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Take Off Your Shirt
There was a delightfully odd moment during a recent Oklahoma State game. A fan named Trent Eaton made his way to an empty section of …
Enough
Two famous authors were chatting at a glamorous party on New York’s Shelter Island – Kurt Vonnegut and Joseph Heller (of Catch-22 fame). Vonnegut tells …
The Two Headed Horse
Remember that time your best friend gave a toast at your birthday dinner? Remember how it was perfect? Nostalgic stories, inside jokes, the whole nine. …
Ben, Jerry, and the Myth of Company Values
It’s no longer Ben & Jerry’s. Apparently, it’s now just Ben’s. A few weeks ago, Jerry Greenfield resigned from the legendary ice cream company he …
Life is a Feast, Not a Recipe
“First, I studied this subject at this university. Then, I entered the corporate world as a consultant for this firm – but my work life …
What the Tea Leaves Show Us About Leadership
Before modern plumbing, drinking from your local stream was a coin toss with cholera. So civilizations got creative. The Germans brewed beer. The Vikings made …
Script or Sprezzatura?
Something’s off at Starbucks. You notice it the moment you walk in to grab your favorite drink order. The Barista locks eyes, making prolonged eye …
The Antidote for “Cornflake Brain”
On Instagram, Tokyo-based entrepreneur, Aziz Nishanov talks about the deliciously weird Japanese ads we keep on seeing online. He says the reason they’re so weird …
Creativity: The Antidote to Elite Oversupply
You’ve probably seen headlines like these in the last year or two: Wall Street Journal: “Even Harvard M.B.A.s Are Struggling to Land Jobs.” Fortune Magazine: …
God is in the Gaps
The Japanese call this phenomenon “Ma”, which translates into “space,” “gap,” or “interruption.” It’s everywhere in Japanese art, from the emphasis of the silence between …
It’s the “And”
“You think that because you understand ‘One’ that you must therefore understand ‘Two’ because one and one make two. But you forget that you must …
Going Upstream
Plato – ever heard of him? Of course you have. He’s arguably one of the most impactful philosophers who ever lived. Without getting into the …
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