Bill Gates – how do you make education better?

Bill Gates, philantropist :)
“A goal I had there was to draw more people in to work on those problems, because I think there are some very important problems that don’t get worked on naturally. That is, the market does not drive the scientists, the communicators, the thinkers, the governments to do the right things. And [...]

How to be happier

I ask myself, “What are 10 things in my life from the last hour that I can be grateful for?”
I ask myself “What are 10 doable things that I can do in the next hour that I’ll be happy I did?”

Lots of amendmends to make, but you get the spirit. I was at about no. [...]

How to read “non-fiction” fast & efficiently

MBA or PhD ~ 40 speciality books, World class ~ 200 speciality books.
Read, duh – instead of TV, gaming, web browsing (yea, guilty:) – a good book is more rounded – most web content is enticement to go from link to link to a buy page, so select & buy/rent directly – you save time, [...]

Grit predicted success better than I.Q., SAT scores and past grades

“the secret of grit is ‘tenaciously pursuing something over the long term’. Sure you know that, but since the typical American watches TV up to five hours daily, who has time for grit and/or passion?
[..] “Persistence and determination is the secret because we learn by our ‘mistakes’. Working on a [...]

21,000 days of self-improvement :)

The average man shaves approx. 20.000 times during his lifetime

- that’s what a shaving products marketer says. Marketing “facts” notwithstanding, if you do a good thing often, it’s worth continuing learning and doing it better :)
So many days to live, to enjoy, to get better… :)
A small, non threatening (see kaizen), habit takes say 21 [...]