Kategorie: Allgemein
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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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Mirrors
Plath, Sylvia (1971/1961). “Mirror.” Story behind the Passage It is very easy to explain again how this topic and the poem made it to my blog today. In the past days, I heard the term “mirror” at least five times from three different people in many different contexts. The thing is, I am getting sick…
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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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Business Women And Identity
Kwolek-Folland, Angel (1994). Engendering Business: Men and Women in the Corporate Office, 1. Story behind the Passage “All this neo-liberal terminology, we should get rid of it altogether.“ This is what self-declared critical thinkers like to say. You know what, I understand all the critical thinking but the point is, it is also getting on my…
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Writing Ads
Frome, Shelley (2009). The Art and Craft of Screenwriting: Fundamentals, Methods Advice from Insiders, 214. Story behind the Passage Yesterday in my Social Entrepreneurship class we talked about THINX and Miki Agrawal’s book. No worries, the semester is going to be over soon and I am not going to start that many more posts with…
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Book Of The Week The Time Of My Life
Swayze, Patrick, and Lisa Niemi (2009). The Time of My Life. Story behind the Book Choice There is no actor I identify so much with as Patrick Swayze. I know this sounds stupid because, after all, I never him, neither did I watch many of his movies. But his life path always fascinated me whenever I…
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Gatsby
Fitzgerald, F. Scott (1994/1926). The Great Gatsby, 188. Story behind the Passage Today I looked at the website of a colleague of mine from the U.S. Well, she is more of a successful role model in our business than a colleague. I looked at her work and I could see the American Dream behind it. What…