Starting Out
Hannah Arendt on action, story, history and invisible hands
The basic error of all materialism in politics — and this materialism is not Marxian and not even modern in origin, but as old as… Read More »Hannah Arendt on action, story, history and invisible hands
Hannah Arendt on speech and action, equality and distinction
Human plurality, the basic condition of both action and speech, has the twofold character of equality and distinction. If men were not equal, they could… Read More »Hannah Arendt on speech and action, equality and distinction
Recommendation: Matheus Portela on Double Entry Bookkeeping
At its core, accounting is about keeping track of countable things over time. Some of the oldest documents archelogists have found register quantities in old… Read More »Recommendation: Matheus Portela on Double Entry Bookkeeping
Discovery Deal Delivery Development
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The speed of the road
How fast you can go depends in part upon the road. You need to ride differently through an alleyway – with sudden turns, open drains,… Read More »The speed of the road
Seth Godin, Bluebird and everybody else
Here’s Seth Godin:
Building the Future in Twelve Easy Pieces
The five– make that the twelve things you need to build an effective organisation for change:
Michael Gerber and the E-Myth: Entrepreneurial Seizures, The Fatal Assumption, and the Technician’s Nightmare
If you’re building an organisation and haven’t read The E-Myth yet [amazon], here’s a start: The Entrepreneurial Seizure To understand the E-Myth and the misunderstanding… Read More »Michael Gerber and the E-Myth: Entrepreneurial Seizures, The Fatal Assumption, and the Technician’s Nightmare
The Unicorn of Despair: Tim Urban on intergenerational differences in defining success
“Sure,” Lucy has been taught, “everyone will go and get themselves some fulfilling career, but I am unusually wonderful and as such, my career and… Read More »The Unicorn of Despair: Tim Urban on intergenerational differences in defining success