On December 21, 1954, dozens of individuals, headed by Dorothy Martin, were sitting in a room, awaiting the apocalypse as promised by the Clarion alien civilization. They were members of a Doomsday cult, which predicted the end of the world […]
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You don’t have to be ill in order to get better. If you want to get better rapidly, you need to build on your strengths. This often requires getting rid of unhelpful habits which actually mask your strengths. One of […]
The size of your funeral will be determined by the weather. For many of us, this realization is both disheartening and sobering. Our natural tendency is to think we matter, which explains why the words why, meaning and legacy have become an important part […]
What if you found yourself in a pie-eating-contest where the first prize is another piece of pie? For many, this resembles the reality of modern corporate leadership. In other words, the better you get, the better you better get, and […]
On January 12, 2007, the famous violin player Joshua Bell played for an audience of over 1000 people. Interestingly enough, he played while dressed as a common street artist in the subway of Washington D.C. Mostly ignored by the apathetic […]
“We hoped for the best, but things turned out as usual…,” lamented the late Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin once. This blunt observation is applicable both in politics and in business. Why is it that organizations often spend a lot […]
On August 15, 1977, something remarkable happened: A strong radio signal was received by Ohio State University’s Big Ear radio telescope. Its source? The constellation Sagittarius. It had all the characteristics of extraterrestrial origin. Astronomer Jerry Ehman looked at the […]
As a young doctor in Vienna, Ignasz Semmelweis observed that the habit of washing hands by the medical staff significantly decreased the mortality rate of women giving birth in the Vienna hospital. Since bacteria would be discovered by Louis Pasteur […]
Walt Disney was once asked about the amazing speed of building the first Disney theme park: “How did you do this in 365 days?” a baffled reporter asked. “Well,” replied Walt Disney dryly, “we used all of them.” Future business […]
When the notion of kingdom came to the city of Uruk in ancient Sumer, it introduced a great many civilization firsts: the first king, the first laws, the first script, the first cattle and the first grains. Under the shadows […]
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