Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (9781594484803): Daniel H. Pink What Matters (9781933694207): Cam Thornton, Rod Zeeb, Mitchell Thornton, Brad Haga How to Read a Novel The test of literature is, I suppose, whether we ourselves live more intensely for the reading of it.– Elizabeth Drew In my recent article, How to Read a Book, I offered some ideas for extracting value from dead trees. I focussed primarily on non-fiction in that article. Now I want to offer you an approach for fiction. Fiction differs from non-fiction in only one necessary way: it’s made up. But that small variation in its linguistic DNA produces an entirely different organism. But if works of fiction are made up, why bother reading them? Why Read Fiction? Obviously a question like, “Why read fiction?” What kind of experience? . Several weeks after reading that book I found myself in conversation with a couple friends from eastern Europe, who’d lived under the Soviet regime. This episode is explained by more than just my overactive imagination. , talks about how our thoughts are processed in ways similar to real sensory experiences. Read Only What Interests You Bloggers.
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7 Steps for Making Your Biggest Goals Achievable Did you know: gyms are at their highest capacity in March, not January? Why? Because, no matter how ambitious we get with our New Year’s resolutions, it takes the weather getting warm and the thought of wearing that bikini or a pair of shorts for most of us to actually show up. There is a pitfall to most resolutions that shows up in studies: goal setting takes work and makes us feel good. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. In one sentence, goal-setting is about making your dreams real. What are your Big Goals? Coach Stevo is the nutrition and sport psychology consultant at San Francisco CrossFit. The Fifth Discipline: Peter M. Senge: 9780553456349: Amazon.com 9 Spring Cleaning Tips from Evernote Parenting Ambassador, Carley Knobloch (Downloadable PDF) Posted by Kasey Fleisher Hickey on 02 Apr 2012 Comment As winter turns to Spring, it’s a good time to de-clutter your home and your digital life. Parenting Ambassador Carley Knobloch pulled together her top 9 tips for cleaning out your junk drawer, your closet, and your wallet, not to mention ways you can get ready for some home beautification projects and sprucing up your garden. Check out a few of her tips below, and download the PDF for more! Digitize your important documents Instruction Manuals Most product manuals are available in downloadable PDF form. Organize your junk drawer, closet, and home Take-out Menus Get all of those menus out of the junk drawer! Find more tips in Carley’s Spring Cleaning PDF and join the Parenting discussion. The Evernote Ambassador Program Evernote Ambassadors are amazing individuals that are here to teach, share and help you get more out of Evernote. Download Other Ambassador Guides Upgrade for features to help you live and work smarter. Go Premium
Dancing with Duality: Confessions of a Free Spirit (9781466326651): Stella Vance Nutrition 101 Recap: Top 5 Tips to Eat More Nutritiously [INFOGRAPHIC] Throughout this Nutrition 101 series we’ve counted calories, compared carbs, and highlighted the pros of lean protein, healthy fats and a diet rich in vitamins and minerals. Nutrition can be complicated enough, so to simplify things we compiled all of the infographics into one! You can read the full text of each deep-dive post in the links above, but to summarize, here are my top 5 tips to help you eat more nutritiously: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Nutrition can seem complicated, but it doesn’t have to be. To get all of the details and read the individual posts, here they are broken down for your reading pleasure: Calories | Carbohydrates | Proteins | Fats | Vitamins & Minerals I hope you enjoyed the series and learned some nutrition basics in the process.
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