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![]() This Inside Out approach to organizing everything gives readers, listeners, and clients the energy and knowledge they need to get (and stay) organized. By Julie Morgenstern Photo: Thinkstock Save 25 Minutes Don't stop to pick up a phone call, answer e-mail, or carry on a conversation if you're in the middle of a task. Her mission is to free each individual to make their unique contribution to the world – by helping them design their own systems for managing time and space that feel natural and are easy to maintain. Julie Morgenstern, organizing and productivity expert and author of Time Management from the Inside Out, shares four ways to squeeze an extra hour (or more) into your weekday. For over 30 years, Julie has been teaching people all around the world and at all stages of life how to overcome disorganization to achieve their goals. ![]() ![]() Julie Morgenstern is an organizing & productivity consultant, New York Times best-selling author, and speaker. Julie Morgenstern shares two short posts covering how to organize yourself to eat healthy 3 ways to exercise when you don't have timeĮpisode 2128: Organizing Yourself to Eat Healthy AND 3 Ways to Exercise When You Don't Have Time by Julie Morgenstern ![]() ![]() ![]() With sharp intelligence and humor, Chiang examines what it means to be alive in a world marked by uncertainty, but also by beauty and wonder. ![]() In 1989 he attended the Clarion Science Fiction and. ![]() raises questions about the nature of reality and what it is to be human (ĭelivers dual delights of the very, very strange and the heartbreakingly familiar, often presenting characters who must confront sudden change-the inevitable rise of automatons or the appearance of aliens-with some sense of normalcy. Ted Chiang was born in Port Jefferson, New York, and holds a degree in computer science. , an award-winning short story collection that blends absorbing storytelling with meditations on the universe, being, time and space. ![]() ![]() To medieval scholars the word was applied to any beliefs outside of or in opposition to Christianity today it is applied to conceptions without foundation in, or in contravention of, scientific knowledge and logical thought. It is commonly applied to beliefs and practices surrounding luck, prophecy and spiritual beings, particularly the irrational belief that future events can be influenced or foretold by specific, unrelated behaviours or occurrences. The word is often used pejoratively to refer to supposedly irrational beliefs of others, and its precise meaning is therefore subjective. Superstition ( used in Latin as an unreasonable or excessive belief in fear or magic, especially foreign or fantastical ideas, and thus came to mean a "cult" in the Roman empire) is a belief or notion, not based on reason or knowledge. The number 13 is often avoided in public buildings, also floors, doors and this Santa Anita Park horse stall. Black cats are part of many superstitions. ![]() ![]() ![]() Every good theater kid knows that a ghost light needs to be left on to ward off ghosts. It all started when an actor brought a Spirit Board to the cast party, and the ghost light blew out. But lately, someone-or something-seems set on ruining their production of Phantasm. Genesius Prep-or Backstagers, as they like to call themselves- are ready for whatever the theater world can throw their way: the madness of tech week, inevitable prop malfunctions, and all the paranormal activity that goes on behind the scenes. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Book will contain lots of engaging stories illustrating the slings and arrows of virtual communication, which many of us have experienced.Īudience: Broad general management audience including anyone who leads, manages, or works in virtual teams, participates in or leads virtual meetings, and who communicates using email, Skype, Slack, and other social media.Book will be well-written, as are Morgan's earlier books.In addition to the theory, provides practical techniques to become a better leader and communicator in a more virtual world.Cites/highlights much recent research to support his argument.Provides fuller understanding of the dynamics and risks of virtual communication than practical/tactical books, a kind of theory of virtual communication.Clearly outlines the problem and what's lost in virtual communications. ![]() Communication expert Nick Morgan explains what's lost in virtual communication, how to guard against its risks, and how to ensure that the human richness of our messages gets through. In this powerful, practical book, communication expert Nick Morgan outlines five big problems with communication in the virtual world-lack of feedback, lack of. Get it to learn how to communicate effectively when the rules arent easily known.' Working from Home. Communicating virtually is cool-but it's often a bad connection. 'Nick Morgans new book, Can You Hear Me, is a must-read for the clarity it brings to the confusing, increasingly virtual world we all live in today. ![]() ![]() ![]() His happy childhood was interrupted by a horrific event when he was 13, after which time he began going by his middle name and became a partying "bad boy." This book alternates between two timelines - one about Landon, beginning immediately after that event and continuing till high school graduation. ![]() And did I mention he's HOT? (swoon!) For those who have not heard "Easy," Landon Lucas Maxfield (main character) is emotionally complicated. First he's obsessed with meeting Jacqueline and then he just wants to love, protect and cherish her. Lucas has the sexual preoccupation you might expect of a college student, but he's also very sensitive and romantic. They both cover pretty much the same territory but, since this is told from Lucas' male perspective, it didn't seem repetitive. ![]() STORY (new adult romance) - I really loved this story. Confused who is hotter - Lucas or the narrator!! ![]() ![]() Tyrannosaurus Drip is a fantastic rhyming adventure story from Julia Donaldson, bestselling author of The Gruffalo, with wonderfully funny illustrations from award-winning illustrator David Roberts. Poor little Drip: all he wants is a quiet life munching on water weed. ![]() A brilliantly funny story all about celebrating difference, from the stellar picture-book partnership of Julia Donaldson and David Roberts - perfect for young dinosaur fans everywhere!Įveryone knows that tyrannosauruses are big and scary, so when a placid duckbill dinosaur's egg ends up in the wrong nest, confusion is sure to ensue! When the baby dinosaur hatches out, he's so out of place that his grisly big sisters call him Tyrannosaurus Drip. ![]() ![]() There was a film a few years ago, that may have boosted sales of the reprints, but I don’t know anyone today who reads them, except the people flocking to join Robert Macfarlane and Julia Bird’s Midwinter reading group (#TheDarkisRising #TheDarkisReading), scheduled to begin on 20th December, which is when the Dark came rising in the eponymous second novel. The sequence captured the imagination of a generation of children, now aged fifty-something, but the books were by no means universally known: barely any of my friends knew about them. ![]() In the 1960s and 1970s when the five individual novels first came out – my editions are the slim 1980s Puffins with tight leading and a small font size, about a quarter the thickness of today’s fashion for fat paperbacks – they were simply children’s fiction, marketed alongside Nina Bawden, Roald Dahl and Stig of the Dump. ![]() If published today they would be classified as children’s / YA fantasy fiction. About 18 months ago I wrote about Susan Cooper’s five-novel sequence called The Dark Is Rising. ![]() ![]() But can she traverse the tenuous trails of Tennessee without losing her head? Or worse, her heart? Sienna has successfully navigated the labyrinth of Hollywood heartthrobs. And habit of looking at her too long and too often. Sienna is accustomed to high levels of man-handsome, so it’s not Jethro’s chiseled features or his perfect physique that make Sienna stutter. Much to her consternation, Sienna’s most frequent savior is a ridiculously handsome, charming, and cheeky Park Ranger by the name of Jethro Winston. Therefore, when Sienna’s latest starring role takes her to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park she finds herself continually lost while trying to navigate the backroads of Green Valley, Tennessee. The simple truth is, everyone loves plus-sized Sienna.īut she has a problem, she can’t read maps and her sense of direction is almost as bad as her comedic timing is stellar. ![]() The movie studio executives can’t explain it, but her films are out-grossing all the fit and trim headliners and Hollywood’s most beautiful elite. ![]() Sienna Diaz is everyone’s favorite “fat” funny lady. ![]() ![]() Published by Caped Publishing on May 31, 2016 This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. ![]() |