“It is a positive and active anguish, a sort of psychical neuralgia wholly unknown to normal life.” Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness is U.S. writer William Styron’s memoir about his descent into depression, and the triumph of recovery. First published in December 1989 in Vanity Fair, the book grew out of a lecture that Styron originally delivered at a symposium […]
The Rise of the Creative Class
– Richard Florida
August 20, 2014 By Leave a Comment
“Cities have realized that they can attract educated people and they don’t need good schools to do it.” The Creative Class is a posited socioeconomic class identified by American economist and social scientist Richard Florida, a professor and head of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. According to Florida, the Creative Class are a […]
Authentic Happiness
– Martin Seligman
August 13, 2014 By
“While you can’t control your experiences, you can control your explanations.” A national bestseller, Authentic Happiness launched the revolutionary new science of Positive Psychology—and sparked a coast-to-coast debate on the nature of real happiness. According to esteemed psychologist and bestselling author Martin Seligman, happiness is not the result of good genes or luck. Real, lasting happiness comes […]
A Doctor’s Touch
– Abraham Verghese
August 11, 2014 By
From TED.com Modern medicine is in danger of losing a powerful, old-fashioned tool: human touch. Physician and writer Abraham Verghese describes our strange new world where patients are merely data points, and calls for a return to the traditional one-on-one physical exam. In our era of the patient-as-data-point, Abraham Verghese believes in the old-fashioned physical exam, […]
Built to Last:
Habits of Visionary Companies
– Jim Collins
August 10, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Drawing upon a six-year research project at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras took eighteen truly exceptional and long-lasting companies and studied each in direct comparison to one of its top competitors. They examined the companies from their very beginnings to the present day — as […]
Tribal leadership
– David Logan
August 8, 2014 By
From TED.com David Logan talks about the five kinds of tribes that humans naturally form — in schools, workplaces, even the driver’s license bureau. By understanding our shared tribal tendencies, we can help lead each other to become better individuals. And it’s within these tribes that all of our work gets done. But not just work. It’s […]
The Art of Peace
– Morihei Ueshiba
August 7, 2014 By
“When you bow deeply to the universe, it bows back; when you call out the name of God, it echoes inside you.” The real way of the warrior is based on compassion, wisdom, fearlessness, and love of nature. So taught the great Morihei Ueshiba (1883–1969), founder of the Japanese martial art of Aikido. […]
How to Learn Anything… Fast
– Josh Kaufman
August 6, 2014 By
“You can’t make positive discoveries that make your life better if you never try anything new.” Josh Kaufman is the author of two international bestsellers, The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business and The First 20 Hours: How to Learn Anything… Fast!, and is one of the top 100 business authors in the world, as ranked by […]
Everyday Leadership
– Drew Dudley
August 4, 2014 By
From TED.com We celebrate birthdays, where all you have to do is not die for 365 days — and yet we let people who have made our lives better walk around without knowing it. We have all changed someone’s life — usually without even realizing it. In this funny talk, Drew Dudley calls on all of […]
The Creative Habit
– Twyla Tharp
August 3, 2014 By Leave a Comment
One of the world’s leading creative artists, choreographers, and creator of the smash-hit Broadway show, Movin’ Out, shares her secrets for developing and honing your creative talents—at once prescriptive and inspirational, a book to stand alongside The Artist’s Way and Bird by Bird. [From: Amazon.com] Many people in the information economy are creative workers. Writers. Programmers. Photoshop wizards. Bloggers. […]
