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Martha

Tom Waits

Operator, number

Please

It's been so many years

Will she remember ma ol' voice

While I fight the tears

Hello, hello there is this Martha?

This is ol' Tom Frost

I am calling long distance

Don't worry 'bout the cost

It's been forty years or more now

Martha please recall

And meet me out for coffee

Where wèll talk about it all

And those were days of roses

Of poetry and prose

And Martha all I had was you

And all you had was me

There were no tomorrows

We packed away our sorrows

And we saved 'em for a rainy day

I feel so much older now

Yoùre much older too

How's the husband, how's the kids

You know I got married too

Lucky that you found someone

To make you feel secure

We were all so young and foolish

Now we are mature

And those were days of roses

Of poetry and prose

And Martha all I had was you

And all you had was me

There were no tomorrows

We packed away your sorrows

And we saved 'em for a rainy day

I was really so impulsive

Guess that I still am

But all that really mattered then

Was that I was a man

I guess that our bein' together

Was never meant to be

But Martha, Martha

I love you can't you see

And those were days of roses

Of poetry and prose

And Martha all I had was you

And all you had was me

There were no tomorrows

We packed away your sorrows

And we saved 'em for a rainy day

And I remember quiet evenings 
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Trembling close to you

Martha
Centralino, mi passi questo numero,

Per favore

E passato tanto di quel tempo

Si ricorderà della mia voce

Mentre mi scappa da piangere?

Pronto, pronto, sei tu Marta?

Sono il vecchio Tom Frost

Chiamo da lontano

Ma non preoccuparti per gli scatti

Sono passati quarant'anni o anche di più

Marta, ti ricordi?

Combiniamo per un caffè

E due chiacchiere su quel che è stato

E quelli erano i giorni delle rose

Di poesia e prosa

Marta tu eri tutto per me

E io tutto per te

Non c'erano domani

Mettevamo in un cesto i nostri magoni

E li tenevamo per un giorno di pioggia

Mi sento così vecchio ora

Anche tu sarai invecchiata

Come stanno tuo marito e i bambini? 
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Sai, anch'io mi sono sposato

Meno male che hai trovato qualcuno

Che ti fa sentire sicura

Eravamo così giovani e matti

Ora siamo maturi

E quelli erano i giorni delle rose

Di poesia e prosa

Marta, tu eri tutto per me

E io tutto per te

Non c'erano domani

Mettevamo in un cesto i tuoi magoni

E li tenevamo per un giorno di pioggia

Ero davvero impulsivo

Forse ancora lo sono

Ma tutto quello che mi importava allora

Era di sentirmi uomo

Mi sa che stavamo assieme

E non sapevamo neanche perché

Marta, però Marta

Io ti amo, non lo capisci?

E quelli erano i giorni delle rose

Di poesia e prosa

Marta tu eri tutto per me

E io tutto per te

Non c'erano domani

Mettevamo in un cesto i tuoi magoni

E li tenevamo per un giorno di pioggia

E ricordo certe sere tranquille

Che tremavo stretto a te

Schema mentale

Ieri

I work... to earn money... which I use... to consume stuff... which makes me happy.

Futuro

I work... to gain productive experiences... that are the basis... of my happiness.

So here are the 10 questions to ask yourself to establish whether your work is meaningful.

1. Do you use the majority of the knowledge you have on a daily basis?
   ...because meaningful work provides an opportunity for you to keep your knowledge fresh by using it constantly.
   
2. Do you feel intellectually stretched in your work?
   ...because meaningful work both uses the knowledge you have and pushes the boundaries of what you can become.
   
3. Are you able to learn something new at least once a week?
   ...because meaningful work creates constant opportunity for learning.
   
4. In your view are your colleagues at work knowledgeable and do you learn from them constantly?
   ...because meaningful work is also about the colleagues who come with it, and your learning and development comes primarily through learning from others: what I have called ‘The Posse’.
   
5. Are the tasks you do at work interesting and complex?
   ...because at the heart of meaningful work are the day-to-day tasks that you do.
   
6. Do you get lots of feedback about how you are doing?
   ...because meaningful work enables you to grow, and feedback from others is a crucial part of this.
   
7. Do you think that the work you do has a positive impact on the business?
   ...because meaningful work enables you to make a clear link in your mind between the tasks you perform and the broader goals of the business.
   
8. Do you think that the work you do has a positive impact on society?
   ...because meaningful work is made up of tasks that you believe do good and, as a consequence, make you feel good about yourself.
   
9. In your daily work, do you have the opportunity to reach out to develop networks with people very different from yourself?
   ...because meaningful work creates opportunities for you to develop the ‘Big Ideas Crowd’ that is so crucial to developing your innovative and creative capacity.
   
10. Does your work give you time to really develop deep regenerative relationships with people inside and outside of your organisation?
    ...because meaningful work creates time and space for you to develop emotionally.

So where are you on meaningful work?

Score 8-10Through your active choices, or sheer luck, you are working in a meaningful way. Cherish the opportunities this provides and don’t compromise in the future.

Score 5-7Some aspects of your work are meaningful. Take a closer look at those you have said no to and search for the underlying patterns. Is it possible to focus on developing these areas?

Score 1-4Your job lacks meaning – you already know that! The question is – what are you going to do about it?

This is my take on meaning at work – are there any areas you would add?

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The Shift: The Future of Work is Already Here

Lynda Gratton

"The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed.”
- Ernest Hemingway

Spirit on the watr

Spirit on the waterDarkness on the face of the deepI keep thinkin' about you, babyAnd I can't hardly sleep
I'm travelin' by landTravelin' through the dawn of dayYou're always on my mindI can't stay away
I'd forgotten about youThen you turned up againI always knewWe were meant to be more than friend
When you're nearIt's just as plain as it can beI'm wild about you, galYou ought to be a fool about me
Can't explainThe sources of this hidden painYou burned your way into my heartYou got the key to my brain
I've been tramplin' through mudPrayin' to the powers aboveI'm sweatin' bloodYou got a face that begs for love
Life without youDoesn't mean a thing to meIf I can't have youI'll throw my love into the deep blue sea
Sometimes I wonderWhy you can't treat me right?You do good all dayAnd then you do wrong all night
When you're with meI'm a thousand times happier than I could ever sayWhat does it matter?Or what price I pay?
They brag about your sugarBrag about it all over townPut some sugar in my bowlI feel like layin' down
I'm as pale as a ghostHoldin' a blossom on a stemYou ever seen a ghost? NoBut you have heard of them
I see you thereI'm blinded by the colors I seeI take good careOf what belongs to me
I hear your nameRingin' up and down the lineI'm sayin' it plainThese ties are strong enough to bind
Now your sweet voiceCalls out from some old familiar shrineI got no choiceCan't believe these things would ever fade from your mind
I could live foreverWith you perfectlyYou don't everHave to make a fuss over me
From East to WestEver since the world beganI only mean it for the bestI want to be with you any way I can
I've been in a brawlNow I'm feeling the wallI'm going 'way, babyI won't be back 'til fall
High on the hillYou can carry all my thoughts with youYou've numbed my willThis love could tear me in two
I wanna be with you in paradiseAnd it seems so unfairI can't go to paradise, no moreI killed a man back there
You think, I'm over the hillThink, I'm past my primeLet me see what you gotWe can have a whoppin' good time

Reason to believe

Struck me kinda funny
seem kinda funny sir to me
Still at the end of every hard earned
day people find some reason to believe

Eva dorme

È l'alba. Anche stanotte Eva non riesce a dormire. Apre la finestra: l'aria pungente e dolce dell'aprile altoatesino sa di neve e di resina. All'improvviso il telefono squilla, la voce debole di un uomo che la chiama con il soprannome della sua infanzia: è Vito. È molto malato, e vorrebbe vederla per l'ultima volta. 

Da leggere (già citato), di Francesca Melandri

Libertà

Verissimo, controllate

E' l'inizio di un romanzo?
E' un trattato sulla storia della sicilia?




Gli antichi Spartani erano famosi per usare un linguaggio essenziale, privo di fronzoli e di tronfia retorica, che ancor oggi si usa chiamare laconico, termine che deriva appunto da “lakonikòs” con cui venivano indicati gli Spartani in quanto abi- tanti della Laconia.
Si racconta, in proposito, che nell’antichità l’Imperatore dei Persiani Ser- se avesse mandato agli Spartani un messaggio che, tradotto in italiano, pres- sappoco diceva: “se riuscirò a varcare i monti che mi separano dalle vostre terre, vi distruggerò”.
Si dice che gli Spartani rispondessero con uno stringato messaggio di una sola sillaba: “se”.
Ciò che risalta da questo aneddoto è appunto l’appropriata, anche se estremamente sobria, risposta data da un popolo semplice, ma serio ed agguerrito ad un Imperatore arrogante e vanesio.
Sappiamo la figura che poi fece davanti alla storia Serse e l’esercito persiano che, composto da circa due milioni di guerrieri, fu fermato alle Termopili da trecen- to Spartani comandati da Leonida.
Questo ci conferma che con i “se” non si vincono le battaglie e non si fa la Storia.
Con i “se” non si fa la storia e non si fa nemmeno la contabilità.
Spesso si sente dire: “se ci fossero più controlli si porrebbe un argine alla di- lagante spesa pubblica”.
I controlli ci sono, e sono tanti, ma la spesa pubblica non si riesce lo stesso a controllarla.
Forse, allora, si dovrebbe dire: “se ci fossero controlli efficaci la spesa pub- blica potrebbe essere frenata”.
Ma sarebbe come dire: “ se i Cartaginesi avessero avuto la bomba atomica non avrebbero perso le guerre puniche”. 




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