Month: August 2025
Viva la Repartee: Clever Comebacks and Witty Retorts from History’s Great Wits and Wordsmiths Mardy Grothe Collins/An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers (2005) Viva Grothe!Those who have already read Grothe’s Oxymoronica will thoroughly enjoy this volume in which he shifts his attention from…
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Fusion Strategy: How Real-Time Data and AI Will Power the Industrial Future Vijay Govindarajan and Venkat Venkatraman Harvard Business Review Press (March 2024) How and why digitizing the industrial world really matters At the outset of this brilliant book, Vijay…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Max Boot for The Washington Post. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit: Gavril Grigorov/AP * * * The president’s desperation…
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When food is frozen slowly, at temperatures near the freezing point, ice crystals form within the animal or vegetable cells; when the food thaws, cellular fluid leaks from the damaged tissue, giving the food a mushy or dry consistency. Rapid…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Ivanka Visnjic and Ronnie Leten for Harvard Business Review. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit: …
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Becoming mindful of the common cognitive distortions will help you understand yourself and other people better, and improve your decision-making. Here is an excerpt from an article by Alice Boyes for Psychology Today. To read the complete article, check out others, and…
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Oxymoronica: Paradoxical Wit & Wisdom From History’s Greatest Wordsmiths Mardy Grothe Harper/An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers (2004) “I never said what I said.” Yogi Berra One of my best friends had an aunt — her name was Ginny — who,…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Frank Martela and Jukka Luoma for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR email alerts, please click here. Credit: Sergio Delle Vedove/Getty Images…
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Athena, Goddess of wisdom…and war The most valuable insights are not gender-specific. For example, from Oscar Wilde: “Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.” No doubt some are more relevant to women than they are to men. These are among…
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‘Fleetwood Mac’ at 50: A Marvel of Serendipity and Perfectionism
Here is an excerpt from an article written by Jon Pareles for The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out others, sign up for email alerts, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration Credit: Silver Screen…
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