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...
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...
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 about the...
I loved this Ted Talk about not taking things personally by Frederik Imbo https://youtu.be/LnJwH_PZXnM 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...
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
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 is,...
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.
https://youtu.be/tKW3vKpPrlw 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...
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.
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 your own behavior and the...
