“… a funny, personal and surprisingly moving talk.”
Elizabeth Gilbert, author of “Eat, Pray, Love”, talks at TED about artists’ inspiration, the creative process and a different way to think about creative genius.
You may also like to get the video at the TED blog and view the 408 comments.
Within or without? Does our inspiration come from [...]
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Free Online College Textbooks
Flat World is the world’s first publisher of open source commercial textbooks. Flat World’s textbooks are written by world-class authors. The company makes its books available as free web-hosted textbooks. It earns revenue and pays its authors royalties by providing students with options to purchase print-on-demand soft cover textbooks, audio textbooks, and [...]
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Timothy Ferriss wrote the bestselling book “The 4-Hour Workweek.” This video (only 28 minutes) is a great introduction to the premise of the book. Also visit his blog. The book isn’t about how to work only four hours per week but how to focus on effectiveness over efficiency. His thrust is to reduce the amount [...]
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Web 2.0 is changing how the world communicates and does business. Pick a book or two and broaden your understanding – Recommend starting with The Cluetrain Manifesto.
(click on the book covers for reviews at Amazon.com)
Groundswell – The Blog
5 More Books After the JUMP
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Personal Development for Smart People
The Conscious Pursuit of Personal Growth
Steve Pavlina, who I have long admired, recently sent me a copy of his new book to read and review. Steve is a phenomenally successful writer and blogger who has been blogging on personal development for over four years at: StevePavlina.com. Along with working on his blog [...]
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