Define your internal triggers and master controlling them to tame distraction.Therefore, to increase productivity, have more time to spend with your loved ones, and target your focus better, Indistractable by Nir Eyal comes forth with a series of solutions for this concerning issue.įor now, let’s explore my three favorite lessons from the book: While it doesn’t seem like such a big issue at first sight, distraction can seriously impact our work performance, consume our precious time, and alter our work-life balance. Have you ever caught yourself getting distracted at the smallest things? It could be a pop-up notification on your phone, and you ditch your focus on work completely at that insignificant stimulus? The problem with the little gadgets is that they’re supposed to make our life easier, and while they do so, they also cause a series of other problems, like distraction. 1-Sentence-Summary: Indistractable how our modern gadgets and technology distract us from work and cause real concentration issues, impacting our performance and even the quality of our lives, and how we can address the root cause of the problem to solve it.
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They discuss the centennial celebration of his presidency, how the U.S. In this week's Liberty + Leadership Podcast, Roger and Amity take a deep dive into one of our nation's most misunderstood presidents, Calvin Coolidge. Amity earned a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University. Amity's works include "The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression" and most recently "The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge." Over her career, Amity was a columnist for Bloomberg News, a member of the editorial board of The Wall Street Journal, and wrote for numerous publications including The New Yorker, Fortune, National Review, The New Republic, and Foreign Affairs. Amity Shlaes is the chair of the board at the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation, the current events columnist for Forbes, and a bestselling author of seven books. Smith loves to watch crime shows, identifying strongly with the characters. She has been made a member and invited to give a speech. It meets in remembrance of a pioneer of the continental drift theory, Alfred Wegener. She receives a letter from the Continental Drift Club, which she had encountered coincidentally. Her primary focus is writing, in the café and in her bed. The author explains that, caught up in fond feelings for things in her past, she slipped into a phase of melancholia and isolated herself during the holidays. She thinks back on a trip to South America because Zak mentions beach cafés. For lunch, she sometimes has bean soup and the coffee continues all day long. She drinks black coffee and eats brown bread with olive oil for breakfast. Then she goes on to describe her routine at Café ‘Ino, across the street from her home in New York. Smith begins with her first dream of the cowpoke, an old man philosophizing in the middle of the desert. She tells of several years of her life from roughly 2010 to 2012. In M Train, Patti Smith wanders between cafés and dreams, books and countries. The following version of this book was used to create this guide: Smith, Patti. The reader knows how this will go: The orphan boy almost has to be The One, Goodman will slowly reveal her thrilling inventions through his limited viewpoint, and we can all sit at home happy that the boys and men are out there looking after us. He is 12 years old and one of a field of candidates to be the next apprentice or Dragoneye, a person who can commune with and direct one of the 12 “energy dragons.” So far, so familiar. The eponymous hero, Eon, resembles the protagonists of shelf-loads of fantasy series. While there are many set pieces familiar from previous fantasy series, Goodman has freshened up creaking plot devices to produce a slow-building work that over and over again challenges reader expectations. “Eon: Dragoneye Reborn,” the first half of Australian Alison Goodman’s planned two-volume, Asian-influenced dragon-based series, is wonderful, with its whirlwind of gender exploration, imperial ambition, dragon lore and dissection of nature versus nurture. It was originally written by Blatty as a screenplay for Friedkin to direct, but when Friedkin withdrew over creative differences, Blatty adapted his script into the best-selling 1983 novel ‘Legion’. Something of this schism between filmmaker’s intentions and audience’s desires was replicated in the production story of The Exorcist III. Friedkin and Blatty had intended to make a film about one lost priest’s struggles to locate his relationship with God in a modern, increasingly secular world – but what audiences really wanted to see was the devil getting all the best tunes. Then there is the abbreviated version that plays in our memories and in our memes, consisting exclusively of the film’s most sensational moments – the green projectile vomiting, the bloody stabbing masturbation with the crucifix, young Regan’s head spinning an impossible 180 degrees.Ī third version of the film, the so-called director’s (or extended) cut, was assembled later, adding more outtakes, most famously Regan’s ‘spiderwalk’ down a staircase. There is the sensitive, slow-burning psychodrama of faith in crisis that director William Friedkin actually made, working closely with his screenwriter William Peter Blatty (adapting his own 1971 novel). Never much of a talker, Beka is a good listener. What they don't know is that Beka has something unique to offer. They're tough, they're capable, and they're none too happy about the indignity of being saddled with a puppy for the first time in years. She's assigned to work with Mattes and Clary, famed veterans among the Provost's Dogs. But it's also where Beka was born, and she's comfortable there.īeka gets her wish. To the surprise of both the veteran "Dogs" and her fellow "puppies," Beka requests duty in the Lower City. This is the beginning of her story, her legend, and her legacy.īeka Cooper is a rookie with the law-enforcing Provost's Guard, commonly known as "the Provost's Dogs," in Corus, the capital city of Tortall. Hundreds of years before Alanna first drew her sword in Tamora Pierce's memorable debut, Alanna: The First Adventure, Tortall had a heroine named Beka Cooper - a fierce young woman who fights crime in a world of magic. So here's a quick summary: Stormkit is destined to be a great warrior, and he has to prove that an accident won't change that fact. I really didn't consider Crookedstar's life very interesting, aside from the fact that something was up with his mouth. This definitely was not what I thought it was going to be. Overall, an excellent, brilliant, wonderful, AMAZING book. Now re-reading it, tears welled in my eyes when Willowbreeze, his wife (or "mate" as the cats would say, and two of their three children died Overall, Crookedstar is a very complex character, one that is easy to empathize with and relate to. When I first read it, I cried when Crookedstar's mother rejected him because of his deformed face. If you know me, you know there are very few books that can make me cry. But he survived it and went from being the smallest kitten in Riverclan to the leader. Throughout his life, he went through so much struggle. He is definitely one of the best characters in the entire series. I always liked Crookedstar, but this book made me respect him so much more. There wasn't a single thing I didn't love, so now I'm giving Crookedstar's Promise the five stars it deserves. This book is possibly one of the best in the Warriors saga. When I first read Crookedstar's Promise, about a year or two ago, I only gave it four stars. Then I switch to whatever book I’m reading. Before I refill, I plug my phone into the charger on the far counter, where I can’t reach it from my chair. I scroll through Twitter, looking for op-eds, while I drink my first cup. I scan the headlines on my cell while coffee fills the pot. I wake up before 6, sneak past my daughter’s room, and make my way downstairs in the dark, hugging the side of the steps that doesn’t creak. Kelly Corrigan contemplates the author’s journey and her belief in the power of literature to help us grapple with challenges-even those we can’t survive. Four months after Riggs’s death comes The Bright Hour, her profound and poignant memoir. But following a cancer diagnosis at 37, she began writing and reading with a fury. Throughout her life, poet Nina Riggs sought refuge in the written word. It is sad that from the time that Castorp spent time on the mountain up to the time I have been ill, not much has changed. Everything feels as if it has nothing to do with you. Entire decades can be swallowed this way. Without markers of passing time or stopping time to appreciate and celebrate with people you care about, upon reflection time disappears. But, from the other side, time warps the opposite. Time, when spent in days without variability, slows to a painful plodding that feels like it is the only thing you have ever done and ever will do. The points about time and our experience of it was the most interesting part of the narration of life on the mountain. I also admired his quest for knowledge that he never would have been able to experience if he hadn't been Ill. I was fascinated by the changes that he experienced over his time on the mountain. I think Mann captured the essence of a regular person (in his world). I actually liked the main character, Hans Castorp. The experience of illness is relevant to my life so I had a personal reason to stick it out. The Bible Unfiltered: Approaching Scripture on Its Own Terms. Crane, MO: Defender Publishing. ISBN 978-3-0. Reversing Hermon: Enoch, the Watchers, and the Forgotten Mission of Jesus Christ. Supernatural: What the Bible Teaches About the Unseen World – and Why It Matters. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press. ISBN 978-6-2. The Unseen Realm: Recovering the Supernatural Worldview of the Bible. I Dare You Not to Bore Me with The Bible. I have included a bibliography below which provides names of several follow-up books, too. When reading, I had the impression that follow-up books would fill-in the details on the provided framework. I believe the way to approach the work is to view it as a broad framework. In fact, sometimes the book – to me at least – feels a bit rushed. Heiser’s work is thorough and persuasive. If your inclination is to dismiss the scholarship on account of the evangelism, I urge you not to make that choice. I point out that the book is BOTH evangelical and scholarly so that a reader understands that both aspects are present in the work. Heiser provides an evangelical scholarly examination of the Bible’s supernatural elements. Recording Date: 2015 by Lexum Press (production) Title: The Unseen Realm: Recovering the Supernatural Worldview of the BibleĬopyright Date: 2015 by Lexum Press (text) To see other books I’ve reviewed, please click HERE. |