http://echriqui.com Fly, but don't forget to land... Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:37:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 20 years ago a book changed my life. It happened in a magical house of a good friend of my beautiful cousin Marie-Eve, in Jerusalem. It was a small book. It took me less than an hour to read it. Even today, I remember the magic. This book was Jonathan Livingston ... http://echriqui.com/2008/10/05/a-dragon-story/en/ A long time ago, my father gave me a book. Since this was a unique event in our relationship, I obviously read it. The book was In search of Excellence. All is in the title… The book has probably influenced a generation of American engineers and managers in the 80s. ... http://echriqui.com/2008/03/11/in-search-for-excellence/en/ President Nicolas Sarkozy wants every French child to be responsible for the memory of a Jewish child killed during the Holocaust. I am jewish and I don’t think this is the right way to do that. I think the Holocaust was a unique and exceptional event that only a strong educational ... http://echriqui.com/2008/02/23/i-am-tired-of-religious-fanatics/en/ My eldest daughter lost her first milk tooth. She’s almost 6 years old. Obviously, the mouse took the tooth… Where does this story of the little mouse come from? And, what about the tradition of replacing the tooth with money? Actually, the mouse is part of many countries folklore. The ... http://echriqui.com/2008/02/12/the-origin-of-the-little-mouse/en/ Nice quote of Swami Vivekananda : Even a person who does not believe in god may go to heaven, but a person who does not believe in himself, there is no place for him even in hell. http://echriqui.com/2008/02/07/a-small-place-in-hell/en/ I wanted to write a post for peace. But, I finally found it was too pretentious. Worse, useless. So I found another way to describe it. Clic on the image. Image found on globalgalley.com http://echriqui.com/2008/02/04/peace/en/ Jerome Kerviel is responsible for losing 5 billions euros (7 billions dollars) ! I do not understand the lynching being perpetrated against this man. I don’t have sympathy for the guy because I do not know him, but (once again) the medias fried him without a trial. I hope that the ... http://echriqui.com/2008/01/28/lets-dring-the-blood-of-jerome-kerviel/en/ 16H52. I have 8 minutes before going to the nursery and get my daughter. Is this possible to make a post before that ? The post must be intuitive and not logical. It reminds me of a book I recently crossed. Blink, the power of thinking without thinking. It's about ... http://echriqui.com/2008/01/25/write-a-post-in-less-than-8-minutes/en/ I believe that the decision to live better represents 50% of the way to go towards the goal. The remaining 49% are in the attitude (and 1% in details). The dictionary defines the word attitude as "A position of the body or manner of carrying oneself ….". After a sincere ... http://echriqui.com/2008/01/23/better-life-2-adopt-a-new-attitude/en/ Bad esthetics but quite funny. http://echriqui.com/2008/01/22/fight-for-kisses/en/