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I’m sure you were wondering where all this was going! The truth is, February 9th began my Alt-MBA book discussion week, and my chosen book was one that means quite a lot to me: Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends & Influence People. (Incidentally, I’m giving my third Toastmasters speech tomorrow morning on the same [...]
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I have a confession to make. I’m a (super) lazy reader. I have always read very quickly and easily—reading is fun. Reading is a relaxing, soothing activity. It’s like trying to absorb information while sleeping; it’s effortless. This made especial sense when all I read was fiction growing up (sci-fi, fantasy, dragons, witches, magic horses, [...]
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These books are just as fantastic as I remembered. Spenser is the best fictional dude in the history of fictional dudes. And damn, can that man cook. Also, snippet: The gun in [Phil’s] hand was an Army issue .45 automatic. It fired a slug about the size of a baseball and at close range would [...]
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Megan’s Self-Learnification Extravaganza shall commence shortly. Please take off your seat belts and wander around the cabin, adjusting seat backs at random. It’s going to be a bracing flight! (There’s more information in notes on the photo in Flickr. Click safely!)
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I feel like the luckiest kid in the world. I’m obsessed with reading material and I have access to reading material. I’m not in the best of financial situations, but I am still able to further my own development by buying great books—about business, about people, about the world. And I have a little bit [...]
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If you can’t hear the crazed gleeful gurgling, you’re just going to have to imagine it.
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Last week I ordered an insane number of books. (People who sent me Amazon gift certificates for Christmas: YOU WIN. People who are noodling over what to send me: That would be your subtle hint…) I’m long overdue for some gorgeous hardcore reading, and I have not a few fantastic reasons to ramp up my [...]
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