Kategorie: Allgemein
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Consulting
Block, Peter, and Janis Nowlan (2011). Flawless Consulting: A Guide to Getting Your Expertise Used, 18. Story behind the Passage Today was a life-changing day for me. That has private reasons, however, and I am not going to address these. It was also a remarkable day because I became aware that the solution to my personal…
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Book Of The Week The Roads We Take Seven Short Stories
Henry, O. (1983). The Roads We Take. Seven Short Stories. Story behind the Book Choice This week I felt like reading prose. But there was no novel that caught my attention when I looked at my shelf with the “to be read” books. What did catch my attention was this collection of short stories by O.…
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Learning Like Royal Children
King Abdullah II of Jordan (2012). Our Last Best Chance: A Story of War and Peace, 139. Story behind the Passage Today was a remarkable day in many ways and the most remarkable thing was that I got to talk about education and my vision of it to three different people. All these conversations happened more…
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Implementing Diversity
Michaels, Walter Benn (2006). The Trouble with Diversity: How We Learned to Love Identity and Ignore Inequality, 6. Story behind the Passage Today I found my new book in the mail. The press sent me 10 copies of it — hardcover. Actually, this should be a day of joy. I worked on the book for at least…
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Divine Animals
Degré, Tippi (2001). Tippi aus Afrika: Das Mädchen, das mit den Tieren spricht, 77. Story behind the Passage Yesterday someone told me that a horse had died in our stable. I was shocked. I mean, yes, animals die just like we do. But horses are very special animals. They are fascinating. You can watch them for…
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Bold Visionaries
Brands, H. W. (1999). Masters of Enterprise: Giants of American Business from John Jacob Astor and J. P. Morgan to Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey, 188. Story behind the Passage On most of the days when I write for my blog, I wonder why the heck I called this “Startups Story Learning” at the beginning. After…
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Saint Boy
https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/58117391 Story behind the Passage Yesterday the most remarkable scene of the Olympics happened. It was a metaphor of contemporary life. It revealed a true Saint. My Learnings Life is a game? We compete with all we have. Some have discuses, Some have spears, Some have fast legs, Others have horses. Go, Saint Boy, go,…
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The Devil As Role Model
Weisberger, Lauren (2003). The Devil Wears Prada, 368. Story behind the Passage Maybe it is a sign that I am getting old but I catch myself frequently talking about role models in conversations. Yesterday, I did it again when we were talking about politicians. I asked “where are the role models among the politicians nowadays — the Helmut…
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The Grimms Dictionary
Schmidt-Wiegand, Ruth (2008). “Die Brüder Grimm als Mitbegründer der Germanistik.“ In: Die Grimms: Kultur und Politik. Ed. Bernd Heidenreich, and Ewald Grothe, 138–162. 153. Story behind the Passage Yesterday, I watched a lecture online. The speaker, a philosopher, quoted several times from Grimms’ Dictionary. That made me remember that I had wanted to check on the…
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Book Of The Week The Land Of Osiris
Mehler, Stephen S. (2001). The Land of Osiris. Story behind the Book Choice In case you wonder where the heck “The Land of Osiris” is, if you can book a last-minute trip there, and if you need to go into quarantine after your return — let me explain. Osiris was the God of the Dead in Ancient Egypt.…