5 min read ⌚ How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage Most start-ups face difficulties early on. Creating value in an overly-competitive market is not as simple as ABC. Although building awareness is not child’s play, there is always something that you can do. In this book summary, we […]
Want to Get Great at Something? Get a Coach Summary
6 min read ⌚ Nothing new on the program today: once again, we talk about coaching and mentoring. Or, rather, the necessity of it. However, this time we’ll leave the subject where it’s most safe: in the hands of a surgeon, Atul Gawande. Unsurprisingly, he’s pretty precise and straightforward: Want to get great at something?” he […]
Democracy for Realists Summary
6 min read ⌚ Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government Hey, remember when we told you that the Ancient Greeks believed democracy to be the second worst way to organize a country? And, then, when we took, with Condoleezza Rice, the very opposing view, according to which it is humanity’s best way to counter totalitarianism. […]
You Don’t Have to Be an Expert to Solve Big Problems Summary
6 min read ⌚ “I’m no expert” shouldn’t be an excuse to avoid tackling a big problem. On the contrary – it should be a stimulus. Because, Tapiwa Chiwewe says in an inspirational 2017 TED Talk, “You Don’t Have to Be an Expert to Solve Big Problems.” Who Should Read “You Don’t Have to Be an […]
The New Financial Order Summary
5 min read ⌚ Risk in the Twenty-First Century Over the course of thousands of years, people did everything in their power to minimize the risks. Consciously or unconsciously, we strive to create a better living space, in which we can then indulge in leisure activities. To do so, you have to take every potential financial […]
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine Summary
6 min read ⌚ In “Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine,” Gail Honeyman unravels why you should never allow your past to define your present. And, even less, your future. Who Should Read “Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine”? And Why? Roy Orbison would say – only the lonely. Because, after all – especially if you trust the […]
The Dead Summary – James Joyce
6 min read ⌚ The Dead by James Joyce is one of the most haunting short stories ever written. Read it – and we guarantee you that you’ll end up listening “The Lass of Aughrim” on repeat. Already curious? Who Should Read “The Dead”? And Why? If you have never read anything from Joyce – shame […]
Ulysses Summary – James Joyce
6 min read ⌚ By acclamation, “Ulysses” by James Joyce all but dwarfs almost all other works of literature written during the past century. Find out what the fuss is all about. Who Should Read “Ulysses”? And Why? Just like, say, Woolf’s “The Lighthouse,” or Faulkner’s “The Sound and Fury,” “Ulysses” employs a stream-of-consciousness technique, which makes […]
A Healthy Economy Should Be Designed to Thrive, Not Grow Summary
4 min read ⌚ Ever since the Stone Age, people used their craftiness to build various tools to help them in the struggle for survival. From a genetic standpoint, the urge within a human-mind has always been the main trigger which prompts us to take action and grow. In the modern age, we failed to allocate […]
This Side of Paradise Summary
5 min read ⌚ Published in 1920, “This Side of Paradise” is the debut novel of F. Scott Fitzgerald. And, to quote an early review, it is a great study “of the contemporary American in adolescence and young manhood.” The fascinating thing: It seems that, even a century later, not that much has changed for a twenty-year-old […]
