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<title><![CDATA[Marca, marca y marca]]></title>
<link>http://clickeamarketing.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/marca-marca-y-marca/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>clickeamarketing</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Hace no mucho tuve clase en el master con un profesor que trabaja en Jhonson &amp; Jhonson que me de]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Trendin Özü: Mutluluk Arayışı ve sürüden kopmama eğilimi... // Ece Şirin]]></title>
<link>http://yazkurtulyapkurtul.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/trendin-ozu-mutluluk-arayisi-ve-suruden-kopmama-egilimi-ece-sirin/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>yazkurtulyapkurtul</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Trendin Özü: Mutluluk Arayışı ve sürüden kopmama eğilimi… Trendi şöyle tanımlamak gerekiyor: “İnsanı]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Trendin Özü: Mutluluk Arayışı ve sürüden kopmama eğilimi… Trendi şöyle tanımlamak gerekiyor: “İnsanı]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[As Maslow Would Suggest]]></title>
<link>http://ryezome.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/as-maslow-would-suggest/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:41:30 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Eating is touch carried to the bitter end. —Samuel Butler Because of the hunger, we eat, we eat to f]]></description>
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<p><em>Eating is touch carried to the bitter end.</em></p>
<p><em>—Samuel Butler</em></p>
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<p>Because of the hunger, we eat, we eat to fill</p>
<p>whatever’s missing—work the earth to give</p>
<p>us what we need. And here at the table</p>
<p>where fruit becomes flesh we find</p>
<p>there is always more hunger, a place</p>
<p>still longing to be fed not with root, not with leaf,</p>
<p>not with thick sweetened cream, but with</p>
<p>touch from the other, with lips reaching round</p>
<p>not with crumbs, not with words but with</p>
<p>bells in them, raven song, softness of stars,</p>
<p>warm hands with strum in them, sleeping ghosts,</p>
<p>a thousand mystical flowers all blossoming now,</p>
<p>skin with new snow, with wolf fur, with plum sunrise,</p>
<p>and because of the hunger, we savor, we devour.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[13: Spiritual Consciousness?]]></title>
<link>http://2012madeeasy.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/13-spiritual-consciousness/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Owen Waters of Infinite Being.com has a point.  He has written a book called The Shift: The Revoluti]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Owen Waters of <a title="Infinite Being" href="http://www.infinitebeing.com/theshift" target="_self">Infinite Being</a>.com has a point.  He has written a book called <em>The Shift: The Revolution in Human Consciousness</em>. In one of the chapters, he writes that a psychologist, Abraham Maslow (1908-1970), predicted the shift to <em>spiritual</em> consciousness in his hierarchy of needs.</p>
<p>In Maslow&#8217;s 1943 paper, &#8220;A Theory of Human Motivation&#8221;, he states that <em>outer </em>human needs of food, clothing, and shelter, then social or belongingness needs must be met before our <em>inner</em> needs of self-actualization and fulfillment can be developed.</p>
<p>The self-actualized individual becomes aware and self-responsible, with the ability to think and analyze situations independently with a new &#8220;global&#8221; perspective of what individuals and nations can do to best serve humanity. These individuals won&#8217;t cheat or steal because their inner awareness allows them to &#8220;feel empathy for the loss that a would-be victim would feel&#8221; (Waters).</p>
<p>Transcendence is an even higher understanding and awareness of &#8220;unconditional love, altruism, inner joy, a love of nature, the development of intuition (in males as well as females), idealism, and a sense of wisdom which springs from within&#8221; (Waters). Is this any different from what the Mayan elder Don Alejandro said in last week&#8217;s post? That is, we must overcome &#8220;greed, ego, selfishness, separatism, anger, hatred and ignorance&#8221; in order to meet the new age gracefully?</p>
<p>In the 1950&#8217;s, Maslow predicted only 2% of the population achieved spiritual wisdom. This estimate has expanded to include 20% of the world&#8217;s population today and is continuing to increase. Perhaps that is why we are seeing the positive changes taking place today.</p>
<p>This is a growing awareness not a passing fad. This transformation into spiritual consciousness, says Waters, is &#8220;where humanity gets to build, literally, Heaven on Earth&#8221;.  Let&#8217;s make this happen!</p>
<p><em>NOTE: This post is the last in this series on 2012.</em></p>
<p><em>It is my hope that this material gives you a brief overview of the issues surrounding 2012. Some of the websites on this subject have also been presented for your perusal. Enjoy.</em></p>
<p><em>Finally, be prepared for and help create the future; look forward to a new age.  For WE, you and I, ARE CREATING OUR FUTURE </em><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><em>NOW</em></span><em>. Our thoughts and beliefs influence others and they, in turn, impress still others, and around the world it goes.</em></p>
<p><em>Blessings to you all and happy creating!</em></p>
<p><em>Linda Welch</em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[realitate bruta]]></title>
<link>http://dreampoet.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/realitate-bruta/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>dreampoet</dc:creator>
<guid>http://dreampoet.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/realitate-bruta/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In acest moment ma aflu in stare soc dupa un incident de la serviciu&#8230; un cap de camion a ars i]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>In acest moment ma aflu in stare soc dupa un incident de la serviciu&#8230; un cap de camion a ars in apropierea mea, la numai cativa metri departare. Din fericire nu au aparut victime, iar oamenii din fabrica au intervenit intr-un mod extrem de eficient. In general, in astfel de momente nu poti avea o atitudine persiflanta, ironica, deci nici articolul meu nu il poate cuprinde astazi pe Gigel.</p>
<p>Practic, o parte din oamenii din fabrica au salvat lumea, simbolizata aici prin vietile omenesti. Putea sa fie un articol SF, putea sa fie o poveste simplu fantastica. Insa, ceea ce se exprima cel mai usor prin texte literare este crunta realitate. Daca nu ar exista acesti eroi, al caror nume istoria nu il va retine, specia umana ar putea disparea intr-o zi. Barbatii neinfricati,   se pot vedea in astfel de momente. Oameni, avand curajul de a lua realitatea in piept, oameni care actioneaza atat cerebral, cat si instinctiv sunt acele fiinte fara de care lumea ar fi mai saraca.</p>
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<p>Tot in astfel de momente, se pot vedea sentimentele de spaima, instinctele primare de a fugi cat mai departe, dar si apropierea de semeni. De ce ne trebuie astfel de momente ca sa fim umani ? De ce trebuie sa vedem darul adus de <strong>Prometeu din Olimp</strong> dupa lupta cu zeii pentru a actiona ca niste fiinte umane ? De ce suntem roboti in tot acest timp, in care ar trebui sa ne bucuram de viata si sa fim in acelasi timp foarte pregatiti pentru eventuale pericole ? Si de ce trebuie sa fim cu totii robii timpului ? Oare cand Dumnezeu a proiectat omul a lasat aceste hibe (in limbajul programatorilor, bug-uri) tocmai pentru a vedea care dintre acestia este capabil sa se corecteze ? Oare omul este un software de tip beta care trebuie adus la o varianta optima pentru sistemul de operare <strong>Mileniul al III-lea</strong>, dar in acelasi timp sa poata functiona si cu programe de tip <strong>Ajutor pentru semeni 2.0, Adevar 2.0 sau Sinceritate neconditionata 4.0.</strong></p>
<p>Sunt niste intrebari la care cu greu cineva va putea inchega un raspuns coerent, obiectiv, dar in acelasi timp care sa implice sentimente, si nu atitudini de tipul androidului DATA din celebrul serial <strong>Star Trek. </strong>In cateva cuvinte, persoana care ar putea raspunde unei asemenea intrebari ar trebui sa fie in aceeasi masura si obiectiva, dar si subiectiva. Oamenii din nastere sunt proiectati a fi subiectivi. Masinile, fie ele calculatoare sau diferite tipuri de roboti nu sunt capabile decat a actiona obiectiv, corect, netinand cont de nedreptati ce se pot petrece in cazul unor decizii aparent oneste, dar in esenta posibil vatamatoare de trup si suflet.</p>
<p>Inca nu am ajuns la ziua in care obiectivismul, ca definitie bruta sa domine subiectivismul. In plan real reprezentarea ar fi cum au imaginat multe filme SF, robotii sa ii conduca pe oameni.</p>
<p>Daca incendiul ar fi fost de proportii mai mari, prezenta acelor oameni, care nu fac greva, nu se plang la televizor de salarii si a caror munca nu este pe deplin apreciata ar fi cantarit si mai mult. Acestor oameni li s-ar putea dedica almanahuri. Astazi chiar nu pot face aluzii in textele mele la oameni marunti, a caror existenta imi este total indiferenta, fie politicieni, fie sportivi cu milioane de euro in cont. Pompierii sunt o categorie sociala care merita mai mult respect, despre care se vorbeste prea putin si care sunt prea putin vizibili.</p>
<p>Si uite ca a  venit momentul sa ii aducem un omagiu lui <strong>Alexander Graham Bell</strong> (1847 –1922), parintele telefonului. Fara aceste telefoane, interventiile pompierilor ar intarzia, si astfel multe vieti nu ar putea fi salvate. De la el, alti oameni au preluat ideile, ajungandu-se astazi la variante precum cele prezentate si de Asus prin modelul <a href="http://ro.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=11&#38;l2=56&#38;l3=531&#38;l4=0&#38;model=2092&#38;modelmenu=1">M930</a>, care pe langa facilitatea de comunicare rapida, prezinta si cateva avantaje pe care le voi enumera mai jos :</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://www.turbozone.ro/fotografii/PDA_-_SmartPhone_-_Navigatoare/Asus_M930.jpg" alt="" width="397" height="400" /></p>
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<li>Design elegant de mare clasa</li>
<li>Ecran ultra-lat pentru telefonie video imbunatatita</li>
<li>Tastatură QWERTY completă pentru scriere rapida</li>
<li>Transfer rapid al fisierelor mari prin conectivitatea 3,5G</li>
<li>Posibilități multiple cu Windows Mobile 6</li>
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<p>Acesta este de altfel singurul motiv de fictiune din textul meu. Pur realist, cu aspecte filosofice acest text sintetizeaza cateva din greselile pe care le comit oamenii de cele mai multe ori involuntar. Aici ma includ si eu, bineinteles. Singurul  moment in care omul se teme cu adevarat este acela cand realizeaza ca a fost aproape de a-si pierde viata. Iar telefoanele, mai ales cele mobile ajuta enorm la comunicarea dintre pompieri si cei afectati de <strong>« darul lui Prometeu pentru umanitate »</strong></p>
<p>De aceea putem gasi mai multi eroi in textul meu, care au salvat aceasta mica lume inclusa in Universul, despre care ar fi dorit sponsorii acestei probe sa scriu.</p>
<p>Primul erou poate fi echipa care a reusit sa opreasca flacarile, neasteptand ca pompierii sa soseasca. Este probabil cel mai bun instinct implantat de Dumnezeu in om. Este componenta fara de care nu am putea supravietui ca specie.</p>
<p>Al doilea erou pe care il evidentiez este telefonul mobil, care cum am convenit mai sus este un model <strong>M930</strong>. Desi este doar un dispozitiv, poate fi considerat erou prin prizma faptului ca fara el comunicarea ar fi fost mult mai dificila.</p>
<p>Ultimul erou, dar nu cel din urma este pompierul despre care am amintit ca nu face greva, nu ameninta cu greva, si deci nu santajeaza cu lucruri care tin de bazele piramidei lui Maslow, pe care am studiat-o candva, demult la psihologie in clasa a X-a de liceu.</p>
<p>Asa a fost salvata lumea astazi, in fabrica unde lucrez. Unul dintre eroi s-a numit <a href="http://ro.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=11&#38;l2=56&#38;l3=531&#38;l4=0&#38;model=2092&#38;modelmenu=1">M930</a> in povestea mea, care nu difera foarte mult de realitatea bruta.</p>
<p>Acest articol a fost realizat ca parte integranta a concursului SuperBlog 2009, organizat de <a href="http://pcnews.ro/">PC News</a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[How-To: Find the truth in politics and the media (or the closest approximation)]]></title>
<link>http://howtowasteyourlife.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/how-to-find-the-truth-in-politics-and-the-media-or-the-closest-approximation/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:56:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>howtowasteyourlife</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[When I was younger, I had a vague interest in politics and would sometimes find myself debating soci]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>When I was younger, I had a vague interest in politics and would sometimes find myself debating social issues like abortion, criminal justice and capital punishment, *welfare, and our &#8220;controlled substances&#8221; policies with some of my conservative-leaning peers. At the time, I had a pretty loose grasp of the actual impact of such issues on our society and rarely did any of the key political issues of the day seem to have any real effect on<strong> my life</strong> &#8211; which means they weren&#8217;t important enough to warrant more than the ocassional and mostly lighthearted oral controversion.  In those days, I wasn&#8217;t nearly as interested in the actual facts or truth so much as the emotion that defending my beliefs brought about.  At some point, I guess I came to a realization that emotion is a funny thing that can&#8217;t always be trusted, especially in an age of consumerism where everyone seems to be trying to sell something and persuasive marketers know precisely how to stir up the emotional response of their target demographic.</p>
<p>Today we&#8217;re seeing a frightening influx of corporate crusaders masquerading as concerned citizens, journalists, and &#8220;grassroots&#8221; organizers/activists.  These people have been hand-fed by corporate lobbies and misinformation agents, and are now taking to the streets in an attempt to stop any number of atrocities being committed by the Obama administration and democrats in Congress.  The thing is &#8211; these &#8220;atrocities&#8221; aren&#8217;t actually being committed at all.  There&#8217;s a concerted effort on the part of conservative republicans to misinform the public to the point of mass confusion.  There are cable &#8220;news&#8221; programs, blogs, and &#8220;news&#8221;papers joining this effort, which makes it all the more difficult for honest people to convince the clueless masses that they&#8217;re being duped.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s amazing to me that, in this &#8220;information age&#8221; where everything is online and anything you could ever possibly want to know is less than a second away (thanks, Google!), there are people who are still so dependent on cable television and the mainstream media to keep up with current events.  Television is a static medium (sometimes, quite literally).  With a few exceptions, everything you see on television is heavily scripted and rehearsed.  The internet, on the other hand, is constantly changing.  You might read a story on a news website one morning and find that, several hours later, the story has been updated with new information.  Of course, this happens in television news, too, but updates are dependent on scheduling, time slots, etc.  Yes, they do interrupt with &#8220;breaking news&#8221; sometimes, but they can&#8217;t do it every single time there&#8217;s a new tidbit of information on a story.  On the internet, you can update your web site any time you want &#8211; there&#8217;s no need to wait until 5pm, 6pm, 11pm, or a commercial break, as there is with television news.</p>
<p>&#8220;Watching the news&#8221; and &#8220;reading the paper&#8221; now also mean watching the news online, and reading the &#8220;paper&#8221; online.  Where and how a person gets their &#8220;news&#8221; can be a great indication of that person&#8217;s state of mind and often even their political alignment.  The philosophy of conservative &#8220;news&#8221; publications seems to be, &#8220;lie to them and hope they don&#8217;t try to verify the information through another source&#8221;.  This is easier to do on television, particularly when your target demographic appears to be made up primarily from the 50+ , &#8220;technologically challenged&#8221; (aka: computer illiterate) crowd.  Someone who is comfortable with computers and knows their way around the internet will be more likely to cross-reference the information that&#8217;s presented to them and discover when they&#8217;re being intentionally misled by the media.</p>
<p>The internet is undoubtedly the largest compilation of information the world has ever known, and understanding how to use the internet as a research tool is something that&#8217;s drilled into the subconscious of anyone who has ever used it for that purpose, particularly those in the academic community, students, teachers, and the media.  When using the internet as a research tool, you have to be diligent in verifying sources. It isn&#8217;t enough that an article or study appears in eleventy-billion web pages on a Google search.  You also have to consider where they appear most frequently, what those web sites&#8217; motivation for publishing such information is, and if they have an underlying political agenda that may disqualify them as an unbiased and reliable source.</p>
<p>If you really want to be well-informed in today&#8217;s politcal/media climate, that means taking the initiative to do a little investigative reporting of your own.  If you see something on the news or read something on a news web site that doesn&#8217;t sit well, do a little digging.  Plug a phrase or some key words into your search engine and see who else is running the &#8220;story&#8221;, how the facts of the story match up across several different sources, and whether the majority of media outlets where the story is found are unbiased and reliable.  It may seem like a daunting task at first, but once you&#8217;ve identified a few mostly trustworthy sources, it becomes increasingly easier to spot the bias and determine which outlets are reliable and mostly unbiased and which aren&#8217;t.</p>
<h3>4 steps toward enlightenment:</h3>
<p>1)<strong><span style="color:#ff0000;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Go straight to the source</span></span></strong>: Remember playing &#8220;telephone&#8221; as a kid? Someone starts a &#8220;rumor&#8221; that&#8217;s whispered amongst a circle of people and by the time it gets back to the person who started it, it&#8217;s something completely different?  Remember when <a href="http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/al-gore-creator-of-the-internet/E423567802A82ABE9FEEE423567802A82ABE9FEE">Al Gore</a> invented the internet, newspapers became obsolete, and the &#8220;mainstream media&#8221; outlets were trying to find their way back into people&#8217;s homes through a complicated <a href="http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/dj-ted-stevens-techno-remix-a-series-of-tubes/AF3EA246C72AD9419C18AF3EA246C72AD9419C18">series of tubes</a>? Somewhere along the way the MSM must have taken a shortcut through the blogosphere, depriving them of the oxygen required for normal brain function.  As a result, some things you hear/read on/in the &#8220;news&#8221; contain more opinion than fact.  Just about every prominent public figure or organization has an established web presence, so it&#8217;s often as easy as finding the appropriate URL &#8211; especially for any questions relating to the U.S. government.  Relating specifically to legislative issues (what&#8217;s in a bill, who supports it), everything is posted at the <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/home/c111query.html">Library of Congress web site</a>.</p>
<p>2) <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Independent fact-checking web sites</span></strong>:  Web sites like <a href="http://www.politifact.org">Politifact.org</a> and <a href="http://www.factcheck.org">FactCheck.org</a> make a great first-stop for verifying any questionable statements made by prominent political figures or politically-aligned organizations and individuals in the media.  Factcheck.org filters out the larger particles of gunk floating on the surface with near-perfect accuracy but doesn&#8217;t usually dive into the deeper layers of muck, which is why I consider it a good <em>starting</em> point.  Politifact.org&#8217;s Truth-O-Meter and Obameter are equally helpful but by no means all-inclusive &#8211; but, wait! There&#8217;s more&#8230;</p>
<p>3)<strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Media watchdogs</span></strong>: <a href="http://www.fair.org">Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting</a> <em>is a national media watch group that has been offering well-documented criticism of media bias and censorship since 1986.</em> <a href="http://www.mediamatters.org">Media Matters for America</a><em> is a Web-based, not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media.</em> At the other end of the political spectrum is <a href="http://www.newsbusters.org">Newsbusters.org</a>,<em> a project of the <a href="http://www.mediaresearch.org">Media Research Center</a> (MRC), the leader in documenting, exposing and neutralizing liberal media bias.</em> Keep in mind that these types of &#8220;watchdog&#8221; organizations are often biased themselves, so anything you read on their websites should also be verified by additional sources, if possible.</p>
<p>4) <strong><a href="http://www.google.com">Google</a></strong>: Pretty self-explanatory.  If(when) you hear or read something that just doesn&#8217;t sound right, plug some search terms into Google (or whatever search engine you use, I like <a href="http://www.bing.com">bing</a> because you can search through news articles or videos and sort them by most recent) &#8211; and see what you can find. Anything you read on a blog should be considered opinion rather than fact unless there are reputable news organizations reporting the same information.  On the other hand, just because a news organization runs a story and someone blogs about it doesn&#8217;t mean that you should consider everything in that blog entry to be factual and visa-versa. The &#8220;news&#8221; contains so much opinion these days that it actually warrants its own fact-checking (see number 3, above).</p>
<p>* the term &#8220;welfare&#8221; is used to describe social &#8220;safety net&#8221; programs in their totality. This term used to be applied to one particular program that distributed cash payments to low-income individuals and families who were struggling financially.  That program was retired in the 1990&#8217;s and replaced by another program, no longer called &#8220;welfare&#8221;.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[O Significado do Trabalho]]></title>
<link>http://grupopapeando.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/o-significado-do-trabalho/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Grupo Papeando</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Café&#8221; por Candido Portinari (1903-1962) *Por Susan Cavallet, Cristiane Denardi, Edenir ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://grupopapeando.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/cafe_portinari.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1427" title="Cafe_Portinari" src="http://grupopapeando.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/cafe_portinari.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="331" /></a>&#8220;<em>Café</em>&#8221; por Candido Portinari (1903-1962)</p>
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<p style="text-align:right;"><strong>*Por Susan Cavallet, Cristiane Denardi, Edenir Dirken e Maria Elizabeth Haro.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">As atuais mudanças desen-cadeadas pela globalização são de tal forma revolucionárias que ultrapassam o boom tecnológico. O ser humano está sendo forçado a dar um salto evolucionário para o qual não teve tempo de se preparar. A História nos mostra períodos de inovações que exigiram adaptações quanto a conhecimentos, atitudes e habilidades, mais ou menos intensas, todas sem precedentes. A Revolução Industrial é um exemplo clássico. Entretanto, a presente metamorfose nos impõe exigências de tal forma urgentes e volumosas que o impacto psicológico e social não pode ser ainda completamente avaliado ou previsto, pois estamos em meio ao processo. Pode-se apenas senti-lo e observá-lo à flor da pele das pessoas e das instituições sociais na forma de insegurança, opressão, e remotas esperanças de um futuro melhor.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">A busca desta adaptação tem sido colocada como prioritária pelo homem moderno, como condição de sobrevivência. Parecem não haver alternativas a curto prazo, a não ser a de interagir com o movimento. Empresas e empregados respondem procurando se antecipar às necessidades, antevendo novas regras de mercado, propondo outras realidades, concretas e virtuais. É preciso desenvolver novos valores, tecnologias e produtos, a fim de alcançar parâmetros mínimos de competitividade e subsistência. Uma palavra constantemente pronunciada, e que se tornou lei, é velocidade. Não basta saber, é preciso saber antes. Não basta fazer, é preciso fazer antes. Até mesmo o vocabulário de alguém que se pretende atualizado é foco de atenção cuidadosa, visto que num período curtíssimo de tempo se torna obsoleto, diferenciando informados e &#8220;des&#8221;-informados.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">É neste meio ambiente que surge a questão da relação do homem com o seu produto. Afirma CODO (1995,p. 141)  que trabalho é o ato de depositar significado humano à natureza. Complementa a afirmação ao apontar que, numa sociedade baseada na cooperação e na troca, trabalho é o ato de depositar significado social à natureza. Ao produzir, o homem transforma a natureza e é por ela transformado. Seu produto o representa e o reapresenta. A própria sociedade é criada e tem seus valores modelados pelas formas de produção.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Como forma de expressão do homem, o trabalho pode ser comparado à arte. É a manifestação de algo interno que se apresenta na concretização do esforço despendido, expondo crenças, atitudes e valores. Este princípio é válido tanto para aquele satisfeito com seu trabalho quanto para o insatisfeito. No primeiro caso, o sujeito alienado de si mesmo exterioriza seus preceitos de submissão ou acomodação ao sistema. No segundo, atualiza seu potencial, no dizer de ROGERS (1961) o que o coloca no caminho da individuação, e, portanto da realização pessoal.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>O trabalho como autoexpressão &#8211; origens</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">A noção de que o trabalho é uma das formas mais profundas de expressão humana em contrapartida a de que seria apenas um ato de sobrevivência, não é nova, e está profundamente arraigada em hipóteses criadas, testadas e sedi-mentadas pelo indivíduo no decorrer de sua história. A teoria do desenvolvimento de  ERICKSON (1976, p.227) mostra que em sucessivas etapas da elaboração da identidade surge o aspecto da produção individual. À medida que o ser humano se desenvolve e entra em contato com a realidade dos papéis sociais, percebe que sua inserção na sociedade pressupõe desempenhos. Ser alguém está intimamente associado a fazer algo.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">A necessidade de reconhecimento ou confirmação surge muito cedo. Os movimentos inicialmente desordenados do recém-nascido, respondendo basicamente a estímulos biológicos, vão aos poucos sendo substituídos por ações intencionais em tentativas de comunicação organizada, isto é, com o objetivo de traduzir conteúdos internos &#8211; sensações, desejos, necessidades. Os feedbacks fornecem referências que auxiliam a criança a se situar no mundo. É através desta interação que se passa de um estado de indiferença com o meio para o de diferenciação, dando lugar ao reconhecimento do ser individual, separado do todo. O processo é longo, está fundamentado no agir e na percepção particular da ação, e culmina com a construção da base da identidade individual.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Nestes primeiros anos, o agir se dá em função do prazer da exploração e do movimento, as descobertas são surpresas e a intencionalidade decorre de uma exuberante imaginação. A meta é conhecer o ambiente, seu conteúdo e funcionamento, sendo estas  experiências as que dão origem aos traços primários da auto-imagem. Segundo a teoria, o sucesso ou fracasso nestas  empreitadas trarão consigo os sentimentos de confiança ou desconfiança básicas, autonomia ou vergonha e dúvida, e iniciativa ou culpa. São o alicerce da identidade, protótipos de futuras elaborações. As próximas etapas estão já, portanto, influenciadas por este substrato.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Uma vez que a exploração do meio permita um certo nível de domínio, a criança entra numa nova fase. Descobre que ao desenvolver &#8220;habilidades e tarefas que excedem em muito os limites da mera expressão prazerosa de seus modos orgânicos ou o prazer que lhe causa o funcionamento de seus membros&#8221; (ERICKSON, 1976,p.238) encontra aceitação e aprovação. No período que corresponde ao que FREUD identificou como latência, inicia a busca da industriosidade. Substitui o brincar desordenado por atividades mais planejadas, e aprende que  fazer coisas conquista consideração. Coincide com a época em que começa a receber instrução escolar mais sistematizada, e percebe que os limites de seu ego incluem suas ferramentas e habilidades (ERICKSON). Produzir passa a ser ao mesmo tempo um prazer e um meio. O agir intencionalmente para atingir um objetivo é em si agradável, ao mesmo tempo que proporciona a abertura para situações também gratificantes &#8211; o intercâmbio com o grupo, a concretização de um ideal através do produto elaborado, e a aprovação individual e social. É o primeiro contato objetivo com o mundo do trabalho. A criança estará exposta a oportunidades que tanto poderão comprovar suas possibilidades de industriosidade quanto de conduzi-la a sentimentos de inadequação e inferioridade. A comprovação de que  é capaz de produzir facilita a inserção e locomoção no grupo social, e o fracasso nas habilidades de produção desencoraja a participação no grupo e no mundo das ferramentas. O insucesso traz à tona raivas submersas decorrentes da frustração dos impulsos. Ao completar esta etapa, o indivíduo terá acrescentado à sua identidade ou a condição de capacidade de produção ou a de sentimento de mediocridade e inadequação, já agregados de frustração e raiva.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Na adolescência, a soma de mudanças biopsicossociais levam a um verdadeiro tumulto. Novas maneiras de ver, sentir e pensar o mundo pressionam no sentido de uma definição, e o sujeito se cobra e é cobrado quanto a posiciona-mentos. É preciso agora saber quem ele é realmente, o quê quer e para quê quer. Uma gama de papéis deve se tornar nítida para o indivíduo e para a sociedade. É indiscutível a importância da sexualidade nesta fase, cuja atividade ocorre no sentido de delinear parâmetros de comportamento que virão a interferir inclusive no campo profissional. A outra questão que surge como fundamental é &#8220;o quê ele vai ser&#8221; &#8211; profissionalmente. A escolha do futuro campo de trabalho pretende conciliar fatores tão diferentes quanto habilidades, tendências, necessidades, preferências e busca de status social. A força da expectativa dos ideais edificados nesta fase será forte impulso durante toda a vida produtiva. Como na infância se desenvolveram protótipos de alguns sentimentos ligados à identidade, também aqui são elaborados os ideais em estado puro. A perda do contato com estes sonhos, o fracasso, distanciamento ou a impossibilidade de levá-los adiante é o que no futuro gerará frustração e mediocridade profissionais. É o ideal construído nesta fase que permeará o trabalho vocacionado, mesmo que este venha a sofrer redirecionamentos no decorrer da vida laboral, porque fornece o sentido e a razão de uma busca. É a crença que oferece significado aos futuros empreendimentos.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">A partir da entrada efetiva no mundo do trabalho, o adulto começa a testar e validar as expectativas criadas. Os ideais traçados nas fases anteriores, ainda em estado bruto, passam por uma verificação, podendo sofrer adaptações de acordo com as circunstâncias. Permanecendo a essência intacta, isto é, podendo o sujeito utilizar seu potencial, somado à automotivação, o fazer profissional poderá se encaminhar para uma resolução satisfatória. Isto só se realiza se, no dizer de KIERKGAARD (in ROGERS, 1961), pode-se &#8220;ser o que realmente se é&#8221;, e quando nos referimos a trabalho, isto significa atuar de forma a explorar e desenvolver as próprias capacidades e interesses inerentes.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>O trabalho hoje</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Os avanços tecnológicos, em princípio com objetivos de &#8220;humanizar&#8221; a vida, têm colocado o homem numa situação paradoxal. Se, por um lado, é verdade que hoje é possível trabalhar em condições mais amenas fisicamente, e até mesmo por vezes bastante agradáveis, também é verdade que &#8220;a ciência manipulada das relações humanas, que tenta precisamente dar uma imagem agradável ao labor, pretende afastar somente o sentido de alienação e não a própria alienação&#8221; (HELLER, 1997, p.170).</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Dentro do contexto atual, onde a ameaça à territorialidade profissional está presente, a competência é infinita e constantemente testada e os mais fortes impulsos competitivos são estimulados, como é possível  esperar que se mantenha o contato consigo mesmo, como fazia o artesão da Idade Média ou o agricultor, através da sintonia com produto? Será que o homem ainda espera encontrar sentido naquilo que faz ou está definitivamente cindido? Há sintomas evidentes de que a ação mecânica sem significação tem sido tolerada somente dentro do ambiente de trabalho, provavelmente pelo que MASLOW apontaria como ligado à satisfação da necessidade de sobrevivência. Fora deste ambiente, entretanto, é que a grande massa de trabalhadores dá o melhor de si, executando atividades automotivadas que realmente preenchem e conduzem à satisfação interna.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">&#8220;<em>Trabalho é mais do que emprego, é o ato de atribuir significado ao meio, portanto a si mesmo e ao outro</em>&#8220;. CODO (in DAVEL, 1995, p.165).</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Segundo CODO (in DAVEL, 1995, p.142) para que o indivíduo se reconheça e ao outro, é preciso que esteja conectado a seu produto e, dessa forma, a si mesmo. Já na infância aprendeu a valorizar o que faz para interagir, e ao mesmo tempo conquistar espaço e afirmação. Ao desconectar-se, a individualidade se dilui, perante o outro e perante o mundo. Sem estes contatos é difícil sentir a si próprio. A crise contemporânea, verdadeira epidemia, revela um momento histórico ultrapassado, cujas premissas básicas que fundamentaram a produção em massa característica de nosso século caem por terra. Outro século começa a despontar, trazendo consigo muito mais buscas do que respostas, já que a alienação permanece subjacente.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Conclusão</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">O que fornece significado ao trabalho é o propósito pelo qual ele é executado. É individual e intransferível, sendo, portanto, claramente específico para cada ser humano. O que diferencia uma simples atividade do trabalho em si é a razão de sua realização. O trabalho deve preencher um porquê, uma finalidade e um valor (ANGERS, 1998, on line). A razão pela qual executamos algo está vinculada a quem somos e como estamos no mundo: como nos sentimos a respeito de nós mesmos, e de que forma aquilo que fazemos impacta no mundo. O trabalho tem em si um valor intrínseco. Não é necessário que o produto seja &#8220;útil&#8221; ou &#8220;prático&#8221;. A arte é também trabalho porque expressa seu criador, interfere no ambiente e é automotivada. O que o sujeito faz expressa o que ele é no mundo, definindo-o parcialmente &#8211; levando em conta que a realização não se determina somente a partir do trabalho. A ação com significado possibilita o respeito para consigo mesmo e para com o outro, e sentimentos como esperança, dignidade, mutualidade e oportunidade de acesso a outras áreas.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Em 1990, o <em>American Psychologist</em> publicou que o <em>The National Institute for Ocupational Safety and Health </em>(NIOSH), nos EUA, reconhece as desordens psicológicas ocupacionais como um problema prioritário. Dentre os fatores determinantes desta situação está sem dúvida a questão do significado, pois é ele quem diferencia o trabalho compulsório daquele natural e agradável. Esta parece ser uma idéia atemporal, que independe de cultura, nível social ou local.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">De acordo com BONSUCESSO (1997, p.16), ao atribuir valor a seu fazer profissional, o indivíduo leva em conta:</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">• opção pessoal &#8211; a escolha da profissão (por vezes compulsória);<br />
• montante de esforço físico e intelectual;<br />
• monotonia ou variação;<br />
• relação entre o que faz e o todo;<br />
• possibilidade de criação e auto-realização;<br />
• status na organização e na sociedade;<br />
• nível de remuneração.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">O vínculo se dá a partir do momento em que o trabalho mostra relação com as expectativas, interesses pessoais, e perspectivas de crescimento pessoal e profissional. O nível de comprometimento, e porquanto da qualidade do produto, estão diretamente afetados pelo sentido que faz na vida do sujeito o objeto de seu trabalho. O fato de que a maioria dos trabalhadores hoje não consegue visualizar sentido em seu trabalho, não significa que a simples sobrevivência basta. O indivíduo deixa para &#8220;viver a vida&#8221; fora do contexto ocupacional, indicando que o vazio precisa ser preenchido de alguma forma. Defronta-se com conflitos como: não dever esperar do trabalho mais do que ele lhe pode oferecer, pois é apenas uma parte da vida, ao mesmo tempo em que se obriga a ter que se dedicar cada vez mais a ele, em tempo e energia. O desequilíbrio ocasionado pelo peso maior colocado neste papel traz conseqüências pessoais e sociais, atingindo diretamente a qualidade de vida pessoal, familiar e comunitária. Em última instância, o próprio trabalho tende a ser prejudicado porque é mantido a partir de um superfuncionamento, em detrimento do subfuncionamento dos aspectos pessoais do indivíduo. A repercussão, seja em nível técnico, seja em nível interpessoal, é inevitável.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">A crise atual de valores, as buscas de respostas mágicas, a corrida ao misticismo, a procura do significado da vida, por vezes de formas tão tortuosas, demonstram claramente que anseios profundos do ser humano têm sido amplamente desconsiderados pela sociedade atual. Longe de reduzir a problemática humana às questões do trabalho, não se pode, entretanto, negar que é basicamente a partir dele que o homem se expressa e sobrevive. O espaço que o trabalho ocupa na vida de qualquer ser humano produtivo é imensamente maior do que o de subsistência pura e simples. Quer a ele seja agregado prazer ou desprazer, jamais passa desapercebido. Ou é uma carga a ser angustiadamente carregada, ou um meio de se atingir uma meta maior, parte de um objetivo de vida.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">*<strong>Susan Regina Raittz Cavallet</strong> é administradora pela FUOC, especialista em Psicologia Organizacional e do Trabalho pela PUC-PR, consultora em desenvolvimento pessoal e organizacional.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>*Cristiane Denardi</strong> é psicóloga pela Universidade Tuiuti, especialista em Psicologia Organizacional e do Trabalho pela PUC-PR, consultora autônoma.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>*Edenir Cristina Dirken </strong>é psicóloga pela UFPR, especialista em Psicologia Organizacional e do Trabalho pela PUC-PR, consultora pelo Senac.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>*Maria Elizabeth Nickel Haro</strong> é psicóloga pela PUC-PR, psicoterapeuta sistêmica – clínica comportamental, formação em psicodrama e terapia comporta-mental, especialista em Psicologia Organizacional e do Trabalho pela PUC-PR, consultora em desenvolvimento pessoal e organizacional – Interpess Assessoria.</p>
<p style="text-align:right;"><strong>Fonte: <a href="http://www.sanepar.com.br" target="_blank">Sanepar </a></strong></p>
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<description><![CDATA[In late March of this year, we expanded our First Friday Book Synopsis blog from our original two bl]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>In late March of this year, we expanded our First Friday Book Synopsis blog from our original two bloggers, <strong>Karl Krayer</strong> and me, <strong>Randy Mayeux</strong> (we are the two who present book synopses at our monthly event, the <strong>First Friday Book Synopsis</strong>, now in its 12<sup>th</sup> year).  We asked R<strong>obert (Bob) Morris</strong> and <strong>Cheryl Jensen</strong> and <strong>Sara Smith</strong> to join us.  (Click <a href="http://ffbsccn.wordpress.com/meet-our-blogging-team/" target="_blank">here</a> to read about our blogging team).  In the process, I have started posting far more frequently, but I’m still no match for <strong>Bob Morris</strong>, who is prolific and seems to have an ocean of wisdom and insight.  But the entire team regularly contributes valuable content.  We think you will find useful information in perusing posts from our entire team.</p>
<p>This is primarily a blog about ideas found in business books, with occasional business topics in general making their way into our posts.  And, occasionally, we throw in a “fun post.”  (Thanks, Bob).</p>
<p>Since we expanded our blogging team, our growth in the number of readers has been significant and dramatic —and it continues to go up each month.  No, we are not one of the “big blogs” – but we are finding our tribe, our tribe is finding us, and we think we offer quite a bit of value.</p>
<p>In case you are interested, here are our top three posts of all time, with the title and a brief excerpt (and of course the title is “linked” so you can read the post).</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Top Viewed Post Of All Time:</span></strong><br />
<em><a href="http://ffbsccn.wordpress.com/2009/05/12/q-72-any-“power-schmoozing”-tips/" target="_blank">Q #72: Any “power schmoozing” tips?</a></em><strong><em> </em></strong><br />
<strong><em># 10. Go everywhere with the intention of having fun. </em></strong><em>“People want to be around the upbeat, fun, interesting, and interested person.”</em></p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Second Highest Viewed Post:</span></strong><br />
<em><a href="http://ffbsccn.wordpress.com/2009/08/21/dehumanized-a-cause-for-alarm-in-education-and-in-the-world-of-business-books/" target="_blank">Dehumanized — A Cause for Alarm in Education, and in the World of Business Books</a></em><br />
This was prompted by an article in Harper’s:  <a href="http://www.harpers.org/archive/2009/09/0082640?redirect=522632053" target="_blank"><strong>Harper’s: Dehumanized:  When math and science rule the school</strong></a><strong>.</strong><br />
<em> I think it is a mistake for the business community to help lower the importance of the humanities.  And not just because the humanities would make us better at business communication.  I think the humanities will help make us better people.<br />
Does anybody else wish that Bernie Madoff, or the creators of mortgage swaps, had spent more time really paying attention in the humanities?</em></p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Third Highest Viewed Post:</span></strong><br />
<em><a href="http://ffbsccn.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/a-jobless-recovery-and-a-slip-down-maslows-hierarchy/" target="_blank">A Jobless Recovery and a Slip Down Maslow’s Hierarchy</a></em><br />
<em> Well, I think it is obvious we have slipped down a notch or two.  While just a brief time ago we were a nation looking for self-esteem and self-actualization in our work, we may be back down to physiological needs and safety needs.  We need to pay the bills and survive this jobless recovery, and self-actualization will have to wait a while.<br />
Personally, I wish we had a job-filled recovery.  What about you?</em></p>
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<p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">A Comment About &#8220;Comments&#8221;:</span></strong></p>
<p>We invite you to leave comments on our blog.  We want comments.</p>
<p>Comments on blogs may be far more numerous on “controversial” or “partisan” blogs.  We have fewer comments, but we certainly invite you to join in the conversation.</p>
<p>But we will &#8220;reject&#8221; a few comments:<br />
We reject comments that are clearly spam.</p>
<p>And occasionally we reject comments that are partisan, or overtly political.  We don’t mind disagreement about the ideas in our posts.  We certainly welcome correctives and elaborations.  But we will reject comments that seek to turn this blog into something this it is not.  We are a blog primarily prompted by ideas in business books, and a blog about business issues.</p>
<p>I will take the blame for occasionally rejecting a few comments that do not quite fit our purpose.  Of course, I know the argument &#8212; that politics and business overlap.  A lot.  But we will let other blogs fill that role.</p>
<p>Disagree all you want with points made, with quotes and ideas from business book authors&#8230; &#8212; but please follow the intent of our blog.</p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Have you ever experienced a situation in which one person consistently out performed another of equal skill?  Have you ever had an employee who was regularly out performed by someone having lesser talents?  Do you sometimes wonder why you seem to be the only one initiating new ideas?</p>
<p>The simple answer to these and many more similar questions is &#8220;motivation&#8221;.  But it is here that simplicity stops.  While the answer maybe simple, the implementation is as complex as human nature itself.</p>
<p>The success or failure of a business can often depend on the involvement of a motivated workforce.  A good manager must have a thorough understanding of the process of motivation in order to be successful in working with other people.  A review of several of the leading theories of motivation and behavior can help further that understanding.</p>
<p>Abraham Maslow set forth a theory called the hierarchy of needs.  What this theory basically states is that human needs have a certain priority to them and motivation will be strongest when the result of an action will satisfy the next highest need.</p>
<p>Maslow identified five categories of human needs.  The first set is composed of physical needs, such as food and shelter.  In the working environment these needs are addressed primarily through wages, benefits and the creation of a safe working place.  Next comes security needs.  Security needs in the workplace can manifest themselves as a desire for labor unions, job tenure, retirement and insurance programs.  The next level in the hierarchy is the social needs.  Once an individual&#8217;s physical and security needs have been at least minimally satisfied, social interaction and acceptance by fellow workers becomes increasingly important.</p>
<p>Stop for a minute and give some thought to the management implications of the hierarchy of needs theory.  Take for example the boss who organizes a social function for his employees.  He is disappointed that some of them didn&#8217;t show and the ones that did were not wild in their appreciation for his generosity.  The cause of his disappointment might lie in the fact that he was addressing the social needs of his employees but his business may not have adequately satisfied their physical and security needs.  Only those actions which address the next level of unsatisfied needs will generate positive results.</p>
<p>The final two steps in Maslow&#8217;s hierarchy are self-esteem needs and the need for self-actualization.  Self-esteem needs are satisfied with self respect and the respect of others.  Self-actualization is the pinnacle of Maslow&#8217;s hierarchy and is represented by the desire to maximize one&#8217;s talents regardless of the consequences.</p>
<p>Maslow&#8217;s work is a theory, not a formula.  It can be helpful in explaining why certain management actions are appropriate and others are doomed to failure.  For example, it should come as no surprise that a promotion and new title (self-esteem) will not have a maximum effect on motivation if not accompanied by an appropriate salary (physical) increase.</p>
<p>Psychologist Fredrick Herzberg developed a two factor theory for employee motivation.  Herzberg called his work the hygiene-motivation theory.  He called those factors that produce job dissatisfaction hygiene factors and those that produce satisfaction motivation factors.</p>
<p>Herzberg&#8217;s research indicated that if an employer failed to supply the hygiene factors, items such as salary, job security, proper working conditions and fair management, job dissatisfaction was the result.  However, when these factors were supplied at an acceptable level, the result is not a motivated workforce but rather just the absence of dissatisfaction.  It is the presence of the motivating factors such as the opportunity for achievement, recognition, responsibility and advancement that will ignite the superior performance that we associate with a &#8220;motivated&#8221; individual.</p>
<p>In light of Herzberg&#8217;s theory it is little wonder that the motivational effect of a salary increase by itself is often short lived.  In general, he would conclude that a workforce will become more productive when minimal standards have been maintained for the hygiene factors and increasing numbers of motivational factors are introduced.</p>
<p>Porter and Lawler developed a model of motivation that is built on the premise that behavior and effort are based on the perceived value of the rewards that will result from the work and the probability that those rewards will actually materialize.  They stress that rewards have an intrinsic element and an external element.  They further state that the perceived fairness of a reward will greatly influence motivation.</p>
<p>The work of Porter and Lawler can provide some basis for understanding the &#8220;de-motivating&#8221; effects of sales goals and bonus programs that are viewed as unattainable by employees.  It would perhaps be more advisable as an initial strategy to establish more attainable goals with correspondingly modest but achievable rewards.</p>
<p>The temptation is great to motivate with the KITA method.  Because it&#8217;s your business, take the time to ponder the implications of the well established research and look for an opportunity to frontally apply a KITA.  Sometimes a pull can be more effective than a push.</p>
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<link>http://roberyadolfo.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/comentario-de-hahn-cerveza/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[El anuncio consta de dos personas, un hombre y una mujer. La mujer está en un lugar idealizado con e]]></description>
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<p>El anuncio consta de dos personas, un hombre y una mujer. La mujer está en un lugar idealizado con el jacuzzi de espumas y las vistas a la ciudad, pero en cuanto aparece el hombre lo único que tiene importancia es la cerveza hahn.</p>
<p>El eslógan de este anuncio es &#8220;LOVE THE TASTE&#8221; o &#8220;QUIERE AL GUSTO O AMA AL SABOR&#8221;, lo que quiere indicar este eslógan es que dan igual las mujers siempre que se tenga una cervez hahn al lado, además utilizam el AH de hAHn para reslatar el placer que da tomar esta cerveza.</p>
<p>La música que se utiliza en este anuncio es en la parte de la mujer sensual y en la parte en la que aparece el hombre sólo se puede escuchar la salpicadura que hace al tirarse al jacuzzi de bomba y el ah! al tomarse la cerveza.</p>
<p>Este producto está relacionado con las necesidades fisiológicas y de autorrealización de la Pirámide de Maslow ya que si tienes la cervez no necesitas nada más.</p>
<p>                                                                              ROBERTO AMO 1ºB Nº1</p>
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<link>http://tommyleexando.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/zeitgeist-lost-on-the-matrix/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>tommyleexando</dc:creator>
<guid>http://tommyleexando.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/zeitgeist-lost-on-the-matrix/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[11 de Abril de 2009 – Zeitgeist: LOST on The Matrix Hoje é 11/4/2009, 2:18 AM. Acabo de assistir o p]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:center;"><strong><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-190" title="Zeit Lost Matrix" src="http://tommyleexando.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/zeit-lost-matrix.jpg" alt="Zeit Lost Matrix" width="400" height="300" />11 de Abril de 2009 – Zeitgeist: LOST on The Matrix</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Hoje é 11/4/2009, 2:18 AM. Acabo de assistir o polêmico documentário Zeitgeist, partes 1 e 2. Sobre a religião cristã suas informações são inexatas mas suas opiniões são relevantes, ainda que não determinantes para alterar minha crença que Jesus existiu. Há uma clara intenção de provar que ele é só um mito. Mas ao longo de todas as outras revelações que são trazidas durante o filme, requentadas ou não, desenha-se um quadro muito familiar para quem em uma década de carreira cristã-institucionalizada não ficou só atento as campanhas de curas, bençãos ou libertações. Para mim, que fui capturado para o cenário do Apocalipse (ainda que revelado por autores diversos a conjecturar sobre suas possibilidades, não obstante alguns esclarecimentos divinos) tudo que os autores do documentário Zeitgeist intentaram fazer no sentido de revelar uma conspiração que mira nos controlar através da religião, da economia e da mídia, com o objetivo de estabelecer um governo mundial, só nos leva para a confirmação da Bíblia como um livro de revelações profundas e divinamente inspirado, ainda que maltratado ao longo dos anos por exegeses inócuas, as vezes iníquas, tendenciosas ou mesmo bem-intencionadas, ainda que equivocadas. A conspiração diabólica está clara tanto no documentário quando na Bíblia. Apenas os produtores do filme ignoram a presença de Lúcifer por trás da organização disto tudo. Sim, eu acredito nele como a  personificação do mal.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Pessoalmente creio nisso, que as profecias se cumprirão e será revelado um anti-Cristo, filho do maligno, que travestido de cordeiro seduzirá as nações e as arrebatará para seu domínio, uma nova era de paz, amor e prosperidade, para por fim estabelecer um legítimo controle satânico no planeta terra. Não me pergunte por qual motivo Deus permitirá isso, o fato é que permitirá. Se no fim isso tudo for uma grande “peneira” para que o seleto grupo de fiéis aprovados herdem uma nova terra e desfrutem da presença então tangível do criador, estará justificado. Mas no momento, ainda é por mim inaceitável o fato de sermos joguetes, peças em um tabuleiro &#8211; como aliás nos mostra o próprio documentário &#8211; que somos nas mãos de um grupo iníquo que pretende dominar a terra, e ao mesmo tempo, de Satanás e de Deus. “Não é dado ao homem dirigir seu próprio passo”, diz a Bíblia. Concordo. No fim das contas, pelas minhas necessidades inatas, ou Deus, ou o diabo, ou algum politico ou banqueiro, todos me manipulam e me controlam de alguma maneira.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Minhas necessidades naturais são poucas, mas bem definidas na pirâmide de Maslow. Mas alguém tratou de me deprimir se eu não for bonito segundo um determinado padrão, seu eu não visto a grife da moda, se minha mulher não é igual aquelas das revistas ou da tv, se eu não tenho uma casa fabulosa, amigos que sempre sorriem e um estoque infindável de cerveja, se eu não tiver aquele super-carro recém lançado, se meu pênis não for tão grande quanto o de um ator pornô, enfim, concluo então que sou inadequado, não classificado, não inserido, não adaptado. Sou um pária da sociedade, não por ser um criminoso, um bandido, um inculto ou aculturado, mas por ser “normal”, único da forma, ou deformado pela vida, pelas pressões, pela falta ou pelo excesso do afeto materno, paterno ou conjugal, ou qualquer outra variável não controlável em meu ambiente, o qual fui inserido ou me inseri nos caminhos ou descaminhos da vida. Gosto do título de uma música que pergunta: <a class="hiddenSuggestion" href="http://letras.terra.com.br/casting-crowns/208841/traducao.html" target="_blank">Quem sou eu?</a> &#8211; não porquê a música em si apresente alguma resposta de fato satisfatória, mas porque ela me lembra desta grande indagação universal, que devidamente acompanhada pelas não menos clássicas, “de onde eu vim” e “para onde eu vou”, me lembram da finitude do meu ser e que, se eu não me adaptar de alguma forma ao meio ambiente ao qual estou inserido, essa finitude pode chegar mais cedo do que o previsto. Ou me aprisionar por mais tempo que o suportável em uma sub-existência, o que me lembra também que, ao menos para mim, existir não é sinônimo de viver.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Se os Titãs já questionaram sobre o que eu preciso, diversão e arte, dinheiro, enfim, me consolo que ao longo dos séculos muitos já sofreram com as mesmas inquietudes. O que me incomoda de fato é não ter nascido com a capacidade inata de curtir a vida, me esbaldar no sexo, nas drogas e no rock&#8217;n'roll, numa inconseqüência que, moderada, cria um monte estórias para alegrar a velhice, época esta que, apesar dos Viagras e Ciallis, o  fato é que se está brocha para o sexo, as drogas são para o coração ou para a pressão e os ouvidos surdos não conseguem distinguir Iron Maiden da Banda Calipso. É duro, mas tem um bocado de gente aprontando muitas e boas por aí, enquanto eu sofro calado sem nem saber ao certo o porquê. Alguns se agarram firmemente em Deus, outros abraçam o capeta , ambos curtem a vida mas eu me sinto 99% do tempo em uma espécie de limbo, amortecido, sem ânimo, não raras vezes absorto em algum entretenimento provido pela mídia santa ou do diabo. E o mundo girando, translação e rotação, sem parar, minuto a minuto me conduzindo rumo ao fim dos meus dias nesta terra, jovem ou velho, talvez velho ainda jovem.  Quem sou eu? Um eleito, um predestinado para a salvação, um perdido, um estorvo, um grão de areia sem importância, um salvador da pátria, um bode expiatório, o marido de alguém, o amigo de alguém, o filho de alguém? O quê sou eu? Uma ovelha, um pastor, um profeta, um zé-ninguém?</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Será o mundo algo semelhante a MATRIX? Ou como a misteriosa ilha de LOST? Mistérios que não tem resposta, respostas que são um mistério&#8230; <a class="hiddenSuggestion" href="http://letras.terra.com.br/extreme/133380/" target="_blank">PAREM O MUNDO, EU QUERO DESCER!!!</a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>08 de Novembro 2009 – Addendum LOST on The Matrix</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">[Depois de quase um mês sem escrever , volto a prática salvadora de minha sanidade. Pego em um turbilhão de sentimentos e eventos, capturado pela urgência das situações, quase esqueço o que preserva minha lucidez. Mas estou de volta, querido “caderno” digital, e junto dois textos escritos em momentos distintos mas correlatos]</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><img class="size-medium wp-image-191 aligncenter" title="matrix2-2" src="http://tommyleexando.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/matrix2-2.gif?w=300" alt="matrix2-2" width="300" height="162" />08/11/2009, 19:00 PM. Sou alvo do amor de duas mulheres absolutamente distintas, e me pergunto o por qual motivo tudo, absolutamente tudo em minha vida tem que ser passível de indecisão ou de escolhas muito, muito difíceis. A vida de todo mundo é assim? As vezes me parece que não. Parece que para alguns as coisas transcorrem muito mais tranqüilas, como se simplesmente se encaixassem no fluxo da vida e tudo &#8211; boa parte ao menos &#8211; dá certo.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Não tive esse privilégio, apesar de crer que sou alvo de um incontestável amor Divino, que me preserva e me abençoa mesmo eu sendo indigno, infiel a Ele. Assim, acabei me encaixando sem encaixar, tive sorte e azar, amei sem ser amado e fui – e sou -  amado sem amar. Como pode? Como viver situações tão complexas e manter a sanidade mental, haja visto em que há  horas que me sinto na Matrix, aquela do filme com o Keanu Reeves, vivendo uma aparência de independência mas na verdade controlado pelas circunstâncias e outras coisas absolutamente inacreditáveis. E ao ter uma prova da dura realidade, assim como Cyrus, queria que me enfiassem novamente dentro da Matrix, da ilusão , com  uma boa vida cheia de regalias, longe, muito longe da Verdade&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Cheguei há poucos dias de volta em um lugar que me traz boas e más recordações. Fisicamente, uma ilha, emocionalmente, uma ilha. Poucas coisas na minha vida tem tamanha clareza e simultaneidade. Lugar que me encanta e me aprisiona ao mesmo tempo, como uma penitenciária com vista para o mar, onde o detento sofre ao mesmo tempo que vislumbra a imensidão de água que lhe traz algum sentimento de liberdade. Meu coração voa longas distâncias em busca daquela que me faz sentir tão bem – ainda que nunca tenhamos estado juntos &#8211; enquanto meu corpo se sente preso ao lado daquela que me ama quase que incondicionalmente. Não a entendo, assim como não entendo a mim e muito menos a Deus e o amor de ambos. Sou totalmente perdido e achado&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Como eu queria ser um safado que pouco está se lixando para os outros e simplesmente vive para o seu bel prazer. Mas não sou. E a complexidade da minha psiquê vitíma minha qualidade de vida e aqueles que ousam me amar. Quanto tempo levaria para eu tornar infeliz mais esta mulher? Ou encontraria ao lado dela a paz que nunca encontrei, a vivência de um amor profundamente desejado, a equalização de meu interior conturbado? Seria ela um porto seguro onde eu posso e quero atracar e não  um cujas tempestades da vida me faz chegar? Respostas, preciso de respostas para minha inquieta mente e meu fatigado coração. So help me God!</p>
<p style="text-align:right;">TLX</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Trilha Sonora da Elucubração: <a class="hiddenSuggestion" href="http://letras.terra.com.br/extreme/133380/" target="_blank">Stop the World &#8211; Extreme</a>; <a class="hiddenSuggestion" href="http://letras.terra.com.br/coldplay/1255075/traducao.html" target="_blank">Lost &#8211; Coldplay</a>.</p>
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<link>http://aconminuscula.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/alla-vamos/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:49:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aconminuscula</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Si la única herramienta que tienes fuese un martillo, sería tentador el tratarlo todo como si]]></description>
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<link>http://elucubratie.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/directiva-biblica-a-saraciei-si-piramida-lui-maslow/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Messa</dc:creator>
<guid>http://elucubratie.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/directiva-biblica-a-saraciei-si-piramida-lui-maslow/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Fericiţi cei săraci cu duhul, că a lor este împărăţia cerurilor.&#8221; (Evanghelia dupa Mate]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;">&#8220;<em>Fericiţi cei săraci cu duhul, că a lor este împărăţia cerurilor</em>.&#8221; (Evanghelia dupa Matei, 5:3)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">&#8220;<em>Omului căruia Dumnezeu i-a dat averi şi bunuri, iar sufletului lui nu-i lipseşte nimic din ceea ce ar putea să dorească, Dumnezeu nu-i îngăduie însă să se bucure de ele, ci un străin le va mânca. Iată o deşertăciune şi un rău nespus de mare!</em>&#8220;  (Ecleziast,  6:2)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">&#8220;<em>Şi văzându-l întristat, Iisus a zis: Cât de greu vor intra cei ce au averi în împărăţia lui Dumnezeu!</em> &#8221; (Evanghelia dupa Luca, 18:24)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Si asa mai departe.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Ia sa vedem piramida:</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Maslow%27s_Hierarchy_of_Needs.svg/450px-Maslow%27s_Hierarchy_of_Needs.svg.png" alt="" width="450" height="338" /></p>
<p>Ce taie religiile, in special cele crestine?</p>
<p><strong>Nevoile de baza:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li> mancare (posturi),</li>
<li>sex (clar!),</li>
<li>somn (e pacat sa te trezesti tarziu, da?)</li>
</ul>
<p>3 din 7! Cool.</p>
<p><strong>Nevoia de siguranta/securitate:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>resurse (donatii mai mult sau mai putin fortate),</li>
<li>moralitate (dubla standardizare si rastalmacirea valorilor morale &#8211; de exemplu, e ok ca in Biblie se violeaza copile si dumnezeu ordona genocidul),</li>
<li>familia (imperativ indiferent de costuri, controlul familiei de catre Biserica prin impunerea de reguli),</li>
<li>proprietate (asupra corpului si asupra mintii, care este sustrasa de preoti si atribuita lui dumnezeu).</li>
</ul>
<p>4 din 6. Wow!</p>
<p><strong>Nevoia de dragoste / apartenenta: </strong></p>
<ul>
<li>prietenie (sa nu fii prieten cu cel de alta credinta sau cu ateul, decat in scopul de a-i converti, plus ca Isus a venit sa &#8220;dezbine&#8221;),</li>
<li>familie (si daca nu crezi, esti renegat sau macar marginalizat, nu?),</li>
<li>intimitate sexuala (hahaha!)</li>
</ul>
<p>3 din 3! Check!</p>
<p><strong>Nevoia de stima: </strong></p>
<ul>
<li>stima de sine (omul e un nimic, firul de nisip, supus smerit, caca-maca in mana divinitatii),</li>
<li>increderea (pai, da, daca ai pacatuit cu ceva, biet crestin amarat???).</li>
</ul>
<p>2 din 5! Still counting!</p>
<p>Despre ultima nu cred ca mai e nevoie sa mai zic ceva, e clar, 6 din 6, bravoooo!</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Asta face religia din om. Ii refuza implinirea nevoilor si il tine jos, jos de tot, sclav si amarat, vinovat si redus. <em><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Drepturile omului</span></em>, anybody?</p>
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<link>http://darkmattermatters.com/2009/11/03/maslows-hierarchy-of-community-needs/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>cdgrams</dc:creator>
<guid>http://darkmattermatters.com/2009/11/03/maslows-hierarchy-of-community-needs/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Over the past month or so, I&#8217;ve been having a conversation with Iain Gray, Red Hat Vice Presid]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Over the past month or so, I&#8217;ve been having a conversation with <a href="http://twitter.com/iaincgray">Iain Gray</a>, Red Hat Vice President of Customer Engagement, about the ways companies engage with communities. I&#8217;ve also written a lot lately about common mistakes folks make in developing corporate community strategies (see my two posts about Tom Sawyer community-building <a href="http://darkmattermatters.com/2009/09/09/tom-sawyer-whitewashing-fences-and-building-communities-online/">here</a> and <a href="http://darkmattermatters.com/2009/10/13/tom-sawyer-part-2-where-can-your-company-pitch-in/">here</a> and Chris Brogan&#8217;s writeup <a href="http://www.chrisbrogan.com/small-powerful-words/">here</a>).</p>
<p>One idea we bounced around for a while was a mashup of community thinking and Maslow&#8217;s hierarchy of needs. For those of you who slept in with a bad hangover the day you were supposed to learn about Maslow in your intro psych class (damn you, Jagermeister!), here is the Wikipedia summary:</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;"><em>&#8220;[Maslow's hierarchy of needs] is often depicted as a pyramid consisting of five levels: the lowest level is associated with physiological needs, while the uppermost level is associated with self-actualization needs, particularly those related to identity and purpose. The higher needs in this hierarchy only come into focus when the lower needs in the pyramid are met. Once an individual has moved upwards to the next level, needs in the lower level will no longer be prioritized. If a lower set of needs is no longer being met, the individual will temporarily re-prioritize those needs by focusing attention on the unfulfilled needs, but will not permanently regress to the lower level.&#8221;</em></p>
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<div id="attachment_1761" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 460px"><em><em><a rel="attachment wp-att-1761" href="http://darkmattermatters.com/2009/11/03/maslows-hierarchy-of-community-needs/maslow-3/"><img class="size-full wp-image-1761" title="maslow" src="http://darkmattermatters.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/maslow2.jpg" alt="maslow" width="450" height="338" /></a></em></em><p class="wp-caption-text">Maslow&#39;s hierarchy of needs</p></div>
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<p>Now granted, the needs of a company are very different than the needs of a human being. At its very basic level, a company has a &#8220;physiological&#8221; need to make money. If that need is not being met, little else will matter. But in an ironic twist, this basic need to make money can actually <em>hinder</em> the company&#8217;s ability to make money if it is not wrapped in a more self-actualized strategy.</p>
<p>To explain what I mean, think about the last annoying salesperson who called or emailed you. Why were you annoyed? Probably because it was very clear to you that the salesperson was badly hiding his basic motivation to make money. He wasn&#8217;t talking to you because he valued you&#8211; he was talking to your wallet.</p>
<p>Now think about the best recent sales experience you&#8217;ve had. Mostly likely, this salesperson was being motivated by a higher purpose, perhaps something as simple as a desire to make you happy. Sometimes the most effective salespeople aren&#8217;t even in sales at all&#8211; like a friend who tells you about a new album you should buy, for example. Or sites like <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/">Trip Advisor</a>, where you can learn about where to go on vacation from other folks like you.</p>
<p>When it comes to community strategy, most companies have trouble finding motivation beyond the simple need to make money&#8211; and the communities they interact with can tell.</p>
<p>Yet if you look at the greatest companies out there, you&#8217;ll find that they usually have a strong sense of identity and purpose&#8211; just like Maslow&#8217;s self-actualized people. Read anything by <a href="http://www.jimcollins.com/">Jim Collins</a> and you&#8217;ll see what I mean.</p>
<p>For a recent presentation, Iain developed a chart that looks a lot like the one below. And to embarrass Iain, let&#8217;s call it the <em>Gray hierarchy of community needs</em>.</p>
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<div id="attachment_1747" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 501px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-1747" href="http://darkmattermatters.com/2009/11/03/maslows-hierarchy-of-community-needs/grayhierarchyofneeds/"><img class="size-full wp-image-1747" title="grayhierarchyofneeds" src="http://darkmattermatters.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/grayhierarchyofneeds.jpg" alt="grayhierarchyofneeds" width="491" height="392" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The Gray hierarchy of community needs</p></div>
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<p><strong>Need level 1: Listen to the customer</strong></p>
<p>Many companies don&#8217;t engage with community beyond their customers. So the most basic community model at the bottom of the pyramid is asking your customers what they want and then giving it to them. This model has been around for hundreds if not thousands of years. It&#8217;s pretty much common sense that a company would listen to its customers&#8211; they are your core community, since they are the ones that fulfill the basic corporate need to make money.</p>
<p>So at the bottom of the pyramid, any company that wants to have financial success must listen to its customers well, and then provide stuff that they want.</p>
<p><strong>Need level 2: Listen to the community</strong></p>
<p>More and more companies are now opening the aperture a bit wider than just their customers to include both customers and potential customers. And the new technology of the social media revolution makes this easier and cheaper to do at scale. Two good examples of sites where companies are listening to a community (without regard for how much the community members are actually <em>paying</em> the company, if anything) are <a href="http://mystarbucksidea.force.com/">My Starbucks Idea</a> and <a href="http://www.ideastorm.com/">Dell IdeaStorm</a>.</p>
<p>These sites allow Starbucks and Dell to &#8220;crowd-source&#8221; their research and development efforts. The sites are useful for a simple reason&#8211; because there are a critical mass of people out there who care enough about these brands to want to help them do their R&#38;D work for free. If we were all so lucky! Many small companies without critical mass of brand awareness and acceptance would fail miserably with this approach. But it works for the biggest companies because they have the brand strength to bring the community to them.</p>
<p>While this strategy is great for some, it is essentially a Tom Sawyer &#8220;paint our fence for us&#8221; scenario. And if, like Tom, you can get away with it, good for you. But if you want to build a deeper relationship with a community, you must go further.</p>
<p><strong>Need level 3: Innovate <em>through</em> a community</strong></p>
<p>At this level, a company takes things a step further. Rather than simply grabbing the best ideas from a community and then using them to innovate in their own products and services, the company creates a community that actively participates in the work of innovating.</p>
<p>One classic example highlighted in Eric von Hippel and Stefan Thomke&#8217;s HBR article <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000065T74/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&#38;pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&#38;pf_rd_t=201&#38;pf_rd_i=0262002744&#38;pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&#38;pf_rd_r=09D0C80CR3MSVFZHNH81">Customers as Innovators: A New Way to Create Value</a> is from what was formerly called GE Plastics. According to the article, GE Plastics allowed it&#8217;s customers access to its in-house knowledgebase, then allowed them to conduct their own trial and error experiments on the different types of plastics. This helped both the customers&#8211; who saved time and money&#8211; and the folks at GE Plastics, who saved themselves the expense of doing research on how the products could be used. Everybody worked together, and everyone won.</p>
<p>Some enterprising firms have taken this a step further, creating &#8220;communities for hire&#8221; that companies can put to work doing their innovation for them. Iain has done some research into this, and he has identified a few companies, most notably <a href="http://www.ideacrossing.com/">Idea Crossing</a> and <a href="http://www.innocentive.com/">Innocentive</a>, that will help organize a community of folks willing to innovate with you.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ideacrossing.com/">Idea Crossing</a> helps companies harness the knowledge of academic communities to help them innovate. <a href="http://www.innocentive.com/">Innocentive</a> does something similar, but takes it a step further by offering cash rewards from the companies seeking the help. The work attracts a broad range of participants from academics, retired subject matter experts, freelance consultants, scientists, and engineers. How successful has this approach been? Innocentive claims a community of over 180,000 participants working on 1,000 challenges with a total cash reward pool of $22M. Not bad.</p>
<p><strong>Need level 4: Innovate <em>within</em> a community</strong></p>
<p>In my mind, each of these approaches is still missing something that makes the open source community model so powerful: humility.</p>
<p>When it is truly doing things the open source way, a company doesn&#8217;t have to be at the center of the community, but instead can be a humble member of a community creating something greater than any one member.</p>
<p>As I&#8217;ve <a href="http://darkmattermatters.com/2009/10/13/tom-sawyer-part-2-where-can-your-company-pitch-in/">said before</a>, I get excited when I see big companies focused not only on what they <em>take</em> from the table, but what they <em>bring</em> to the table. I love to see companies that aren’t afraid to be humble members of communities, rather than building the community around themselves.</p>
<p>The whole perspective changes when a company begins innovating within communities rather than trying to create communities around itself. The focus shifts from being about what the company wants to achieve to what everyone in the community wants to achieve <em>together</em>. There is a greater shared purpose that seems pretty self-actualized to me. I think Maslow would probably give us open source folks a high-five if he saw what was going on.</p>
<p>Plenty of people have written about the power of open source as a development model, and what it can create. But I think the open source way is also a powerful brand and cultural model that can create deep, meaningful connections between the company and the communities in which it participates.</p>
<p>Does this guarantee that a company participating <em>in</em> open source communities will make money? Absolutely not. Gotta take care of the basic physiological needs first before you self-actualize. But it is good to know that by participating in communities the open source way, a company might be on its way to achieving a greater purpose than just making money alone.</p>
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<link>http://yazkurtulyapkurtul.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/iskence-altindayiz/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>yazkurtulyapkurtul</dc:creator>
<guid>http://yazkurtulyapkurtul.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/iskence-altindayiz/</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Transpersonal]]></title>
<link>http://mystic-mind.com/2009/10/27/transpersonal/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>david6591</dc:creator>
<guid>http://mystic-mind.com/2009/10/27/transpersonal/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Transpersonal: Extending or going beyond the personal. Is a natural expression of being human, and m]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comfortably Dull...]]></title>
<link>http://leaveinspired.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/comfortably-dull/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Coach Alje</dc:creator>
<guid>http://leaveinspired.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/comfortably-dull/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Could it be possible that even though you’re financially secure, well educated and live comfortably ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Could it be possible that even though you’re financially secure, well educated and live comfortably that your life still feels dull, that you’re not living up to your full potential? Sadly the answer could be yes… but it’s not because you are not smart enough, or because you haven’t set personal goals, or even because you can’t afford a more glamorous life. Discover what changes you can make to no longer feel unsatisfied, emotionally indifferent, and how you can turn your life around so that it doesn’t seem trivial.</p>
<p>What motivational changes occur when one’s instinctive biological need for survival is no longer threatened and one’s attention shifts to fulfilling the need to perform at one’s highest potential and one becomes self-actualized? Survival needs include our physiological needs (our need for air, food and water), safety needs (physical and emotional safety), our need for a sense of belonging (family and friendships), and esteem needs (a need for self esteem, confidence and respect). Lacking one of these needs causes discomfort, signaling a threat to our existence &#8211; much like a red emergency light indicates danger. When our survival needs are taken care of and we are confident in our prospect of survival we reach an initial level of comfort and become “comfortably bored.” This is when our existence is no longer threatened as we have mastered the skills to survive. However, soon our natural human curiosity becomes bored with the lack of challenge &#8211; now we want more, paradise has lost its appeal. We ask ourselves, “What else am I able to conquer?” This inner questioning soon leads us to accomplish great outcomes as we discover financial security, academic excellence, instant gratification, material wealth, and a way of achieving set goals.</p>
<p>Now that we have achieved financial security, academic excellence and found a way of instant gratification and accumulated material wealth we reach a second comfort zone, the zone of “comfortably dull.” We now have so many of the things we once thought were important but it all seems to be in vain. Our accomplishments cured the sense of boredom but now what we have seems trivial. We now face a new dilemma &#8211; if what we thought would have given our lives meaning only cured the boredom, what would make our lives feel significant?</p>
<p>To solve this riddle we analyze, scrutinize and intellectualize what we have done. We look for where things may have gone wrong. We tell ourselves, “I’m smart, I’m educated, I can figure this out.” We spin around and around in circles of thought, unable to find a solution that makes sense; but it is not a lack of intellect that got us into this predicament, it was a bad habit, our habit of seeking instant gratification instead of striving for something which could challenge us to stretch towards our potential.</p>
<p>With our refined skills of achieving instant gratification to overcome the boredom of comfort, we became lazy and even worse, possibly petrified to chase after a meaningful cause. With our bad habit in control, a haze of dullness slides down and covers our better judgment. To overcome this bad habit and discover our true potential and find emotional fulfillment a new attitude needs to be developed; one that is able to take into consideration the dichotomies we face daily, that of intellect and feeling, instant gratification and lasting reward, personal significance and the trivial, freedom and responsibility, and comfort and challenge. We need to set goals in new ways that will engage our personal self. Our survival no longer relies on our ability to meet our basic needs, but our need for self-actualization, to be all we can be, rests solely on our ability to ask ourselves for more. </p>
<p>The greatest challenge to overcome is fear of the prospect that if we were to reach our full potential, would all the hard labor have been worthy of the cause, would the dullness have subsided? Consider if it would be more meaningful to strive for your potential or to settle for mediocrity.</p>
<p>http://www.coachlalje.com</p>
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<link>http://tokocd.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/jual-cd-video-audio-motivasi-jay-abraham-jim-rohn-bonus/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Toko CD Online</dc:creator>
<guid>http://tokocd.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/jual-cd-video-audio-motivasi-jay-abraham-jim-rohn-bonus/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[DVD &#8211; JAY Abraham dan Jim Rohn + BONUS Paket ini berisi DVD Video dan Audio CD dari Jay Abraha]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cum cacat sa te rogi pentru sanatate?]]></title>
<link>http://elucubratie.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/cum-cacat-sa-te-rogi-pentru-sanatate/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mogre</dc:creator>
<guid>http://elucubratie.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/cum-cacat-sa-te-rogi-pentru-sanatate/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Adica daca ai privilegiul sa stai de vorba cu futui pestisoru de aur, cum pula mea sa ii ceri sanata]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Adica daca ai privilegiul sa stai de vorba cu <strong>futui pestisoru de aur</strong>, cum pula mea sa ii ceri sanatate? Asta in conditiile in care nu suferi de vreo afectiune majora, mergi pe picioarele tale samd?</p>
<p>De ce nu i-ai cere sa fii <strong>nemuritor</strong>, sa fii cel mai <strong>bogat </strong>de pe planeta, sa poti sa zbori in <strong>spatiu</strong>, sa vezi de aproape o <strong>supernova</strong>, sa afli teoria care va <strong>unifica </strong><em>fizica cuantica si relativitatea</em>, adica chestii extraordinare, pe masura puterilor extraordinare ale pestisorului de aur?</p>
<p>Atunci, daca deluzia ta proprie si personala iti spune ca dupa ce ai pupat niste oase vechi vei putea adresa cereri aluia pe care tu il crezi <strong>cel mai pestisor de aur</strong> in universu asta, in conditiile in care nici macar nu iti limiteaza cererile, tu ii ceri un singur lucru, si ala la <strong>baza piramidei nevoilor</strong> lui maslow.</p>
<p>Adica singurul lucru pe care ti-l doresti de la viata e sa treci sanatos prin ea? Pai scuze, da daca treci prin viata ca gasca prin apa, la fel de bine puteai sa nu treci deloc sau sa treci bolnav sau sa treci in graba &#8230;</p>
<p>Mi se pare normal sa iti doresti sa fii sanatos. Dar sa iti limitezi dorintele la asta mi se pare bolnav.</p>
<p>A fi sanatos este un <strong>fundament</strong>, fara care intr-adevar e cam greu, in functie de boala, sa faci ce iti doresti &#8211; orice ar fi acel ceva. Dar daca esti <strong>sanatos si degeaba</strong>, nu esti cu nimic mai bun decat un gandac de bucatarie bine ascuns de sprayul ucigas.</p>
<p>Iar din perspectiva asta, varianta &#8220;maimutza cu aspiratii intelectuale&#8221; mi se pare net superioara.</p>
<p>Parerea mea.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs]]></title>
<link>http://russgentner.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/maslows-hierarchy-of-needs/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Russell Gentner</dc:creator>
<guid>http://russgentner.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/maslows-hierarchy-of-needs/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[  The concept behind Maslow&#8217;s Hierarchy of Needs is that you cannot move up the pyramid until ]]></description>
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<p>The concept behind Maslow&#8217;s Hierarchy of Needs is that you cannot move up the pyramid until a lower layer of the pyramid is satisfied.  For example, if you are being chased by a bear, your self esteem needs are not important.  Thus to move to self actualization, one would have to satisfy the physiological, safety, love/belonging and esteem layers. </p>
<p> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Maslow" target="_self">Click here for more about Maslow.</a></p>
<p> How doe this apply to you?  How does it apply to our society?  I&#8217;d love to hear your thoughts?</p>
<p>  <img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-121" title="800px-Maslow's_Hierarchy_of_Needs_svg" src="http://russgentner.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/800px-maslows_hierarchy_of_needs_svg.png" alt="800px-Maslow's_Hierarchy_of_Needs_svg" width="500" height="375" /></p>
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<link>http://babulyo.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/basarilar-iyi-insanlarla-yakalanacak/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:44:51 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Cem Birol</dc:creator>
<guid>http://babulyo.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/basarilar-iyi-insanlarla-yakalanacak/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[                                    Yaklaşık 7 yıl önce iş hayatıma başladığımda okulda öğrendikleri]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Interactive Philosophy: Moral Monopoly]]></title>
<link>http://guttertrash.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/interactive-philosophy-moral-monopoly/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:06:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>reb</dc:creator>
<guid>http://guttertrash.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/interactive-philosophy-moral-monopoly/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Over at another thread, I recalled the experience of proactively handing over some cash after being ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Over at another thread, I recalled the experience of proactively handing over some cash after being undercharged for some goods.</p>
<p>In addition, as part of our journey to Laos, we were privileged to visit a remote hill tribe and have the opportunity to distribute much needed books and pencils to the local children, who have very little in the way of educational materials.  </p>
<p>Over the years, I have come to realise that &#8220;doing good&#8221; or &#8220;doing the right thing&#8221; is something that we can all do.  </p>
<p>At various times, we will be presented with opportunities where we can make a difference in other people&#8217;s lives, without making a significant sacrifice of our own. </p>
<p>In biblical terms, I guess this would amount to the edict that says &#8220;it is better to give than to receive,&#8221; or in Buddhist terms perhaps the &#8220;opportunity to alleviate the suffering of others.&#8221;</p>
<p>However, naturally it is quite possible to &#8220;do good&#8221; without any thought towards adhering to a particular religion, philosophy or doctrine.</p>
<p>Many people, are obsessed with the pursuit of financial gain and measure the worth of others according to the extent of their accumulated wealth.</p>
<p>I see examples of this in my everyday working life.</p>
<p>Personally I find the pursuit of wealth for wealth&#8217;s sake a particularly shallow ambition. Even though I&#8217;ve been categorised as a WCP!<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow's_hierarchy_of_needs"><br />
Maslow&#8217;s theory on the hierarchy of needs</a> suggests that only once we have satisified our own needs for comfort, safety and recoginition, are we then in a position to help others through a process of self-esteem and self-actualisation.</p>
<p>While elements of this theory are logical, there are some people who strive towards self-actualisation without concern for their own personal wealth or aspirations.</p>
<p>What irks me though, is the belief held by Western religions &#8211; Christianity in particular &#8211; that one has to be a Christian in order to: 1) Lead a pious life, and 2) That Christianity is the only &#8216;true&#8217; religion and others are false and/or Satanic.</p>
<p>What is it with Christians, that makes them think that they have a monopoly on doing good deeds or in living a pious life?</p>
<p>Often, simply helping others arises from our ability, circumstances, resources and opportunity to do so, at any given point in time.</p>
<p>At a micro level, this might involve handing out some books to kids who need them, at a macro level it might involve opening the country&#8217;s doors to people fleeing a life of hardship and suffering.</p>
<p>As a nation we are fortunate to live a privileged lifestyle.</p>
<p>Those that would seek to deny the less fortunate the opportunity to be a part of this society through fearmongering and cries of border protection must surely fall within the ranks of the most selfish and self-serving in our society.</p>
<p>For decades, immigrants have proven to be some of the most hard working and productive members of Australian society.  </p>
<p>What motivates conservatives on one hand to deny the less fortunate the ability to be a part of this society, and yet on the other claim to have &#8220;God on their side?&#8221;</p>
<p>Conservatives do not have a monopoly on morality, despite the rantings of people like Tony Abbott, and this probably explains their steady decline.</p>
<p>In fact, it could be argued that people who claim to have &#8220;God on their side&#8221; are some of the most hate-filled mean-spirited people you can find.   </p>
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<title><![CDATA[Screenwriting Tip 12 – What Is Emotion?]]></title>
<link>http://gideonsway.wordpress.com/2009/10/24/screenwriting-tip-12-%e2%80%93-what-is-emotion/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 08:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>JG Sarantinos</dc:creator>
<guid>http://gideonsway.wordpress.com/2009/10/24/screenwriting-tip-12-%e2%80%93-what-is-emotion/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve previously talked about emotionally engaging your reader, or giving your audience an emot]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I&#8217;ve previously talked about emotionally engaging your reader, or giving your audience an emotional response to improve your screenplays, but how do you define emotion? That&#8217;s a bit like trying to define love and create it in a test tube. But here goes anyway.</p>
<p><strong>Emotions</strong> can be broadly defined as a mental and physiological changes in response to an external stimuli evoking feelings, behaviours and thoughts. Hopefully the stimulus is your screenplay. Punch up every scene with emotion. Take your audience through a rollercoaster ride. Make them feel many emotions in a scene, one after the other. Make them laugh. Make &#8216;em cry, and not by peeling onions. The only thing that should be flat is your stomach.</p>
<p>The five basic human emotions are <strong>happiness</strong>, <strong>sadness</strong>, <strong>love</strong>, <strong>anger</strong> and <strong>fear</strong>. Two are positive and two are negative. Anger is an interesting response, because it relates to &#8220;fight or flight&#8221; situations, where we must act to protect ourselves and sits somewhere in the middle It is associated with the release of adrenalin. Our hearts beat faster, we sweat, our concentration improves, we become alert and lose some our ability to feel pain. Some psychologists believe all are emotions lie along a spectrum polarised by fear on one end and happiness on the other. Everything else is a subcategory of these two key emotions.</p>
<p>Psychologists have characterised emotional response in terms of basic human needs. If these needs are unbalanced or unmet, then a negative response occurs. If they are met.. well we&#8217;ve all been in love and floated on clouds. If we experience them in abundance (manic behaviour), then we have psychological problems. Consider <a href="http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs">Maslow&#8217;s theory of human needs</a>.</p>
<p><strong>ABRAHAM MASLOW’S THEORY OF HUMAN MOTIVATION – HIERARCHY OF HUMAN NEEDS</strong></p>
<p>These are listed from the basic to more evolved. Typically they are structured as a pyramid.</p>
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<li><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Physiological</span> – breathing, food, water, sex, sleep, homeostatis, excretion. These are unconscious actions designed to keep us alive.</li>
<li><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Safety</span> – security, body, employment, resources, morality, family, health, property, shelter. These are conscicous actions designed to protect us.</li>
<li><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Love/ Belonging</span> – friendship, family, sexual intimacy. These are sociological actions designed to boost relationships. We are social animals.</li>
<li><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Esteem</span> – self-esteem, confidence, achievement, respect of others, respect by others. These are outgrowths of ego designed to allow us to function in a community.</li>
<li><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Self- Actualization</span> – morality, creativity, spontaneity, problem solving, lack of prejudice, acceptance of facts. These are egocentric behaviours allowing us to function as individuals.</li>
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<p><a href="http://www.karliglesias.com">Karl Iglesias</a> has defined emotions in stories as being <strong>voyeuristic</strong> (allowing audience to experience a character) and sympathise with them), <strong>vicarious</strong> (allowing audience to empathise with a character and identify with them, and <strong>visceral</strong> (primal emotions such as anticipation, relief, dread, suspense).</p>
<p>A good story is built on a character wanting something and something or someone opposes their efforts. In it&#8217;s rudimentary form, this is called conflict which creates drama in a script.</p>
<p>In terms of stories, Karl Iglesias has reduced scripts to requiring four emotional elements. Audience love stories to satisfy the following needs:</p>
<ul>
<li>to obtain new information</li>
<li>to bond/ socialise</li>
<li>to understand and resolve conflicts</li>
<li>to get completion/ closure</li>
<li>to be entertained</li>
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<p>So there you have it. Add some resonance to your scripts and give them some impact.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Move Over Maslow! The Users' Hierarchy of Needs]]></title>
<link>http://usabilitygal.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/move-over-maslow-the-users-hierarchy-of-needs/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>usabilitygal</dc:creator>
<guid>http://usabilitygal.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/move-over-maslow-the-users-hierarchy-of-needs/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Back in 1943 a psychologist called Maslow published what he termed a &#8216;hierarchy of needs]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><span style="font-size:medium;">Back in 1943 a psychologist called Maslow published what he termed a &#8216;<strong>hierarchy of needs</strong>&#8216; that can be applied to every human being. At the bottom level are physiological needs that every human needs to exist, like shelter, food and water. At the very top are factors that contribute to a feeling of <strong>self-actualization</strong>, like morality and creativity. You can read more<strong> </strong><a href="http://tinyurl.com/6ujce"><span style="color:#ff1675;text-decoration:none;"><strong>here</strong></span></a>. The triangle shape is deliberate, in that there are a much greater number of people at the physiological level and only a small number who reach self-actualization.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:medium;">We can apply Maslow&#8217;s concept to the user and their experience of any product or service. Starting from a base of does the product or service perform at a basic functional level to the ideal of the user being so <strong>engaged</strong> that they lose all track of time and enter a <strong>state of flow</strong>. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:medium;color:#ff1675;">Take a look at the Users&#8217; Hierarchy of Needs below and think about where your product or service fits. What actions are you taking to step up to the next level and improve your users&#8217; experience?</span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[La non pyramide des besoins de Maslow (1 EDUC C)]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[La pyramide des besoins revisitée par les étudiants de 1ère C (éducateur spécialisé). Ensemble, nous]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>La pyramide des besoins revisitée par les étudiants de <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">1ère C</span></strong> (éducateur spécialisé). Ensemble, nous les avons interreliés en lieu et place de la hiérarchie traditionnelle. Cette configuration serait plus fidèle à l&#8217;origine de la pensée de Maslow.</p>
<p><a href="http://blotoko.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/hpim2673.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-646" title="Les besoins... ce qu'en pensent les étudiants" src="http://blotoko.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/hpim2673.jpg" alt="Les besoins... ce qu'en pensent les étudiants" width="500" height="306" /></a></p>
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