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WEEKEND LINKS ~ Reads on Writing & Better Living: The War for Sand

in Reads on Writing & Self-Publishing on 27/03/15

Photo Credit: Pierre Metivier via Compfight cc

Photo Credit: Pierre Metivier via Compfight cc

Quote of the day

After fresh water, sand is the most consumed natural resource on the planet. As a logical consequence of this exploitation, sand’s limited reserves are threatened today.

~ Sand Wars by Denis Delestrac.

SELF-IMPROVEMENT

Active listening, Seth’s Blog | Tweet

The kind of listening we’re trained to do in school and at work is passive listening.

→What To Do When It’s Your Turn (and it’s always your turn)


AGING

With age comes not only wisdom, but trust, Pacific Standard | Tweet

On the whole, do you trust people? Considerable research suggests fewer and fewer Americans do, and given the well-established link between trust and well-being, that’s concerning.

→The SPEED of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything


GENDER

Male CEOs get bonuses; female CEOs get blame, Five Thirty Eight | Tweet

When companies do well, male executives reap the rewards at a far greater rate than their female counterparts. But when business turns bad, it’s women who suffer the greatest financial consequences.

→Why Men Earn More: The Startling Truth Behind the Pay Gap — and What Women Can Do About It


THE BRAIN

Speaking a second language may change how you see the world, Science mag | Tweet

Where did the thief go? You might get a more accurate answer if you ask the question in German. How did she get away? Now you might want to switch to English. Speakers of the two languages put different emphasis on actions and their consequences, influencing the way they think about the world, according to a new study.


SCIENCE

Defending Darwin, Slate | Tweet

To teach evolution at the University of Kentucky is to teach at an institution steeped in the history of defending evolution education.

→The Origin of Species


PSYCHOLOGY

16 Ways to motivate anyone, The Creativity Post | Tweet

Moving beyond the notion of intrinsic versus extrinsic motivation.

→7 Habits of Highly Effective People


POLITICS

The decline of marriage isn’t a problem, Vox | Tweet

For decades now, a dispute has raged between liberals and conservatives about whether the decline in marriage is a cause or a consequence of economic problems for the American working class.


BUSINESS

The deadly global war for sand, Wired | Tweet

Our civilization is literally built on sand. People have used it for construction since at least the time of the ancient Egyptians.

→Sand Wars


WRITING

How to write a memoir, The Write Practice | Tweet

For several years I have thought about writing my memoir.  But, I wasn’t really sure how to proceed. Was I supposed to write about every mouse I had ever caught? Do I start my story where I was captured in an alley during a rain storm? I was desperate to find out how to tell my story.

→The Memoir Project: A Thoroughly Non-Standardized Text for Writing & Life

 

We are what we write?; Writer Unboxed | Tweet

In the publishing world, and particularly in the subset that is the high literary world (i.e. writers, editors, publishers, and critics of literary fiction and nonfiction), you, as a person,are what you write.

 

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