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Book Reviews

The Science of Fear – Part I

by Stephen Mills January 10, 2010
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Fear is an important emotion that had extremely important survival value in the world in which our brains developed. Much of that value is now being misdirected. The emotional makeup of fear is now a big part of what leads to our miscalculation of risk. Further, those with economic or political value to be gained, use the emotion of fear to influence us. It’s easy to motivate people by scaring them. So to truly understand and react to risk in a reasonable manner, we must approach it in a cold and calculating way.

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Using Your Whole Mind – Book Review

by Stephen Mills December 22, 2009

Daniel Pink’s book A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future offers an interesting, and I think valid, perspective on what it is going to take to succeed or to continue to succeed in the world in which we currently find ourselves. The thesis of the book is basically the following: Due to [...]

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Hugh Macleod and Creativity

by Stephen Mills December 5, 2009

I just finished a quick read of Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity by Hugh Macleod.  If you are or aspire to be a creative type, there is a lot of wisdom in that little book.  His cartoons aren’t for everyone as some of them contain a generous helping of 4-letter words and [...]

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How To Be Rich and Happy

by Stephen Mills November 14, 2009

I do think the book provides an excellent toolset to give you a lot more of what you want a lot more often than you are getting now. I read the book all the way through in one sitting even doing the exercises.

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Some Books You Might Enjoy

by Stephen Mills October 29, 2009

I thought I would list some of the books I’ve read recently and found interesting or enjoyable recently.  I won’t write a lot about them because they are Amazon links that you can follow and get a lot more information than I can provide here. Heart Warming I love animals and this book just made [...]

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