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29 stories in“Take Off Your Glasses”
A book by Fernando LanzerAvailable on amazon.comPaperback and electronic
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So, what are these
stories about?
I don’t know,
let’s take a
peek…
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1. Take Off Your Glasses
News media generate items viewed through their own distorted lenses;
how can we understand their bias and see what is really happening out there?
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2. Managing People Across Cultures
Managing people from different cultures is simple and difficult; it begins with understanding how cultures are different!
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3. Proud To Be Mixed
Brown is better.The myth of the “pure white race” has been busted.
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4. The United States of Europe versus The American Union
Here’s why we can’t all just get along… or can we?
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5. Are We All On A Boat Or Are We Part Of A Shopping Mall?
Wrong analogies lead to wrong conclusions
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6. Bankers And Bankers
They’re not all the same…
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7. Bogus Bonus Brawl
A long time ago, in the 20th Century, bonuses were created… what went wrong?
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10. When Fear Of Change Turns Into Mass Murder
The attacks in Norway on July 22 were a tragic illustration of madness empowered in our modern society. What can we do about it?
Hey, what happened to stories 8 & 9?You’ll have to see them in the book…
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Is the second
part of the book really better
than the first?
I don’t know,
let’s take a
peek…
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13. Arab Spring Misread
People are seeing what they want to see and not what is really happening
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16. Democracy In China
China has never been freer…And it will never adopt the “English Democracy” model that was adopted in Europe and in the Americas.
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19. My Neighbor For President
What did George W. Bush, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, Evo Morales and Hugo Chávez all have in common? Pick the right answer:a. they were all idiotsb. they were all dangerousc. they were all incompetentd. they were all “people like us”e. all of the above
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20. The American Commander’s Choice
According to a Pentagon report made public in 2009, Bin Laden was located in Afghanistan in 2001. How did he escape? Why did it take 10 years to find him again?
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21. Fear Of Freud
Why is Freud so scary to so many people?
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Six people in a bar, each with a different way of looking at the world. Let’s eavesdrop on their discussion…
24. Six Visions - part 2
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26. Creating Jobs
Creating jobs is easy… if we really want to. It’s not about monetary policy, so let’s stop pretending and tackle the real issue.
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Pupil: O Master Khard, I have come a long way on the American Express all the way to Mount Visa in search of the meaning of life…(continues in book)27. The Meaning Of Life
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29. Crystal Balls
Who has the balls to predict the future?
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Available on amazon
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