Quite recently, I started using the words "managing expectations" again. I think, feel, and believe those words are related to revealing (a part of) our intentions. Especially "things" that we no longer need, want or believe in. To my surprise, those words never resulted in a blog - until now. In my view, it's impossible for anyone not having expectations....
Bovenstaande zin hoorde ik tijdens een radio commercial. Als je naar de diepte (o.a. details, micro) van onze kennis kijkt, dan heeft dat bedrijf gelijk. Kijk je naar de breedte (o.a. overzicht, macro), dan worden mensen steeds dommer. De Renaissance man - of uomo universale - was voorheen een ideaal. Ik geloof nog steeds in dat ideaal. Voor mij blijkt het...
Several weeks ago, my blog title entered my mind. It refers to all 3 dimensions: Knowledge (eg, health, life), Love (eg, relationships), and Power (eg, leadership). It applies to macro (eg, society) and micro (eg, individual) situations. These macro and micro situations refer to giving and taking. Governments and organisations can give (eg, allowances, benefits,...
Late 1990, I resigned from my job. I explained that I felt like a library, at which books were borrowed but never returned. One of the audit partners seemed to understand my position but was baffled. It's fine being a teacher, unless you stop learning. Both owners didn't make any teaching effort. Lately, I've come to realise that I'm back on that one-way street in...
Apparently, my blog title is less common than I had assumed (apart from books by Blakely Bennett and Mona Shroff). Usually, this topic is about giving someone a second chance - or taking. Latter has been researched by psychologists, like in The psychology of having a second chance (RUG-2021). Sometimes, a first chance falls through the cracks - for whatever reason....
In 2018, I wrote my blog The 7 stages of Liberalism. Increasingly, I'm wondering if stage 7 was wrong and should have been on the rise of illiberal liberalism. Several articles deal with this phenomenon: Hoover-2014, OUP-2015, Politico-2017, Heritage-2017, Economist-2018 and T&F Online-2022. The key criterion of illiberal liberalism is the immediate desire to...
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