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The Emperor Has No Clothes
April 7, 1837, The Emperor's New Clothes was published. If you have not read this short story by Hans Christian Anderson, click here, or feel free to enjoy my interpretation. In...
The Power of Focus
"For every thousand hacking at the leaves of evil, there is one striking at the root." -Thoreau Said another way, most people major in minor things, rooting themselves into an...
New format!
I've decided to broaden the subject of the blog from books to general learning. While I'm still reading a book a day (today's was bad childhood, good life by Dr. Laura...
The Laws of Money, The Lessons of Life by Suze Orman
I started the year with the goal of reading 300+ books in an attempt to gain more perspective from minds smarter than mine. Today marks the completion of the 37th book, and I'm...
Starbucked, by Taylor Clark
Personally, I've never liked Starbucks coffee. I'm more of an organic, grind my own whole beans and use a french press guy. I personally believe if you need cream and three...
Rich Dad, Poor Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant, by Robert T Kiyosaki
Years ago, while working at Barnes and Noble, I had the pleasure of reading Rich Dad, Poor Dad, and it changed the way I felt about money. Like many people, I had no shortage of...
Born Standing Up, by Steve Martin
I'm not ashamed to say that this book made me laugh out loud a few nights while reading it in bed, and also cry as I finished it at my desk. It is a beautifully written story of...
Crazy is a Complement, by Linda Rottenberg
(I had a 'word exchange' with my father when I told him of my book a day resolution. To his credit, he supported me, and even fueled me with my first book of 2015. Thanks dad....
The Book Blog
At the start of 2015, one of my resolutions was to become a gold digger...kind of. You see, whenever I tell people my resolution was to read a book a day, they usually look at me...