- Hypocrisy and credibility issues for the U.S.A.: After the 2004 presidential election, I engaged in some surprisingly restrained discussion between Americans and Europeans. The Europeans felt betrayed by not only Bush, but the people who voted for him. They were actually afraid of what the United States might do under his leadership in Iraq and elsewhere. The Americans, for the most part, didn’t get it. The U.S. wasn’t perfect, but surely no one doubted the country could be trusted, did they? They did. Americans were hurt to learn ... READ MORE
Entries from April 2010
- Why money can matter more than IQ and EQ put together: I’ve been reading Daniel Goleman’s Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ. It’s considered an essential work on the subject, and I’m getting a lot out of it. But after detailing the staggering hours children need to fit into honing a craft like sports or music (and he acknowledges you really do have to start in childhood because the competition is that fierce), he says: What seems to set apart those at the very top of competitive pursuits from ... READ MORE
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