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Surrendering to Whom?

It is a cornerstone of many religions and spiritual practices to prescribe surrendering to God or his representative. For instance, in the Catholic religion, it is the Pope. His decision is final and to be adhered to. In India, there is a proliferation of Gurus who claim that they know God’s will and people follow…

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How to Manage with Love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIH0B... Just thinking, Ichak Kalderon Adizes

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Why Bad Ideas Are Good Ideas

People often get upset when offered a poor solution to a problem. Some even become aggressive, critical. But notice, when someone proposes a bad idea, someone else will reject it and offer a better one instead. The bad idea stimulated a good one. The reaction to a bad idea can generate a good idea.  You don’t…

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Thinking Versus Feeling

Reasoning is one way of thinking. Feeling is another. You process information (think) both when you reason and when you feel, but it is not the same process. When you feel, your thoughts might be disorganized and may not follow a logical path. When you reason, there is a logical sequential processing of data analysis…

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The Value of a Sabbath

On the seventh day of creation, God rested.  God, the most powerful entity and the creator of everything, got tired. He needed rest.  Who among us is more powerful than God and does not need to rest? But what is it that needs to rest? Not only do the muscles of the hands or legs.…

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What Should Marketing Be?

Traditional marketing theory promotes the four Ps: Product, Price, Promotion, and Place. I suggest that this definition focuses on what marketing does or how it is carried out, but it does not spell the purpose of marketing, the why. Let me try and use an analogy to deliver this insight.  How do we get wheat? First, we must have a level ground…

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Corona Missed Opportunity

Over the decades, society has sought economic growth at the expense of the environment and our quality of life. Granted, the standard of living has improved, but our quality of life has worsened. Stress. Pollution. Overcrowding. Alienation. All results of a mad dash for materialistic assets. For developed countries, it is high time for a…

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The Pain of Overdevelopment

In the old Sephardic language Judeo-Español, there is an expression my mother used to say: todu que es demasiado no vale. Translation: anything that is too much is no good. I was eating dinner with a famous doctor and jokingly asked, “While you are standing on one foot, tell me, what is health all about? In a…

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Hear, Listen, Feel

The Jewish people expelled from Spain in 1492 spoke a language called Ladino or Judeo-Español, a language I speak. In Ladino, there is one word for ‘to hear,’ ‘to listen,’ and ‘to feel:’ sentir. Just one word captures all three meanings. There are still remnants  in modern Spanish and other romance languages that sentir had all three meanings: A…

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Employees Versus Volunteers

Employees are different from volunteers.  Volunteers, by definition, do not get paid. They work because they want to. They are motivated. They have a desire to contribute, to be involved. On the other hand, it is assumed that employees must perform, whether motivated or not, because they are being paid to do the job, and…

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