Category: General

The Giver Should Be Thankful

There’s a Zen story that taught me a lot about the nature of giving and receiving: While Seisetsu was the master of Engaku in Kamakura he required larger quarters, since those in which he was teaching were overcorwded. Umezu Seibei,…

Impossible

My favourite work tool is a notebook and a pen.  (Lately it’s a DeSerres notebook, which is kind of like the Moleskines but a more convenient format, and a Uni-Ball JetStream pen, which is like a gel but without the…

Is the Tipping Point Toast?

A rebuttal to the Tipping Point brings up interesting points, but seems to miss some important points. Malcom Gladwell’s famous book The Tipping Point put forward the idea that small numbers of people have unusual influence on the spread of…