Books
“The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.” ~ B.B. King
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Manvotionals
Manvotionals: Timeless Wisdom and Advice On Living the 7 Manly Virtues, by Brett McKay “So our definition of manliness, like that of the ancients, is simple: striving for virtue, honor, and excellence in all areas of your life, fulfilling your potential as a man, and being the absolute best brother, friend, husband, father and citizen… Continue reading
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Tools of Titans
“Role models who push us to exceed our limits, physical training that removes our spare tires, and risks that expand our sphere of comfortable action are all examples of eustress-stress this is healthful and the stimulus for growth.” ~Tim Ferriss A year ago Christmas, my wife surprised me with the book, Tools of Titans, by… Continue reading
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The Hobbit Is Turning 80. Here’s What Reviewers Said About It in 1937
The Hobbit Is Turning 80. Here’s What Reviewers Said About It in 1937 Lily Rothman | Time Repost When the first edition of The Hobbit: or, There And Back Again was first published — 80 years ago, on Sept. 21, 1937 — C.S. Lewis famously called the book a “marvellous” classic-in-the-making, and the New York… Continue reading
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The Power Of Compounding: You Can Achieve Anything, If You Stop Trying To Do Everything
The Power Of Compounding: You Can Achieve Anything, If You Stop Trying To Do Everything | Repost ~Darius Foroux Editor’s Note: As Darius points out in his post, the central theme, though universal, came from the book, The One Thing. Another great read on the power of compounding efforts is, The Slight Edge, by Jeff… Continue reading
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Quote To Ponder ~Seth Godin
“Those of us who are lucky enough to live in a world where we have enough and we have a roof and we have food – we find ourselves caught in this cycle of keeping track of the wrong things. Keeping track of how many times we’ve been rejected. Keeping track of how many times… Continue reading
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50 Books Recommended by This Year’s TED Speakers
CREDIT: Getty Images 50 Books Recommended by This Year’s TED Speakers ~Jessica Stillman, Inc. | Repost The much-buzzed-about conference generated a gargantuan list of intriguing book recommendations. TED is one of the world’s premier cultural events, providing not just a chance for the thousand or so attendees to hear from some of the smartest people… Continue reading
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How C.S. Lewis Helped Encourage Tolkien’s ‘LORD OF THE RINGS’
By Alicia Kort, Newsweek | Repost In the 20th century, two British authors, J.R.R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis, dominated the world’s imagination with their original works, which have been translated into more than 39 languages, printed in more than 300 million copies and were optioned into films earning more than $6.4 billion combined… Continue reading
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Twain Publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn On this day in 1885, Mark Twain publishes his famous–and famously controversial–novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Twain (the pen name of Samuel Clemens) first introduced Huck Finn as the best friend of Tom Sawyer, hero of his tremendously successful novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876). Though… Continue reading
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