From “Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation” by Steven Johnson A metropolis shares one key characteristic with the Web: both environments are dense, liquid networks where information easily flows along multiple unpredictable paths. Those interconnections nurture great ideas, because most great ideas come into the world half-baked, more hunch than revelation. […]
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From “Listening to Your Life: Daily Meditations with Frederick Buechner” by Frederick Buechner WHEN YOU REMEMBER me, it means that you have carried something of who I am with you, that I have left some mark of who I am on who you are. It means that you can summon me back to your mind
From “Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation” by Parker J. Palmer We arrive in this world with birthright gifts – then we spend the first half of our lives abandoning them or letting others disabuse us of them. As young people, we are surrounded by expectations that may have little to
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From “The Language of the Soul: Meeting God in the Longings of Our Hearts” by Jeff Crosby A powerful line from Palmer’s book A Hidden Wholeness retained with me on that journey: “We arrive in this world undivided, integral, whole,” he wrote. “But sooner or later, we erect a wall between our inner and outer
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From “Life Worth Living: A Guide to What Matters Most” by Miroslav Volf, Matthew Croasmun, and Ryan McAnnally-Linz Is life more like poker or more like war? How much maneuvering room do the “rules” of life give us? It’s hard to say. There are serious arguments on both sides. But regardless of where on the
From “The Speed of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything” by Stephen M. R. Covey Myth: Trust is soft. Reality: Trust is hard, real, and quantifiable. It measurably affects both speed and cost. Myth: Trust is slow. Reality: Nothing is as fast as the speed of trust. Myth: Trust is built solely on integrity.
From “Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation” by Steven Johnson The most striking discovery in Dunbar’s study turned out to be the physical location where most of the important breakthroughs occurred. With a science like molecular biology, we inevitably have an image in our heads of the scientist alone in the
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I really like this article by one of favorite authors, Adam Grant: “Why Brainstorming Doesn’t Work“. I will gladly admit – when I was younger, I really loved brainstorming sessions. They were very energizing; they allowed a team to all get together and work on an important issue; they allowed each person the opportunity to
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