The Mind is Like a Locomotive - Study Hacks - Cal Newport
Deep Thwings Charles Franklin Thwing is a largely forgotten but impressive figure from the early twentieth century. He graduated Harvard in the 1870s,
Scientists Find Hints Of A Giant, Hidden Planet In Our Solar System : The Two-Way : NPR
Something very big, out beyond Neptune, is warping the orbits of small, icy objects circling our sun. Astronomers haven't seen it yet, but say the culprit could be a planet with 10 times Earth's mass.
In “Dancing, So As Not to Be Dead,” Ray Bradbury’s introduction to The Illustrated Man, he starts with a story about Laurent, a waiter in Paris, who spends his life between working and dancing. “I …
What It's Like to Be the "Designated Survivor" for the State of the Union
Aside from the celebrity-studded White House Correspondents' Association dinner, the annual State of the Union address is Washington's ultimate see-and-be-seen affair. Members of Congress jockey for coveted positions along the House chamber's…
Five ways to make 2016 the most productive year ever - The Globe and Mail
If you’re feeling you've let yourself down in the past because you haven’t kept up with your resolutions, don’t fret. Here are five ways to make this the most productive year ever – without a single New Year’s resolution.
It’s the start of another year. Wow, I can’t believe it’s already 2016. This time of year people make resolutions only to break them in the coming weeks and months. I, too, have b…
re:Work - The five keys to a successful Google team
Pod. Work group. Committee. Autonomous collective. Whatever you call it, you’re part of one at Google and probably wherever you work: a team. So if we know what makes managers great, why don’t we know what makes a team great?