Thoughts and insights..........
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Monday, September 18, 2017
Book review: Brian Tracy's Re-Invention
Here is where I review a book: Brian Tracy's reinvention
Brian Tracy's Re-invention is one of the best books. Some of the lessons learned are:
The value of goal setting
Methods of problem-solving (such as mindstorming)
This is easily one of the top 10 (or even top 5) books I have ever read.
10/10
Brian Tracy's Re-invention is one of the best books. Some of the lessons learned are:
The value of goal setting
Methods of problem-solving (such as mindstorming)
This is easily one of the top 10 (or even top 5) books I have ever read.
10/10
Sunday, August 13, 2017
Top ten Canadian scholars!
1.
Frances Oldham Kelsey- A lady Canadian pharmacologist.
2. Jordan Peterson- Canadian Psychologist
3. Brian Tracy- Canadian born author
4.
Sunday, July 2, 2017
Notes on France on the French
The Valois Dynasty reigned France from 1328-1589
From 1573-1575, Henry 3rd was elected King of Poland. After that, he became King of France.
Of course, there is the Marquise de Lafayette who helped in the American revoluion.
When the French colonized Vietnam, a French adventurer by the name of
Marie-Charles David de Mayréna, set up a temporary kingdom known as the the kingdom of Sedang in what is modern day Vietnam
Special Operations Executive was a British organization; there to aid resistance movements such as that of the French. There were thus French SOE agents such as Lilian Rolfe, who was deteceted and executed by the Nazis.
Vatel was a 17th century French chef.
Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes- French diplomat, statesman, and foreign minister during the American Revolution.
From 1573-1575, Henry 3rd was elected King of Poland. After that, he became King of France.
Of course, there is the Marquise de Lafayette who helped in the American revoluion.
When the French colonized Vietnam, a French adventurer by the name of
Marie-Charles David de Mayréna, set up a temporary kingdom known as the the kingdom of Sedang in what is modern day Vietnam
Special Operations Executive was a British organization; there to aid resistance movements such as that of the French. There were thus French SOE agents such as Lilian Rolfe, who was deteceted and executed by the Nazis.
Vatel was a 17th century French chef.
Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes- French diplomat, statesman, and foreign minister during the American Revolution.
Top Ten Dutch Scholars!
1. Christiaan Huygens- Often credited as the inventor of the pendulum clock
2. Spinoza- Dutch philosopher
3. Hans Lippershey (1570-1619)- Often credited as the inventor of the telescope; thought it may have been invented earlier.
4.
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek- Known for his improvements of the microscope
5. Desiderius Erasmus
6.
Guido van Rossum- Dutch programmer. Inventor of the python programming language.
7.
Bram Moolenaar- Some Dutch computer programmer. (author of Vim)
8.
Max Euwe- fifth player to become a world chess champion. Also author of over 70 chess books.
9. Abel Tasman (1603-1659)- First European explorer to have been to New Zealand and Tasmania; also saw the island of Fiji.
10.
Willem Johan Kolff- Noted 20th century Dutch physician in the field of artificial organs.
HONORARY MENTIONS:
William of Orange: More of a statesman than a scholar though......
Michiel de Ruyter- The most noted Dutch Admiral of the 1600s.
Anton Phillipis- Founded Phillips electronics
See also:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Grootste_Nederlander
2. Spinoza- Dutch philosopher
3. Hans Lippershey (1570-1619)- Often credited as the inventor of the telescope; thought it may have been invented earlier.
4.
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek- Known for his improvements of the microscope
5. Desiderius Erasmus
6.
Guido van Rossum- Dutch programmer. Inventor of the python programming language.
7.
Bram Moolenaar- Some Dutch computer programmer. (author of Vim)
8.
Max Euwe- fifth player to become a world chess champion. Also author of over 70 chess books.
9. Abel Tasman (1603-1659)- First European explorer to have been to New Zealand and Tasmania; also saw the island of Fiji.
10.
Willem Johan Kolff- Noted 20th century Dutch physician in the field of artificial organs.
HONORARY MENTIONS:
William of Orange: More of a statesman than a scholar though......
Michiel de Ruyter- The most noted Dutch Admiral of the 1600s.
Anton Phillipis- Founded Phillips electronics
See also:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Grootste_Nederlander
Thursday, June 29, 2017
Reccomended Reading
RECCOMENDED READING:
Tools of Titans- Tim Ferris
Man's Search for Meaning- Viktor Frankl
The Power of Myth- An Interview with Bill Moyers and Joseph Campbell; often transcribed.
The Joseph Campbell Companion-
The Einstein Factor- Win Wenger
The Enchridion- Epictetus
Sun Tzu's Art of War- (such as the Samul B. Griffith translation)
Dao de Ching- Lao Tzu
Re-invention- A book by Brian Tracy (Self-improvement)
The Mongol Warlords-
Genghis Khan and the making of the modern world-
Science and Civilization in China- Joseph Needham
RECCOMENDED WEBSITES: azquotes.com
ancestry.com (study your ancestral past and your genealogy)
youtube and wikipedia
Tools of Titans- Tim Ferris
Man's Search for Meaning- Viktor Frankl
The Power of Myth- An Interview with Bill Moyers and Joseph Campbell; often transcribed.
The Joseph Campbell Companion-
The Einstein Factor- Win Wenger
The Enchridion- Epictetus
Sun Tzu's Art of War- (such as the Samul B. Griffith translation)
Dao de Ching- Lao Tzu
Re-invention- A book by Brian Tracy (Self-improvement)
The Mongol Warlords-
Genghis Khan and the making of the modern world-
Science and Civilization in China- Joseph Needham
RECCOMENDED WEBSITES: azquotes.com
ancestry.com (study your ancestral past and your genealogy)
youtube and wikipedia
Monday, June 19, 2017
Top ten Roman scholars!
1. Columella- Agricultre
2. Varro- Agriculture
3. Cicero- Roman philosopher, lawyer and politician.
4. Seneca the younger- philosophy (stoic philosophy)
5. Boethius- Stoic philosopher (more of a medieval one but could be classified as a Roman)
6. Tacitus- history
7. Vitruvius- Roman architect who was "rediscovered" in western Europe around 1414.
8. Pliny the Elder- Natural historian, wrote an Encyclopedia; perhaps the first to remain intact until modern times.
9. Pliny the Younger
10. Horace- Roman lyric poet.
Carpe Diem!
HONORARY MENTIONS:
Sallust- Roman historian
Vegetius- who wrote on warfare and veterenary science. Not sure whether to classify him as a Roman or a byzantine or whomever.
Juvenal- Roman Poet
Lucretius-Another Roman poet
Plautus- Roman playwright
Ovid
Livy- Roman historian
Virgil- Roman poet
Martial
Suetonius
Terrence-
Aelian- Roman teacher or rhetoric, who spoke Greek fluently, and wrote a beastiary and some history.
Martianus Capella- From Roman Carthage.
2. Varro- Agriculture
3. Cicero- Roman philosopher, lawyer and politician.
4. Seneca the younger- philosophy (stoic philosophy)
5. Boethius- Stoic philosopher (more of a medieval one but could be classified as a Roman)
6. Tacitus- history
7. Vitruvius- Roman architect who was "rediscovered" in western Europe around 1414.
8. Pliny the Elder- Natural historian, wrote an Encyclopedia; perhaps the first to remain intact until modern times.
9. Pliny the Younger
10. Horace- Roman lyric poet.
Carpe Diem!
HONORARY MENTIONS:
Sallust- Roman historian
Vegetius- who wrote on warfare and veterenary science. Not sure whether to classify him as a Roman or a byzantine or whomever.
Juvenal- Roman Poet
Lucretius-Another Roman poet
Plautus- Roman playwright
Ovid
Livy- Roman historian
Virgil- Roman poet
Martial
Suetonius
Terrence-
Aelian- Roman teacher or rhetoric, who spoke Greek fluently, and wrote a beastiary and some history.
Martianus Capella- From Roman Carthage.
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