Brainfeast: Reading and Speaking

Two knock-it-outta-the-park posts on the web this week. Stuff to make you smarter and maybe richer:

• the best textbooks for learning all kinds of difficult stuff: math, economics, statistics, physics, psychology, etc.
• how to influence, tell better stories, and become more persuasive

Effortless cool is a detailed process.

-Ben Sherman

Where was all this stuff when I was in college? high school?

Update

I’m a big advocate for not hiding your enthusiasm for things,” she [Taylor Swift] said last year in her New York University commencement address.  “Never be ashamed of trying.  Effortlessness is a myth.  The people who wanted it the least were the ones I wanted to date and be friends with in high school.  The people who want it the most are the people I now hire to work for my company.”