The Rise of Abstract Money: From Coins to Invisible Ledgers
There was a time when money had weight. It clinked when dropped on a table and carried the cold glint of metal or the soft polish of…
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A Look at Lyn Alden’s Book; Broken Money
Reading Lyn Alden’s Broken Money feels a bit like having a long, eye-opening conversation with that one friend who somehow makes complicated topics make sense. She digs…
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Why Great Leaders Don’t Walk Too Far Ahead
another rumination from a conversation with friends. When leading, one must carry both the vision of the horizon and the weight of those who walk beside. The…
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The Three Adjectives That Shape a Fulfilled Life
I was speaking with a friend not long ago, someone who spends his hours alongside me in the work we call charity. He told me that he…
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Solidarity, Not Charity
To give is not always to love. Too often, charity disguises itself as compassion while secretly nourishing the vanity of the giver. The poor, the hungry, the…
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Guide the Fire but Never Dim the Flame
Leadership is guiding the fire of others without ever dimming their flame – River Stephens In my experience, leadership is a delicate art of balance. On one…
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Alone Together: How Technology Connects Us While Making Us Lonely
Sherry Turkle’s Alone Together is one of those books that hangs around in your mind long after you’ve closed it, not because of any particular shocking revelation,…
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The Medici: How a Renaissance Banking Dynasty Built the Blueprint for Modern Financial Power
Paul Strathern’s The Medici is one of those history books that reads more like a story than a lecture. He traces the family’s rise from shrewd moneylenders…
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From Birds to Banks: What Nature Can Teach Us About True Wealth
It has always seemed to me that nature, in her quiet dignity, never once conceived of interest rates or compound debt, and yet she manages her affairs…
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The Man Who Quit Money: What Daniel Suelo’s Radical Life Teaches Us About Freedom
In The Man Who Quit Money, Mark Sundeen follows the radical life experiment of Daniel Suelo, a man who in 2000 walked away from his last thirty…