“You know a lot,” one participant told me after a recent presentation about the challenges of social and cultural integration. Obviously, that person is wrong in his appreciation of my knowledge and, after expressing sincere gratitude for his words, I told him so.
“Thank you very much,” I sai…
"Usted sabe mucho", me dijo un participante luego de una reciente presentación sobre los desafíos de integración social y cultural. Obviamente, esa persona está equivocada en su apreciación de mis conocimientos y, aunque con sincero agradecimiento por sus palabras, así se lo hice saber.
"Mucha…
According to a book recently published by investigative journalist Senan Molony, one of the reasons that led to the sinking of the Titanic on April 15, 1912, was that the crew in charge of the ship “strictly followed the naval protocol.” In other words, if, instead of being so strict, they had been …
According to a book recently published by investigative journalist Senan Molony, one of the reasons that led to the sinking of the Titanic on April 15, 1912, was that the crew in charge of the ship âstrictly followed the naval protocol.â In other words, if, instead of being so strict, they had b…
Según un libro recientemente publicado por el periodista investigador Senan Molony, una de las razones que provocó hundimiento del Titanic el fatídico 15 de abril de 1912 fue que la tripulación a cargo del barco âsiguió estrictamente el protocolo navalâ. Dicho de otra manera, si, en vez de ser t…
In 1970, the well-known book What color is your parachute? was published for the first time. In it, Richard Nelson Bolles provided advice on how to look for and find a job. Half a century later, with all due respect to Bolles, the question has changed and now the book should be called What color i…
Francisco Miraval
En 1970 se publicó por primera vez el conocido libro ¿De qué color es tu paracaídas?, en el que Richard Nelson Bolles proveía consejos sobre cómo buscar y encontrar empleo. Medio siglo después, con todo respeto a Bolles, la pregunta ha cambiado y ahora el libro debería llamarse ¿…
In the context of a recent and interesting conversation, my unexpected interlocutor asked this question without warning: “Which one is your spirituality?” He didn’t say “How is your spiritual life?” He said “which one”, suggesting that, in answering, I was expected to specify which, among many spiri…
In the context of a recent and interesting conversation, my unexpected interlocutor asked this question without warning: âWhich one is your spirituality?â He didnât say âHow is your spiritual life?â He said âwhich oneâ, suggesting that, in answering, I was expected to specify which, am…
Francisco Miraval
En el contexto de una reciente e interesante conversación, mi inesperado interlocutor lanzó sin previo aviso una pregunta: â¿Cuál es tu espiritualidad?â No dijo â¿Cómo es (o está) tu espiritualidad?â, sino âcuálâ, sugiriendo que en mi respuesta yo debería precisar cuá…
Sometime ago I read an interesting fact: up to a certain age, babies only see it up to 12 inches in front of their eyes. Anything located at a greater distance is simply out of their sight. For them, the world ends very close to their eyes.
And not only that, because, at the same time, it takes…
Alguna vez leí, y me resultó interesante el dato, que los bebés hasta cierta edad sólo ven lo que está hasta 30 centímetros por delante de sus ojos. Cualquier cosa que se ubique a una distancia mayor, simplemente quedará fuera de su vista.Â
Y no sólo eso, sino que a la vez le lleva cierto …
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