Author: Primo Levi
Unique memoir examining people and places from his life by way of the elements. Reminded me very much of Mike Edwards' work on the atomic weight of guilt, in a less diect way.
Levi survived Auschwitz and has written other books about that experience. He touches on this only in crossing paths with a German chemist that he'd known there, and the correspondance they engaged in post war.
I liked the disjointed nature of the piece and read many chapters out of order, depending on the element under discussion.
Monday, March 26, 2012
Monday, March 19, 2012
Change Anything
Authors: Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan & Al Switzler
Non-fiction, how to change anything. Six critical points:
1. Love what you hate
2. Do what you can't
3 & 4. Turn accomplices into friends
5. Invert the economy
6. Control your space
Willpower is useless, there are skills that will serve you better. The weight loss chapter gives these examples:
1. find exercise & healthy food you love, tell yourself a vivid story of why you want to change, visit your default future, use value words, connect to who you are becoming, make it a game
2. Skill scan (what do you know & need to learn), employ deliberate practice (break skill down and practice each in short intervals, get instant feedback & evaluate, prepare for setbacks), learn to distract yourself in weak moments
3 & 4. Add new friends, have check-ins & be accountable, have transformation conversation with partner/cook
5. use incentives(in moderation and combination) and loss aversion
6. build fences (keep bad stuff out), manage distance (exercise close, brownies far), use cues, use tools
We'll see if this ever gets implemented. Some of it does work, especially the distraction technique.
Non-fiction, how to change anything. Six critical points:
1. Love what you hate
2. Do what you can't
3 & 4. Turn accomplices into friends
5. Invert the economy
6. Control your space
Willpower is useless, there are skills that will serve you better. The weight loss chapter gives these examples:
1. find exercise & healthy food you love, tell yourself a vivid story of why you want to change, visit your default future, use value words, connect to who you are becoming, make it a game
2. Skill scan (what do you know & need to learn), employ deliberate practice (break skill down and practice each in short intervals, get instant feedback & evaluate, prepare for setbacks), learn to distract yourself in weak moments
3 & 4. Add new friends, have check-ins & be accountable, have transformation conversation with partner/cook
5. use incentives(in moderation and combination) and loss aversion
6. build fences (keep bad stuff out), manage distance (exercise close, brownies far), use cues, use tools
We'll see if this ever gets implemented. Some of it does work, especially the distraction technique.
Holiday Reading...
...doesn't count!
During our trip to Las Vegas and Arizona:
Non-fiction - Soiled Doves (prostitutes in the wild west
YA Fiction - Harvey Girl (14 yr old runs away to work in train stop eateries incl. Grand Canyon)
Historical romance - three of them
So ten days = 5 books. Sounds pretty good to me. This month has been so busy that I'll be able to read happily during the summer, since I'm way behind on reading.
During our trip to Las Vegas and Arizona:
Non-fiction - Soiled Doves (prostitutes in the wild west
YA Fiction - Harvey Girl (14 yr old runs away to work in train stop eateries incl. Grand Canyon)
Historical romance - three of them
So ten days = 5 books. Sounds pretty good to me. This month has been so busy that I'll be able to read happily during the summer, since I'm way behind on reading.
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