"The acclaimed author of the influential bestseller The Black Swan, Nicholas Nassim Taleb takes a next big step with a deceptively simple concept: the "antifragile." Like the Greek hydra that grows two heads for each one it loses, people, systems, and institutions that are antifragile not only withstand shocks, they benefit from them. In a modern world dominated by chaos and uncertainty, Antifragile is a revolutionary vision from one of the most subversive...

These are some of the blog post that I have done on the website that I do: strangebuttruehistory.wordpress.com. All of these are the best of the ones from October to December 2017. These are the best ones that show the differences in the way I see things.

Every day we work with others to solve problems and make decisions, but the experience is often stressful, frustrating, and inefficient. In How to Make Collaboration Work, David Straus, a pioneer in the field of group problem solving, introduces five principles of collaboration that have been proven successful time and again in nearly every conceivable setting. Straus draws on his thirty years of personal and professional experience to show how these...

Everyone knows that timing is everything. But we don't know much about timing itself. Our lives are a never-ending stream of "when" decisions: when to start a business, schedule a class, get serious about a person. Yet we make those decisions based on intuition and guesswork. Drawing on a rich trove of research from psychology, biology, and economics, Daniel Pink reveals how best to live, work, and succeed. How can we use the hidden patterns of the...

(excerpt) At the very heart of being a great and effective leader is the mastery of an invaluable and necessary skill: making sound judgment calls which result in beneficial decisions. Without practicing and perfecting this ability, the one in the leadership position will never realize his or her full potential in the position they are in, or in any position above it. Leaders who play an integral and productive role as they stand are able to remain...

The Christian family should be the very foundation for our faith. It is the starting place to begin to apply the Word of God to our lives. Psalm 46 states that God is our refuge and strength, and a very, present help in trouble. Did you know that God set the home in place to be a refuge, to renew our strength when we are weary? It should be, a place we can go, when we are in trouble, to find help for our problems. Does your home represent a haven...

Now that you matched or prematched, what's next? where do I live? What do I wear? What should I study and what are the things I wish I had known before starting? How do I balance my work with family? Do not look further. The Intern's Diary will guide you through every step of the way. If you are an IMG, medical student, or AMG, recent or old graduate. Or perhaps you are already in the residency training, and it's hard to get through easily. This...

Just as bullies hate being called out, so too do the agents of powerful media corporations go on the attack when called out for their abuse of their privileged positions. This narrative is about the misuse of power by News Ltd, the Australian arm of the News Corporation which dominates the media scene in that country. It is an account of how the full force of its considerable assets can be used to dictate and manipulate narratives and how ruthlessly...

If you want to discover powerful Photographic Memory strategies today to help you develop Photographic Memory skills to help you read more and remember important details for academic or career success, keep reading... Have you ever asked - - what is photographic memory? - can photographic memory be learned? - can photographic memory be acquired? … but finding it difficult to get the information you seek in order to understand photographic memory...

Are you doing parenting right? In a world filled with half-baked adults, ridden with polluted culture and individuals with confused identities, the responsibility is resting on parents to build a healthy future. No longer can we rely on external authorities like governments, schools and the society to groom children. No longer can we hope and pray that children turn out well. No longer can we accommodate inappropriate parenting. Parents must rise...