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Kick the World, Break Your Foot applying the wisdom of Asian aphorisms to your everyday life and business life

Wagner John D.
Heftet / 2023 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781915494221
Publisert
2023-05-09
Utgiver
Vendor
The Conrad Press
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
20 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
272

Forfatter
Wagner John D.

Om bidragsyterne

Asa S. Wagner is a playwright, novelist, and photographer living in Vermont, USA. He recently wrote and directed 'The British Play', which was produced on stage in San Francisco at California College of the Arts. He nears completion of a forthcoming novel, 'A Potentially Hazardous Affair', even as other book projects teem in his head. This is his first book. John D. Wagner is a poet, Young Adult novelist, non-fiction writer, and photographer who lives in New Mexico, USA. He works for a boutique investment bank, matching buyers and sellers of businesses; he also frequently writes articles and books on mergers and acquisitions. This is his twenty-fourth book.

Kick the World, Break Your Foot applying the wisdom of Asian aphorisms to your everyday life and business life

Wagner John D.
Heftet / 2023 / Engelsk
Wagner John D.
Heftet / 2023 / Engelsk
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'Talk does not cook rice'. That Asian aphorism, carried across centuries and continents, coyly offers wisdom, with a knowing smile, capped off with wink. 'Kick the World, Break Your Foot' offers hundreds of these timeless nuggets of advice, adorned with wit and brevity. They variously offer piercing admonishment, cautious, and encouragement, yet always with a nod to human nature's endearing quirks. Like this: Straightened too much / crooked as ever. The Buddha himself would hear the voice of his wise grandma saying, sonny, you make something worse by trying to fix it. The more prescient the advice, the harder it can be to accept. (Who wants to be told they've been doing something badly?) But the wisdom of these haiku-like aphorisms is passed along as gently and softly as the brushstrokes of a master Asian watercolorist. So, advice may never be more welcome than when you browse this collection of ageless gems.
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A book of popular philosophy based on Asians aphorisms about life
Preface 3 Chapter 1: On Optimism, Hope, and False Hope 9 Chapter 2: On People and Human Nature 19 Chapter 3: On Negotiation and Cooperation 37 Chapter 4: On Stupidity 45 Chapter 5: On Creation of Artifacts and Things 49 Chapter 6: On Futility and Exasperation 59 Chapter 7: On Acceptance 79 Chapter 8: On Being Poor 85 Chapter 9: On the Value of Discipline 91 Chapter 10: On the False Promise of First Impressions 101 Chapter 11: On Wisdom 105 Chapter 12: On Competition 113 Chapter 13: On Trying to be Something You're Not 125 Chapter 14: On Caution, Omens, and Sympathy 131 Chapter 15: On Leaders & Leadership 137 Chapter 16: On Patience 143 Chapter 17: On Making the Best of a Bad Situation 147 Chapter 18: On Accepting Consequences 151 Chapter 19: On Burdens, Luck & Fate 157 Glossary 165 Gloss: On Optimism, Hope, and False Hope 167 Gloss: On People and Human Nature 173 Gloss: On Negotiation and Cooperation 185 Gloss: On Stupidity 191 Gloss: On Creation of Artifacts and Things 195 Gloss: On Futility and Exasperation 201 Gloss: On Acceptance 215 Gloss: On Being Poor 219 Gloss: On the Value of Discipline 223 Gloss: On the False Promise of First Impressions 229 Gloss: On Wisdom 231
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'Talk does not cook rice'. That Asian aphorism, carried across centuries and continents, coyly offers wisdom, with a knowing smile, capped off with wink. 'Kick the World, Break Your Foot' offers hundreds of these timeless nuggets of advice, adorned with wit and brevity. They variously offer piercing admonishment, cautious, and encouragement, yet always with a nod to human nature's endearing quirks. Like this: Straightened too much / crooked as ever. The Buddha himself would hear the voice of his wise grandma saying, sonny, you make something worse by trying to fix it. The more prescient the advice, the harder it can be to accept. (Who wants to be told they've been doing something badly?) But the wisdom of these haiku-like aphorisms is passed along as gently and softly as the brushstrokes of a master Asian watercolorist. So, advice may never be more welcome than when you browse this collection of ageless gems.
Les mer
A book of popular philosophy based on Asians aphorisms about life
Preface 3 Chapter 1: On Optimism, Hope, and False Hope 9 Chapter 2: On People and Human Nature 19 Chapter 3: On Negotiation and Cooperation 37 Chapter 4: On Stupidity 45 Chapter 5: On Creation of Artifacts and Things 49 Chapter 6: On Futility and Exasperation 59 Chapter 7: On Acceptance 79 Chapter 8: On Being Poor 85 Chapter 9: On the Value of Discipline 91 Chapter 10: On the False Promise of First Impressions 101 Chapter 11: On Wisdom 105 Chapter 12: On Competition 113 Chapter 13: On Trying to be Something You're Not 125 Chapter 14: On Caution, Omens, and Sympathy 131 Chapter 15: On Leaders & Leadership 137 Chapter 16: On Patience 143 Chapter 17: On Making the Best of a Bad Situation 147 Chapter 18: On Accepting Consequences 151 Chapter 19: On Burdens, Luck & Fate 157 Glossary 165 Gloss: On Optimism, Hope, and False Hope 167 Gloss: On People and Human Nature 173 Gloss: On Negotiation and Cooperation 185 Gloss: On Stupidity 191 Gloss: On Creation of Artifacts and Things 195 Gloss: On Futility and Exasperation 201 Gloss: On Acceptance 215 Gloss: On Being Poor 219 Gloss: On the Value of Discipline 223 Gloss: On the False Promise of First Impressions 229 Gloss: On Wisdom 231
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781915494221
Publisert
2023-05-09
Utgiver
Vendor
The Conrad Press
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
20 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
272

Forfatter
Wagner John D.

Om bidragsyterne

Asa S. Wagner is a playwright, novelist, and photographer living in Vermont, USA. He recently wrote and directed 'The British Play', which was produced on stage in San Francisco at California College of the Arts. He nears completion of a forthcoming novel, 'A Potentially Hazardous Affair', even as other book projects teem in his head. This is his first book. John D. Wagner is a poet, Young Adult novelist, non-fiction writer, and photographer who lives in New Mexico, USA. He works for a boutique investment bank, matching buyers and sellers of businesses; he also frequently writes articles and books on mergers and acquisitions. This is his twenty-fourth book.

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