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| A deeply moving Commencement Address to Stanford graduates of 2005 by Steve Jobs. The visionary shares three stories; simple and wise. Prepare to get inspired! read more  Are you an introvert? Yes? No? After reading this article you might change your opinion – or just learn to love this trait in yourself and others. This article by Jonathan Rauch was published in The Atlantic Online, but was brought to us by the C-Paths newsletter, Shifting Gears (shiftinggears@cpaths.com) read more A MATHEMATICS PROFESSOR IN HIS FIFTIES, WHO LIKES TO THINK OF HIMSELF as dynamic and rakish but who is at the moment "between lovers," stands on the subway platform eyeing an undergraduate. He sees that his gaze is making her uncomfortable. He feels a twinge of shame over this intrusion, but not enough to stop. He files his behavior under "manly aggression" and keeps staring. Then a searing thought enters and exits his mind so fast that later he won't remember having had it. The idea seems almost to have been waiting there like a hot coal, and after stumbling upon it and getting singed, he flees in panic. Feeling inexplicably crestfallen, he looks away from the young woman, buries his head in his paper, and seeks out a separate car when the train comes in. For the rest of the morning he feels listless and down. He doesn't want people near him, and growls if they press. He works methodically, waiting for the unnamable discomfort to pass. The idea that scorched him was an image of himself, all too believable, as a hungry, unhappy loner, a man who had wasted his youth and was incapable of lasting attachments, staring forlornly at a woman who could not possibly be interested in him. The shame that that image evoked was too hot to handle. read Shame article by Robert Karen
Would you want be a well-speaking leader? Public speaking is a skill that can be developed, and the Eight Secrets of Successful CEOs and Katie Couric If you are like us, you have dozens of friends around the world who keep changing jobs, countries and email accounts. What helps you keep in touch? If you are like us, sometimes you need to connect with somebody in the company that is “no man’s land” to you. Who do you call? If you are like us, every time when you meet a new person, you go online to figure out, which connections you two have in common. Where do you go? Ever heard of LinkedIn? Read the article by Doug Seville, Chicago-based networking guru and you will start using this ever-convenient tool. Just like we do. http://www.cpaths.com/net_working.htm
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