by Havi Brooks | Aug 24, 2008 | book reviews
So I read about three nonfiction books a week, mostly biggification and self-work (what regular people call business and self-help). Rated on a scale of ducks: 1 duck = Stephen Covey (yawn) and 5 ducks = Malcolm Gladwell (do a little dance). Books worth reading are...
by Havi Brooks | Aug 22, 2008 | updates & announcements
Because it’s Friday AGAIN. And because traditions are important. In which I cover the good stuff and the hard stuff in my week, trying for the non-preachy, non-annoying side of self-reflection. And you get to join in if you feel like it. The hard stuff Breaking...
by Havi Brooks | Aug 21, 2008 | not hating on yourself, stucknesses & stuckification, working on patterns & habits
There’s this thing — yes, a thing, don’t make me get all specific — that invariably comes up when you talk to people about habits and how their habits work. And this thing annoys the pants off of pretty much everybody. Here’s what...
by Havi Brooks | Aug 19, 2008 | noozletter, stuff I think about, updates & announcements
In which I do something fabulously stupid and enjoy the hell out of it. Some day scientists will isolate the part of the brain that thinks it’s fun to ignore the very sensible, practical things that everyone tells you. You know — the rebellious part of the...
by Havi Brooks | Aug 18, 2008 | my personal practice
My cold cleared. (yay!) You know how being sick kind of puts you in this heightened state — a weird place where you’re both more and less aware of everything? I mean, you can’t concentrate because of the stuffiness and the fogginess and the not being...
