Kategorie: Allgemein
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Sane Choices
Frankl, Viktor E. (2006/1959). Man’s Search for Meaning, 66. Story behind the Passage Before I say anything: Nobody in the “free world” nowadays has the right to compare his/her situation with the one of Viktor Frankl while he was in the concentration camp. So, I just want to make clear that anything I am going to…
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Flour Science
Ashokkumar, Yogambal (2012). Textbook of Bakerey and Confectionery, 19. Story behind the Passage You might not believe it but there are some things I love doing without ever approaching or reflecting them theoretically. That has mostly been the case with baking. I started baking more “seriously” while living in the U.S. in 2007/2008. Since then,…
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Book Of The Week Silent Spring Part Ii
Carson, Rachel (1962). Silent Spring. Story behind the Passage Last week, I did not make it through the Carson book. Today I did — kind of. I have to admit, the book is so dense and so full of profoundly researched examples that I was not able to read and digest every single one of them. But that…
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Oratory
Diggins, John Patrick (1989). The Proud Decades: America in War and Peace, 1941–1960, 292. Story behind the Passage Today I gave a talk at a conference together with a dear colleague of mine. I just had five minutes or so — but I used them. I had no idea what I was going to say beforehand. And…
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Existentialist Freedom
Beauvoir, Simone de (2009/1949). The Second Sex, 37. Story behind the Passage Today in my Feminist reading circle, we discussed Simone de Beauvoir’s Second Sex. I never read the whole thing before but as soon as I started reading the first chapters again in preparation for the course, I immediately felt catapulted back to the time…
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Overacademization And Ph D Titles
Keller, Morton, and Phyllis Keller (2001). Making Harvard Modern: The Rise of America’s University. Story behind the Passage Today in the morning, I received breaking news on my cell phone that went: “Minister for Family Affirs resigns from office.” This is not the first time that this happens to a leading politician. We have been…
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Processes Like Zippers
Paksoy, Turan et al., eds. (2019). Lean and Green Supply Chain Management: Optimization Models and Algorithms. Story behind the Passage Somehow, the past always comes back to you. Or maybe you make it come back. Whatever you believe in — it does not matter. Just enjoy whatever life allows you to encounter. And for me, this currently…
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Feeling Ready
Lelord, François (2010). Hector and the Search for Happiness. Story behind the Passage First, you discover that happiness is the thing you experience every day while you keep looking for it. Then you discover that everything you do to make you happy depends on the stories you tell yourself about yourself. As soon as you…
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The Voice
Murakami, Haruki (2011). What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, 19. Story behind the Passage On some days, there are simply no words left. How often do you have to tell people that writing is vision, mission, and method at the same time? Haruki Murakami is one of those writers who writes about writing….
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Addiction
Röhr, Heinz-Peter (2009). Wege aus der Abhängigkeit: Destruktive Beziehungen überwinden, 133. Story behind the Passage Yesterday, someone repeatedly mentioned the problem of addiction in a meeting when talking about present-day media use, particularly social media. I said that addiction stops the minute you realize that you do not need the drug to make you happy — that…