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There Are Two Ways to Read - One Is Useless

A Thousand Lives

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies; The man who never reads lives only one.”

George R. R. Martin

from A Dance with Dragons

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8 CEOs on books they read in a crisis

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The key to navigating these crazy times might be right under your nose. Reading can reduce your stress level by up to 68%, according to research by the University of Sussex. Beyond that, the right book can educate and embolden us for the hard road ahead. We asked eight CEOs for their top recommendations.

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Superbetter

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In her book, 'Superbetter', the author Jane McGonigal, teaches us all a valuable lesson on how to overcome obstacles while having a gamer's mindset, as she is herself a game designer.

The black swan

In his book, Nassim Nicholas Taleb provides an insight into how crisis events occur, enabling the reader to reach a better understanding of the topic while empathizing and communicating more efficiently with the others.

The sirens of Titan

Kurt Vonnegut, well-known for his black comedy, debates over existential questions in regards to free will, destiny, and the meaning of life.

This is exactly the kind of lecture one needs in order to get his mind off what is happening around.

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I have forgotten how to read

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Author of Solitude: A Singular Life in a Crowded World and The End of Absence: Reclaiming What We've Lost in an Age of Constant Connection. Turning, one evening, from my phone to a book, I set myself the task of reading a single chapter in one sitting. Simple. But I couldn't.

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Reading in the digital age

Online life makes us into a new kind of reader: Our attention fractures. Online reading is about clicks, and comments, and points.

The opposite of the traditional reading ex...

Not every emotion can be reduced to an emoji, and not every thought can be conveyed via tweet.

Cynical Readers

We have become cynical readers – we read in the disjointed, goal-oriented way that online life encourages & we stop exercising our attention.

We read just as much if not more. We live in a text-gorged society in which the most fleeting thought is a thumb-dash away from posterity. It's how we read that changed.

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How To Read People: 5 Secrets Backed By Research - Barking Up The Wrong Tree

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Before we commence with the festivities, I wanted to thank everyone for helping my first book become a Wall Street Journal bestseller. To check it out, click here. *** We'd all like to learn how to read people like Sherlock Holmes. And research shows understanding things like body language is even more powerful than you might think.

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Common errors when reading people

Ignoring context: Crossed arms don’t mean much if the room is cold or the chair they’re sitting in doesn’t have armrests.
Not looking for clusters: It’s a consisten...

Trusting your instincts

Your first impressions are usually pretty accurate. But whether they are wrong or right, first impressions affect us in a big way and we are slow to change them.

You have to be willing to update them quite rapidly.

Reading first impressions

Studies show that if someone seems extroverted, confident, religious or conscientious, they probably are.
We all pay more attention to pretty people, and so we tend to take the time to evaluate them.
If you want to know if someone is good at their job, watch them do it for 30-60 seconds.
Funny people are smart: Effective humor production acts as an honest indicator of intelligence in humans.

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