Book Review - Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?
Book: Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? Author: Seth Godin Genre: Business, Psychology, Careers Who does he think I am? That guy, Seth Godin, I mean. He writes directly to the reader, me, in an easy manner and dares to call me a genius? He'd call you a genius too by the way. Right off the bat in his book Linchpin: Are You Indispensable he suggests that we have all been a genius at some point in our lives. It was that moment when we came up with a solution to a problem where no
Spring Has Sprung!
While watering my orchids the other day I was very excited to see that three of the four plants have new leaves coming out. Spring has sprung! If you came by to look at these orchids though you'd think they were in pretty bad shape. That's because they travelled with us from Ontario, Canada to Panama City, Florida in the car. As much as we tried to shield them and keep them out of the direct sun, well, in the end we failed. Many of their leaves got burned and they have a tatt
Book Review: Better Than Before
Better Than Before: What I learned about making and breaking habits – to sleep more, quit sugar, procrastinate less, and generally build a happier life. Author: Gretchen Rubin Genre: Self-Help Ack! I’ve read a ton of self-help books and none on habits has ever interested me but this was the book club choice so I read it. In this book author Gretchen Rubin’s goal is to answer the question “How do we change our habits?” Gretchen breaks the book into five sections. The first is
My Own Suffering?
My sister thinks I have thick skin. I call it an opportunity, or practice. I'm trying to help someone who is in dire need and I'm working really hard at it but not in the way you may expect. It's more emotional work for me. Here's why. My friend, let's call her Cait, is an older lady whose husband was recently placed in a nursing home. The difficulty is that Cait can't afford the cost of his care, even with all the subsidies, and her own expenses. I'm really great at budgetin
Book Review: The Whole Thing, The Real Thing; Brief biography of Shri Grudeva
The Whole Thing, The Real Thing; Brief biography of Shri Grudeva English version by Prem C. Pasricha from the Hindi book by Rameswar Tiwari. First Published in 1977 by Delhi Photo Company, New Delhi, India Printed at Thomson Press (India) Limited Faridabad, Haryana Genre: Spirituality “Ram Naam Satya hai. Lord, Thy Name is Truth.” The seven year old heard those words chanted as he watched his, now dead, hundred year old grandfather being taken away. The grandfather had been “
