Kategorie: Allgemein
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Friendship Bread
Amish Friendship Bread Starter Recipe {Hints for Storing and Using this Sweet Sourdough} (tastesoflizzyt.com) Story behind the Passage My next-door neighbor called me today. She said, she wanted to give me the dough for “friendship cake.” I had never heard about such a thing before but since she knows that I am very much into…
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Book Of The Week Philosophy And Logic Of Quantum Physics
Dapprich, Jan Philipp, and Annika Schuster (2016). Philosophy and Logic of Quantum Physics: An Investigation of the Metaphysical and Logical Implications of Quantum Physics. Story behind the Book Choice Today, I am entering new territory. I am going to write about something that I really have no clue about (yet). Or, at least, very little. The…
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Visionary Leadership Living In The Future Reading About The Past
Dogru, Caglar, ed. (2020). Leadership Styles, Innovation, and Social Entrepreneurship in the Era of Digitalization, 9. Story behind the Passage I am thinking a lot about how much I ignored the fact that people think differently. This sounds quite stupid, right? Is it not self-evident that we all think differently, especially to someone who talks…
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Digital Thinking
Dix, Alan. “Digital Thinking: See the World with Digital Eyes.” Story behind the Passage Some insights change your thinking irreversibly. For me, this was the case when I finally discovered the full magnitude of what digital technology can do (I wrote about this before). Since then, everything I had previously thought of as smart or important…
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Book Of The Week The Ultimate Hitchhiker S Guide To The Galaxy 1
Adams, Douglas (2002/1979). The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Story behind the Book Choice It is pretty simple. The more you get into tech, the more you are interested in the future — or what the future looked like to people in the past. Hence, you end up with science fiction. Actually, when I bought my “new”…
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Writing Change
Sinclair, Upton (2003/1906). The Jungle, n.p. Story behind the Passage Upton Sinclair was a muckraker — one of the investigative journalists in the 20th century who uncovered social evils, especially in the economic sphere. I wish I had never read this book and others from the period. Not, because I did not like them. I loved these books…
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Sparks
Wehrle, Martin (2010). Die 100 besten Coaching-Übungen: Das große Workbook für Einsteiger und Profis zur Entwicklung der eigenen Coaching-Fähigkeiten. Story behind the Passage The title of the book choice today is actually real bullshit in light of the passage above. Is that a bit too critical? Well, of course, but let me explain. I opened…
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1001 Blog Posts Sheherazade S Legacy
Darraj, Susan Muaddi, ed. (2004). Sheherazade’s Legacy: Arab and Arab American Women on Writing, 3. Story behind the Passage This morning I woke up and I had an idea: What if I continued my blogging challenge beyond my self-set target of 365 days? What if I extended it to 1001 blog posts? Is that crazy? Is…
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Second Third Fourth Careers
Drucker, Peter F. (2008/1999). “Managing Oneself.” Harvard Business Review Classics, 47. Story behind the Passage Yes, I talk about change all the time. But sometimes I have the feeling — I am either missing out on changing my life or I am changing my life all the time without me even noticing it! As I said to…
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Framing Our Minds
Scheufele, Dietram A. (1999). “Framing as a Theory of Media Effects.” Journal of Communication, 103–22, 2016. Story behind the Passage “It is all about your mindset,” a dear friend of mine said yesterday. Of course, I know this. But, after all, you are only inside your own head, right? So, we can learn all the techniques…