Kategorie: Allgemein
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Bouncing
Dora the Explorer. Bouncing Ball. Story behind the Passage Feeling empty. My Learnings Bouncing like a rubber ball. Thrown to the ground. Smashing your head. Shooting into the opposite direction. Bounce, bounce, bounce. Who catches me? A short grasp. Then falling again. Smashing on the ground. Bounce, bounce, bounce. Insights come and go. Another catcher in…
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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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Two Shot Rule
English Pool at Rileys Story behind the Passage “Thank you for your understanding.” You know that phrase, right? How often do you hear it when you actually have little to no understanding? Yes, this is exactly what I need to talk about today. There is a simple story behind this topic. I actually violated one my…
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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…
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Creative Junkie
Zoo Station: The Story of Christiane F. (2013/1978). Story behind the Passage There are people who want to move on, get out of their comfort zone — learn. And there are people who learned early in life that, whenever they have some idea, other people can implement it. They watch, they cheer, they are proud of the…
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Lighting A Fire
Attributed to William Butler Yeats Story behind the Passage I attended an online workshop today. It was interdisciplinary but very literary-studies-scholar dominated. It was kind of a reverse culture shock for me. If you are used to working so much with so many different disciplines (theory and practice), always in the in-between, you kind of forget…
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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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Democracy
Follett, Mary Parker (1998/1918). The New State: Group Organization the Solution of Popular Government, 142. Story behind the Passage On a day like this one when the German chancellor publicly admits that she made a MISTAKE — one has to write about democracy. It is so interesting to observe what pandemics do to political systems and cultures.…
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Coming Of Age
Cuddon, J. A. (1999). Dictionary of Literary Terms & Literary Theory, 81–82. Story behind the Passage It is quite revealing to learn that everything has a time. All innovations have their time. I always think back of Steve Jobs in this context. Had he invented the iPhone or even the Mac many years earlier, there would…