nov 9, 2018, I signed my first contract with a book client. The decision to “choose myself,” to say it in the words of James Altucher, had happened…
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History Nuns And Powerplay
Cunningham, Mary, with Fran Schumer (1984). Powerplay: What Really Happened at Bendix, 95. Story behind the Passage There are periods when I really get excited about history. Right now, I am reading a book about the history of the suburb where I live. I had no idea that the monastery which once existed around the corner…
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My Story As A Bystander
Drucker, Peter F. (1994). Adventures of a Bystander, 81. Story behind the Passage Peter Drucker is my hero. I told you before when I discussed a passage from one of his other books (“Management by Objectives”). Do we need heroes? Sure! We all do. Humans love heroes. From childhood onwards, we keep looking for heroes….
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Patience The Art Of Standing Still
Carlson, Richard (1997). Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff and It’s All Small Stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking over your Life, 39. Story behind the Passage Today, I almost finished writing my first short book on horseback riding. Most of it is not about horses but about humans — in this case me. When…
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What Is Academia Don T Ask The Dumbest Generation
Bauerlein, Mark (2009). The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future, 212. Story behind the Passage “Oh, could you please be a little less academic about this?” Have you ever heard this sentence in response to something you said or presented? If yes, you are probably above 30 and graduated…
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Among Ghosts What Sells A Book Is Heart
Harris, Robert (2008). The Ghost: One Man Will Uncover the World’s Biggest Conspiracy, 23. Story behind the Passage I am quite diverging from my original plan of talking about startup stories today — but maybe I will not. I have no idea. Let us see where this is going. I just know that I need to write…
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Taking The Leap
Branson, Richard (2008). Screw It, Let’s Do It: 14 Lessons on Making It to the Top while Having Fun and Growing Greener, 60. Story behind the Passage Today, I had so many awesome conversations that I can hardly remember all of them in detail. I know, this blog is now turning into something like a diary….
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Saying No To The Mba Bubble
Zanetti, Mariana (2013). The MBA Bubble: Why Getting an MBA Is a Bad Idea, 140. Story behind the Passage What does it take to say “no” to something? It is just a word, you think? Why would it be difficult? Well, ask yourself right now when someone asked you to take a new job/role with more…