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Biographies, storytelling and the hero’s journey
Ben Wallace-Wells writes a fantastic article for The New York Times featuring David Axelrod, Barack Obama’s chief strategist, or by his own description the “keeper of the message.” The article demonstrates the crucial role of biographies, storytelling and the hero’s journey. Barack Obama has currently two memoirs in circulation. The first, Dreams From My Father,…
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Translating Dutch poetry
A while ago, someone at work approached me because his friend would love to go over some poetry translations with a native Dutch speaker. This friend, Stephen Frech, is working on translations of poems by Menno Wigman. Last night I had the second multi-hour session of delving deep into the poetry. Although I speak both…
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The Audacity of Being Yourself
I had a two-hour lunch on Tuesday without eating a single bite of food. The two hours were mostly spent in line at the Borders on Michigan Avenue, where Senator Barack Obama was signing his latest book The Audacity of Hope. I had the privilege to run into Obama before. I was heading for the…
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The Story Factor
I have just finished Annette Simmons’ book The Story Factor. The book is a guide and sort of a how-to on influencing through storytelling. Although it was an easy and fairly short read, it took me a long time to finish the book. A couple of months to be honest. This is not a criticism…
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