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To return to the terminal emulator example: a company switching from a thick client terminal emulator to a browser-based alternative is a tell ; it sees its employee base and the labour market as being more volatile and is anticipating a higher turnover rate, with the attendant devaluation of employee training and technologies whose payoffs are... See more

Chesterton argues that people are ultimately fulfilled not by riding the bandwagon but by acts of commitment — loving, working, and tending to things worthy of care and affection, often without rational justification. He writes: “The man who is most likely to ruin the place he loves is exactly the man who loves it with a reason. The man who will... See more

he Amateur’s Mind is one of the best books written about playing better chess. The author, Jeremy Silman, an International Master, spent a bunch of time speaking to amateur chess players about their challenges. Patterns emerged. Those conversations with readers helped him understand his readers and know what to write about.4

When these three skills are developed and integrated, so that they are mutually supportive, we can describe that as trustworthy. Wisdom, love, and power make us trustworthy.

We have heard of the lady Ti Ying, who saved her father from banishment, and of young Chu O, who lost her life in trying to rescue her father from drowning ; and I think that Yang Hsiang will form a trio with them, and the three be celebrated in the same ode.

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What a foolish action, that the sage Kuo should be willing to bury his own child! Fearing lest his mother should not have enough to eat, he isHE WOULD BURY HIS CHILD 49willing to resign his child to death ; but when it is dead, what relief will there be for the grief of its affectionate grandmother

“I think one of the least interesting reasons to be interested in something is money,” he said, and cited Walt Disney. “We don’t make movies to make money. We make money to make more movies.”

Because problems are opportunities to grow, we shouldn’t seek to solve others’ problems:

Were I to solve problems for others they would remain stagnant; they would never grow. It would be a great injustice to them. My approach is to help with cause rather than effect. When I help others, it is by instilling within them the inspiration to work out

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