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How old is too old to be president?
The average age of CEO's of America's corporations is 58. School superintendents average age 55 and state governors average 62 at the...
Dan Connors
Oct 26, 20194 min read


Influence- The Psychology of Persuasion
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini 2006 ***** Five of five stars This book should be banned. (kidding). ...
Dan Connors
Oct 21, 20193 min read


Strike three- is baseball out?
Strike one- my favorite team, the St. Louis Cardinals lost in the playoff championship series. No biggie. There's always next year....
Dan Connors
Oct 18, 20195 min read


The Culture Code
The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups by Daniel Coyle 2018 4 of 5 stars **** What makes for the most effective...
Dan Connors
Oct 16, 20192 min read


Forget the Emmy's- here's the 10 funniest television shows of all time
The 2019 Emmy awards were one of the lowest rated shows in Emmy history. Part of the reason was that there was no host nor compelling...
Dan Connors
Oct 7, 20197 min read


Happiness is the Way
Happiness Is the Way: How to Reframe Your Thinking and Work with What You Already Have to Live the Life of Your Dreams by Wayne W. Dyer...
Dan Connors
Oct 7, 20192 min read


Feeding you lies
Feeding You Lies: How to Unravel the Food Industry’s Playbook and Reclaim Your Health by Vani Hari 2019 Four of five stars ****...
Dan Connors
Sep 30, 20193 min read


The Talent Code
The Talent Code: Unlocking the Secret of Skill in Sports, Art, Music, Math, and Just About Everything Else by Daniel Coyle 2009 Four...
Dan Connors
Sep 22, 20193 min read


Sparking joy and dumping stuff
"That's what your house is, a place to keep your stuff while you go out and get...more stuff! Sometimes you gotta move, gotta get a...
Dan Connors
Sep 17, 20193 min read


Know-It-All Society
Know-It-All Society: Truth and Arrogance in Political Culture by Michael P. Lynch 4 of 5 stars. **** "There's nothing certain except...
Dan Connors
Sep 13, 20192 min read


Mold wars
I have mold in my basement. Mind you, mold is everywhere, but it's having a party now down in my basement. This slow realization has...
Dan Connors
Sep 10, 20194 min read


Homo Deus- A history of tomorrow
Yuval Noah Harari wrote his first book, Sapiens, about the history of the human species, taken from the best anthropological and...
Dan Connors
Sep 8, 20192 min read


God is listening- on Facebook
The internet is a dark, black hole of a cesspool and it arguably does more harm than good. Yet we can't get enough of it. Especially...
Dan Connors
Sep 2, 20195 min read


The Nonsense Factory- book review
I enjoyed Mr. Gibney's first book, A Generation of Psychopaths, about how the baby boomers have messed things up, so I was eager to...
Dan Connors
Aug 30, 20193 min read


Colon saga
Let me be totally honest. Colonoscopies are one of the nastiest, most unpleasant screening tests out there. I don't mind the needle...
Dan Connors
Aug 26, 20192 min read


The Ikea effect and why we put up with shitty healthcare
Which would you choose- a big buffet dinner that your entire neighborhood is attending, or a private dinner that costs twice as much and...
Dan Connors
Aug 22, 20194 min read


Code Blue- book review
Code Blue: Inside America's Medical Industrial Complex by Mike Magee As one who has luckily avoided the medical industrial complex for...
Dan Connors
Aug 16, 20193 min read


The sky is falling- the next recession
A lot of people are talking about a coming recession. Economic signals are pointing to a possibility a recession could hit the world in...
Dan Connors
Aug 14, 20193 min read


Hello World!- Being Human in the Age of Algorithms
Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms by Hannah Fry “Whenever we use an algorithm – especially a free one – we need...
Dan Connors
Aug 11, 20194 min read


GOLD!
"Nobody really understands gold prices, and I don't pretend to understand them either. "Ben Bernanke "Gold is a way of diversifying your...
Dan Connors
Aug 8, 20193 min read
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