Kategorie: Allgemein
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World Book Day What You Mean To Me
Funke, Cornelia, translated by Anthea Bell (2005). Inkheart, 14. Story behind the Passage By mere chance, I discovered last week that today would be World Book Day. I do not know what that means to you. For me, it does not mean a lot, actually. That is because every day is World Book Day for…
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Book Of The Week Profit From The Positive
Greenberg, Margaret, and Senia Maymin (2013). profit from the positive: Proven Leadership Strategies to Boost Productivity. Story behind the Book Choice On some Sundays, I just know that I cannot make it through an entire novel or biography. This is when I choose non-fiction, particularly management and leadership literature. I still read the entire book — which…
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Scouts
West, James E., and William Hillcourt (1944). Scout Field Book, 371. Story behind the Passage This morning when I walked the dog, I heard the boy scouts sing. They are camping in the neighborhood. For hours afterwards, I had this earworm in my mind. Here is the refrain of the song: Ich bin ein gemeiner, zerlumpter…
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Better Than A Lemonade Stand Maybe
Bernstein, Daryl (2012). Better Than a Lemonade Stand: Small Business Ideas for Kids, v. Story behind the Passage Today I had a meeting with people who have nothing to do with business. And I really mean nothing. The reason why I am stressing this so much is because it actually hit me quite late that they…
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Intellectual Trouble
Butler, Judith (1999/1990). Feminism and the Subversion of Identity, xi. Story behind the Passage Today in our feminist philosophy reading circle we read Butler’s Gender Trouble. We did not read it because I like reading Butler. Whenever you do something on gender ‘anything’ you still have to include her. Of course, this is bullshit. Nobody…
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Projection
Thun, Schulz von (2002). Miteinander Reden 1: Störungen und Klärungen. Allgemeine Psychologie der Kommunikation, 176. Story behind the Passage Asking questions is what people do who do not pursue any purpose. They ask because they know that the questions will lead somewhere. It only works if you really have no intention of getting anywhere in…
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Editorial Wer Was Zu Sagen Hat Wartet Nicht
Editorial: Wer was zu sagen hat, wartet nicht! Heute startet das neue Magazin für die Macher unter den Denkern Liebe Leser/innen, seit über einem Jahr haben diverse Hochschulzeitschriften Interesse an einem Artikel zur Anwendungsorientierung von mir. Diesen hatte ich nur wenige Wochen nach Erscheinen eines Papiers des Wissenschaftsrates zum Thema “Anwendungsorientierung in der Forschung” geschrieben, just…
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Book Of The Week Good To Great Part I
Collins, Jim (2001). Good to Great: Why some companies make the leap and others don’t. Story behind the Book Choice Today is one of these days again when I will not get through with the reading. But it does not matter. I got done with many other things today that are more important. Success is all…
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The Business Koan
Miura, Isshu, and Ruth Fuller Sasaki (1965). The Zen Koan: Its History and Use in Rinzai Zen, 5. Story behind the Passage I am struggling with a business problem again that keeps coming back. And today, it hit me completely unexpectedly. Whenever I think of so many other things that seem to be three steps beyond…
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The Prison Of Thinking
Davis, Angela Y. (2016). Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement. Story behind the Passage To say it straight away — the passage above by Davis has little to do with the topic of my poem today. Still, the two came together today. I discussed Davis in a reading group today…