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Narcissistic Leaders: The Incredible Pros, The Inevitable Cons
Hi Fellow Readers, After the last call and our discussion about Xerxes, I promised to forward this article “Narcissistic Leaders: The Incredible Pros, The Inevitable Cons” by Michael Macoby from the January 2004 issue of HBR. Better late than neve… Continue reading
Abraham Lincoln quote
Dear Phil & Co. My husband has an antique plaque with the following Abraham Lincoln quote: “I do the very best I know how; the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end. If the end brings me out alright, what is said against me… Continue reading
Thanks for the great call, 5 pages a day method
Folks, Thanks for the great call last night. I look forward to speaking to some of you today, Wednesday at 3pm NYC time in our call with Prof Susan Neiman. For those of you having trouble keeping up with Plato reading, then I might suggest you con… Continue reading
basic structure of first 3 books (to help in your reading)
folks, i hope you are having a good labor day weekend. i know some of you are reading the first 3 books of the republic trying to get ready for our phone call on tuesday. here’s the very basic structure of the first 3 books: – Introductionfun intr… Continue reading
September’s reading assignment
Hi everyone, The next reading assignment for the class on Thursday, September 11 at 1pm NY/10am PT is: – Reading assignment for September phone callRead in your Hastie & Dawes textbook – Chapter 3 sections 3.3 – 3.7 and all of Chapter 13 Please e-… Continue reading
Behavioral Psychology and Economics August 2008 – audio recording
Here’s the audio recording for Behavioral Psychology and Economics August 2008 call. Listen online or download the mp3 file and listen to it as a podcast on your ipod. Download Behavioral-August2008-Call3.mp3 Continue reading
Sarita Gupta (T2008)
Sarita Gupta is the Vice President for Development & Communications at Women’s World Banking, a global network of over 50 microfiannce organizations and banks in 30 countries, committed to increasing the economic access, power and participation of… Continue reading
Republic reading assignment for September, October and November
Folks, Again, great to see some of you at the Met last week for ROAM 3. What a wonderful day we had. I have finally come up with a set of reading assignments to take us through the whole Republic. Sept 2: Books I, II and III (up to page 1052 in ou… Continue reading
happy, happy birthday!
Folks, Today is the birthday of our colleague in the reading odyssey, Erin McKean. Please join me in wishing Erin a happy, happy birthday. For those of you who attended ROAM 3 you had the pleasure of meeting Erin and her mother. Thanks, Erin for b… Continue reading
Your favorite reading chair?
Folks, I want to buy a good chair to read in. Right now I read in bed or on our couch. Where do you read? Do you have a good chair you like? Phil Continue reading