Top Ten Books of 2011
Gearing up for 2012 book lists, here is my list from 2011, posted here before it is lost forever on my old blog. I read 44 books in 2011, with 6 still in progress. Forty-four…
Gearing up for 2012 book lists, here is my list from 2011, posted here before it is lost forever on my old blog. I read 44 books in 2011, with 6 still in progress. Forty-four…
Although my friend and would-be companion ended up unable to join me, and although I had to get up at 4:30am and leave just after 5am, I attended the Dangerous Women conference put on by…
Review written in March of 2011 The Mother at Home by John S.C. Abbott was written in 1833. I have read it before, but it was something like 5-6 years ago — at the beginning…
I have a whole collection of beautiful fairy tale picture books. I collect what some might call “scary” picture books: the art is gorgeous but haunting, and the tales include the bits about dancing in…
Geneva Kate was born November 2, 2012, by unexpected c-section, 24 hours after being admitted to the hospital for an induction at my request (her due date was October 28). Heidelberg Catechism | Lord’s Day…
Repost from 2010. Practical Happiness: A Young Man’s Guide to a Contented Life by Bob Schultz My rating: 4 of 5 stars Own. Purchased & read on Kendra’s recommendation. Review first published in January 2011….
This series was inspired by my reading of Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, by Daniel Pink. What is Purpose? purpose, (pur-puhs)n. In Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, Pink summarizes…
This series was inspired by my reading of Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, by Daniel Pink. What is Mastery? mastery, (mas-tuh-ree) n. command or grasp, as of a subject: a mastery of…
This series was inspired by my reading of Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, by Daniel Pink. What is Autonomy? autonomy, (aw-ton-uh-mee)n. Drive summarizes autonomy as it relates to motivation this way: People…
So, if Daniel Pink, in his book Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, is correct in his conclusions, extrinsic motivators should be taboo whenever the work we assign requires creativity or when it…