Kategorie: Allgemein
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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…
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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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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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Living Knowledge
Poem Maya Angelou’s SuperSoul Sunday — Part 2 (ca. 24:40) In Peter Modler’s book Das Arroganzprinzip (“The Arrogance Principle”), which we read in my Storytelling AG this week, one finds the following line: “Da ich pragmatisch vorgehe, scheue ich mich auch nicht vor vereinfachten Aussagen“ (19). This is what every person in the business world learns — pragmatism. And I…
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Listening
Amann, Melanie, and Christoph Schult (2021). “Ich weiß nicht, ob man das überhaupt heilen kann.“ Der Spiegel. Story behind the Passage Sorry to tell you but today, I am going to again deal with virtues, at least partly. The reason why I am sending out this warning is because I have been talking about virtues many…
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Walking Upright
Kunze, Michael, and Michael Reinecke. Aufrecht geh’n. Musixmatch Story behind the Passage Today after visiting the cemetery, on my way back to the car, I heard the death bell ring. A funeral was just coming to an end. I paused for a minute to commemorate whoever was just finding his/her final resting place a few…
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Shame
Walbank, Frank. W. Polybius: Greek Historian. Story behind the Passage Maybe it is because I am currently reading St. Augustine’s Confessions or maybe these days are simply so extraordinarily transformational that they trigger strong and clear emotions. It does not really matter why exactly this topic has come up now but insights are always related…
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Begriffen
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (2005/1855). Die Leiden des jungen Werther, 10–11. Story behind the Passage Yesterday, I started getting deeper into Goethe. What I mean by that is that I really started studying him, not just on the surface like before. What differentiates “deeper” and “on the surface” for “normal” people, I do not know. For…
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Like Flying
Nice Little Penguins. “Flying.” LyricFind Story behind the Passage All the way during my run this morning, I had this song in my ear. It was not despite the run, it was because of the run. If you run for so many years, I mean, in total, you go through different phases of running and…