I learned a few interesting facts about the United States yesterday. The first fact I owe to Andrea Elliott's recent series in the New York Times called "Invisible Child." Ms. Elliott noted that: "One in five American children is now living in poverty, giving the United States the highest child poverty rate of any developed …
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Forever
My eldest son, now eight, was a little quiet on the way to brunch yesterday, so I asked him what he was thinking about. He replied simply "forever" while continuing to gaze out the car window. I asked him what he meant a couple of minutes later and he turned to me and asked "Daddy, …
The Exercise of Judgment
"Physicians who criticized the proposal to ground therapeutics in bacteriology especially feared that domination by theory would oversimplify practice...the complexity of clinical phenomena and the exercise of judgment could not be bypassed by bacteriological reductionism." - John Warner, The Therapeutic Perspective - Medical Practice, Knowledge and Identity in America 1820-1885 We are living in a …
Not the Full Picture
A policeman sees a drunk man searching for something under a streetlight and asks what the drunk has lost. He says he lost his keys and they both look under the streetlight together. After a few minutes the policeman asks if he is sure he lost them here, and the drunk replies, no, that he …
Are We Killing the Goose?
One day a countryman going to the nest of his Goose found there an egg all yellow and glittering. When he took it up it was as heavy as lead and he was going to throw it away, because he thought a trick had been played upon him. But he took it home on second …
Understanding Hearts
Heavenly thoughts drizzle steadily, impartially, cascading through stony hearts, puddling in fleshy ones. Droplets of light, Seeds of perfection− Yearn to fall upon Understanding hearts.
God’s Will
Nature hath Her seasons, The earth her course is sure. Mankind hath his reasons, His motives aren't obscure. He calls upon his power (With free-will he's bedecked)﹣ To ply her ample dower, God's Will he doth prosect. Cast out from the Garden, By his constant greed. His gentle heart doth harden When he meddles with …
What Future?
What future do you prepare yourself for? The future that everyone is expecting? More of the same? Or perhaps a radically new vision for how life could be were you to look at the matter differently? The people who have made the most significant contributions to humanity are typically those who found a way to …
Fun at Work
Of all the companies I've started or participated in over the years, I can say that fun is, without a doubt, at the core of of how I do business. Without it, business, and life for that matter, are drudgery. What's the point of merely existing when you can live vibrantly, passionately, dynamically? People tend …
Just one generation…
My sons asked me why television ads make toys look so much more interesting than they really are in "real life." It took me a minute to consolidate my thoughts on marketing, consumer psychology and how the two collide in advertising, but in the end I think they developed a better understanding of how businesses …
Gregory Hake 