From an article in Fast Company:
Philosopher and consultant Peter Koestenbaum spends his days exploring truly big questions that have never sounded more relevant. Here, he reflects on what the shock of death teaches us about leadership -- and how to move forward without forgetting.
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Category Archives: Philosophy
Warning: Deep thoughts ahead.
Book review: Bird by bird
I've just added Anne Lamott to my "List of People I'd Really Like To Meet". Having just read her book Bird by bird: Some instructions on writing and life, I think she's a nice person, interesting to be around and very wise.
The book contains many, many tips for the aspiring writer. Not on the … Continue Reading ››
Book review: Man’s search for meaning
This is a very unusual book, spanning topics rarely encountered in one and the same volume. The author, Viktor E. Frankl, was a pshychologist and he spent most of world war 2 in Auschwitz and other concentration camps. And these two backgrounds have gone into this book which is both an account of his … Continue Reading ››
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Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
What’s your world view
Everybody has a world view. It's the glasses through which you look at the world. Your world view will help you see some things clearly, but may also distort other things. One thing that is important though, is to know the assumptions inherent in your world view. When you think what you think, what assumptions … Continue Reading ››
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A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. - George Bernard Shaw
Book review: Freedom and accountability at work
Can the business world learn anything from existential philosophy? Do concepts such as freedom, good and evil, accountability and anxiety have any meaning in a corporate setting?
After reading this book by Peter Koestenbaum and Peter Block, I have no doubt whatsoever that the answer is a resounding yes. The subtitle "Applying philosophical insight to … Continue Reading ››
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The decisive question for man is: Is he related to the infinite or not? That is the telling question of his life. Only if we know that the thing which truly matters is the infinite can we avoid fixing our interests upon futilities and upon all kinds of goals which are not of real importance. - … Continue Reading ››
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If you stumble at mere believability, what are you living for? [...] Love is hard to believe, ask any lover. Life is hard to believe, ask any scientist. God is hard to believe, ask any believer. What is your problem with hard to believe? - From Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Book review: A simpler way
This book by Margaret Wheatley is without a doubt the most beautiful and unconventional business-related book I've ever read. It conveys it's message not only through prose, but also in poems and photographs.
And the message itself is simple and beautiful, namely that:
There is a simpler way to organize human endeavour. It requires a new … Continue Reading ››