Reflections
Reflections

Author: Asma Jan Muhammad

Publisher: Partridge Publishing Singapore

Published: 2022-10-13

Total Pages: 85

ISBN-13: 1543771521

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What if, while sipping a cup of coffee on a weekend evening, you struggle to find answers to certain questions that pique your curiosity? What should you do if you wish to pursue the optimal course of action but are faced with challenging options? What if optimism appears distorted and pessimism appears optimistic? What if you find yourself in a situation where challenging is your only option? What if life had a Reverse button? What if it seems impossible to forgive, but you must let go anyway? Sometimes, regardless of your background, you will question the veracity of your long-held beliefs. Allowing our brain to pause during chaos, detangle and organize observations and experiences, consider multiple possible interpretations, and generate meaning is the best course of action in such a circumstance. Reflections is a collection of such musings that the author attempted to comprehend from scratch, thereby challenging her presumptions, and was persuaded to share with a wider audience. As water reflects the face, Asma reflects upon her own heart and reports what she discovers.

The MBA Oath
The MBA Oath

Author: Max Anderson

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2010-04-29

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 1101404566

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"As a manager, my purpose is to serve the greater good by bringing people and resources together to create value that no single individual can create alone..." So begins the MBA Oath, conceived in early 2009 by Max Anderson, Peter Escher, and a team of Harvard Business School students. They saw that in the wake of the financial crisis, the Madoff scandal, and other headlines, MBAs were being vilified. People were angry because business leaders, many of whom were MBAs, seemed not to care about anything beyond their own private interests. Many began to question the worth of business schools and the MBA degree. The oath quickly spread beyond Harvard, becoming a worldwide movement for a new generation of leaders who care about society as well as the bottom line. Thousands of graduating MBAs have now pledged to conduct themselves with honesty and integrity, just as medical students swear by the Hippocratic oath before they can practice. This book is the manifesto for the movement. It provides not only a strong case for why the MBA Oath is necessary but also examples of how it can be applied in the real world. It will help guide businesspeople through some of the toughest decisions they'll make in their careers.

Beyond 1619
Beyond 1619

Author: Paul J. Polgar

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2023-11-14

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 1512825026

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Beyond 1619 brings an Atlantic and hemispheric perspective to the year 1619 as a marker of American slavery's origins and the beginnings of the Black experience in what would become the United States by situating the roots of racial slavery in a broader, comparative context. In recent years, an extensive public dialogue regarding the long shadow of racism in the United States has pushed Americans to confront the insidious history of race-based slavery and its aftermath, with 1619--the year that the first recorded enslaved persons of African descent arrived in British North America--taking center stage as its starting point. Yet this dialogue has inadvertently narrowed our understanding of slavery, race, and their repercussions to the U.S. context. Beyond 1619 showcases the fruitful results when scholars examine and put into conversation multiple empires, regions, peoples, and cultures to get a more complete view of the rise of racial slavery in the Americas. Painting racial slavery's emergence on a hemispheric canvass, and in one compact volume, provides historical context beyond the 1619 moment for discussions of slavery, racism, antiracism, freedom, and lasting inequalities. In the process, this volume shines new light on these critical topics andillustrates the centrality of racial slavery, and contests over its rise, in nearly every corner of the early modern Atlantic World. Contributors: John N. Blanton, Jesse Cromwell, Erika Denise Edwards, Rebecca Anne Goetz, Rana Hogarth, Chloe L. Ireton, Marc H. Lerner, Paul J. Polgar, Brett Rushforth, Casey Schmitt, Jenny Shaw, James Sidbury.

Unbridled Greed
Unbridled Greed

Author: Barry Johnson

Publisher: Roccochi Ridge Publishing

Published: 2012-10

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780986024603

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When former DOJ investigator Bryan Hampton moves to Las Vegas to work with his friend, U.S. Attorney Paul Dixon, he discovers a fraud scheme that both is highly organized and more than willing to resot to violence to feed their greed.

The Awakened Ones
The Awakened Ones

Author: Gananath Obeyesekere

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2012-02-07

Total Pages: 645

ISBN-13: 0231527306

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While a rational consciousness grasps many truths, Gananath Obeyesekere believes an even richer knowledge is possible through a bold confrontation with the stuff of visions and dreams. Spanning both Buddhist and European forms of visionary experience, he fearlessly pursues the symbolic, nonrational depths of such phenomena, reawakening the intuitive, creative impulses that power greater understanding. Throughout his career, Obeyesekere has combined psychoanalysis and anthropology to illuminate the relationship between personal symbolism and religious experience. In this book, he begins with Buddha's visionary trances wherein, over the course of four hours, he witnesses hundreds of thousands of his past births and eons of world evolution, renewal, and disappearance. He then connects this fracturing of empirical and visionary time to the realm of space, considering the experience of a female Christian penitent, who stares devotedly at a tiny crucifix only to see the space around it expand to mirror Christ's suffering. Obeyesekere follows the unconscious motivations underlying rapture, the fantastical consumption of Christ's body and blood, and body mutilation and levitation, bridging medieval Catholicism and the movements of early modern thought as reflected in William Blake's artistic visions and poetic dreams. He develops the term "dream-ego" through a discussion of visionary journeys, Carl Jung's and Sigmund Freud's scientific dreaming, and the cosmic and erotic dream-visions of New Age virtuosos, and he defines the parameters of a visionary mode of knowledge that provides a more elastic understanding of truth. A career-culminating work, this volume translates the epistemology of Hindu and Buddhist thinkers for western audiences while revitalizing western philosophical and scientific inquiry.

A Catholic Guide to Personal Investing
A Catholic Guide to Personal Investing

Author: Seth C. Anderson PhD

Publisher: WestBow Press

Published: 2019-02-20

Total Pages: 101

ISBN-13: 1973652498

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This book addresses the numerous practical and moral issues confronting Catholics in their investment endeavors. The work is divided into four parts: Part 1 focuses on faith-related matters relevant to investing as seen in scripture, the catechism, and the writings of various saints and others. The topics include thanksgiving, stewardship, prudence, anxiety, and others, all of which can affect our investing. Part 2 presents an overview of investing principles and facts to be considered when managing a portfolio. Herein are four primary objectives: (a) to explain basic investing, (b) to familiarize readers with the return characteristics of different types of investments, (c) to show how expenses impact returns, and (d) to address the issue of professional help versus your own efforts for investing decisions. Part 3 addresses morally responsible investing. This section draws from the pastoral letter Economic Justice for All and summarizes the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Socially Responsible Investment Guidelines. The final part offers help with both secular and faith-related challenges in investment ventures. For example, topics addressed include how to temper investing with prudence as opposed to blindly following the investment practices promoted by the investments industry. This section addresses investments that are harmonious with church teachings. The largest groups of Catholic-oriented mutual funds are introduced.

How Market Circulate In India - Share Bazar
How Market Circulate In India - Share Bazar

Author: Arib umar

Publisher: Arib umar

Published: 2022-05-31

Total Pages: 54

ISBN-13:

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How people survive? In market. How it works? How you work? Did anyone break a mentality of Indian people? About teens. In other countries every teen learn about crypto or stocks in his high school. But India ‘no’. In our country everyone things that the government job is enough for life but the reality is different no one understand this. Parents does not allow his child to learn about this.

What is Wrong with Society Today
What is Wrong with Society Today

Author: Rove Monteux

Publisher: Rove Monteux

Published: 2023-06-25

Total Pages: 105

ISBN-13:

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Step into a compelling dialogue that unravels the intricacies of contemporary society in "What is Wrong with Society Today". This book courageously explores some of the multifaceted issues plaguing our world through conversations, and guides the reader by raising awareness about issues such as the disappearing voices of the middle class, knowledge and education, the incessant pursuit of happiness through materialistic desires, self-serving agendas, corporate greed, alcoholism, rigged financial system, obesity, industrial pollution, vehicle pollution, vehicle traffic, urban violence and assaults, drug control, people trafficking, modern slavery, domestic violence, prisons who don't reform anyone, racism, and lack of opportunities in the countryside. "What is Wrong with Society Today" is a captivating exploration of some of the complexities, contradictions, and urgent issues of our time. Through insightful conversations, readers are prompted to question prevailing narratives, challenge contemporary societal norms, and envision a more inclusive and just future.