The Talent Code brings us on a tour of the brain to explain how talent is acquired, weaving the science (and sometimes bold assumptions about the reptilian brain) with plenty of illustrative stories and anecdotes reminiscent of Gladwell's Outliers. Basically there's no such thing as "innate talent", only hard work …
read moreBook review: The Sin of Wages, by William B. Abernathy
I was recommended and lent "The Sin of Wages" a few weeks ago. That was an interesting read ;-) The book, particularly the beginning, contains a lot of interesting ideas that challenge the way we currently look at wages and the negative effects of the traditional pay system -- "if you pay …
read moreBook review: The No Asshole Rule, by Robert Sutton | Building a Civilised Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't
"The No Asshole Rule: Building a civilised workplace and surviving one that isn't" by Robert Sutton is a short and interesting read. To understand what it's about, the title and subtitle say it all!
The definition of an asshole for the book goes like this: they do or say something …
read moreBook reviews: The Stolen Throne, & The Calling, by David Gaider (Dragon Age)
Late last year I took a shine to the Dragon Age game, and since I enjoyed the story and the world so much I though I would -*gasp*- read the franchise books and learn more about it, starting with the Stolen Throne. Now both books are your average fantasy book …
read moreBook review: How to survive your first year in teaching, by Sue Cowley
I got "How to survive your first year in teaching" after finding some very positive reviews and it's been worth every cent -- from the beginning I had to stop reading to take notes and add bookmarks for future reference. The target is "real" teachers (at the primary and secondary level …
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