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Make Habits, Not Rules

Great Leadership By Dan

More than once, I've seen rules and laws in social systems (such as businesses and societies) being compared to mathematical rules and natural laws in physical and chemical systems. In social systems, it is the habits of people, not laws and procedures, that can best be compared to the rules and laws in physical and chemical systems.

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Eva Kor and Josef Mengele - Forgiving the Angel of Death

Building Personal Strength

He tested the effects of germ and chemical warfare agents. He didn't want to go with her to speak, but he agreed to sign a document. once a person decides to forgive, there is a tremendous feeling of wholeness in thought, spirit and action all moving in the same direction creating a powerful force for healing and freedom.

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Guest Post: Tim Sanders

Ron Edmondson

Researches have a name for the medicinal power of giving: Helper’s High. These powerful chemicals give us feelings of profound joy, calmness and spiritual connection. We get as high as a kite, or gain the internal/chemical feeling of true Richness. This is the promise made in Isaiah 58: 7,8.

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Why America Is Losing Its Entrepreneurial Edge

Harvard Business Review

In a new paper that’s already generated much discussion, economists Ian Hathaway of Ennsyte Economics and Robert Litan of the Brookings Institution document four decades of “ Declining Business Dynamism in the United States.” Yet now it is clearly faltering. So allow me. In the guitar business , too.

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Can Index Funds Be a Force for Sustainable Capitalism?

Harvard Business Review

These two trends may seem separate—or, some people believe, incompatible—but together I believe they have the power to improve finance’s role in the world. The goal of ARD is to produce denim in a sustainable way by tackling the three main ecological issues the industry faces: water, energy, and chemicals.

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Jonah Lehrer's Mistake — And Ours

Harvard Business Review

As has been documented in Fortune , former directors of Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, Washington Mutual, and Wachovia Bank resurfaced in no time on other corporate boards like Verizon, Dow Chemical, Hewlett Packard, and Nike. Or is there a corrupting dynamic at work in society about how we treat more "powerful" people who have sinned?

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Kodak’s Downfall Wasn’t About Technology

Harvard Business Review

Once one of the most powerful companies in the world, today the company has a market capitalization of less than $1 billion. Today the company has annual revenues above $20 billion, competes in healthcare and electronics operations and derives significant revenues from document solutions. Why did this happen?