Kategorie: Allgemein
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Work With Passion
Lelord, Hector (2008). Hector und die Entdeckung der Zeit, 101. Story behind the Passage What is it that you could be doing for 12 hours a day and never get tired of it? I know what this is in my life but the trouble starts when you find out that this in and of itself cannot…
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Broken Elites
Herles, Benedikt (2015). Die Kaputte Elite: Ein Schadensbericht aus unseren Führungsetagen, 136–37. Story behind the Passage Yes, it is not nice to choose a German book again for a blog in English. Still, I decided in favor of this one today because I am constantly being confronted with the issue of elites — or rather with their…
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Book Of The Week The Richest Man In Babylon
Clason, George S. (1988/1926). The Richest Man in Babylon. Story behind the Book Choice Today is the 100th blog entry anniversary. So far, I have been doing quite well. I enjoy writing on a daily basis. But is blogging for money making? Certainly not, although you write all these articles about “how to make money with…
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Book Of The Week Der Kleine Kaempfer
Doppler, Klaus (2009). Der kleine Kämpfer und sein Weg ins Glück. Story behind the Book Choice This short book is a treasure. It touched me, it intrigued me, it comforted me. And there is no reason, why it would not do this for others. This book was a gift I gave myself for Christmas. As I…
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Courage Is More Important Than Genius
Thiel, Peter, with Blake Masters (2014). Zero to One: Notes on Startups or How to Build the Future, 5. Story behind the Passage On some days, writing is fucking hard. It does not happen to me very often but it does. The only thing that makes you go on when something is hard is habit. Habit…
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Seeing The Element Inside
Robinson, Ken (2009). The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything, 3. Story behind the Passage The story above touched me so much when I first heard about it that I keep writing and talking about it in different contexts. I am writing “heard” about it because, as far as I remember, I first watched…
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Blitzscaling Is Not Our Story Part Ii Baby Steps Are
www.history.com Story behind the Passage This morning I made the decision to write a follow-up to yesterday’s story because I was not done in a way. I had talked about how the concept of blitzscaling (Reid Hoffman), i.e., super-fast company growth, does not fit into the European/German narrative of entrepreneurship. Today I want to focus…
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Apprenticeship Versus University Education
Coyle, Daniel (2010). The Talent Code: Greatness Isn’t Born, It’s Grown, 64. Story behind the Passage I think a lot about education these days. In fact, I always think about education because it is my life — whether I like it or not. It has taken me up to the present to actually realize and acknowledge this because…
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Trump The Talking Doing Gap And American Studies
Sass, Steven A. (1982). The Pragmatic Imagination: A History of the Wharton School 1881–1981, 293. Story behind the Passage Of course, I have to write about the U.S. election today. But I am not going to write about it in the way that people have been talking about it on TV all day, i.e., about…
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My Story As A Bystander
Drucker, Peter F. (1994). Adventures of a Bystander, 81. Story behind the Passage Peter Drucker is my hero. I told you before when I discussed a passage from one of his other books (“Management by Objectives”). Do we need heroes? Sure! We all do. Humans love heroes. From childhood onwards, we keep looking for heroes.…