Skip to content

Tag Archives: economics

* The Courage to Think, to Speak, and to Lead.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Two speakers have impressed me in the last two days. On Monday night, I went to hear Laura Tyson, Berkeley Professor and advisor to the Obama White House, speak about the economy. In wonderfully understandable language, Dr. Tyson explained to a packed auditorium the current state of the economy, and outlined the central worrying points [...]

Filed in Current Events, Inspiration, Inspirational People | Also tagged , , , , | Comments (1)

* What’s the Story?

Monday, February 23, 2009

When I was in undergraduate school at Linfield College in the 60s, my cadre of friends studying Religious Philosophy would drink strong coffee and discuss whether the prophets of various religions predicted the future or created it. Since I’m a believer in the power of declaration, I always came down on the side of creation.
My [...]

Share and Enjoy:
  • Print
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Mixx
  • Google Bookmarks
  • email
  • LinkedIn
  • Live
  • Reddit
  • RSS
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • Yahoo! Bookmarks
  • Yahoo! Buzz
Filed in Inspiration | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

* Does Personal Gain Inspire?

Friday, February 13, 2009

Dan Ariely, a professor of behavioral economics at Duke, weighs in on the subject of motivation and inspiration in an editorial piece for the New York Times on November 20. He asks the timely question, “’What’s the Value of a Big Bonus?’” [1]
Ariely presents research that suggests that Campbell’s postulate about inspiration (see posting of February [...]

Share and Enjoy:
  • Print
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Mixx
  • Google Bookmarks
  • email
  • LinkedIn
  • Live
  • Reddit
  • RSS
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • Yahoo! Bookmarks
  • Yahoo! Buzz
Filed in Inspiration | Also tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (1)