A Fighting Chance by Elizabeth Warren The book was pretty easy to get through. It, unlike the next two books covered, was considerably light in material. There were three poignant parts I remember the most: The divorce from her first husband, Jim Warren; When she receives the pen in the mail from President Obama after he signs … Continue reading
It was sometime in 2003 that I read The 7 Habits of Highly-Effective People by Stephen R. Covey. I do know a thing or two about “personal change.” I wasn’t going to suggest the Bible for the task of personal change, but definitely this book. The habits are as follows: Be Proactive Begin with the End in … Continue reading
While hanging at the Harvard COOP, I came across another great book, Drunk Tank Pink, by Adam Alter. The first part I decided to read was from Part I: The World Within Us, inside Chapter 12: Labels: In 2005, then Harvard University president Larry Summers attributed the dearth of female science and engineering professors to … Continue reading
One of the most important ways of basic human communication – nonverbal cues – comes from Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior, Part II: The Social Unconscious in Chapter 5: Reading People: The power of nonverbal cues is particularly evident in our relationship with animals, because, unless you live in a Pixar movie, … Continue reading
I couldn’t help but resonate so much with this portion of The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem, by Nathaniel Brendan, from Part II: Internal Sources of Self-Esteem, Chapter 7: The Practice of Self-Acceptance: Self-acceptance is the willingness to say of any emotion or behavior, “This is an expression of me, not necessarily an expression I like … Continue reading
Continuing from a previous post: Another part of Stefan Klein’s Survival of the Nicest that I wanted to address was from Chapter 10: The Golden Rule section titled “The Limits of Loving Thy Neighbor”: The Golden Rule is not an invitation to exploit one another. Although it is often confused with the principle “Be good … Continue reading
I happened to read Stefan Klein’s Survival of the Nicest, particularly this portion of Chapter 8: Us Against Them, section “That’s not how you dax!”: Hannes Rokoczy, a developmental psychologist in Göttingen, taught three-year-olds an invented game he called “daxing.” The point was to move a block using a road and a pusher. After a … Continue reading
As I often hang out in the Harvard Square area, another book I saw and thought was important was Whistling Vivaldi: And Other Clues to How Stereotypes Affect Us, by Claude M. Steele, again, at the Harvard COOP. Particularly, two sections seemed to spark my interest. The first part is from Chapter 2: A Mysterious … Continue reading
While hanging at the Harvard COOP, I came across this book, The Prophet, by poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibran, third best selling poet of all time. I know of him from the public memorial in Copley Square, Boston. When I opened it to the section “On Love”: For even as love crowns you so shall … Continue reading
To begin to talk about ambition, I would like to cite this single paragraph from US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s memoir, Off the Sidelines (Chapter 6: Ambition Is Not a Dirty Word, page 85): It frustrates me how many people automatically assume the worst about ambitious women. You must be cold. You must be calculating. You … Continue reading
I wanted to follow up my previous post with an article written by Kelly Nassour, called “Wasted: The American Dream Blacked Out.” The Abstract is as follows: This project argues against the so-called American Dream- a myth perpetuated by various media forms of the 20th century. Combining the examination of various texts where alcohol and drug … Continue reading
Continuing from a previous post… From Solitude, Page 86: Some of my pleasantest hours were duirng the long rain storms in the spring or fall, which confined me to the house for the afternoon as well as the forenoon, soothed by their ceaseless roar and pelting; when an early twilight ushered in a long evening … Continue reading
Since getting involved with politics, which has been almost entirely the most life-changing experience I simply have ever had, an experience that I wanted to have, and, fundamentally, has drastically changed the outlook of the world around me from a negative one, into a much more positive one (which was the view I wanted to … Continue reading
One of the new books I have recently picked up, Walden; or, Life In The Woods by Henry David Thoreau, includes several poignant portions that I am compelled to share. Some of them are OK, while others depict unkind intentions to others. From Economy, Page 3: Most men, even in this comparatively free country, through mere … Continue reading
I came upon a book through certainly the most random and unexpected means, which is The Solidarity of Others in a Divided World: A Postmodern Theology after Postmoderism, by Anselm Min. But as someone who frequently deals with social politics (women’s rights, people of color, LGBT rights), I read a particular section I found immensely … Continue reading
As I continue reading the book above, I came across s particular section from pages 15 to 21, regarding separation of church and state. I will not be quoting the book itself in this section, but will quote pieces that amend those statements. On John Calvin: The separation between church and state in John Calvin’s … Continue reading
In Chapter 29 (“Conspiracy”) of Understanding Criminal Law, I found this to be yet another interesting crime worth noting. From In General: Common Law… A common law conspiracy is an agreement between two or more persons to commit a criminal act or series of criminal acts, or to accomplish a legal act by unlawful means. … Continue reading
Continuing from two other posts on the book, Serving The Seriously Mentally Ill: Public -Academic Linkages In Services, Research and Training, this is the final portion on the section “Trends In Ideology” that will be posted for now: Outcomes and Limited Resources Across the country, health and mental health systems are caught in a system of scarce … Continue reading
Continuing from the previous post from the book, Serving The Seriously Mentally Ill: Public -Academic Linkages In Services, Research and Training, this is the second portion worth noting, from “Trends In Ideology,” from page 72: Community Participation One of the first lessons learned through deinstitutionalization was that living in a community setting did not necessarily guarantee membership in a … Continue reading
One of the first parts of Serving The Seriously Mentally Ill: Public -Academic Linkages In Services, Research and Training worth noting of importance, comes from the Chapter 8’s The Community Support Program and Psychology: Trends and Opportunities, in the section beginning on page 70, “Trends In Ideology.” It states the following: The discipline of psychology … Continue reading
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