I have talked about finding your passions in this Blog before. Here is another great essay which can help finding the right business:
When we do strategic planning for corporations, the first thing we think about is how to increase the company’s rate of return on the equity it has invested in the business. This is [...]

Malcolm Gladwell, two-time number one national bestselling author of The Tipping Point and Blink, discussed his latest book Outliers and more at a Penn alumni event at the Hudson Union Society. Very interesting stuff – read his books, i f you can.
Cheers, Dirk

Stupid questions – really stupid or manipulative?
There are people who are known for asking stupid questions, so that the other person feels inadequate, unattractive or doesn’t know how to act. These people want to influence other people to do something which that person does not really want to do. In fact we all are often [...]

You get more out of your relationships with others — more easily — by not approaching them directly. It’s because of something called the Law of Indirect Effort.
For example, if you want to impress someone, the direct way to do it is to point out your admirable qualities and accomplishments. But talking about yourself usually [...]

When I was in my thirties, I was urged to run for political office. I put together a campaign committee of about 12 enthusiastic supporters. And I started to get carried away with the idea of making a difference in my state.
Then I called a politician I had worked with. I asked him if he [...]

Most of us enjoy talking more then listening to the people we are talking to. Sometimes we even catch ourselves allready starting to think about our answer or our  own experience after the person we talk to just started to speak.
 A speaker I know very well lately told me he reminds himself to listen using the “WAIT“-formula [...]