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#purpose
Adesso basta (Simone Perotti)
Il lavoro è uno strumento, non un fine
Voglio ricordare un semplice concetto: il lavoro non è un fine, ma uno strumento. Lo strumento per acquisire i denari necessari per vivere, oppure per coltivare i propri interessi, o per compiersi come uomini attivi. Un astrofisico si realizzerà, e non solo economicamente…
Per lavorare ad alto livello occorre crederci
Per lavorare ad alto livello occorre crederci. È impossibile aderire alle sorti dell’azienda, essere pronti a farsi sparare per proteggerla (come avrei fatto io, senza neppure pensarci un attimo) senza credere nella sua missione, nel suo ruolo, nel fatto che la sua intrapresa…
Credete ancora in quello che fate?
Quanto siete soddisfatti di quello che fate? Il meglio che potevate dare non l’avete già dato? Credete ancora in quello che fate? Tanto come agli inizi? Quello che sapete della società per cui lavorate o del prodotto che vendete, si accompagna bene ai vostri valori? Avete…
Cosa farei davvero se fossi libero?
Il mio sospetto, tragico e di non semplice soluzione, è che il sistema di vita che seguiamo da troppo tempo ci abbia ormai mutilato di questa seconda consapevolezza. Siamo noi per primi, forse, a ritenere insignificante il problema di cosa faremmo se fossimo liberi. «Ah, beh…
Uscire di prigione senza una mappa
Per intraprendere il cammino verso la libertà bisogna avere qualche idea su quel che faremo quando saremo finalmente in grado di avere un certo margine d’azione, di pensiero, di movimento, di progettualità. Chi non ha proprio idea di quel che ci farebbe con la sua libertà non…
Nessun vento è favorevole senza una meta
Sarà soprattutto inutile fare tanta fatica per essere liberi quando, con quella libertà finalmente ottenuta non sapremo che farci. Seneca scriveva: «Non esiste vento favorevole per il marinaio che non sa dove andare».
Core : Three Access Levels To Underpin Open Access
CORE extracts citation networks
CORE uses the ParsCit system to extract citation information from the publications full-‐text. This information is used in turn to check if the (cited) target documents are also present in the CORE aggregation to create a link between the cited publications. Within the…
From Encyclopedia To Ontology: Toward Dynamic Representation Of The Discipline Of Philosophy
What a domain ontology is for
The purpose of such an ontology is to assist humans and automatic agents in understanding the contents of the domain (especially in terms of properties, relations, and subsumption/inheritance relationships which hold between the domain’s types) and to allow data generated in…
La Formica Zen (italian Edition) ( )
L'intelligenza scambiata per un fine
E molte persone hanno una specie di bug: credono che l’intelligenza sia un fine. Hanno un’unica idea in testa: essere intelligenti, e questa è una cosa stupidissima. E quando l’intelligenza crede di essere uno scopo, funziona in modo strano: non dimostra la sua esistenza con…
Lessons From My Career Change: Five Ways To Make Your Move Sustainable | Guardian Careers | Guardian Professional
Career change: take conscious action
Recognise what you can and cannot control, and do things with purpose. I cannot change the world around me. I cannot change others. But I do have control over my thoughts and actions. I don't have to live subject to the things or people I experience. I choose how I treat…
Life, The Multiverse And Everything: An Introduction To The Ideas Of Humberto Maturana Interpreting Maturana
We must abandon causal concepts
Maturana's theory also indicates that we must abandon causal concepts such as those of the "purpose" of symptoms: the "function" of disorders: the "resistance" of this complainant etc. All of these are attributions of an observer. As Kelly pointed out the notion of 'resistance'…
Microattribution - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Microattribution (definition)
The term microattribution (a form of data citation) was first defined as "giving database accessions the same citation conventions and indices that journal articles currently enjoy". In the sense that the purpose of precise attribution is to extend the scholarly convention of…
Open Knowledge
The evil necessary for the good
‘It is good that authors should be remunerated, and at least exceptionable way of remunerating them is by a monopoly. Yet monopoly is evil. For the sake of the good we must submit to the evil: but the evil ought not to last a day longer than is necessary for the purpose of…
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen R. Covey)
Begin with the end in mind
To begin with the end in mind means to start with a clear understanding of your destination. It means to know where you’re going so that you better understand where you are now and so that the steps you take are always in the right direction. It’s incredibly easy to get caught…
The ladder against the wrong wall
If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster. We may be very busy, we may be very efficient, but we will also be truly effective only when we begin with the end in mind.
All things are created twice
“Begin with the end in mind” is based on the principle that all things are created twice. There’s a mental or first creation, and a physical or second creation to all things.
Frankl's logotherapy
In the Nazi death camps where Viktor Frankl learned the principle of proactivity, he also learned the importance of purpose, of meaning in life. The essence of “logotherapy,” the philosophy he later developed and taught, is that many so-called mental and emotional illnesses are…
We detect rather than invent our mission
Frankl says we detect rather than invent our missions in life. I like that choice of words. I think each of us has an internal monitor or sense, a conscience, that gives us an awareness of our own uniqueness and the singular contributions that we can make. In Frankl’s words…
Roles and goals give direction
Roles and goals give structure and organized direction to your personal mission. If you don’t yet have a personal mission statement, it’s a good place to begin. Just identifying the various areas of your life and the two or three important results you feel you should accomplish…
The Daily Routines Of 7 Famous Entrepreneurs And How To Design Your Own Master Routine (belle Beth Cooper)
Morning routine
The reason I like having a morning routine is that not only does it instill a sense of purpose, peace and ritual to my day, but it ensures that I’m getting certain things done every morning … namely, my goals.
Theories of Childhood, Second Edition (Carol Garhart Mooney)
Mis-educative experiences
Dewey avoided the either/or discussions so common to educational philosophy. He believed that the real issue is not a matter of new versus old approaches to education but rather what conditions make any experience worthy of being called “educational.” Dewey insisted that…
Initiative versus guilt
The third and last stage of Erikson’s theory that addresses the early childhood years is initiative versus guilt. Most four-and five-year-olds are at this stage, which is therefore a key one for preschool and kindergarten teachers to know about. The developmental task of this…