“During a month-long stay at Balmoral late in the summer of 1946, Philip proposed to Elizabeth, and she accepted on the spot, without even consulting her parents. None of the criticism of Philip’s German blood or cheeky attitude was of any…
When I was young, I always found myself longing to have a family where its members spoke like in the books! They (including myself) were rational in their thinking, they were talking calmly, and everything they said made sense. Of course,…
Whenever I told my husband that he was not listening to me, his answer was to recite back to me, word for word, everything I have spoken to him. 🙂 While we were in school, memorizing was essential; none of us…
“Chatter consists of the cyclical negative thoughts and emotions that turn our singular capacity for introspection into a curse rather than a blessing. It puts our performance, decision making, relationships, happiness, and health in jeopardy. ………………………………………………………………. You can also benefit by…
“On a certain day, a bull and a pheasant were grazing on a field. The bull was grazing and the pheasant was picking ticks off the bull–a perfect partnership. Looking at the huge tree at the edge of the field, the…
Pamela Druckerman wrote “Lust in translation”, a book about adultery around the globe. When I finished reading it, I understood that adultery is a <<National sport>> in almost every country. “Finns aren’t ambivalent about sex. They see it as a…
Reading “Grit” by Angela Duckworth, I finally understood that Michael Jordan had grit. “Grit has two components: passion and perseverance. Grit isn’t just working incredibly hard. Grit is about working on something you care about so much that you’re willing to…
Inspired by the idea that one of the greatest gifts one generation can give to another is the wisdom it has gained from experience, Andrew Zuckerman has recorded the thoughts and ideas of fifty of the world’s most prominent writers, artists,…
I always wanted to read philosophy, but I was afraid that I would not be smart enough to understand it. Luckily for me, the company invented by Alain de Botton, “The School of Life”, printed a book to explain philosophy to the…
At twenty-two years old, Amaryllis Fox was recruited by the CIA. While she was doing her master at Georgetown University, after she graduated from Oxford University, Amaryllis Fox developed an algorithm for predicting terrorist activity. I was impressed to find out…
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