Lifelong Learning

An Expert Life Underwriter Bears Witness to the Growth of Ebooks

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globeandmail.com: Ebook sales are close to $1-billion. From Sentimentalists to Imperfectionists, John Barber explores how the publishing world shifted in 2010

The slow yet steady shift from dead tree to digital versions of books is fascinating.  One of my holiday presents was a Kindle.  I have joined the movement.

Last year was a disappointing year in my personal book reading.  I read just 30 books in 2010.  The reason was simple to deduce.  I spent too much time doing other things  (like working).

And in recognition of the new reality I am not increasing my effort to meet my goal of reading a book a week.  I’ve decided to approach this situation with more intelligence than I have in the past.  Yes, I’m setting the bar lower.

Read a Book a Week is now Read a Book Every Other Week.

26 books this year should be doable, no?

Low Carb Diets and Mortality

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Low-Carbohydrate Diets and All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality — Ann Intern Med

Conclusion: A low-carbohydrate diet based on animal sources was associated with higher all-cause mortality in both men and women, whereas a vegetable-based low-carbohydrate diet was associated with lower all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality rates.

Read a Book a Week – 3Q 2010 Update

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Life has been rich, full, and busy.  Thankfully, business for me has been good.

These are my excuses for not reading a book a week.

I’ve managed to read about half a book a week this year through the end of September.  The 4Q has traditionally been a low reading period due to football, hockey, basketball, and baseball playoffs.  The number of RSS feeds I have decided to follow have increased.  This website is taking more time to maintain.

What to do…what to do?

Lower T2DM Risk With Veggies

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Medical News: Green Veggies Cut Diabetes Risk – in Endocrinology, Diabetes from MedPage Today

Increasing the daily intake of green leafy vegetables could significantly reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, a British meta-analysis found.

Consuming 1.35 servings of these vegetables per day was associated with a 14% reduction in risk compared with consuming only 0.2 servings (HR 0.86, 95% CI 0.77 to 0.96, P=0.01), according to Patrice Carter, a PhD student at the University of Leicester, and colleagues.

Get a Life, Not a Job

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I made a new friend the other day.  While catching up on my non-book reading I came across a manifesto from http://changethis.com/ with the title Get a Life, Not a Job. My curiosity took hold; I thought this short essay might help me figure out where I’m headed in my life and career, so I read it.  Then I contacted the author to tell her how much I liked her manifesto.  Now we’ve connected on LinkedIn and I’ve made a new friend.

My new friend’s name is Paula Caligiuri. The following bio comes from her website:

Paula Caligiuri, Ph.D. is a work psychologist dedicated to helping people navigate the professional and personal challenges associated with their careers. She is the author of several books including Get a Life, Not a Job: Do What You Love and Let Your Talents Work for You, which FT Press will publish in April 2010, and the career blog. Dr. Caligiuri is a frequent contributor to CNN on career and management topics and has completed a pilot for a television show, CareerWATCH.

Dr. Caligiuri is also a Professor in the Human Resource Management Department at Rutgers University, where she teaches courses in career management and global human resources at the masters, PhD, and executive levels. She is an internationally recognized expert on global careers and strategic human resource management. She has lectured in numerous universities and has been a speaker for many major corporations in the United States, Asia, and Europe.

As a consultant, Dr. Caligiuri is the President of Caligiuri and Associates, Inc., a consulting firm that advises leading global organizations on ways to ensure the success of their internationally-oriented talent through assessment, training, and development.

Dr. Caligiuri holds a M.S. and Ph.D. from Penn State University in industrial and organizational psychology.

The book should be an awesome read.  You can get a copy of Paula’s manifesto by clicking the link below.  I’ve also added a link to her website on my sidebar.  I get a steady stream of visitors to my site who are looking for work.  I do hope you find or create what you are looking for.

69.04.Get a Life