YakShaving

Yak•Shaving (noun) Any apparently useless activity which, by allowing you to overcome intermediate difficulties, allows you to solve a larger problem

Tag: brain

Rapt

I have been evangelizing this book, Rapt, recently in small circles of friends. Like Stumbling on Happiness, it’s not a self-help book, it deals more with cognition, attention, and social psych than anything. I thought I’d take the time to post my interesting curations from the book since they are highly related to BettrAt. – [...]

As Mr. Burns would say, “exxxxxxcccccccccellent”

As Mr. Burns from the Simpson’s would say, “Exxxxxccccccellent”. Check out this great New York times article. I’ll keep quiet and curate the best stuff for you. In a Digital Future, Textbooks Are History Textbooks have not gone the way of the scroll yet, but many educators say that it will not be long before [...]