Must Reads
There is so much to read, so much to know, so many sources to follow. And the volume of news and information just keeps growing exponentially. How to keep up? Even more, how to rediscover the serendipity of learning something new and interesting for its own sake?
Here, for your enjoyment and interest, are the articles Temin and Company considers “must reads.” They are primarily on the topics of reputation and crisis management, the media, leadership and strategy, perception and psychology, self-presentation, science, girls and women, organizational behavior and other articles of interest.
They are listed below with the most recent articles first, and to the side, by category.
We hope you enjoy them and would appreciate your comments. And whenever you have any favorite articles for us to add, please let us know so that we might include them for other readers to enjoy.
There is so much to read, so much to know, so many sources to follow. And the volume of news and information just keeps growing exponentially. How to keep up? Even more, how to rediscover the serendipity of learning something new and interesting for its own sake?
Here, for your enjoyment and interest, are the articles Temin and Company considers “must reads.” They are primarily on the topics of reputation and crisis management, the media, leadership and strategy, perception and psychology, self-presentation, science, girls and women, organizational behavior and other articles of interest.
They are listed below with the most recent articles first, and to the side, by category.
We hope you enjoy them and would appreciate your comments. And whenever you have any favorite articles for us to add, please let us know so that we might include them for other readers to enjoy.
Why Emotional Excess is Essential to Writing and Creativity
Maria Popova, Brain Pickings, September 3, 2012
Advice on writing from the 4th volume of the posthumously-published The Diary of Anais Nin. […read more]
Richard Feynman on the Role of Scientific Culture in Modern Society
Maria Popova, Brain Pickings, August 27, 2012
A review of The Pleasure of Finding Things Out, a 1999 collection of short works by physicist Richard Feynman. […read more]
How Women Business Leaders can Be More Productive and Stop Procrastinating
Roxanne Joffe, Roxanne Joffe, March 25, 2012
Advice how to stop procrastinating and start getting things done. […read more]
Overwhelmed? Do the Next Thing
Kathleen Moulton, Writers On The Move, October 27, 2012
When you are overwhelmed with too much to do, remember to just do the next thing, writes this author. […read more]
Digital Staffing: The Future of Recruitment-by-Algorithm
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Harvard Business Review, October 26, 2012
Do we still need headhunters for this? Web-based recruiting is fast becoming the new norm. […read more]
The BuZZZ: Sleepy Honeybees Have Harder Time Recalling Recent Experiences
Daisy Yuhas, Scientific American, October 25, 2012
In case you are planning an all-nighter: this study reveals that like humans, bees are also sensitive to sleep deprivation, and can fail to remember lessons learned the day before with insufficient sleep. […read more]
Former Olympic Swim Coach Charged With Child Abuse
Megan Chuchmach, ABC News, October 25, 2012
Just how prevalent is abuse by coaches? A once-prominent swim coach who trained Olympic athletes was recently charged with abusing one of his teen swimmers 30 years ago. […read more]
In Praise of Business Storytellers
TW Staff, Time Warner Blog, October 25, 2012
Dozens of prominent journalists convened at the 37th annual Knight-Bagehot dinner, where more than $500,000 was raised for the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in Economics and Business Journalism, a program of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. […read more]
Internet Gains Most As Campaign News Source But Cable TV Still Leads
Journalism.org, October 25, 2012
Although social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube are growing as a source of political news, only a relatively small 17% of Americans turn to them. […read more]
Why Athletes Can Handle More Pain
Laura Schwecherl, Time, October 25, 2012
Pain: why can some take more than others? Research shows that athletes rely on their brains, rather than on their bodies, to power through pain. […read more]