by Dwane | Jul 17, 2017 | Education, Motivation
Grammarly sends a report to me every week. They inform me that I have been writing. They always include a quote. This one blew me away. “To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan and not quite enough time.” —Leonard Bernstein
by Dwane | Jul 13, 2017 | Education, Motivation, The Future
One thing is sure: conservative American Protestantism is not future-oriented. In this sense, it is lower class. Lower-class people and movements do not shape history; they are carried along in the back of the bus in order to be milked by those future-oriented people...
by Dwane | Jul 11, 2017 | Kudos, Motivation
The Latin and Greek world can be a lonely world of dry, dusty books. Notes like this keep me going: “I just wanted to let you know that I am loving your classes! I say that in the plural form because even though I am really taking the Lingua Latina class, I am also...
by Dwane | Jul 10, 2017 | Motivation
I have started reading “The Tao of Seneca” by Tim Ferris. In Seneca’s second letter, I found this: “It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor. What does it matter how much a man has laid up in his safe, or...
by Dwane | Jul 8, 2017 | Motivation, Tip of the Week
In one of my favorite books, The Pledge, by Michael Masterson, the author reports that the average American reads one book per year. It may not be that bad. According to the Pew Research Center, the average American in 2013 read a book a month. What about...
by Dwane | Jul 7, 2017 | Motivation
I haven’t eaten any sugar in 11 days. As best I can remember, I haven’t had a “no sugar” streak of 11 days since I first discovered sugar in England… as a 6-month-old. I am estimating, of course. I don’t have many memories of the...
