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The Future Can Be Better, And You Have Great Control Over Your Future – 9 Lessons from David Brooks

I caught the Fareed Zakaria interview with David Books this past Sunday.  Zakaria is a terrific writer, and an equally effective interviewer.  David Books is…  well, he’s David Brooks.  The “conservative/right of center” columnist for the New York Times, author of Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There (which I… Read More The Future Can Be Better, And You Have Great Control Over Your Future – 9 Lessons from David Brooks

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David Brooks (and Tyler Cowen) add more to the Discussion — Where Will the Jobs Be?

I have posted often on a couple of themes:  where will the jobs be?, and what kind of economy will we have – a real economy, or a fantasy economy? (Traders vs. Builders, to use Richard Florida’s terminology.  Read especially this earlier post:  “Traders” vs. “Builders – the “Fantasy Economy” vs. the “Real Economy”). These… Read More David Brooks (and Tyler Cowen) add more to the Discussion — Where Will the Jobs Be?

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The Discipline of Discipline — Reflections on the Tiger Mother, the 10,000 Hour Rule, Work Ethic, and a Little More

It has been a while since a book has sparked such interest, such controversy, such applause and disdain, and almost furor, as Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Yale Professor, and mother, Amy Chua (currently #5 on the overall list of bestsellers on Amazon).  If you haven’t heard about it, you really must be… Read More The Discipline of Discipline — Reflections on the Tiger Mother, the 10,000 Hour Rule, Work Ethic, and a Little More

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Quotes for the Day from David Brooks – In Pursuit of Virtue, and Play

“Think like artists and activists…” It feels like another lifetime ago (I presented this book at the First Friday Book Synopsis way back in July, 2000), but here are two quotes, with brief comment, from David Brooks from his book Bobos (Bourgeois Bohemians) in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There. Quote:… Read More Quotes for the Day from David Brooks – In Pursuit of Virtue, and Play

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The Story – We Need More People Choosing to Work in the “Real Economy”

“Huge numbers of Harvard grads poured into finance during the 1990’s and early 2000’s, but all that’s changing now…” Richard Florida, The Great Reset —— I have commented often that there are some rather obvious themes that crop up, often enough, from enough divergent voices, that one begins to think that they represent truth.  In… Read More The Story – We Need More People Choosing to Work in the “Real Economy”

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Do You Know Your Weaknesses/Deficiencies? – (David Brooks says that this is our “Underlying Problem”)

(William Baldwin): “What is one big mistake that you’ve made in your life and what did you do to make it right?” (Miss Philippines, Maria Venus Raj): “…There is nothing major, major, I mean problem that I have done in my life…” (at the 2010 Miss Universe Pageant) ————- There is one theme that crops… Read More Do You Know Your Weaknesses/Deficiencies? – (David Brooks says that this is our “Underlying Problem”)

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A Quote for the Day — from David Brooks

This comes from a column about “The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050,” by über-geographer Joel Kotkin.  The column is titled:  Relax, We’ll be Fine.  Here’s the quote: In sum, the U.S. is on the verge of a demographic, economic and social revival, built on its historic strengths. The U.S. has always been good at… Read More A Quote for the Day — from David Brooks

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President Obama and his “argument-based organization as learning organization” – insight from David Brooks

I intentionally avoid political topics and themes on this blog.  I realize that in this very volatile, divided era, once a name or a postition is named, some cheer, others condemn, and people want to argue.  (See my earlier post on The Argument Culture, and how Deborah Tannen predicted the coming argument wars). But this… Read More President Obama and his “argument-based organization as learning organization” – insight from David Brooks

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