Kategorie: Allgemein
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Mentors And Egos
Walley, Pauline (2006). School of Mentoring and Leadership I: The Act of Mentoring — Stirring Up, Activating and Imparting Talents and Abilities for Effectiveness, 39. Story behind the Passage There are some lessons in life that you have to learn the hard way. Well, practically all real lessons are learned that way, I guess. I actually learned…
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Holding On
Ameruoso, Timo (2018). Zum Aufgeben ist es zu spät: Fünf Dinge, die Pferde uns über das Leben lehren, 108. Story behind the Passage The horse ran away today. We were taking a walk, there was a helicopter going back and forth in the air, she did not behave well at all, eating grass along the way,…
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Thinking Of Women S Stories
Dirie, Waris (1998). Desert Flower, 342. Story behind the Passage In case you have not noticed it yet: Today is International Women’s Day. Berlin actually has an official holiday to celebrate the occasion. I have not participated in any Women’s Day-related events today. I do not even know which events I could have participated in. But…
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Intercultural Perspectives
Webber, Irma E. (1978). So sieht’s aus: Ein Buch über Gesichtspunkte, 61. Story behind the Passage On some days, you just understand how blind you have been for such a long time. And then, as soon as you found out about this, there is not much more to say. This is why I have chosen…
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Impostor Not Just A Women S Problem
Parkman, Anna (2016). “The Imposter Phenomenon in Higher Education: Incidence and Impact.” Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice 16.1: 51. Story behind the Passage Some women are really going to hate me for what I am writing today but so be it. I am sick of listening to so many ‘problems’ that — supposedly — are women’s problems. Yes,…
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Special Dear Gaas 3 Pragmatic Suggestions
About the DGfA/GAAS — Deutsche Gesellschaft für Amerikastudien Story behind the Passage This Special should not have been written. But I could not resist. I received a New Year’s Letter from the German Association for American Studies (GAAS) this past week that brought the entire issue to my attention again. I am not going to write about…
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Book Of The Week 100 Million Hair Ties And A Vodka Tonic
Trelles-Tvede, Sophie (2020). 100 Million Hair Ties and a Vodka Tonic an Entrepreneur’s Story. Story behind the Book Choice My story today is going to be very simple because it is very short. Well, short is not always simple, to the contrary. Still, in this case, brevity is a matter of making the writing easier…
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Bureaucracy And Power
Gerth, H. H., and C. Wright Mills, eds. (2009). From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology, 232. Story behind the Passage There is no way of doing justice to Max Weber in one short blog post — so I am not even going to try. I simply have to write about the topic today because it is increasingly…
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Life Writing Changes Lives
Koelbl, Susanne (2019). Behind the Kingdom’s Veil: Inside the New Saudi Arabia under Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, 260–61. Story behind the Passage Yes, I discussed Susanne Koelbl’s book Behind the Veil before (“Unveiling the Paradox”) but I have to write about it again today. This is not because I want to write about Saudi Arabia…
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Book Of The Week 100 Million Hair Ties And A Vodka Tonic Part Ii
Trelles-Tvede, Sophie (2020). 100 Million Hair Ties and a Vodka Tonic An Entrepreneur’s Story. Story behind the Book Choice Last week, I started discussing Sophie Trelles-Tvede’s book about the founding and expansion of invisibobbles but I did not get through with the reading (Part I). That is obviously why I have to do my remaining…