Know when to pass the baton
“Leadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better.” — Bill Bradley (1943-present); a former American professional basketball player, politician, and author. Sometimes, I find myself pondering — although it doesn’t come as a complete shock — why certain leaders just can’t seem to grasp the concept of passing on the baton. It’s a phenomenon we witness […]
Between humility and ignorance
This is from page 281 of Frank Knight’s 1950 presidential address to the American Economic Association – an address titled ‘The Role of Principles in Economics and Politics’ – this address is slightly modified and reprinted in the 1956 collection of several of Knight’s papers and speeches, On the History and Method of Economics: “I […]
Fig leaf culture
Shame is a soul eating emotion. – Carl Gustav Yung, Swiss psychiatrist While primitive societies thrived and flourished in the embrace of the law of nature for thousands of years, European political thought emerged — immersed in ideas of change and reform to religion and politics. It became synonymous with the perpetually relevant caveat: What […]
Indifference or ignorance?
By Allan Jay & Nur Ashikin Louis KUCHING: With the latest news of the state recording nine positive cases of Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19), Sarawak should start taking proactive precautionary measures in preventing the spread of the pandemic. However, despite being aware of the disease, most Sarawakians are still indifferent to taking precautionary measures in preventing […]
