Generational chauvinism is rampant today. Many if not most people regard their generation as superior to all others. They presume themselves more enlightened than other generations. Such an …
Peter Block | Stewardship
Two decades after its initial publication, author and consultant Peter Block has released a second edition of his book, Stewardship. This edition is revised and expanded. It includes a new …
William Blake | Lion and Fox
Dueling Dualities | False Binaries
The simplest theory of Warren Buffett is that a lot of his value-add comes from his ability [to combine characteristics that many suppose to be contradictory]. The trick is to be …
Is the Child Father to the Man?
Looking back, a man really has a more objective feeling about himself as a child than he has about his father or mother. He feels as if that child were not the present he, individually, but an …
May 10 1940 | One Day, One Man
On Friday, May 10, 1940, at 5:35 a.m., the beautiful spring dawn of northwestern Europe was sundered by the unanticipated, unmistakable, ominous, thunderous rumble of heavy artillery fire. Adolf …