M. Scott Peck – Thang Nguyen 555

09/26/2012

Trash or Treasure

With 50% youth unemployment in Spain, front-page news showed dumpster diving photos. It shouldn’t be. But it is. Life is difficult, says Scott Peck. And since when was it easy? For years, I put myself in a selfless orbit which , at times, has done much damage to myself (self-sabotage). My appetite for risks and…

Speaking one’s mind

She came back today to visit the school, accompanied by her Dad. Forthcoming, confident and spoke her mind. After all, to her, “time is money”. Up to 19 AUD per hour, doing what natives wouldn’t otherwise do: taking care of old folks. Another day at work. Another day of plugging away, but not without occasional…

Movements

In the latest issue of the New Yorker we find a cartoon, showing two women with huge brand-name shopping bags, blurting out “I am going to start my own Occupy movement on 57th St”. Scott Peck, on Organization, observes that organisations go through phases: honeymoon , chaos then, compromise before reaching full functioning. Movements however are little bit different…