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In the post Psychology of Back Pain, I touched on the work of Dr. Sarno that connects stress to back pain. If you haven't read that post, go do so now. A primary strategy for addressing back pain is...
Read more →In the posts How I Figured Out the Cause of My Back Pain and Back Pain and Learned Helplessness, I briefly mentioned the psychological aspect to back pain. I want to elaborate on this topic because...
Read more →My streak of outstanding books continues. !Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming...
Read more →I discovered this book on the shelf at a friend's house. I was curious to read it. :) !Curious?: Discover the Missing Ingredient to a Fulfilling Life Curious?: Discover the Missing Ingredient to a...
Read more →When we talk about fitness and nutrition, we label activities and food as differing degrees of healthy and unhealthy. It doesn't explain everything though. I have seen people who eat poorly or do...
Read more →In 2007 I really enjoyed the book Stumbling on Happiness, which explains why this book was recommended to me. !Happiness: Unlocking the Mysteries of Psychological Wealth Happiness: Unlocking the...
Read more →I was interested in learning more about influence. This title jumped out at me. !Influencer : The Power to Change Anything Influencer : The Power to Change Anything by Kerry Patterson and 4 other...
Read more →A great quick read. !Blunder: Why Smart People Make Bad Decisions Blunder: Why Smart People Make Bad Decisions by Zachary Shoreis is both a history and a psychology book. Chapters are broken down by...
Read more →Back in April, I wrote the post An Urban Version of the 48 Laws of Power and broke my own rule about endorsing something before it even came out. Is the book The 50th Law as good as Robert Greene's...
Read more →Because I like The Tipping Point and loved Outliers, I decided to check out Malcom Gladwell's other book. !Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking Blink: The Power of Thinking Without...
Read more →The Precision Nutrition site just posted a great article on fat loss lessons called Why You're Not Lean Yet. My first thought was - oh great, not another get lean list. But I really like this list...
Read more →My interest in early man continues. !Mean Genes: From Sex to Money to Food: Taming Our Primal Instincts Mean Genes: From Sex to Money to Food: Taming Our Primal Instincts by Terry Burnham and Jay...
Read more →I just finished reading a great book on food and society. !Waistland: The (R)Evolutionary Crisis Behind Our Weight and Fitness Crisis Waistland: The (R)Evolutionary Crisis Behind Our Weight and...
Read more →If you enjoy psychology and the writing style of Freakonomics and Super Crunchers, then you will love this book. !Quirkology: How We Discover the Big Truths in Small Things Quirkology: How We...
Read more →Occasionally I serve up a post on my investing successes. Now let me tell you about the worst trade I ever made and the lessons I learned. On January 3, 2008, on the post My Drudge Report Oil Short...
Read more →I live in a nice apartment building in an upscale area of Seattle. This week I noticed fliers posted around the building announcing a contest. They are having a $100 drawing each month for residents...
Read more →Because I liked Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Collins Business Essentials) by Robert B. Cialdini and Covert Persuasion by Kevin Hogan, this book on consumer psychology was recommended to...
Read more →I love talking to people about investing. Listening to what people are doing and how they interpret the financial news is very helpful to me. Being a contrarian has been profitable to me. In the last...
Read more →After posting my review of the science book Satisfaction, I noticed that I could have written it in pseudocode or C#.  This post had just enough...
Read more →Last week I was poking around my library looking for something else when I stumbled onto this book. !Satisfaction: Sensation Seeking, Novelty, and the Science of Finding True Fulfillment...
Read more →History, statistics, psychology and a little bit of biology. Of course I'm going to like this book. !The Science of Fear: Why We Fear the Things We Shouldn't--and Put Ourselves in Greater Danger The...
Read more →I really thought I'd find this book interesting. Nope. !Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness by Richard H....
Read more →Earlier this year I read a review of a book about a self-described "grump" that travels the world looking for happiness. !The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the...
Read more →I'm continually amazed on how otherwise intelligent people fail to learn the lessons of history. Whenever an asset class gets into an inflated bubble, the bubble does top out and the blowback is a...
Read more →In the last few years, I've read quite a few books that are related to finance. Here are my favorites broken-down by sub-genre. Basic Investing !Bull's Eye Investing: Targeting Real Returns in a...
Read more →Over the past three years, I've read many financial books across various subtopics. Although I had intended to take a break from the finance books, I couldn't pass up a chance to read this book....
Read more →A few months ago I read a blog post about body language. It linked to some lame video on YouTube that didn't hold my interest. Before heading off to the next blog, I decided I'd see if there were any...
Read more →This book was on my queue to read for quite a while. !The Wisdom of Crowds The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki was both interesting and a bit long-winded. Some chapters were entertaining to me...
Read more →I rarely link to or discuss articles from newspapers, but I must make an exception. The Times Online has an outstanding profile titled Nassim Nicholas Taleb: the prophet of boom and doom. Read it....
Read more →I decided to finally read the classic book on friendship. !How to Win Friends & Influence People How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie is a book I wish I had read in college. It is a...
Read more →Last year I read a book about Kaizen and this book was recommended to me. !Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment by George...
Read more →I just finished a great book that combines many of the concepts found in Stumbling on Happiness and Covert Persuasion with new studies and insight. !Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded...
Read more →Tuvok from the Star Trek Voyager episode Rise: > It is illogical to dwell on situations beyond your control. It will only serve to heighten your anxiety which, if I may say so, is heightened enough....
Read more →Last year I read The Black Swan. At times it was a difficult read, but it was outstanding. It's clear to me now that I should have read the author's previous book Fooled by Randomness first. In a...
Read more →A few people in the last month have asked me for financial advice. Giving financial advice is a delicate and risky endeavor. It's not like fitness or nutritional advice. If I tell an overweight...
Read more →Considering how many people are discussing The Secret, I decided to read the book yesterday. !The Secret The Secret by Rhonda Byrne is part science, part magic, part good wisdom, and part nonsense....
Read more →Recently I saw a video clip of Chris Matthews promoting his recent book. Even though I don't watch his TV show Hardball, the book sounded interesting. !Life's a Campaign: What Politics Has Taught Me...
Read more →A few years ago I saw this cool book with Superman on the cover promising insight on Exceptional Performance. What a cool book. I had to learn the secrets. I was so motivated, I placed it on my...
Read more →I'm slowly getting caught up on all my book reviews from the past two months. Here are three more reviews. Each of these books were very short. One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way by...
Read more →Since I started my TV-free experiment, I've been reading more books than usual. !Stumbling on Happiness Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert surprised me. I first saw the author on the Colbert...
Read more →Because I really enjoyed reading Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Amazon recommended that I read Kevin Hogan's The Science of Influence: How to Get Anyone to Say "Yes" in 8 Minutes or Less!...
Read more →The chart below was borrowed from The Big Picture blog. This one image is more valuable than my Finance degree from college. Because investing is never completely rational, understanding the...
Read more →On the show Seinfeld, George pledged to read a book during his time off. > George: I'm really going to do something with these three months. > > Jerry: Like what? > > George: I'm gonna read a book....
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