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Why Doesn’t Medical Care Get Better When Doctors Rest More? 27 Aug 2013 | 04:30 pm
Lisa Rosenbaum, writing in the New Yorker, looks at how changes in policy in complex systems attempt to do one thing but often do another. In the article she explores how limits on shift lengths for ...
Ernest Hemingway: Three Tips on How to Write Fiction 26 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
Be careful if you ask Ernest Hemingway for his opinion. F. Scott Fitzgerald once asked Hemingway for an honest opinion on his book. Hemingway responded “You see well enough. But you stop listening.” ...
The Education of a Reluctant Businessman with Yvon Chouinard 26 Aug 2013 | 12:54 am
Yvon Chouinard is the founder of Patagonia, one of the most respected and environmentally responsible companies on earth. His memoir, Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessma...
Rules To Success 25 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
In his quarter century of working in Silicon Valley at such companies as Apple, @Home, and Google, Jonathan Rosenberg has had a unique opportunity to watch successful people in action. In this video,...
The Seven Major Catalysts that Inspire Progress 23 Aug 2013 | 05:16 pm
In their book, The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work, Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer offer seven catalysts that inspire progress. 1. Setting cle...
Complexity and the Ten-Thousand-Hour Rule 23 Aug 2013 | 04:10 pm
Herbert Simon and William Chase, in a paper from forty years ago, drew one of the most famous conclusions in the study of expertise: There are no instant experts in chess—certainly no instant masters...
Children Should Be Allowed to Get Bored 22 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
We’re addicted to novelty. Education researcher Dr Teresa Belton says: “When children have nothing to do now, they immediately switch on the TV, the computer, the phone or some kind of screen. The t...
Create A Happy Life in 15 Minutes or Less – Starting Now! 21 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
Happiness Habits: Instant Happiness In 15 Minutes Or Less!, by Daphna Joffe, offers “18 tried and true psychological habits” to improve your happiness levels. If we’re all born with the ability to be...
The Art of Ordinary Conversation 20 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
Some general guidelines for good conversation. Bring out the cleverness in others. Jean de La Brùyere: The true spirit of conversation consists more in bringing out the cleverness of others than in...
66 Personal Development Habits For Smart People 19 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
Steve Pavlina’s book, Personal Development for Smart People: The Conscious Pursuit of Personal Growth, offers an interesting look at self-improvement. “Perception is the most basic aspect of truth,” ...
