Comments for Living in More Than One World http://brucerosenstein.com/blog The Blog of Bruce Rosenstein Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:54:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on 300 Words with Tom Butler-Bowdon by bruce http://brucerosenstein.com/blog/2010/09/300-words-with-tom-butler-bowdon/comment-page-1/#comment-401 bruce Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:54:22 +0000 http://brucerosenstein.com/blog/?p=861#comment-401 You're welcome, Guy. Glad that this post spoke to you in such a powerful way. Tom's work is really important and his website has a tremendous amount of information. And thanks for highlighting the inspiration/power to refresh aspects of what Tom said. It will definitely provide food for thought for me -- and I hope others -- in the coming days and weeks. You’re welcome, Guy. Glad that this post spoke to you in such a powerful way. Tom’s work is really important and his website has a tremendous amount of information. And thanks for highlighting the inspiration/power to refresh aspects of what Tom said. It will definitely provide food for thought for me — and I hope others — in the coming days and weeks.

]]> Comment on 300 Words with Tom Butler-Bowdon by Guy St. Clair http://brucerosenstein.com/blog/2010/09/300-words-with-tom-butler-bowdon/comment-page-1/#comment-396 Guy St. Clair Sun, 05 Sep 2010 09:09:36 +0000 http://brucerosenstein.com/blog/?p=861#comment-396 Thanks, Bruce, for sharing this. And congratulations on your proposed new series. Like the idea very much. Wish I knew Tom well enough to sit down and have a conversation with him. No worries. You've provided a cogent and stimulating introduction to a new connection, and I'm grateful. What stands out for me are two concepts that seem to connect directly with what how we are trying to use Mr. Drucker's work: Tom's phrase about "things that have the power to refresh" and his comment about the role of inspiration. We have to have both, and whether we believe in the "official" sorts of things or have figured out something else to provide us with our inspiration, it is truly necessary. And it connects right up there with "the power to refresh." Thanks for this. Thanks, Bruce, for sharing this. And congratulations on your proposed new series. Like the idea very much.

Wish I knew Tom well enough to sit down and have a conversation with him.

No worries. You’ve provided a cogent and stimulating introduction to a new connection, and I’m grateful.

What stands out for me are two concepts that seem to connect directly with what how we are trying to use Mr. Drucker’s work: Tom’s phrase about “things that have the power to refresh” and his comment about the role of inspiration.

We have to have both, and whether we believe in the “official” sorts of things or have figured out something else to provide us with our inspiration, it is truly necessary. And it connects right up there with “the power to refresh.”

Thanks for this.

]]> Comment on Jorge Luis Borges and Harvard: Encountering Your Younger Self by Living in More Than One World » Blog Archive » 111 Years of Jorge Luis Borges http://brucerosenstein.com/blog/2009/06/jorge-luis-borges-and-harvard-encountering-your-younger-self/comment-page-1/#comment-363 Living in More Than One World » Blog Archive » 111 Years of Jorge Luis Borges Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:53:51 +0000 http://brucerosenstein.com/blog/?p=334#comment-363 [...] in Scranton, Pa. As a new school year dawns, it might be a good time to employ the device of a conversation with your younger self, as Borges describes in the short story “The Other.” Finally, take a few moments for reflection [...] [...] in Scranton, Pa. As a new school year dawns, it might be a good time to employ the device of a conversation with your younger self, as Borges describes in the short story “The Other.” Finally, take a few moments for reflection [...]

]]> Comment on Management Secrets of Fairport Convention by eileen http://brucerosenstein.com/blog/2010/08/management-secrets-of-fairport-convention/comment-page-1/#comment-350 eileen Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:51:39 +0000 http://brucerosenstein.com/blog/?p=851#comment-350 It's such a delight when an event/organization is well run by caring, thinking people. In 2002 I had the great pleasure and honor of training for the Chicago Marathon through the Leukemia and Lymphoma's Society's "Team In Training" program (http://www.teamintraining.org/). Not only was this a great cause, every single thing they did from the orientation meeting to the after party was a huge success, and always sensitively tailored to the individual. They pair novice runners with mentors, and with "Patient Heros" to structure the 18-week training program. They are a class act! Perhaps their management and outreach secrets are worth investigating. It’s such a delight when an event/organization is well run by caring, thinking people. In 2002 I had the great pleasure and honor of training for the Chicago Marathon through the Leukemia and Lymphoma’s Society’s “Team In Training” program (http://www.teamintraining.org/). Not only was this a great cause, every single thing they did from the orientation meeting to the after party was a huge success, and always sensitively tailored to the individual. They pair novice runners with mentors, and with “Patient Heros” to structure the 18-week training program. They are a class act! Perhaps their management and outreach secrets are worth investigating.

]]> Comment on Fairport Convention’s Festival Came Around Again by Living in More Than One World » Blog Archive » Management Secrets of Fairport Convention http://brucerosenstein.com/blog/2009/08/fairport-conventions-festival-came-around-again/comment-page-1/#comment-348 Living in More Than One World » Blog Archive » Management Secrets of Fairport Convention Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:28:06 +0000 http://brucerosenstein.com/blog/?p=680#comment-348 [...] Fairport Cropredy Convention, the long-running outdoor festival the British band produces each August, got me thinking that perhaps we should also consider the Management Secrets of Fairport [...] [...] Fairport Cropredy Convention, the long-running outdoor festival the British band produces each August, got me thinking that perhaps we should also consider the Management Secrets of Fairport [...]

]]> Comment on The Guardian Hay Festival: Next Best Thing to Being There by Living in More Than One World » Blog Archive » The Guardian Hay Festival in the Rear View Mirror http://brucerosenstein.com/blog/2009/05/the-guardian-hay-festival-next-best-thing-to-being-there/comment-page-1/#comment-336 Living in More Than One World » Blog Archive » The Guardian Hay Festival in the Rear View Mirror Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:41:23 +0000 http://brucerosenstein.com/blog/?p=272#comment-336 [...] Last year I enjoyed blogging about my virtual experience of the Guardian Hay Festival. It has already taken place this year, but those of us who missed it in person can still enjoy it online. The Guardian still has lots of material – text, photos, audio and video – on its site for the event. The text offerings include a brief wrap-up piece, Best of the Hay Festival 2010. Hay is more than author readings. It’s also about book-buying, as driven home by the photo essay Used books, new books, looking for the perfect book … and the videos representing the Hay Festival Bookshop Challenge, including this one featuring Val McDermid. Continuing the video theme is a section of short author interviews, such as this one with Alexander McCall Smith, on Sky Arts’ The Book Show. The others in the series include McDermid, Simon Schama, Audrey Niffenegger, Bill Bryson and more. There is another photo essay in which festival-goers answer the question What Are You Reading at the Hay Festival? An extensive section of audio Haycasts features author interviews from this year, 2009 and 2008. I was happy to see one particular video from The Book Show that exemplifies the concept of Living in More Than One World: an interview with Brian May, the guitarist of Queen, who also happens to have a Ph.D. in astrophysics and is an author. The video snippet describes the recent book he co-authored with Elena Vidal, A Village Lost and Found. The Hay Festival material serves as a reminder that the extensive Guardian Books site is always worth a virtual visit. You can easily lose yourself in new and older articles, reviews, blogs, special features, audio and video. And if you still want more of the Hay virtual experience, go back to the Guardian’s main page for Hay, to access links for its coverage going back to 2006. [...] [...] Last year I enjoyed blogging about my virtual experience of the Guardian Hay Festival. It has already taken place this year, but those of us who missed it in person can still enjoy it online. The Guardian still has lots of material – text, photos, audio and video – on its site for the event. The text offerings include a brief wrap-up piece, Best of the Hay Festival 2010. Hay is more than author readings. It’s also about book-buying, as driven home by the photo essay Used books, new books, looking for the perfect book … and the videos representing the Hay Festival Bookshop Challenge, including this one featuring Val McDermid. Continuing the video theme is a section of short author interviews, such as this one with Alexander McCall Smith, on Sky Arts’ The Book Show. The others in the series include McDermid, Simon Schama, Audrey Niffenegger, Bill Bryson and more. There is another photo essay in which festival-goers answer the question What Are You Reading at the Hay Festival? An extensive section of audio Haycasts features author interviews from this year, 2009 and 2008. I was happy to see one particular video from The Book Show that exemplifies the concept of Living in More Than One World: an interview with Brian May, the guitarist of Queen, who also happens to have a Ph.D. in astrophysics and is an author. The video snippet describes the recent book he co-authored with Elena Vidal, A Village Lost and Found. The Hay Festival material serves as a reminder that the extensive Guardian Books site is always worth a virtual visit. You can easily lose yourself in new and older articles, reviews, blogs, special features, audio and video. And if you still want more of the Hay virtual experience, go back to the Guardian’s main page for Hay, to access links for its coverage going back to 2006. [...]

]]> Comment on The First-Time Author Experience, One Year On by Julian http://brucerosenstein.com/blog/2010/08/the-first-time-author-experience-one-year-on/comment-page-1/#comment-334 Julian Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:34:34 +0000 http://brucerosenstein.com/blog/?p=833#comment-334 Wonderful news about the book. Anything that keeps Drucker in the minds of people today is great. Thank you Bruce for having the courage to stick with it and write this book. Here's to your second book! Wonderful news about the book. Anything that keeps Drucker in the minds of people today is great. Thank you Bruce for having the courage to stick with it and write this book. Here’s to your second book!

]]> Comment on The First-Time Author Experience, One Year On by eileen http://brucerosenstein.com/blog/2010/08/the-first-time-author-experience-one-year-on/comment-page-1/#comment-296 eileen Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:39:46 +0000 http://brucerosenstein.com/blog/?p=833#comment-296 Omedetōgozaimasu! Omedetōgozaimasu!

]]> Comment on W.S. Merwin, Peter Drucker, Scranton (and Me) by Living in More Than One World » Blog Archive » The First-Time Author Experience, One Year On http://brucerosenstein.com/blog/2010/07/w-s-merwin-peter-drucker-scranton-and-me/comment-page-1/#comment-292 Living in More Than One World » Blog Archive » The First-Time Author Experience, One Year On Mon, 02 Aug 2010 13:13:10 +0000 http://brucerosenstein.com/blog/?p=819#comment-292 [...] breakfast for government librarians is now online. There were three events in Pennsylvania: one in Scranton, where I was born and raised; another for the Wharton Club of  Philadelphia and one for the [...] [...] breakfast for government librarians is now online. There were three events in Pennsylvania: one in Scranton, where I was born and raised; another for the Wharton Club of  Philadelphia and one for the [...]

]]> Comment on Extending the Summer with Reading Lists by Living in More Than One World » Blog Archive » The Joy of Summer Book Lists http://brucerosenstein.com/blog/2009/08/extending-the-summer-with-reading-lists/comment-page-1/#comment-271 Living in More Than One World » Blog Archive » The Joy of Summer Book Lists Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:55:02 +0000 http://brucerosenstein.com/blog/?p=628#comment-271 [...] relationship to life as a whole. This, of course, is the season of summer book lists, which I also blogged about last year. NPR has a major section of book recommendations, 2010 Summer Books. The Los [...] [...] relationship to life as a whole. This, of course, is the season of summer book lists, which I also blogged about last year. NPR has a major section of book recommendations, 2010 Summer Books. The Los [...]

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