A stunningly inventive, deeply moving fiction debut: stories that take us from the slums of Colombia to the streets of Tehran; from New York City to Iowa City; from a tiny fishing village in Australia to a foundering vessel in the South China Sea, in a masterful display of literary virtuosity and feeling. http://www.pivotalbookclub.com/boat.htm
Print is still king according to this post. Surprise. All generally accepted truths notwithstanding, more than 96 percent of newspaper reading is still done in the print editions, and the online share of the newspaper audience attention is only a bit more than 3 percent. http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/04/print-is-still-king-only-3-percent-of-newspaper-reading-actually-happens-online/
"Striving for perfection is the greatest stopper there is… It's your excuse to yourself for not doing anything. Instead, strive for excellence, doing your best." -- Sir Laurence Olivier
It’s embarrassing for the nervous speaker and it’s embarrassing for the audience - those awkward, horrible moments when something goes wrong, something embarrassing happens. They are an experience neither the audience nor the speaker wants to have to endure. Here are four situations where you can smooth out those embarrassing moments … and a powerful […]
“A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.” -- Francis Bacon
For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill. Sun Tzu
"I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again." William Penn
"To the dull mind all nature is leaden. To the illumined mind the whole world burns and sparkles with light." Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Next 100 Years by George Friedman In The Next 100 Years, George Friedman offers a lucid, highly readable forecast of the changes we can expect around the world during the twenty-first century. He explains where and why future wars will erupt (and how they will be fought), which nations will gain and lose economic […]
How often have you switched off (even for a few seconds) when attending yet another PowerPoint Presentation at work? Our experience is that this probably happens more than 9 times out of 10. So that’s about 90% of PowerPoint presentations where the lack of PowerPoint presentation skills actually undermines the very presentations PowerPoint is supposed […]
