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EJ Elena Shin

EJ Elena Shin

Art] What Cities Make of Us: Art, Power & the Human Condition Across Europe | Scotland: Melancholy, Myth, and the Art of Losing Beautifully (02/22)

Art] What Cities Make of Us: Art, Power & the Human Condition Across Europe | Scotland: Melancholy, Myth, and the Art of Losing Beautifully (02/22)

What a nation that has lost almost everything can teach us about identity, resilience, and the strange power of a beautiful wound

Book] Leadership | Classics Circle: Tao Te Ching - Lao Tzu (02/12)

Book] Leadership | Classics Circle: Tao Te Ching - Lao Tzu (02/12)

A Conversation Across Centuries Reading Time: 13 minutes Classical Period: 6th century BCE (Ancient China) Core Philosophy: Lead by not forcing. Flow like water. The softest overcomes the hardest. Why I'm Reading This I opened the Tao Te Ching randomly to Chapter 78: "Nothing in the world

Art] What Cities Make of Us: Art, Power & the Human Condition Across Europe | London: The Fog, The Fire, and The Market (01/22)

Art] What Cities Make of Us: Art, Power & the Human Condition Across Europe | London: The Fog, The Fire, and The Market (01/22)

London: How a chaotic, fog-drenched trading city accidentally became the center of the world — and what it left behind

Art] What Cities Make of Us: Art, Power & the Human Condition Across Europe | The Grand Tour: When Europe's Elite Went to School (00/22)

Art] What Cities Make of Us: Art, Power & the Human Condition Across Europe | The Grand Tour: When Europe's Elite Went to School (00/22)

What a 17th-century gap year in Europe can teach us about power, legitimacy, and the education that money can't buy

Book] Leadership | Classics Circle: Meditations - Marcus Aurelius (01/12)

Book] Leadership | Classics Circle: Meditations - Marcus Aurelius (01/12)

A Conversation Across Centuries Reading Time: 12 minutes Classical Period: 170-180 CE (Roman Empire) Core Philosophy: Control what you can control. Accept what you cannot. Lead from inner peace. Why I'm Reading This I'm working through Meditations with AI (Claude) as my thinking partner—not

Global Markets Recap - Week of Dec 18, 2023

Global Markets Recap - Week of Dec 18, 2023

1. What Moved the Markets? Europe 🏈 Bottom Line: European stocks showed mixed performance with the STOXX Europe 600 near a one-year high, while the UK economy faces inflation slowdown and potential recession, and German business sentiment worsens, with European Central Bank officials indicating interest rates will remain high for