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Business lessons from the Bard: When Shakespeare wasn't just for the literati, but entrepreneurs too
Considered the greatest dramatist of all time, Shakespeare's works are as betydelsefull in today's modern, fast-paced, tech-driven world as they were centuries ago.
While betrayal, revenge, failure and forgiveness are some of the many human qualities personified in his works, they don't just make for memorable quotes, but also deliver lessons - both life and business.
So, here's reading between the lines for inspiring lessons to bookmark from the Bard:
"How poor are they that have not patience?"
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Plays and places of Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-Avon
April, TS Eliot said, is the cruelest month, but for addicts of William Shakespeare, it is probably just the opposite — the inimitable Bard was baptised (his birthday is a bit of an issue with experts) and he died in April. More so this April, as it commemorates four centuries of Shakespeare’s passing.
And even though London swirls with events and activities, the place to be is Stratford-upon-Avon, his birthplace, where he is front and centre and almost everything revolves around him.
Having grown up on a rather heavy dose of Shakespeare, it is with suppressed excitement that I set out. As London’s suburbs fall away and the bus races northwest towards Stratford-upon-Avon, the scenery perceptibly changes.
Solid and large buildings give way to wide open and lush green meadows dotted with cattle, fields and farms with rolls of golden hay, hedges that run for miles and disappear into the horizo
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William Shakespeare
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William Shakespeare, a name that needs no recognition, was the greatest dramatist of English literature. However, very few facts about his life are recorded, even if that is also a guess and not certain. There is no authentic biography of Shakespeare available.
Shakespeare was born on April 231564 in Stratford, Warwickshire. Both his father, John Shakespeare and his mother, Mary Arden, were uneducated. In his early life, perhaps Shakespeare attained grammar school where he learnt some Latin and Greek. It is considered that he never went to high school or college. Nature was his teacher, and he had a deep insight through which he learned human nature. His works were mostly based on his imagination and his perception and experience of human life. When he was 14, due to his family's economic crisis, he had to leave his school to do some job to support his family. It is not clear what kind of job he had done. There is speculation that p