Kategorie: Allgemein
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Common Sense
Paine, Thomas (2003/1776). “Common Sense.” In: Common Sense, Rights of Man, and Other Essential Writings of Thomas Paine, 21. Story behind the Passage In a conversation today we talked about the fact that many businesses simply forget to listen to their clients. Even worse, they completely forget that clients should be at the center of everything…
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Special Sex Cars Underwear Playing With Guys Toys
Van Herk, A. (1998): No Fixed Address. An Amorous Journey. Alberta: Red Deer College Press, 132–33. Story behind the Essay I wrote the following piece on December 29, 2005, almost 15 years ago. The reason why I am sharing it today is because I want to write more about saleswomen in 2021. This is my New…
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Reading Games Players
Peterson, David B. and Mary Dee Hicks (1996). Leader as Coach: Strategies for Coaching and Developing Others, 56. Story behind the Passage Today I watched a documentary about Bastian Schweinsteiger, the German soccer player. It really moved me. It was done by the German film maker Til Schweiger. To me, the movie was another masterpiece of…
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Solving Problems But Which Ones
Oxford Dictionary of Business and Management (2009), 441. Story behind the Passage What can you do best? The answer to this question is the basis of your business. There is only one problem: If your best skill is problem solving, you need to know which problems you solve best. Or is this question not important at…
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Mega Bullshit And Our Value Crisis
Frankfurt, Harry (2005). On Bullshit. Story behind the Passage It was maybe five years ago when I visited a conference on “Rethinking Management.” A keynote speaker from the UK gave a lecture on the topic of “Bullshit.” This is also when I learned about the original work by Harry Frankfurt On Bullshit. I immediately bought…
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Reading Body Language
Molcho, Samy (1998/1983). Körpersprache, 158–59. Story behind the Passage Today, I recorded my first zebra podcast with an entrepreneurial colleague of mine. He is an expert in communication and that is, of course, what made me think of Samy Molcho today. I have no idea at what age I learned about him. As far as…
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Introverted Output
Cain, Susan (2013). Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, 71. Story behind the Passage I am running the risk of repeating myself by being a bit critical about the current status of social, political, and business affairs. Still, I have to talk about all this again. Someone today mentioned that…
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Learning Detachment
Chopra, Deepak (2007/1994). The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Pocketbook Guide to Fulfilling Your Dreams, 80. Story behind the Passage The best things come to your life when you do not expect them. Does that sound familiar? If yes, you have one ability that sets you apart from all those who never experience this mystery…
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Selling And Choosing Life Stories
Eaking, Paul John (2008). Living Autobiographically: How We Create Identity in Narrative, 147. Story behind the Passage Around Christmas and New Year’s, German TV stations show these old movies and series. You can even watch famous fairy tales by the Grimm Brothers. It is funny how they continue showing them. I bet, there must be…
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Book Of The Week Elizabeth Arden
Shuker, Nancy (2001). Elizabeth Arden: Beauty Empire Builder. Story behind the Book Choice If you want to learn how women became tycoons, there is no way around the beauty business. This already explains a lot about one of the most fundamental principles of business: solving problems while also sensing a market behind the products you are…