Kategorie: Allgemein
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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…
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Selling Lemons
Akerlof, George A. (1970). “The Market for ‘Lemons’: Quality Uncertainty and the Market Mechanism, 488. Story behind the Passage Again, I have to stress that I am losing track of all my blog topics. I swear I once thought about writing about the lemon paper above, which is a classic in economics. But I am…
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Bodyless
Kugle, Scott (2007). Sufis & Saints‘ Bodies: Mysticism, Corporeality, & Sacred Power in Islam, 24. Story behind the Passage No, this post is not about some overused diet, as you might guess now based on the title. Body and mind form a spiritual union but you might not believe in that anymore based on today’s world….
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Bird Miracle
Kesey, Ken (2012/1962). One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Story behind the Passage Some days are crazy — and some days are even crazier. Today was a medium-crazy day. And it was awesome because life took its course. I got to rescue a bird. Well, we do not know yet whether or not he/she will make it. But…
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The Philosophy Of Brokerage
Slater, Robert (1996). Geldanlage mit George Soros, 110. Story behind the Passage Somehow, money is playing a huge role in my conversations these days. I do not mean my money or me making money. It is the topic. Today, for example, we discussed Bitcoin in my class and I was pretty proud of my students who…
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The Disunity Of Science
Slingerland, Edward (2008). What Science Offers the Humanities: Integrating Body and Culture, 69. Story behind the Passage Whenever I make big leaps in terms of personal growth, science gradually plays a more important role. This in and of itself is “growth” because when I was younger, I did not care about science at all. Not that…
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Book Of The Week Curiosity Kept Me Striving
Helfritz, Hans (2007). Curiosity Kept Me Striving: Hans Helfritz in Yemen 1931–1935. Story behind the Book Choice It is a challenge for people like us to not get on a plane for more than a year. Yes, of course, some people still travel all the time. For them, Covid hardly exists anymore. Still, I decided…
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Cleaning Up
Küstenmacher, Werner Tiki, with Lothar J. Seiwert (2006/2001). Simplify Your Life: Einfacher und glücklicher leben, 46. Story behind the Passage My small car accident last week was a wake-up call. It told me that I should be paying attention to something again — something crucial. Whenever these wake-up calls happen, we do not know what exactly they want…
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News
Iyengar, Shanto, and Donald R. Kinder (1987). News That Matters: Television and American Opinion, 127. Story behind the Passage When watching the news today, I realized that I am not watching it attentively anymore as I had once used to. Now, this one sentence already poses a lot of miracles, right? What is “news,” what does…
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Between Ambition And Arrogance There Is Self Confidence
Schmidt, Silke (2021). Narrative Change Management in American Studies: A Pragmatic Reading, 360. Story behind the Passage Today I am actually quoting from my own book. I just have to because this post is going to be the answer to a question I received about it. I started at least five different attempts to reply to…