1. Motivation “ Hope is a good thing - maybe the best thing. And good things never die.” Andy Duphrene The Shawshank Redemption
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Hinweis der Redaktion
John was the son of Frank Lindh, a Catholic lawyer, and Marilyn Walker, a health-care worker who became a Buddhist. He grew up in Maryland and was the second of three children. When John was 10, his family moved to Marin County, California – an affluent, socially liberal community north of San Francisco – where he attended an alternative school for self-directed students. At 16, John became interested in Islam and joined a local mosque. After graduating from high school, he moved to the Middle East. Two years later, in November of 2001, he was a captured Taliban prisoner of war in Afghanistan, charged with bearing arms against American troops. What led this young man to surrender all that was familiar in search of a new religion and culture? At a time when his peers were consumed by sports, music, school, and romance, what inspired him to leave his family, his home, and his country, and dedicate his life to Islam? At about the same time, news of a business scandal rocked Houston, Texas. Enron was one of the world’s largest energy trading companies, marketing electricity and natural gas. In 2000, Enron’s revenues topped 101 billion. One year later, the company filed for bankruptcy, forcing CEO Kenneth Lay to resign and causing thousands of workers to lose their life savings in retirement plans. Government investigators soon alleged that some company executives engaged in illegal transactions, broke basic rules of accounting, misled investors, and shredded documents as part of a cover up. Why would millionaires who already have more money than they could reasonably spend in a lifetime break the law and harm others for MORE financial gain? On a lighter note, but also puzzling, I cannot help but wonder about the behaviors that seemingly ordinary people display on ‘reality tv’ shows such as Survivor or Fear Factor. To be honest, I can’t really even stomach to watch that show but my roommate loves it and I have seen some CRAZY things. In one episode….. This all begs the question…WHY do people do these things?? Hopefully by the end of this chapter, we’ll have a greater understanding for why people do the things that they do!
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