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Political language -- and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists -- is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. One cannot change this all in a moment, but one can at least change
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Se trate de Messi o de un sinpapeles. El fenómeno es universal. Quien haya vivido fuera de su país conoce bien el dilema de ser extranjero en su tierra de adopción y también -cuando regrese- en su propia tierra. los esencialistas [nacionalistas] sólo le dejan dos opciones: sobreactuar su identidad
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via The Management Myth What they don’t seem to teach you in business school is that “the five forces” and “the seven Cs” and every other generic framework for problem solving are heuristics: they can lead you to solutions, but they cannot make you think. Case studies may provide
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Fact: Margins at the DVD business are expected to be around 50 per cent next quarter, and account for four-fifths of domestic profit. Margins for streaming are at about 8 per cent. Strategy: Heavier focus on streaming.
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via Tony Judt: We speak and write badly because we don't feel confident in what we think and are reluctant to assert it unambiguously.
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Following his nomination for the Prince of Asturias award. Poetry comes from a place that no one commands, that no one conquers. So I feel somewhat like a charlatan to accept an award for an activity which I do not command. In other words, if I knew where the good
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via NYTimes.com : But the school’s chief teaching tools are anything but high-tech: pens and paper, knitting needles and, occasionally, mud. Not a computer to be found. No screens at all. They are not allowed in the classroom, and the school even frowns on their use at home.
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Food for thought on the topic of work and non-work, and the false dichotomy between work and life. via The Road to Wigan Pier: There are in fact very few activities which cannot be classed either as work or play according as you choose to regard them. The labourer
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via The Management Myth As I plowed through my shelfload of bad management books, I beheld a discipline that consists mainly of unverifiable propositions and cryptic anecdotes, is rarely if ever held accountable, and produces an inordinate number of catastrophically bad writers. It was all too familiar. There are, however,
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via FT.com: But now the term seems to have slipped free of its mathematical moorings altogether: living “exponentially” involves having “quality time with yourself” and “living in your own truth”. Speaking from the vantage point of my own truth, I find some things are truer than others. Truest of
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Almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to
meetings
1. Never have a meeting without a clear agenda. 2. Invite as few people as possible. 3. Set a 30 minute timer. When it rings, meeting's over. via