The Snooze Button Generation

When Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother  came out in 2011, it caused quite a stir. However, upon reading it for myself, I realized that the b...

Ten years ago today, I started this blog. A decade. Man, a lot has happened since then. The biggest change in my life has got to be with...

I always thought "Snooze Button Generation" was a better name than "Generation X." But, OK, Snooze Button Generation d...

One of the most painful things that anyone can see has two parts. Part one: Go to any kindergarten classroom with African-American boys. C...

Love can be a scary thing or a wonderful thing, and I bet we all can benefit from understanding it better. However, a lot of people — es...

I believe that the most important element in any relationship is communication. Still, even the most skilled communicators need help with ...

As a teacher and a parent, I have been astounded by the behavior I've seen from parents. I've learned not to judge, and I don'...

Category one is done for 100 Nonfiction Books I Recommend . It was "big time and deserving." Here is a recap of the authors an...

The final nonfiction recommendation in the category of "Big and Deserving" is a curious selection — to say the least. It's...

I'm not a ginormous Stephen King fan, but I do respect the guy. I must say that The Shining , Cujo , Christine , Misery  and much more...

One thing that boggles my mind is how our American society treats artists. We devalue them. We shun them. We make fun of them. We shame th...

Sheryl Sandberg and I have something in common. We both lost loved ones unexpectedly from heart attacks. She lost her husband at age 47. M...

Just like Brene Brown, Simon Sinek boasts one of the most watched TEDx talks in the history of the Interwebs. Sinek also owns a viral vi...

I am unsure how I stumbled across Tim Ferriss. I picked up his Tribe of Mentors tome and thought, "well, here's another book tha...

As a newspaper journalist from 1996-2008, I witnessed first-hand how the news industry shift. At first, the shift was heartbreaking. Dow...

When I first pondered the idea of "the greatest nonfiction writers of all-time," however myopic that may be, Truman Capote, Tom ...

I'd like to think that the Internet is a meritocracy, and that Brene Brown won "most viewed Ted talk" by merit alone. So, th...

Welcome to the nonfiction project! Perhaps it's only fitting that this project kicks off with Malcolm Gladwell, who has been a nonfi...

Jak sie masz? Dobry. Uh, well, those are four of the 50 words or so that I know in Polish. Despite my sketchy lingual knowledge, I am ...

I find it refreshing to talk about books. Sometimes, people react differently to them as me, and those perspectives give me a further unde...