Today we continue our exploration of John Templeton’s twenty-one steps detailed in The Templeton Plan with more on Step 18: Giving as a Way of Life. In this post we examine what Templeton called “The Cycle of Giving.” By investing in projects such as these [the text is referring here to the many projects sponsored by [...]
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The Cycle of Giving
Posted in Templeton Plan, tagged generosity, giving, Sir John Templeton, Templeton Plan on October 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sir John Templeton: A Life of Phil + Anthropos by Michael Guillen, PhD (Part 2)
Posted in Philanthropy, Philosophy, Templeton Plan on October 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This week we continue our exploration of John Templeton’s twenty-one steps detailed in The Templeton Plan with more on Step 18: Giving as a Way of Life. In our next two posts, Dr. Michael Guillen will evaluate John Templeton’s commitment to investigating the scientific benefits of philanthropy. Continued from October 22, 2009 post. Happily, because of [...]
Sir John Templeton: A Life of Phil + Anthropos by Michael Guillen, PhD (Part 1)
Posted in Philanthropy, Philosophy, Templeton Plan on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This week we continue our exploration of John Templeton’s twenty-one steps detailed in The Templeton Plan with more on Step 18: Giving as a Way of Life. In our next two posts, Dr. Michael Guillen will evaluate John Templeton’s commitment to investigating the scientific benefits of philanthropy. More eloquently than anyone else during his lifetime, [...]
Link Roundup
Posted in Business, Markets, News, Stock Market, tagged Links, Sir John Templeton on October 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Time for yet another brief link roundup! First, we have a very precient article from Forbes.com that examines the current state of the market and the lessons we should all take away from recent events. It mentions the great Sir John Templeton interview from Wall Street Week that we’ve featured in the past here on What Would John [...]
The Spiritual (and Financial) Basis for Giving As a Way of Life
Posted in Philanthropy, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged generosity, bible quotes, hindu proverbs, giving on October 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This week we continue our exploration of John Templeton’s twenty-one steps detailed in The Templeton Plan with more on Step 18: Giving as a Way of Life. Today we’ll look at some of the quotes from various world religious traditions that John Templeton considered to be foundationally important to his understanding of this principle. Though these [...]
Generosity as a Way of Life
Posted in Philanthropy, Philosophy, Templeton Plan, tagged generosity, success on October 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This week we continue our exploration of John Templeton’s twenty-one steps detailed in The Templeton Plan by delving into Step 18: Giving as a Way of Life. We will begin by exploring this particularly rich chapter by laying a definitional groundwork for generosity. As this chapter explains, it applies to much more than simply how you [...]
2009 Sir John M. Templeton Fellowships Essay Contest
Posted in Competition, News, Philosophy on October 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On Monday, the Independent Institute announced the winners of the 2009 Sir John M. Templeton Fellowships Essay Contest. Essayists were asked to respond to Benjamin Franklin’s remark and corresponding question: “Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.” Which virtues contribute the most [...]
Sir John M. Templeton Fellowships Essay Contest
Posted in Competition, Economy, Money, Philosophy on October 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you are a junior faculty member or a student, you may be interested in the 2010 Sir John M. Templeton Fellowships Essay Contest. This contest challenges untenured junior faculty under the age of thirty five and students to submit essays responding to the following: Everyone wants to live at the expense of the state. They forget the [...]
How to Invest Yourself in Your Work
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, Templeton Plan on October 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We continue our exploration of John Templeton’s twenty-one steps detailed in The Templeton Plan by reviewing Step 7: Investing Yourself in Your Work. Now that summer is over and we begin to refocus on putting in a good day’s work, Templeton’s advice about work and how to be successful may come in handy. John Templeton concludes his [...]
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