Kategorie: Allgemein
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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…
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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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Studying Patience
Sutter, Matthias (2014). Die Entdeckung der Geduld: Ausdauer schlägt Talent, 10. Story behind the Passage More or less accidentally, I just read the book by Matthias Sutter. I had just intended to look up a few passages but then I went through it all. It was easily possible because it is a collection of some of…
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Book Of The Week Be As You Are
Godman, David, ed. (2017/1985). Be As YOU Are: The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi. Story behind the Book Choice If you are not into spirituality, this book and therefore this post is not for you. As Sri Maharshi would probably say now (well, he would not speak but maybe write), not being in touch with…
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Book Of The Week Sacred Hoops Spiritual Lessons Of A Hardwood Warrior
Jackson, Phil and Hugh Delehanty (1995). Sacred Hoops: Spiritual Lessons of a Hardwood Warrior. Story behind the Book Choice I have no idea how I became aware of this book and when exactly I bought it. But I know exactly, why I bought it. Sports, leadership, and spirituality — these are the things that move me and at…
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Civil Disobedience In Memory Of The Covid Victims In Germany
Thoreau, Henry David (1962/1854). Walden and Other Writings, 103. Story behind the Passage Yesterday, Germany commemorated the 80,000 Covid victims. It was touching to listen to the talks of the family members. No, it was not just “touching.” I do not know if there is a word for what I felt. But I know what…