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“A very little key will open a very heavy door” (Charles Dickens, Hunted Down)
Workers saying “Thanks, but no thanks”
Bloomberg Businessweek checked out the latest in people leaving the workforce. That phenomenon called "the Great Resignation" apparently is global. Main point: "Around the world, millions of people are rethinking how they work and live—and how to better balance the...
Business continuity: Responding to risks
After reading about weather disasters and other events that destroy lives and disrupt businesses, I thought I'd refresh my knowledge of business continuity practices. Here are some notes from a business continuity course from Project Management Institute. Image from...
Is news of Christianity’s decline premature?
Via Facebook and the Washington Post, when God is rejected in one place, He goes somewhere else: While rising numbers of “nones” — those who claim no religious affiliation when asked — claim the attention of religious pundits, the world tells a different story....
Don’t fix it if you don’t know why it was made that way to begin with
Via Chesterton.org, a useful principle about change and reform: “The more modern type of reformer goes gaily up to it and says, ‘I don’t see the use of this; let us clear it away.’ To which the more intelligent type of reformer will do well to answer: ‘If you don’t...
Don’t fix it if you don’t know why it was made that way to begin with
Via Chesterton.org, a useful principle about change and reform: “The more modern type of reformer goes gaily up to it and says, ‘I don’t see the use of this; let us clear it away.’ To which the more intelligent type of reformer will do well to answer: ‘If you don’t...
Why write in your books
Via Brain Pickings, the importance of writing in your books: “[Marginalia is] simply too essential a canvas for digesting and disputing concepts, too key a voice box for our inner monologue about the world of words and ideas.”
Why write in your books
Via Brain Pickings, the importance of writing in your books: “[Marginalia is] simply too essential a canvas for digesting and disputing concepts, too key a voice box for our inner monologue about the world of words and ideas.”
Virginia Woolf on reading
Via Brain Pickings, a recap of Virginia Woolf’s advice on how to read a book: “Woolf — an eloquent champion of the joy of reading — considers reading not a means to some intellectual end, but an intellectual and creative reward in itself.”Amazon.com Widgets