I may not have previously mentioned this, but I am a writer. I write short form fiction stories and as such, I have spent/am/will be spending quite a bit of time in various fiction writing classes. While I'm not entirely sure of what exactly a mentor does (I don't think I've ever really had a... Continue Reading →
Adam Grant's book, Give and Take is an interesting angle of looking at personality classifications. As compared to classifications like the Gallup strengths assessment or even the big 5 personality test, Grant keeps it quite simple with his assertion that every person in the workplace falls into one of three categories; givers, takers, and matchers. Givers are... Continue Reading →
On March 15, 2018, I attended a talk titled "Hatred of Sex" by Tim Dean who teaches at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. To be completely honest this presentation wasn't nearly as interesting as I thought it would be. It certainly didn't help that Professor Dean began by reading from his essay on the topic, which... Continue Reading →
Manhattan Beach written by Jennifer Egan is a rather long novel (approximately 400 pages) that focuses on the lives of three different people living in New York before and during the second world war. Ed Kerrigan is a husband and father of two daughters, Anna and Lydia, who is forced to engage in morally ambiguous... Continue Reading →
According to the Clifton Strengths Finder assessment, my top five strengths in order of significance are: Ideation: A fascination with ideas and looking at things from different perspectives. Futuristic: Derives inspiration and energy from thinking about the future. Input: Inquisitive and enjoys the collection of information from various sources. Responsibility: Tendency to take psychological ownership of anything one commits... Continue Reading →
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