Book Summary: thoughts around what’s worth doing, fixing faulty thinking, and making things happen.

Book Summary: thoughts around what’s worth doing, fixing faulty thinking, and making things happen.

《当和尚遇到钻石》故事主要内容：外表上，他是钻石行业里一位成功的企业家；内底里，他却是一位取行藏传佛教最高学位的格西。他由美国普林斯顿大学走进佛门,他将欠债五万美元的小公司，以营成年收入一亿美元的大企业.他说：钱本身并没有罪过。这一切都在...... With a unique combination of ancient and contemporary wisdom from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, The Diamond Cutter presents readers with empowering strategies for success in their work and personal lives. Geshe Michael Roach, one of the great teach...(展开全部)

麦克尔·罗奇格西(Geshe Michael Roach)一名受戒的佛教僧人，学习了22年之后，获得了格西(佛学博士)的学位。以优等成绩自普林斯顿大学毕业。就读大学期间曾前往美国白宫，接受由总统亲自颁发的总统学术大奖章：也曾接受由普林斯顿大学威尔森国际事务学院所颁发的麦肯奈尔学术奖。自1981年以来，他开始教授佛学，同时也是研究梵文、藏文以及俄文的学者，翻译著作等身。并主持“亚洲经典机构”(Asian classics Institute)“亚洲经典输入计划”(Asiarn Classics Input Project)。此外．他也积极地进行色拉寺的重建整修工作。曾在纽约市一家大规模的钻石公司担任主管数年。

In this latest work, respected art historian T. J. Clark sets out to investigate the different ways painting has depicted the dream of God’s kingdom come: heaven descended to earth. He goes back to the late Middle Ages and Renaissance―to Giotto in Padua, Bruegel facing the horrors of religious war, Poussin painting the Sacraments, and Veronese unfolding the human comedy, in par...(展开全部)

In this latest work, respected art historian T. J. Clark sets out to investigate the different ways painting has depicted the dream of God’s kingdom come: heaven descended to earth. He goes back to the late Middle Ages and Renaissance―to Giotto in Padua, Bruegel facing the horrors of religious war, Poussin painting the Sacraments, and Veronese unfolding the human comedy, in par...(展开全部)

Draft No. 4 is a master class on the writer’s craft. In a series of playful, expertly wrought essays, John McPhee shares insights he has gathered over his career and has refined while teaching at Princeton University, where he has nurtured some of the most esteemed writers of recent decades. McPhee offers definitive guidance in the decisions regarding arrangement, diction, and ...(展开全部)

Draft No. 4 is a master class on the writer’s craft. In a series of playful, expertly wrought essays, John McPhee shares insights he has gathered over his career and has refined while teaching at Princeton University, where he has nurtured some of the most esteemed writers of recent decades. McPhee offers definitive guidance in the decisions regarding arrangement, diction, and ...(展开全部)

Succeeding in an Extroverted Business World In our extroverted business culture, introverts can feel excluded, overlooked, or misunderstood. But being an introvert doesn't mean you can't be a great leader. Citing examples of highly successful leaders like Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, Jennifer Kahnweiler shows that introverts can build on their quiet strength and make it a...(展开全部)

During the last half of the twentieth century in France, Maurice Blanchot was a key figure in exploring the relation between literature and philosophy. He developed early on a distinctive, limpid form of essay writing, and his essays, in form and substance, left their unmistakable imprint on the work of the most distinguished French theorists. The writings of Barthes, Foucault,...(展开全部)