Jesus taught hard things. He once told a man to sell everything he owned in order to be a disciple. He said that the way up is down, and the greatest person in the kingdom of God would be the one who serves the most. He came up with the whole “turn the other cheek” thing and then showed us how it’s done. Continue reading »
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Dec 132011
So you want to write a book. Well, you might want to know the stats.
Here are some sobering statistics from Nielsen Bookscan, a company that in 2004 tracked the sales of 1.2 million books in the United States:
Of those 1.2 million books, 950,000 sold fewer than 99 copies.
Another 200,000 sold fewer than 1,000 copies. Continue reading »
Dec 132011
As if the name of this blog, twoandtwomakesfive, wasn’t strange enough, this post is about how fourteen equals fifty-nine. Read on to find out how… Continue reading »
This is the first in a three part series of articles by David Henderson about a book by Alan Reynolds called Income and Wealth (and at $55 you will need some income and wealth to buy it!). You have heard there are lies, damn lies and then there are statistics. Reynolds book purportedly shows how this true with claims about poverty and income disparity. Hederson believes this will be one of the top five most important books on economics for the decade. Continue reading »
Dec 012011
Business Week has a fascinating article on Best Buy’s efforts to transform organizational culture through a program called Results-Only Work Environment. (ht: SBSDiva) Basically, the idea is that in an age of ubiquitous wireless, transcontinental contacts, and increasing stress, employees can have more control and thus be more productive by working when and where they need to. Continue reading »