“One Page a Day Might Save Your Life” by James Altucher
Click here to read this inspirational story about the inventor of Pringles.
The latest issue of Independent Healing
In this issue: “Breakthrough Research Reveals the Single Most Important Factor for a Long, Healthy Life”
Researchers with the Framingham Study had a simple but ambitious goal: They wanted to know what factor helps people live long, healthy lives more than any other. Was it good genetics? A healthy diet? Staying slim? Not smoking? Low cholesterol? Exercise?
The scientists did an exhaustive analysis of two decades of detailed health data on 5,200 people. After they crunched the numbers, the results came as a shock.
The most powerful factor for longevity wasn’t any of the things you might expect.
Click here to read the September issue.
Reinventing Jobs: A 4-Step Approach for Applying Automation to Work
by Ravin Jesuthasan and John W. Boudreau
The Robots Are Coming!: The Future of Jobs in the Age of Automation
by Andres Oppenheimer
This is the reading list that I assigned to myself several years ago – an introduction to the greatest thinkers of all time…
The Ancient Greeks
* Selections from The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer
* One or two tragedies by Aeschylus
* One or two tragedies by Sophocles
* One or two tragedies by Euripides
* A summary of The Histories by Herodotus
* A summary of History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
* A half-dozen of The Dialogues of Plato, including The Republic
And most importantly, the works of Aristotle – in particular, Nicomachean Ethics, Politics, Metaphysics, Poetics, and Prior Analytics.
The Ancient Romans
* A summary of On the Nature of Things by Lucretius
* The Aeneid by Virgil
* Several of the works of Horace
* A summary of The History of Rome by Livy
* A bit of Metamorphoses by Ovid
* Selections from Parallel Lives by Plutarch
* Selections from Dialogue on Oratory by Tacitus
* The Enchiridion and The Discourses by Epictetus
* A half-dozen of Seneca’s Letters From a Stoic
And most importantly, as much as you can of the treatises of Cicero and the meditations of Marcus Aurelius.
For extra credit, read Aristotle as Poet and The Origins of Criticism by Andrew Ford. And check out two these lecture series by Dr. J. Rufus Fears: Famous Greeks and Famous Romans.
“Two Things to Consider Before Hiring Your Family or Friends” by Joel Salatin
In reply to an essay I wrote about the danger of hiring family and friends, a fellow essayist wrote this, which I thought was quite good. Click here to read it.
“Panama City vs. Medellin” – I’ve spent time in both. If you’re thinking of getting an escape residence overseas, this is a good comparison of the pros and cons.
The latest issue of AWAI’s Barefoot Writer
In this issue:
* The Money Parachute That Transports Writers From Crisis to Opportunity
* How to Get Unstuck and Find Your Real Success
* Is Your Chief Writing Tool Slowly Killing You?
* Trading Joy for Joy (with Side Perks)
* The Ultimate Success Accelerator
* Building Up From Zero Confidence
Click here to read the August issue.
The latest issue of Independent Healing
In this issue: How physicians are protecting themselves and their families during the pandemic.
Click here to read the August issue.
I’ve done a fair number of things in my career that I’m proud of. I’ve also done a few that I’m trying to forget – but developing Rancho Santana, a resort community on the Pacific coast of Nicaragua, is not one of them.
Click here to read some of the latest Rancho Santana news.
Sensible advice from James Clear: “How to Automate a Habit and Never Think About It Again”
Read this on JamesClear.com