by joncook | Oct 20, 2011 | Everyday Life, Reading, The Blogosphere, Writing
It’s been 15 months now in my blogging journey and I’ve loved every bit of it so far. Today I’m taking the time to share about what I’ve been learning over the past 3-4 months during my blogging journey. First, thanks for being with me through...
by joncook | Oct 4, 2011 | Book Review, Purpose, Reading
If there’s one thing that Western civilization has lauded, it’s improving on our weaknesses. It might be seen in a performance review at work under the clever heading of “Areas in Need of Improvement” or “Growing Areas.” A...
by joncook | Sep 26, 2011 | Book Review, Purpose, Reading
Have you ever wondered how you could develop faster as a musician? As a tennis player? A golfer? Even a swing dancer? Daniel Coyle’s work, The Talent Code, opens the door to a new world of concentrated skill development through the mystery and miracle of myelin....
by joncook | Feb 3, 2011 | Reading, Thinking, Writing
Our world is obsessed with ideas. With everything from TedTalks to the QIdeas to a variety of other think-tank, open discussion type of forums people are obsessed with the sharing of ideas. But just like cars, guitars, and candy bars, not all ideas are created equal....
by joncook | Jan 26, 2011 | Reading, Thinking
Something that I’ve noticed around Church world is that we tend to limit our reading to only things that are exclusively Christian in label. If it isn’t sold by Lifeway or another Christian bookstore then we shouldn’t be reading it. Granted, this...
by joncook | Jan 19, 2011 | Book Review, Reading
Lately I’ve been asked by a few different people who are starting to compose their own reading lists if I could share about some of the good books I’ve read over the last year or so. Here is a list of the books that I recently found to be good reads:...
