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if it comes to strategical leadship steve jobs of apple might be one of the most entertaining characters in the valley. he’s been called about every 5-letter-word in the book by former employees and been praised as the valley’s high-tech hero – recently he held a remarkable speech at stanfordÄs graduation ceremony. stay hungy, stay…

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If you are looking for peace, prepare for war – the romans said. I’m quite a peaceful person but I have a bad feeling that this one is going to lead to an all-out war. The graveyards are full of broken heroes, bhut if justice is at stake, it’s worth a try. I believe.

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man am i in a blue mood – lifehouse up’n down. tough week and still happiness inside. way to go. i’m living for the only thing i know i’m running and not quite sure where to go i don’t know what i’m diving into just hanging by a moment here with you there’s nothing else…

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it’s the small moments that make up for my day. during lunch break i went down to nordsee, to grab some seafood. the lady behind the counter was about 40 and terribly nervous – her “i just started” sticker told me why. she neither got me the right thing nor the right change in the…

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every time i make a decision it turns out that instead of peace of mind, i get yet another decision put up in front of me. i think i was born to investigate, put thoughts into words, it’s always been my dream. there are no coincidences – that’s why i became a journalist and then…

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It’s been a long time but this time I really am back. Like so many other times in my life, when things get busy or feel like too much I shut myself off and turn inside to the things I believe I can control. The older I get I’m not convinced that I’m necessarily getting…

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thank god the headache is gone. bernd had his bachelor-party: a hangover waiting to happen. was good to have a couple of beers with franz & the bunch again. got to stop spending money again now that i’m at break even. i believe.

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have you ever seen discovery history’s commercial? “ich bin geschichte” – i feel so insignificant sometimes because i swore to myself i would change the world and what did i make of it yet? sometimes it feels i can’t even change myself. Wer wird in tausend Jahren unsere Zweifel noch verstehen ? Ihr von morgen…

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How happy is the blameless vestal’s lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray’r accepted, and each wish resign’d I believe.

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i transferred mindwork.net to a new hosting provider – the old one went down every once in a while, email was never spooled through and and and. everything should be working fine again – if you notice an error anywhere, please let me know at stefan (dot) jaeger (at) mindwork (dot) net. thanks!

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i was just watching about the fall and rise of austria in the last century. and yes – even if we as a nation failed in 1938, i think that at least the majority learned its lesson. after ten years of occupation we guaranteed our eternal neutrality – and in 1956 during the hungary crisis,…

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now that everyone around me seems to get babies one of the quotes I’ve just always loved: A baby is a God’s opinion that life should go on. (Carl Sandburg) I believe.

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just one simple thing i have been thinking about for eternities: mindwork has always been in english, at least since i started writing regularly in 2001. i was really starting to think about switching to german, at least for my own posts (of course the rest of you is welcome to keep posting in english)…

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riitta had a ticket for the finland – sweden game in the world championships so i tried hard and got another one for the game. i hadn’t been in innsbruck for ages and the both of us had a blast there (with minor difficulties on the way :_) – now home again, happy, safe &…

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so even car makers can be right every now and then – really though it’s going to take quite a while before i can afford any bmw i still like their “principle of joy” commercial. it’s not that bad. really. and what’s wrong about enjoying some things? The world is one and it’s starting to…

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axel has joined the ranks of bloggers (and macowners!) wopeee – it’s a be-first trackback for me – go and say hi at: http://emergence-lounge.typepad.com. i believe.

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Wie die Dinge sich wohl anfühln’ wenn sie denn noch ganz wärn’ Ein Lebenslauf gebastelt mit den Händen eines Tanzbären Und gesucht und gefunden In der Einsicht verbunden Du gibst was du brauchst ich glaub’ was ich seh’ Endlich mal etwas das ich fast versteh’ I believe. And home is, where my heart is.

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even if it seems so everytime i comel to finland. aside from sanna, i left so many things back here. friends, feelings, fears – it’s going to feel weird to go back home and figure i am living there now instead of here. but then again the best thing is, that someone there is actually…

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it’s been the weirdest feeling i experienced in a long time. 2200 kilometers from home i go to a bar – and suddenly somebody shouts my name. it went like cold shivers down my back and ultimately it felt like, that i had actually been living here, that i existed here and that i left…

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And I feel just like I’m living someone else’s life It’s like I just stepped outside when everything was going right And I know just why you could not come along with me This was not your dream but you always believed in me… Another winter day Has come and gone away in either Paris…

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just watched discovery history showing how germany raised again after the war. and i figured that people back then had a lot more than we have today, though they had nothing: a dream of a better tomorrow. when did we stop dreaming? i believe.

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The love for justice that is in us is not only the best part of our being but it is also the most true to our nature. Cesar Chavez. I believe.

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i am not sure if you know it. the feeling of remembering a great great time. its smell, its taste, the butterflies in your stomach. there’s a song that will always remember me of finland, the time i spent there, the sunsets i saw and rides i took somewhere, somewhen. You got a fast car…

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saw kettcar playing in vienna – it’s a one of a kind band that would probably even make grönemeyer turn to mekka. we had a blast jumping around like little kids with axel. yeah – i should probably scream and shout more often. in a positive sense though. Die Haustür hinter dir. Und vor dir…

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john paul is dead. may he rest in peace, wherever he may be now. i played bach for him. Bist du bei mir, geh’ ich mit Freuden zum Sterben und zu meiner Ruh’. Ach, wie vergnügt wär’ so mein Ende, es drückten deine lieben Hände mir die getreuen Augen zu! i believe.

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i’m going to finland once again. finally. really.. cause to me – in one way or another – it feels like coming home. i believe.

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You can go your own way Go your own way You an call it Another lonely day You can go your own way Go your own way I believe. Let me walk my own way.

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i am in a weird stage of anticipation of things to happen. if i can’t take something then it’s uncertainty. i’m rather thrown into something head first then having to wait, slowly grinding into it. and the thing is, they don’t know me – the way i really am – though i might seem arrogant…

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when i got back to work and told about the philippines and the level of poverty i had seen in some places there were some things said that really disturbed me. a colleague of mine said “well i’ve seen poor countries but believe me, those who want to make it, make it. the others just…

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Yesterday I went to a compulsory seminar about how to be a better supervisor to my graduate students. As were reminded, when these guys start, we sign a legal contract with them, so we’re all obliged to get it right. What really hit me though was what was said about dealing not just with the…

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This is my last semester at this school. I have eighteen credits (12 is considered FT), work forty plus hours a week, and still have a social life. I need every class that I am taking. I can feel the pressure that surrounds my doing well this semester but it is almost as if it…

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A long time ago my sister asked our grandmother how old she felt in her head. She must have been about 85 at the time but she said that in her head she was still 32. After spending the last few months not wanting to turn 30 when the day actually came around there was…

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i guess the trip was too short, i had a feeling i would have neede a couple of more days. just to understand the fraction of our small world i was seeing – i gotta go back there, that’s for sure. right now it feels i am suspended between two steps waiting for others to…

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the philippines were amazing and frightening all together. sitting at manila airport waiting for the flight that will take me back to my world. thinking about some decisions that will most likely change my life for a good part. but it’s time to make them. more later. i believe.

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boracay is simply breathtaking. went for a walk at the beach while the sun slowly set and painted the sky in colors i have yet to believe. real beauty is when the mind can’t understand what the eyes are witnessing. i believe.

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i am paying everything here in manila by credit card, i think the peso is bound to the dollar and the dollar well – sucks right now. since i can’t really re-produce my own signature clerks really frown at me anyway – i am nothing compared to this guy. i believe.

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you slept to long if: below’s sign has been under your hotel room door for three straight days indicating i wasn’t even realizing i only got up at 2 in the afternoon.

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as much as i can’t say if switching to a new life is as easy as switching to a new blog, i am trying to do it. manila and the impressions of the last days have probably altered the way i look at things forever. because all of a sudden i noticed, that things i…

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asia. never in my life before i have witnessed such a contrast of unbelievable wealth and total poverty. manila on a first look is not for the faint of heart. it’s a face of the world i have never seen before. i believe.

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a whole new world. it’s been a long time since i saw herbert and it’s been evern a longer time since we sat down and talked. sitting at vienna airport – a 14 hour flight in front of me, i feel – yes, i really do – happy. i believe.

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