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Madeleine cakes and memories
April 15, 2016One of the master works of the 20th century, and one of my personal favorite novels, is À la recherche...
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Connecting the dots
April 8, 2016Steve Jobs’ now famous 2005 Stanford commencement address consisted of three brief personal stories, one of which he called...
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How to find meaning in seemingly meaningless work
April 1, 2016Camus’ philosophical essay Le mythe de Sisyphe ends with these words: “La lutte elle-même vers les sommets suffit à remplir un...
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How existential philosophy made me a better manual worker
March 24, 2016Sometimes, when I remark that I have always enjoyed manual labor, friends and colleagues comment that it is relatively...
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Reasons to Smile at Work
March 17, 2016These days, several elements seem to be conspiring to encourage me to extend our “visit” to the winery of...
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Philosophy as Food for Life
March 11, 2016This week, I happened upon an article in the New York Times entitled “Philosophy’s True Home”. The author, Scott Soames, is...
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The Value of Rekindling your Past
March 4, 2016I often joke with colleagues, clients, and friends that we human beings need to learn the same lessons over...
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The road to self-engagement: we are free to shape our worlds
February 12, 2016Throughout my career, both in business and as a teacher, I have encouraged people to explore a diversity of subjects in...
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The road to self-engagement: part 1
February 5, 2016As we have seen in the recent example of Captain Abrashoff and the crew of the Benfold, effective leaders can engage...
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Attitude determines altitude: lessons to guide your life
January 29, 2016This week, I had a bit of a difficult time deciding what to post about. There is certainly a...