The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books. ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow How much does your reading experience of books change if your reading medium changes? This I needed to know when I first agreed to read books on my Kindle. Are “the sweet serenity of books” found in its [...]
psychology
Reading “Blink” made me more confident in trusting those instant first impressions. Gladwell put some logic and reason into what I could only describe as instinct. Agree or disagree with him, Gladwell knows how to tell a compelling a story, and it is the stories that grasp his readers, or at the very least, me. I read [...]
One evening in early spring, I came home to a kitchen smelling of divine home-made cooking of the resident chef, my husband, Andy. On this particular night, he was going to show me the first Episode of the infamous TV show, LOST , during dinner. He is already a huge fan, along with most of [...]
How do we reach the critical point in our endeavors where we can tip the scale of success to reach not just mediocre success but one of colossal size? How do some people reach success, wealth, fame of enormous proportions, while others just as likely, just as probable, barely tip that scale? What is the defining distinction [...]
