In The Paradox of Choice, Barry Schwartz asks an interesting pair of questions:
Imagine that you have decided to see a concert where admission is $20 a ticket. As you enter the concert hall, you discover that you have lost a $20 bill. Would you still pay $20 for a ticket to the concert?
Schwartz says that […]
wadehodges.com Archives: May 2007
I’ve been blogging for over five years now and I’m tired of it.
I’m especially tired of feeling guilty if I don’t have something interesting to post everyday.
So, for the next month, I’m letting myself off the hook. If I have something to post, I’ll post it. If I don’t, then […]
Challenging words from Alan Roxburgh:
If we want to discern the emergent work of God, we’ve got to ask, Where are the most God-forsaken places today? Let me suggest to you, one of the most God-forsaken place for us, is the local congregation. Why? They don’t get it. They don’t understand any of this stuff. They […]
A story inspired by Frost and Hirsch’s take on Eph. 4:11-13
Five People Sitting Around a Table [22:48m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
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This is the best “The Way I See It” quote I’ve seen on a Starbucks cup so far:
People don’t read enough. And what reading we do is cursory, without absorbing the subtleties and nuances that lie deep within–Wow, you’ve stopped paying attention, haven’t you? People can’t even read a coffee cup without drifting off.
David Shore–Creator […]
I heard about Prison Entrepreneurship on the Catalyst podcast.
Check it out.
One hundred thousand dollars in sales per week … 90% net margin … 90%repeat business … On an investment banking teaser, this company profilewould have generated widespread interest among the investmentcommunity—had the core product not been crack cocaine. A largepercentage of inmates come to prison […]
In The Answer to How is Yes, Peter Block suggests six questions that will take us in a much different direction than the usual How? questions. Before we get to the questions, here are a few introductory comments from Block.
“The alternative to asking How? is saying Yes–not literally, but as a symbol of our […]
I spent most of last week in Malibu at the Pepperdine lectures. I had a great time chilling out at the Malibu Country Mart, eating stuffed fajita quesadillas at La Salsa, driving up and down the Pacific Coast Highway, and hanging out with a few good friends.
Yesterday I took the day off from Garnett and […]
I’ve been blogging for over five years now and I’m tired of it.
I’m especially tired of feeling guilty if I don’t have something interesting to post everyday.
So, for the next month, I’m letting myself off the hook. If I have something to post, I’ll post it. If I don’t, then […]
Challenging words from Alan Roxburgh:
If we want to discern the emergent work of God, we’ve got to ask, Where are the most God-forsaken places today? Let me suggest to you, one of the most God-forsaken place for us, is the local congregation. Why? They don’t get it. They don’t understand any of this stuff. They […]
A story inspired by Frost and Hirsch’s take on Eph. 4:11-13
Five People Sitting Around a Table [22:48m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
podPressPlayerToLoad(’podPressPlayerSpace_1014′, ‘mp3Player_1014_0′, ‘300:30′, ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wadehodges.com%2Fpodcasts%2Ffivepeople.mp3′);
This is the best “The Way I See It” quote I’ve seen on a Starbucks cup so far:
People don’t read enough. And what reading we do is cursory, without absorbing the subtleties and nuances that lie deep within–Wow, you’ve stopped paying attention, haven’t you? People can’t even read a coffee cup without drifting off.
David Shore–Creator […]
I heard about Prison Entrepreneurship on the Catalyst podcast.
Check it out.
One hundred thousand dollars in sales per week … 90% net margin … 90%repeat business … On an investment banking teaser, this company profilewould have generated widespread interest among the investmentcommunity—had the core product not been crack cocaine. A largepercentage of inmates come to prison […]
In The Answer to How is Yes, Peter Block suggests six questions that will take us in a much different direction than the usual How? questions. Before we get to the questions, here are a few introductory comments from Block.
“The alternative to asking How? is saying Yes–not literally, but as a symbol of our […]
I spent most of last week in Malibu at the Pepperdine lectures. I had a great time chilling out at the Malibu Country Mart, eating stuffed fajita quesadillas at La Salsa, driving up and down the Pacific Coast Highway, and hanging out with a few good friends.
Yesterday I took the day off from Garnett and […]
