The hills across the valley of the Ebrol were long and white. On this side there was no shade and no trees and the station was between two lines of rails in the sun. Close against the side of the station there was the warm shadow of the building and…
Ever feel like you’re just not getting enough done? Know how many days per week you’re actually productive? About 3: People work an average of 45 hours a week; they consider about 17 of… (source)
Increase self control to increase success Self control predicts success even better than IQ. From Charles Duhigg’s excellent book The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and… (source)
How can you spend time wisely? We all wonder where the hours go. There’s a good reason for that — we’re absolutely terrible at remembering how we really spend our time.… (source)
My favorite Christmas story is “The Shepherd,” by Fredrick Forsyth. It’s about a Royal Air Force pilot flying home to England from Germany on a dark and foggy Christmas Eve in 1957 when his fighter jet suffers a sudden catastrophic failure of all its electrical systems. With his radio dead…