Reference Books Spring 2021

In our society, wealth is defined almost exclusively in material terms. Yet while consumption activates our personal rewards system, it doesn't really make us rich, as true prosperity must develo...

Manipulate, allege, cajole, intimidate – there are many sordid methods of dark rhetoric that can be used to defeat the other party. Nevertheless, honesty is still the best strategy! White rhetori...

There are moments in our lives when we are dissatisfied, are quarrelsome, or simply about to despair. Times when we are afraid we aren't able to cope with life. The psychotherapist Holger Kuntze...

The devil really has a big problem with people. "You make it too easy for me!" he confesses. This is because if humankind drives its whole existence off a cliff, he, the great purveyor of temptat...

These days it seems more difficult than ever to enter into dialogue with one another. If we want to surmount the divisions in society and between individuals, we must certainly talk to one anothe...

Everyone has the capacity to be successful and happy. But how can we discover and use this ability within us to live exactly the way we would like to? The answer to this question can be found in ...

Mid-March 2020: The Corona pandemic. Lockdown. The 89 Upstalsbom Hotels must close. Income quickly goes from a hundred per cent to nothing. The very existence of Bodo Janssen's company and its em...

Many of us have experienced it: We are sitting on a Metro when suddenly someone sits down right next to us, even though many other seats are free. It bothers us. Why does someone want to be so ph...

Money, love relationship, success, happiness – many people chase after these presumed assurances as if obsessed. But once these things are acquired they often prove to be fleeting and certainly i...

No solution feasible? Even difficult and seemingly hopeless situations can be successful in the end! Oliver Schneider, former special forces officer and advisor for security, risk, and crisis man...