The activities for a year of personal growth are divided in four areas: mind, body, heart, and soul, with three topices within each. I recommend the following books for a personal growth journey. MIND – Mental • “Code of the…
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Positive Shift Happens: the excerpt
Many of the practices shown by research to increase happiness are simple, and most of them are not hard to do. But life is so busy and full of distractions that we often fail to fit the building blocks into…
Scary Screen Reads
With Halloween around the corner, it’s time for horror stories. When it comes to movie adaptations based on books, there are a few available. What’s New From the King of Horror, Stephen King, there are lots of movie adaptations to…
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Screen and Page: 2021 Oscar Contenders
For several years I’ve been reading books that have been adapted into movies, and watching the movies. I don’t always read or watch based on this criteria, but when I do, there are often pleasant surprises that I might not…
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7 Work Smarter Principles
I recently finished “Great at Work” by Morten T Hansen, who illustrates with examples and research 7 principles for working smarter. I was most interested in the first part of the book, which covers mastering your own work. The second…
Review of Books Read in 2017
I recently read “Mind Hacking” by Sir John Hargrave. I enjoyed this look at changing the mind from the viewpoint of a computer programmer with proven “geek” cred. Throughout the book there are mind experiments that virtually gamify mental change.…
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Simply Dinner: The Game Plan
Do you dread the question, “What’s for dinner?” Deciding what to cook is the hardest part. Get your copy of Simply Dinner: The Game Plan, an eCookbook that will take the pain out of meal planning and help you get…
2016 Reading Roundup
Of the non-fiction books I read in 2016, here are a few stand-outs: Your Brain at Work by David Rock Insight Out by Tina Seelig The How of Happiness by Sonja Lyubomirsky (there’s a free 3-week online course based on the…
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End Goals Lead to a Meaningful Journey
I came across a BIG idea recently. In the book “The Code of the Extraordinary Mind,” Vishen Lakhiani talks about the difference between means goals and end goals. Means goals vs End goals A means goal is motivated by the…
Books to Read Before They Are Movies
These movies based on books will be in theaters in 2017. Read the books before they hit the big screen! Check out movie trailers at the Internet Movie Database: Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly (6 January 2017, Rated PG)…
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