The art of taking action. Or not | Oliver Burkeman. When publishing a book in Britain or the US about eastern spiritual practices – meditation, yoga, reiki – there’s an unwritten rule as to the cover design: it must feature a lotus flower, pebble, clear sky, still lake or smiling statue. (You can generate titles by randomly combining those words, too: Smiling Pebble In A Clear Sky: The Art Of Meditation. Out now in all good bookshops!) These cliches reflect the widespread assumption that the traditions of south-east Asia are all about slowing down, looking inwards and cultivating calm: the things you do, in other words, when you’re desperate for a break from the pace of modern (implicitly, western) life. But for Gregg Krech, an expert on Japanese psychology, that’s only half the story. Look closely at such philosophies, he argues in a new book, The Art Of Taking Action, and you’ll find they’re full of practical advice for getting things done. Banking in Myanmar: Twinned with South Sudan.
Spot the gilded facade SPEND a few days in Yangon, and you can almost believe you are in a country with a functioning financial sector. ATMs, completely absent just a few years ago, now dot the city. Credit cards are increasingly (though still not widely) accepted. Outside the big cities, however, this façade falls away. What banks exist suffer from both restrictions of little prudential value and an antiquated financial system.
State banks are large, inefficient and uncompetitive (what dynamism exists in Myanmar’s banking sector has nearly all come from better capitalised and less restricted private banks). It was not always thus: before Myanmar’s military junta nationalised the banks in 1963, 14 foreign banks operated in the country—more than anywhere else in South-East Asia. That is a pity.
Marie (32), officier de réserve relations publiques à la Marine | DEFENCE. Marie Thibaut de Maisières a opté en 2006 pour la réserve et la Marine. Pourquoi le cadre de réserve? “Pour moi, c’était un défi”, raconte-t-elle. “Mon gran-père était militaire et tous ses fils ont fait leur service militaire. Pour notre famille, pouvoir servir est un grand honneur. Cela fait partie de nos traditions familiales. Je voulais aussi prouver à mon père qu’en tant que fille je pouvais réussir les épreuves d’admission. Et j’y suis arrivée” dit-elle fièrement. L’instruction n’était-elle pas trop exigeante? “Certainement, ce n’était pas du tout évident en ce qui me concerne, malgré mes aptitudes sportives.
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I was recently chatting with an up-and-coming professional speaker about some of the best presenters I've seen on stage. I immediately launched into an unplanned sales pitch for Gary Vaynerchuk, or Gary Vee, as many of us know him online. Within minutes I was citing important milestones in Vaynerchuk's life, such as his pre-school move to the United States from what is now known as Belarus, his experience operating a number of lemonade stands when he was just eight years old, and his college years working in his parents' liquor store. After I walked away from the conversation, I tried desperately to recall when I had seen the best-selling author speak, or more importantly, if I had ever met him in person. While I have chatted with Vaynerchuk a few times over Skype, I slowly realized that I have never been in the same room as him (but have watched quite a few of his keynotes on YouTube). For some, telling your story is an uncomfortable experience. 1. 2. 3.
Get an MBA, Save the World - By Charles Kenny. Perhaps it's the combined Twitter power of the Two Bills (Gates and Easterly), but working in development is hot, and not just for their 5.9 million followers. I'm not kidding: The website GradSchools.com lists 204 master's programs in international development, meant to prepare students for the glamorous life of managing technical assistance to water and sanitation departments in Bangladesh or dealing with the logistics of emergency food programs in Somalia. Devex, the international development portal, boasts a database of 410,000 candidates for employers working in the aid arena to search. And the World Bank's Young Professionals Program, a route to a permanent position at the organization, routinely attracts about 10,000 applicants for about 30 spots each year. In other words, it's a lot harder than getting into Harvard.
Kids today -- they just want to save the world. But there is more than one way to make the planet a better place. But that's far from the whole story. Manager autrement. Entreprise / Emploi Eclairage Peut-on continuer à manager au sein des entreprises comme hier ? La réponse est sans doute non. C’est dans cette évolution que s’inscrit l’Executive programme en Management et Philosophies (1) organisé par la Solvay Business School, la Louvain School of Management, la Management School de l’université de Liège-HEC et l’asbl Philosophie et Management. Un programme qui en est à sa deuxième édition. "L’idée est partie d’un constat qui m’a interpellé", explique Philippe Biltiau, codirecteur académique, initiateur du programme et professeur à la Solvay Business School. "J’ai vu plusieurs brillants jeunes diplômés de Solvay se lancer dans des études de philosophie, en complément à leur formation. "La problématique est plus urgente que jamais", estime, pour sa part, Laurent Ledoux, de l’asbl Philosophie et Management, et, tout comme Laurent Hublet, codirecteur du programme.
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Katy Waldman is a Slate assistant editor. Follow her on Twitter. Follow Xuedan Wang, a 28-year-old former intern at Harper’s Bazaar, filed a lawsuit against the Hearst Corp., Harper’s parent company, for failing to pay minimum and overtime wages during her unpaid internship. Wang, who goes by Diana, spent August through December 2011 at the magazine, coordinating fashion sample deliveries, filing expense reports, helping with photo shoots, and supervising other interns. Her typical 40-hour workweek sometimes ran to 55 hours. According to the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act, employers offering unpaid internships must meet six requirements that ensure the educational value of the experience for the interns, as well as guard against the displacement of regular workers. What happened to Diana Wang is probably wrong and possibly illegal. Today's Internships Are a Racket, Not an Opportunity - Room for Debate. Intern Nation by Ross Perlin – review | Books | The Observer.
All right for some: Chelsea Clinton joins a meeting with Denis Aitken of the WHO during her internship with the organisation, Geneva, 2002. Photograph: Reuters/ Corbis In February, a Conservative party fundraiser auctioned off internships at City firms and glossy magazines. With thousands of young people struggling to find work, wealthy Tory backers paid thousands to secure plum opportunities for their children. While Nick Clegg sermonises about social mobility, David Cameron has admitted to being "very relaxed" about giving an internship in his constituency office to his neighbour's son. Cameron's words, bringing to mind Mandelson's 2008 admission that he was "incredibly relaxed about people becoming filthy rich", seemed almost calculated to stir resentment. Despite all political parties swearing allegiance to "fairness", today's blighted economy still offers ways for the elite to flourish through a system of privilege and patronage.
Recruiting interns: All work and no pay?