A glance along the crowded booths on Spitalgasse tells the story. The shoppers walk hesitantly from one stall to the next, discovering what each shop sells. Here is tobacco, but where is mustard seed? Here are sugar beets, but where is cod? Here is goat’s milk, but where is sassafras? These are not tourists in…
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I bargained with Life for a penny, And Life would pay no more, However I begged at evening When I counted my scanty store; For Life is just an employer, He gives you what you ask, But once you have set the wages, Why, you must bear the task. I worked for a menial’s hire,…
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I seem to enjoy breakup songs – certainly not for the breakup itself, but because of how those songs portray the few key moments we actually become self-aware enough to confront our own contradictions and ask questions that take on a more practical view of life. I especially love Amy Lee’s lyrics, and more than a great singer,…
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Ben Horowitz‘s perspective on management is one of my favorites on the subject. There are numerous materials about management that present the leadership of an organization as a sort of science, “…here’s what you do, and that’s what you get…“, but, much like a battlefield, this is hardly the way it plays in real life…
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