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Dollars and Dragons: My Response To Esther Cepeda Who Said You Should Work Hard Instead Of Doing What You Love
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A look at the intersection of economics and mythology. Saturday, February 1, 2014. My Response To Esther Cepeda Who Said You Should Work Hard Instead Of Doing What You Love. It was printed today in the San Antonio Express-News. Here is the link: False choice to separate work and passion. In the print edition it was titled "Passion not antithesis of hard toil." Here is the link to her article: Esther Cepeda: The rewards of hard work. What if hard work and passion complement each other? You will “gri...
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Dollars and Dragons: Economist Paul Zak On "How Stories Change the Brain"
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A look at the intersection of economics and mythology. Wednesday, January 22, 2014. Economist Paul Zak On "How Stories Change the Brain". Click here to read it. When Zak refers to "recent analysis" that identifies the "hero's journey" he refers to a book titled Riding the Alligator: Strategies for a Career in Screenplay Writing (and not getting eaten). By Pen Densham. That book has a few references to Joseph Campbell (author of The Hero With a Thousand Faces. One of the inspirations for Star Wars. We dis...
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Dollars and Dragons: From Bedtime to the Boardroom: Why Storytelling Matters in Business
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A look at the intersection of economics and mythology. Sunday, April 26, 2015. From Bedtime to the Boardroom: Why Storytelling Matters in Business. By Alina Tugend of Entrepreneur. It’s one of the biggest buzzwords in business— storytelling. 8220;What is a story? 8221;Andrew Linderman asks a group of students, most in their 20s and 30s, who are gathered in a Manhattan classroom for “Storytelling for Entrepreneurs,” a lesson in how to better pitch themselves and their products.". Linderman’s class i...
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Dollars and Dragons: July 2016
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A look at the intersection of economics and mythology. Tuesday, July 5, 2016. Storytelling is linked to the ability to be a good provider. See Why Good Storytellers Are Happier in Life and in Love: Studies find the way people tell their own stories has an outsize effect on their life satisfaction. By Elizabeth Bernstein of the WSJ. Being a "good provider" is certainly related to economics. Excerpt:. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. What This Blog Is About. The Moral Molecule: Neurosc...
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Dollars and Dragons: Odysseus Started The Industrial Revolution
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A look at the intersection of economics and mythology. Sunday, November 9, 2014. Odysseus Started The Industrial Revolution. Factory work may have been a commitment device to get everyone to work hard. Odysseus tying himself to the mast was also a commitment device. Dean Karlan, Yale economics professor explains how commitment devices work:. This idea of forcing one’s own future behavior dates back in our culture at least to Odysseus. Who burned his ships to show his army that there would be no going back.
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Dollars and Dragons: February 2013
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A look at the intersection of economics and mythology. Saturday, February 16, 2013. Nike, Inc. And Myth-Making. See The Big Business of Fairy Tales: Nike Takes Fire Again Over One of Its Athletes. By MATTHEW FUTTERMAN of the WSJ. This article is a reaction to the tragic shooting of the girl friend of Oscar Pistorius, the runner from South Africa. One by one, as major stars are unmasked, there is a growing sense that the practice of mythmaking. There's a perception that Nike has somehow changed the rules ...
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Dollars and Dragons: Growing Your Business Through Storytelling
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A look at the intersection of economics and mythology. Monday, January 13, 2014. Growing Your Business Through Storytelling. Robert Lerose of Bank of America interviewed Jonathan Gottschall. Click here to go to it. The only thing I would add is that if stories convey emotions, as Gottschall says, they are economic because emotions are costly to fake. That is one of the big things I try to get across with this blog. See the link on the right for more info What This Blog Is About. Here is the interview:.
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Dollars and Dragons: September 2013
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A look at the intersection of economics and mythology. Sunday, September 1, 2013. Francisco D’Souza, C.E.O. of the information technology company Cognizant, says "we institutionalized a set of things to create rituals, heroes and legends.". See Francisco D’Souza of Cognizant, on Finding Company Heroes. By ADAM BRYANT, from the 9-1-13 NY Times. Excerpts:. What’s unusual about your culture? But when you decentralize and empower, you have to make sure you don’t wind up with lots of microcultures. For exampl...
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Dollars and Dragons: January 2014
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A look at the intersection of economics and mythology. Wednesday, January 22, 2014. Economist Paul Zak On "How Stories Change the Brain". Click here to read it. When Zak refers to "recent analysis" that identifies the "hero's journey" he refers to a book titled Riding the Alligator: Strategies for a Career in Screenplay Writing (and not getting eaten). By Pen Densham. That book has a few references to Joseph Campbell (author of The Hero With a Thousand Faces. One of the inspirations for Star Wars. We dis...
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Dollars and Dragons: February 2014
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A look at the intersection of economics and mythology. Saturday, February 1, 2014. My Response To Esther Cepeda Who Said You Should Work Hard Instead Of Doing What You Love. It was printed today in the San Antonio Express-News. Here is the link: False choice to separate work and passion. In the print edition it was titled "Passion not antithesis of hard toil." Here is the link to her article: Esther Cepeda: The rewards of hard work. What if hard work and passion complement each other? You will “gri...
