Literature

Shining a light on shame - Daring Greatly review (part 1)

I've been reading Brene Brown's book Daring Greatly. Brown became a bit of a rockstar in academic circles when her research about shame,...

May 15, 20205 min read

This pandemic thing has been a tough slog. Even though I have the same amount of time (or more) as usual, I haven't felt like doing...

Apr 10, 20203 min read

In part one of my review of Mark Manson's book, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, I promised to work through some of his...

Feb 11, 20203 min read

Author Mark Manson starts us out by admitting that "...this is a total mind fuck" (p.9); a crude but apt description of my own cognitive...

Feb 7, 20202 min read

I grabbed this book off the library shelf out of sheer gravitational force. I studied leadership for a long time, and the cover of the...

Feb 6, 20203 min read

I went to the library last week and perused the section with all the books about purpose, meaning, and happiness in life. The librarian...

Jan 29, 20204 min read

In order to figure out significance for myself, I'll need to take a look at what other people are saying about it, at least in a...

Jan 24, 20202 min read