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Years later, how would we be remembered? If there is any consolation for us, and there soon will be 9 billion of us, our friends will speak good and not ill of us. One enduring quality that stood the test of time: congeniality. First impressions aside. Character witness stood. We pick that someone out of…
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When Moses came down from the mountain, he said “Let my people go”. Mandela said something like “Let my people be”. And now Tesla and Apple decided to tell the oil rich countries to un-shackle drivers. That’s leadership. Whether it takes 40 years in the wilderness or a hundred year to sell electric vehicle, people will…
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Pressing matters demand our top attention. But important matters cannot be set aside either: eat right, think right and do the right thing. These matters constitute our cores, with silent cry for outlets. On an average day, we react to pressing matters while our inner core longs for connections and commitment, things with staying power.…
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On an average day, multiple texts, tweets and talks compete for our top attention. Recently, to make matters more pressing, militant organizations slit throats and burned their captives alive. The (throat) slit that’s seen around the world! Not that killing is new. It’s killing in broad day light and broadcasted. Dead bodies speak. The medium…
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56 minutes into the game, the Seahawks had a turnaround that sent them on to the Super Bowl. Have faith. Stay away from the Approval Rating screen. Public opinion sways. It does so often. Hail to the King, one day. Down with the thief, next day. From Rome to Reich, powers change hand. Man of…
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Last year, a bunch of Nigerian school girls were kidnapped. Possible motives: forced prostitution and/or hostage-for-hostage exchange. Now Boko Haram and his gangs got creative: they turned young girls into bomb-strapped terrorists. They probably watched “Naked Weapons”, a Hong Kong made movie with Nigerian dubs. Modernity is threatened and modern men are terrorized in public…
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For those who bought into Rousseau’s Social Contract, a joke can be taken lightly, and expected. In the 80’s, Culture Wars were a way out for economic woes in the West (Salman Rushdie). Now it’s back in Paris, overshadowing The Interview (last year news already!). The difference between then (80’s) and now (2015) lies in…
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If we can crowd-source all the New Year Resolutions, we can certainly do some good. New Year Resolutions are like sacrificial lambs to appease the gods of time and cycles. Here is my diet sacrifice, there is my spending thrift. People join a gym, open a savings account or look for Cyber Monday deals. Disparate…
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Xiaomi: 45 BIllion. Air Asia stocks: tanking You and I: questionable. We are living in an Age of instant and constant valuation of anything and everything, thanks to Big Data. A speech is now a one-liner. A log book a blog. And what’s real is now virtual (people stay single more, perhaps due to porn).…
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Counting down. What’s in that gift box for me. We are left with the proverbial can that has been kicked down the road too many times. That tree of life. It’s up to us to leave good gifts behind. The new Pope brokered a deal which made Havana jump. That’s a gift. What do they…
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