What I’m Reading – The Week of December 22nd

Below are some of the most intriguing, thought-provoking and actionable performance-related content pieces I read, watched or listened to this week.

  • On the Ups and Downs of Happiness

https://abnormalreturns.com/2017/12/19/disappointed-and-pessimistic-planning-for-lifes-happiness-trough/

There are time when all the lies you have told yourself about yourself just fall away.”

  • On the Value of Taking Pay Cuts

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2014/5/29/please-calculate-badly/

You’ll make your own calculations. But you will be making a mistake if all of those calculations are financial.”

  • How to Remember What You Learn

https://fs.blog/2018/12/spacing-effect/

“There is a way to slow down the process of forgetting. We are not taught how to learn in school, we are taught how to pass tests.”

  • Why Unread Books Are More Valuable to Our Lives than Read Ones

https://www.brainpickings.org/2015/03/24/umberto-eco-antilibrary/

We tend to treat our knowledge as personal property to be protected and defended.”