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Access is not enough
Even if you have the most cutting-edge technology in the palm of your hands, if you don’t know how to use it or maximize its potential, it becomes as common as any tool you have. You might have heard people who are already flourishing in their field tell you that, “What you have in your… Read more
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Knowing the roots of the issue
As I was doing my daily Bible reading, I came across this story about how Jepthah went back to the essence of the conflict between Israel and its neighboring enemies. How often do we jump into a part of a dispute without knowing its roots, believing that what we have to say about it is… Read more
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Floating like a bubble, numbing down
At one time or another, you’ve been fascinated by bubbles. Here now and poof! Gone. So you make them again and again and again. It’s as if your mind is numb from doing anything else but making bubbles until you are out of breath. Then you pause and do it one more time (again). The… Read more
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Failure-fearing culture
School’s industrial, scaled-up, measurable structure means that fear must be used to keep the masses in line. There’s no other way to get hundreds or thousands of kids to comply, to process that many bodies, en masse, without simultaneous coordination. And the flip side of this fear and conformity must be that passion will be… Read more
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In search for jobs
No, this is not about me telling you the top 10 tips on how to look for that job that suits you. You can find a lot about it on the internet. This is more about what I learned after searching for jobs. But if you are interested in that, I wrote about it on… Read more
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Would you do the same?
“No man should judge unless he asks himself in absolute honesty whether in a similar situation he might not have done the same.” Man’s Search for Meaning It’s easy to be critical of other people but forgiving with yourself. I am not endorsing the justification of morally corrupt values. Instead, I am more interested in… Read more
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Beginnings and shooting stars
Have you ever dreamed of becoming a shooting star whose light shines so bright, drawing people’s attention? The kind of light that is enough to make you believe how brilliant you are? But there’s a catch for being a shooting star. Your light is only for a moment. So instead of aiming to become a… Read more
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