72% customers want brands to be inspirational: Wunderman Thompson study
Amazon, Samsung and Apple top the list of 100 most inspiring brands in the world
Scientists look to meteorites for inspiration to achieve critical element-free magnet
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Critical Materials Institute has developed a low-cost, high performance permanent magnet by drawing inspiration from an out-of-this-world source: iron-nickel alloys in meteorites. The magnet rivals widely used “Alnico” magnets in magnetic strength and has the potential to fill a strong demand for rare-earth- and cobalt-free magnets in the market.
A tale of inspiration: How Anju Bobby George wrote history with one kidney
After finishing a training session in 2001, Anju Bobby George felt there was something wrong with her body.
How Mohit Aron’s Indian Hometown Inspired His Unicorn Company
Physical place is often a powerful influence on entrepreneurs. One thinks of Steve Jobs growing up in the suburbs south of San Francisco. The unique mashup of cultural rebels and computer geeks inspired Jobs to locate Apple at the intersection of science and art. It’s still the Apple address.
An inspiring history of the Enlightenment
Today’s arguments are often conducted with weapons and tactics honed three centuries ago
In september the University of Edinburgh expunged the name of David Hume from an ugly teaching block. In response to a student petition, the university agreed that the views of the 18th-century thinker on the possible inferiority of non-white races, voiced in a tentative footnote to his essay “Of National Characters”, “rightly cause distress today”. Thomas Jefferson, a slave-owner, used almost identical language. So did Immanuel Kant.
Zen fable – Seeking God
A hermit was meditating by a river when a young man interrupted him.“Master, I wish to become your disciple,” said the man.“Why?” replied the hermit.
The young man thought for a moment.“
Because I want to find God.”The master jumped up, grabbed him by the scruff of his neck, dragged him into the river, and plunged his head under water.
After holding him there for a minute, with him kicking and struggling to free himself, the master finally pulled him up out of the river. The young man coughed up water and gasped to get his breath. When he eventually quieted down, the master spoke.
“Tell me, what did you want most of all when you were under water.” “Air!” answered the man. “Very well,” said the master.
“Go home and come back to me when you want God as much as you just wanted air.”
Interpretation
In all areas, it is desire that takes us wherever we wish to go. As a well known prayer says, Seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened to you, Seek and you shall find. This is true in all areas of life.
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