skills

I finished the book Outliers last week. What a great book. It illustrates the idea of how circumstances and events play a crucial role in people’s success. In other words, many of the factors that allowed some of the most successful people in the world to succeed had nothing to do with any action they took. […]

Developing good habits can sometimes lead to developing bad ones within the same space. When that happens the proverb is true: “One bad apple spoils the barrel.” For example, a quiet and reserved person may want to learn to be more social. If the person decides that she can achieve this by talking more but forgets to listen, […]