My favorite finds from around the web:
• Here’s which bratty behavior each Myers-Briggs personality type needs to check themselves for. Guilty as charged.
• JK Rowling reveals which house Harry Potter’s son James has been sorted into.
• Harry Potter and the never-ending story. “After finishingDeathly Hallows, Rowling wrote a few other books, but she seems drawn back to the extensive universe she created, and to fiddling away on its sidelines.”
• 12 tips to find your own chic, easy uniform. Don’t be a trend-monger, know what (and what isn’t) flattering, and find four outfits and write them down. Good tips from the pros.
• Stephen King shares his (long) reading list. That should keep you busy for a decade or so, if you’re quick.
What I’m reading this week:
• Mindset by Carol Dweck. This is one of those change-your-life books I’ve been meaning to read this for ages.
• The Big Rock Candy Mountain by Wallace Stegner. This counts as a “book by a favorite author” for the 2015 Reading Challenge. I’m having a hard time getting into it …
On the blog:
One year ago: So what if it doesn’t work.
Two years ago: The single most effective question to ask yourself for better decision making.
Three years ago: Make it or buy it? A handy flowchart and visual guide.
Four years ago: Search engines break my heart.
Have a great weekend!
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“The more Rowling enhances and embellishes her Harry Potter universe, the less room she leaves for readers to fill in the gaps with their own imaginations.” Yep.
Loved the Myers-Brigg article! I hope it doesn’t actually describe me 🙂 As an INFJ that would mean I’m pretentious. Not cool!
I’ve read several articles on Mindset that were in the life-changing category, and the book itself has been on my TBR list forever. Can’t wait to see what you have to say about it!
So funny the Myers-Brigg article….It got it spot on my bad day:)
Oh my gosh, I saw that Myers-Briggs thing. Mine is grossly accurate! (ENFP)
I’m a middle school social studies teacher at an international school in istanbul. i have spent the first week of school teaching the students about mindset and identifying ways we can all change ours simply by the words we use. i’m hoping to unpack it more throughout the year. it really is a game-changer. check out the tedx talk ‘the power of belief’. i actually had my 8th graders watch it…
I had Mindset checked out but I had so many other books to read, I didn’t get to it. Guess I need to check it out again. Thanks for the motivation to get it again.
I just finished reading Mindset and I loved it. I am a high school teacher and I decided about half way through that I’m going to use “growth mindset” as a theme in my classroom this year. I’m excited to see how it goes.
Wow, that Myers-Briggs assessment is spot-on! It knew me and my husband so well. Thanks for this week’s great links.