Mammon or Marriage? W. Bradford Wilcox
This brief video highlights the speech given recently at BYU by W. Bradford Wilcox where he discusses the necessity of adopting a marriage mindset in America. Wilcox, the director of the National Marriage Project, delivered this forum address on November 28,...Google Bard just got more visual: Zions National Park
I received an email from Google announcing that Bard will now provide images in responses to illustrate concepts, bring recommendations to life, and give you a richer experience. Bard will include source links for each image thumbnail shared, so you can verify...Top 35 Best Quotes from “You’re Not Listening: What You’re Missing and Why It Matters” by Kate Murphy
(#Ad) You’re Not Listening: What You’re Missing and Why It Matters by Kate Murphy is a book about the importance of listening. The author argues that we are not listening as well as we should, and that this is having a negative impact on our...Travel plan from ChatGPT: three days road trip from American Fork to Moab and Monument Valley
I asked ChatGPT about a three days road trip from American Fork to Moab, Monument Valley, and Back. His answer is below: “Sure! Here’s a suggested road trip itinerary from American Fork to Moab and Monument Valley for a 3-day trip: Day 1:...Travel recommendations from Bard and ChatGPT
I asked for travel recommendations to ChatGPT and Bard. Specifically I asked them to create a travel itinerary for some of the best European capitals with details about transportation and accommodations. ChatGPT replied: “Sure! Here’s a travel...37 Best Quotes from “Becoming the Narcissist’s Nightmare”
“Although clinical research has been conducted on narcissism as a disorder, less is known about its effects on victims who are in toxic relationships with partners with Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Individuals with this disorder engage in chronic...Top 12 Best Quotes from Toxic Positivity: Keeping It Real in a World Obsessed with Being Happy
What is Toxic Positivity? Toxic positivity (#Ad) is the belief that we should always maintain a positive outlook, even when we are struggling. Life can be hard, and bad things happen. People experience loss, pain, and challenges in their lives, and those problems...Top 60 Best Quotes from “Essentialism” by Greg McKeown
Essentialism: the disciplined pursuit of less (#Ad) Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less Have you ever found yourself stretched too thin? Do you simultaneously feel overworked and underutilized? Are you often busy but not productive? Do you feel like your...Top 45 Best Quotes From “The Road Less Traveled” by M. Scott Peck
The Road Less Traveled (#Ad) The Road Less Traveled A New Psychology of Love, Values, and Spiritual Growth, published in 1978, is Peck’s best-known work, and the one that made his reputation. It is, in short, a description of the attributes that make for a...Top 140 Best Quotes from “101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think” by Brianna Wiest
(#Ad) 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think, the global bestseller and social media phenomenon, is a collection of author Brianna Wiest’s most beloved pieces of writing. Her meditations include why you should pursue purpose over passion, embrace negative...Top 40 Best Quotes from “Effortless” by Greg McKeown
Not everything has to be so hard. In our modern world we try to be high-achievers because we have been conditioned to believe that the path to success is paved with relentless work. If we want to overachieve, we have to overexert, overthink, and overdo. If...Best 70 Quotes from Beyond Order by Jordan Peterson
Overview Peterson’s original interest in writing his last book, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos, grew out of a personal hobby of answering questions posted on Quora; one such question being, “What are the most valuable things everyone...95 Best Quotes From The Laws of Human Nature
The Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene, is “the definitive book on decoding the behavior of the people around you”. Even though we are all human, we often don’t understand what drives people to feel and behave the way they do. In The Laws of Human...Top 30 Best Quotes from “The Organized Mind”
Daniel Levitin The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload is a bestselling popular science book written by the McGill University neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin, PhD, and first published in the United States and Canada in 2014. It is...Happy Father’s day: The Importance of Fathers, A God-Given Role
We live in a society that seems to discount the father’s role every day more. My own father passed away when I was 10 years old, and my mother never remarried. My mother did her best to compensate for the loss, and so did other members of the extended family,...Top 40 Best Quotes from “Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World”
In his book, Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World, former Surgeon General of the United States, Vivek Murthy argues that loneliness is the basis of the current crisis in mental wellness and is responsible for the increase in...Netflix: Murder among the Mormons. More stereotypes.
Created by Jared Hess (“Napoleon Dynamite”) and Tyler Measom (“Jesus Town, USA”), “Murder Among the Mormons” was until recently in the Netflix’s “Top 10” list all over the United States. “Murder Among the...Top 42 Quotes from Think Again by Adam Grant
Photo by Rob Schreckhise on Unsplash “Think Again is a must-read… In an increasingly divided world, the lessons in this book are more important than ever.” –Bill and Melinda Gates Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know is...How Not to Take Things Personally? | Frederik Imbo
I loved this Ted Talk about not taking things personally by Frederik Imbo About Frederik Imbo Frederik Imbo studied theatre at the Royal Conservatory of Ghent and has acted in lots of television series. He founded Imboorling and now has over 15 years’ experience...Top 85 Best Quotes from “Quiet: The Power of Introverts”
In her book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, Susan Cain argues that we dramatically undervalue introverts and shows how much we lose in doing so
David Epstein’s BYU Speech “The Path of Most Resistance: How to Learn For a Changing World”
I read Davis Epstein’s book Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World last summer and I really liked it a lot. The book makes you rethink about the prevalent idea that specialization is the right way to build your career. Perhaps for some it actually...WHEN COLLABORATION MAY KILL CREATIVITY
If you had gathered the same people who created Linux, installed them in a giant conference room for a year, and asked them to devise a new operating system, it’s doubtful that anything so revolutionary would have occurred.
Top 40 Quotes from The Coddling of the American Mind
In The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure by Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff, the authors make the case that our culture has embraced three Great Untruths in the past ten years or so: The Untruth...Marriages and Divorces World Trends
Marriages are becoming less common: in most countries the share of people getting married has fallen in recent decades. However, this is not true across all countries.
My Experience Sharing Gratitude on Social Media for Seven Days
On November 20, 2020, President Russell M. Nelson offered a prayer of gratitude and also invited everyone, everywhere, to do two important things to help heal our fractured relationships and communities: Turn social media into your own gratitude journal for the next...13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do by Amy Morin
Everyone has the ability to build mental strength, but most people don’t know how or don’t give enough importance to it. People spend a lot more time talking about physical strength and physical health, but much less time on mental strength and mental health.
If You Regularly Say “I’m Sorry You Feel That Way” You May Lack Empathy
According to an article on Inc.com if you regularly say “I’m sorry you feel that way” or some variation of this phrase, you may lack empathy, because “you can’t actually be sorry for the way someone else feels. You can only be sorry for...35 Best Quotes from Atomic Habits by James Clear
“When you fall in love with the process rather than the product, you don’t have to wait to give yourself permission to be happy. You can be satisfied anytime your system is running.” ― James Clear
Top 26 Quotes from “Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World” by Adam M. Grant
“Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World” by Adam M. Grant. How do creative people come up with great ideas? Organizational psychologist Adam Grant studies “originals”: thinkers who dream up new ideas and take action to put them into the world. In...Follow & like
