Inspirational Stories
Public Libraries: The Ability to Travel Through Time and Space
Public libraries are a great source of information, education, entertainment, and inspiration for those who may not be able to afford a computer, an Internet connection, books, CDs, or DVDs. It would be a shame to see them disappear. Source: Cartoonist Rob Rogers of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: http://blogs.sites.post-gazette.com/index.php/opinion/rob-rogers-cartoons/30863-library-card 1
Some Book Readers Are Very Dedicated
Some book readers are very dedicated (like the one above hanging off the side of a mountain). We need more such dedicated readers. Mashable called this the world’s scariest place to read a book. A Reddit user wrote that even with climbing bolts, the platform is still hanging off a sheer cliff. “My idea of […]
Steve Jobs: On Following Your Heart
Your time is limited. Don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living the result of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of the other opinion drown your own inner voice. And, most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what […]
Seth Godin on a Good Day’s Work
Fitting in is a short-term strategy that gets you nowhere. Standing out is a long-term strategy that takes guts — and produces results. If you care enough about your work to be willing to be criticized for it, then you have done a good day’s work. The above observations from Seth Godin were excerpted from […]