Kategorie: Allgemein
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Book Of The Week Projekt Weltethos
Küng, Hans (1990). Projekt Weltethos. Story behind the Passage This book was recommended to me by my pastor. Well, he is not exactly “my” pastor, of course, and I am not even “his” church member anymore, but that is a different story. Or, wait a minute, actually, it is not a different story at all!…
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Goals And Life
Goldratt, Eliyahu M., and Jeff Cox (1992/1984). The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement. Story behind the Passage I have to admit, there is not really a path-breaking passage in the book for me. It is rather the title that made me pick it today: The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement. I wrote about…
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Money Or Politics
Wallace, Janet (2012). The Richest Woman in America: Hetty Green in the Gilded Age, 196. Story behind the Passage The day before yesterday when I wrote about Wall Street women, I was quite surprised that I had not written about Hetty Green yet. Or maybe I have and I am simply too stupid to Google my…
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Transformation From The Right Place
Goleman, Daniel (2013). Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence, 255. Story behind the Passage The title might not sound like the most telling one ever. After all, I am the one always preaching that “right” and “wrong” are relative evaluations. But just calling the post “Transformation” would have been insufficient. If there is one thing…
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Book Of The Week Higher Calling The Rise Of Nontraditional Leaders In Academia
Beardsley, Scott C. (2017). Higher Calling: The Rise of Nontraditional Leaders in Academia. Story behind the Book Choice Of all the books I have discussed on Sundays during my 365-day blogging challenge so far, this one is by far the most important one — for me. Book choices, as I repeatedly say, are highy subjective, of course,…
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Philanthrocapitalism
Fisher, Melissa S. (2012). Wall Street Women, 145. Story behind the Passage I got this book in the context of the work I did on business women’s biographies. There was a phase when I was really into this and women’s leadership in general. In fact, people continuously associated the topic with me. At some point, I…
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Book Of The Week Die Bekenntnisse Des Heiligen Augustinus
Augustinus, Übersetzung von Otto F. Lachmann (1888/401). Die Bekenntnisse des heiligen Augustinus. Story behind the Book Choice Ja, schon wieder ein Buch auf Deutsch und ja, schon wieder schreibe ich in deutscher Sprache. Mittlerweile wird sehr deutlich, dass auch dieser mein Blog zumindest in weiten Teilen dem gleicht, was ich heute bespreche. Die Bekenntnisse des…
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Marrying Rich
Austen, Jane (1992/1813). Pride and Prejudice, 85. Story behind the Passage Today in a tremendously illuminating meeting for me someone suggested, as one alternative among some others, that I could also marry someone who is rich. That would obviously solve all financial issues one can have, at least in comparison to some other alternatives that…
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History And Change
Ansary, Tamim (2002). West of Kabul, East of New York: An Afghan American Story, 50. Story behind the Passage Yesterday, my mother drew a remarkable conclusion when talking about a documtentary she had seen about Afghanistan in the 1970s. She said: “They just do not want progress these Taliban. That is always the thing in these…
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Hard Times
Dickens, Charles (1994/1854). Hard Times, 18. Story behind the Passage Yesterday, I talked to a soldier and at some point while we were into stays abroad, he said the following sentence: “Certain experiences change you forever.” I knew what he was talking about and he knew that I knew. It is because I have experienced it.…