Jennifer Baez
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Jennifer Baez
My favorite Wikipedia entry begins: “Ronald James Read was an American philanthropist, investor, janitor, and gas station attendant.” Ronald Read was born in rural Vermont. He was the first person in his family to graduate high school, made all the more impressive by the fact that he hitchhiked to campus each day. For those who knew Ronald Read,
... See moreMorgan Housel • The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness
One of the most disturbing facts about American marriage today is that while divorce increased at similar rates for the wealthy and the poor in the 1960s and ’70s, those rates diverged sharply starting around 1980. According to the sociologist Steven P. Martin, among Americans who married between 1975 and 1979, the 10-year divorce rate was 28
... See moreEli J. Finkel • Opinion | The All-or-Nothing Marriage (Published 2014)
Relational power is the power to receive and absorb influences from others in a generous way, and then to respond with creative generosity, guided by the hope of mutual well-being.
Ecological Civilization
The ability to recognize and design for emergence is a cornerstone element of systems thinking
August Bradley • Systems Thinking Intro – Notion Productivity Series
Once we see the relationship between structure and behavior, we can begin to understand how systems work, what makes them produce poor results, and how to shift them into better behavior patterns
Donella Meadows • Thinking in Systems: International Bestseller
More than 2,000 books are dedicated to how Warren Buffett built his fortune. Many of them are wonderful. But few pay enough attention to the simplest fact: Buffett’s fortune isn’t due to just being a good investor, but being a good investor since he was literally a child.
As I write this Warren Buffett’s net worth is $84.5 billion. Of that, $84.2
... See moreMorgan Housel • The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness
Such philosophies emphasize that we humans dwell within, not apart from, the network of felt relations, human and ecological, that shape our lives; and that we have possibilities for living creatively and compassionately amid these relations
Ecological Civilization
Systems thinking starts with the recognition that all systems are part of larger systems and every system is defined by its function in the larger system
August Bradley • Systems Thinking Intro – Notion Productivity Series
Because of feedback delays within complex systems, by the time a problem becomes apparent may be unnecessarily difficult to solve.