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“The Joy of Not Working: A Book for the Retired, Unemployed and Overworked- 21st Century Edition” is a book by Ernie Zelinski, who the back cover mentions as being “creatively unemployed” for the 14 years and believes that “we work so hard - can overvalue work so much - that we have forgotten how to just live!”
More from the back cover …
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| In his book “Does God Play Dice: The New Mathematics of Chaos“, Ian Stewart explains chaos theory to the average person. |
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| In the book “Punching In: The Unauthorized Adventures of a Front-Line Employee“, Alex Frankel tells us what it is like to work in the front-lines of the service industry. He worked at UPS, Gap, Starbucks, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, and Apple Store. |
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| “You Want Fries with That: A White-Collar Burnout Experiences Life at Minimum Wage” was written by Prioleau Alexander. Alexander was an advertising executive who got tired of his white-collar job. He quit to do various work in the service industry such as pizza delivery, emergency room technician, ice cream person, etc. Is it better or worst than his white-collar job? This book tells of his experiences and his answer to that question. |
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The title of this book by Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson basically says it all: “Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It: No Schedules, No Meetings, No Joke–the Simple Change That Can Make Your Job Terrific”
If that doesn’t say it all, then how about the quote on the front cover: “If you work, you need this book” says Timothy Ferriss. |
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Brain Building in Just 12 Weeks
The sub-title of this book is “The World’s Smartest Person Shows You How to Exercise Yourself Smarter”. In the late 1980’s, the author Marilyn von Savant was listed by “Guinness Book of World Records” as having the highest IQ. You can see her bio on her website at MarilynVonSavant.com and read more about her on Wikipedia. |
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Best of the Brain from Scientific American: Mind, Matter, and Tomorrow’s Brain
This book contains 21 articles about the mind and the brain from Scientific American, a popular-science magazine. |
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Elizabeth Warren, a Harvard law professor, co-authors the book The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Mothers and Fathers Are Going Broke
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Dan Ariely, a professor researching on behavioral economics, writes the book Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions that explains some of our irrational behaviors such as why we overvalue free items, etc.
The book has such interesting chapter titles such as … Chapter 3: “The Cost of Zero Cost: Why we Often Pay Too Much When We Pay Nothing” Even the introduction has a title: “How an Injury Let Me to Irrationality and toht eResearch Described Here” |
Here is video that explains the types of experiments that Dan Ariely explores …
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Mark Penn, a famous pollster, writes “Microtrends: The Small Forces Behind Tomorrow’s Big Changes” which explains certain interesting trends in society. Below is also a video of Penn speaking about his book at the Google headquarter in Mountain View, California.
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Here are some practical books on the care of your brain and how to keep it healthly.
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The subtitle of this book is “The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Anger, and Impulsiveness”
Dr. Daniel G. Amen write an informative and practical book on how to keep your brain healthy and working well. Regardless of what state your brain is in now, it can be improved. Because the brain is so central to our being, improving the brain often will improve our lives. The two main points is good diet and exercise. Dr. Amen is a clinical neuro scientist and medical director of Amen Clinic for Behavioral Medicine. |
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Dr. Michael Roizen and Dr. Mehmet Oz has written the following series of books, known as the “You” books, for staying young and healthy. Many of their books has gone to the New York Times Bestseller list.
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| The merging of quantum physics and computer science is the idea of a quantum computer that can solve certain problems many times faster than classical computers. |
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| Al Gore’s book “Earth in the Balance” talks about the world’s ecological. Al Gore, former Vice President of the United States, is the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for his crusade to save the environment and fight global warming. |
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Micheal Pollan summarizes what and how we should eat into seven words: “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly Plants.”
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