(Original review, 2013)This is all grimly self-helpish and there is no common denominator, so there is no top tips take-away. I’m coming from the Rough Guide’s “50 things You Must Do Before You Die” and all that, this is a bit of a double whammy. Are we supposed to squeeze the last drop of productiv...
I feel like this would have been more helpful if I had kids. A lot was geared towards families.
All the Money in the World is a thoughtful series of essays on earning and using money to maximize your happiness. It’s full of interesting thought experiments, facts, and questions that will make you think about money in ways you never have before. The writing is great, reminding me of Malcolm Glad...
Great premise. Maybe someone less completely oblivious will write a useful book on the subject one day.Here's the premise: 1. Become mindful of what you're doing with your money (and of what you can't do because of other choices you're making)2. Question your assumptions about spending, saving and e...
Competently executed and reasonably engaging, but the nods to people in life situations different from the authors are just that - nods. Well. I say "nod." I probably mean "slightly uncomfortable head jerks when you see your boss in the mall with a much younger girlfriend who's not his wife." If you...
The book wasn't bad - I like the idea of spending your money in the way that makes YOU happy, rather than the way that "they" think you should spend your money.The problem is that after setting this as the basic premise, the author then appeared to take the position that you should spend your money ...
This book documents fairly extensively what we all know -- public schools serve almost every child poorly with its "one size fits all" mentality. Those children who are behind and struggle to catch up are served poorly. Yet even those who are advanced and forced to slow down are served just as poo...
A better-than-average how-to-use-your-time-well book. I think it digs a little deeper and goes beyond the cliches.She says 168 hours are plenty. I'm not sure I'm convinced, but I feel less inclined to whine about it after reading this book. Suggestions.Keep a time log. See how you are actually using...
A better title would have been simply Genius Denied. The book is long on examples of what is wrong and short on suggestions about how to make things better. I don’t think anyone involved in teaching or parenting the gifted is unaware that gifted kids are not reaching their potential; I don’t think...
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