10 Unwealthy Habits
Wealth does not make you happy, but when you are wealthy, you are happier. Why? Because you feel valued, important, respected, appreciated… but most importantly, because if you are wealthy you can do things freely. Of course, you can feel valued without feeling wealthy, and you can feel happy without feeling wealthy. But if you take care of your wealth, you stop worrying about it. You feel in control.
There is ample information about how to make money, how to be wealthy, how to be successful, how to…. Yet, here we will take an opposite look. What about looking at things you are doing that are preventing you from being wealthy?
The New Oxford Guide to Writing
Many books on writing tell you how to think more creatively, how to conjure up an idea from scratch. Many, once you have an idea, show you how to express it clearly and elegantly. And many handbooks offer reliable advice on the use of commas, semicolons, and so forth. But The New Oxford
Guide to Writing does all three, so that no matter where you find yourself in the writing process–from the daunting look of a blank page, to the rough draft that needs shaping, to the small but important questions of punctuation–you will find what you need in one handy volume.
Highlighted by numerous examples of successful prose–including marvelous, brief excerpts from Mark Twain, Joan Didion, H.L. Mencken, E.B. White, and Annie Dillard–this stimulating volume covers the entire subject step-by-step, clearly and authoritatively.
It shows:
* How to use commonplace books and journals to store ideas, how to brainstorm, how to explore a potential topic systematically
* How to use a statement of purpose or an outline to give preliminary shape to your material, how to use drafts and revisions (and more revisions) to refine your ideas
* How to open an essay clearly and interestingly, how to lead the reader subtly, how to use qualifications to express complexity without sacrificing impact
* How to organize ideas into a coherent paragraph, how to vary sentence structure and length for variety and emphasis
* How to select words that convey both information and point of view * And much, much more
In addition, it contains a useful appendix on punctuation, ranging from commas and periods to underlining and capitalization.
Whether you write for business or for pleasure, whether you are a beginner or an experienced pro, The New Oxford Guide to Writing is an essential addition to your reference library, providing abundant assistance and encouragement to write with more clarity, more color, and more force.
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The Gospel Of Food
In his latest debunking project (after The Culture of Fear), sociologist Glassner argues that “everything you think you know about food is wrong.” And Glassner really does take on almost everything, from Atkins to vegans, with particularly hard jabs at those who, in the name of nutrition, take the fun out of food. This includes some well-known food writers, the manufacturers of “fat-free” foods, as well as “natural” and “organic” offerings—but surprisingly, he stands up for irradiated “Frankenfoods” and for some processed fast food. Later, he tackles the American obesity “epidemic.” Here, too, he finds conventional wisdom more mythic than real, with so much conflicting evidence (the book is formidably researched and footnoted) that he finds himself wondering if obesity really matters and concludes that it probably doesn’t, much. Only two conventional bits of wisdom survive Glassner’s skeptical approach: the rich really are thinner than the poor, and four-star restaurant cooking really is delicious. Glassner’s myth-busting information is useful, but at times he takes jabs in too many directions, losing narrative focus. (Jan. 2)
