Tag Archives: Books

Outliers – the book

Posted on 23 July 2011 by

Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers asks how Bill Gates and the Beatles reached such heights of success – and provides unexpected answers. Continue reading →

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Ayn Rand in old age

Posted on 29 January 2011 by

As a college sophomore, I was very taken with Ayn Rand‘s books. At the time, I did not notice the incongruity of espousing her “each person take care of her/himself” philosophy while my parents were paying my way through college. … Continue reading →

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SHAM – book

Posted on 4 January 2010 by

SHAM stands for Self Help and Actualization Movement and is the Author Salerno’s choice of that acronym, along with his subtitle (“How the Self-Help Movement Made America Helpless”), reveal the content and tone of the book. I am glad to … Continue reading →

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