Billionaire Warren Buffett is the CEO and chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, a multinational conglomerate holding company. Berkshire Hathaway owns household name companies like GEICO, Duracell, and Dairy Queen. Buffett got his start early at the age of nineteen when he started to read business and books on invesyment. Clearly, they helped him get to where […]
Looking to learn a new language? Rather than spending time creating a bunch of flashcards, pick up a book! Reading is the best way to grab hold of vocabulary, grammar, context, and pronunciation. It worked well when you were learning how to speak your native tongue, and it is no different when learning someone […]
The concept of memory is something that scientists are still trying to wrap their heads around. At its core, memory is the process in which the mind acquires information, stores it, and then can recall it at a later point in time. There is a three-step process at which a memory forms: encoding, storage, and […]
The reading demands that college professors require of their students is intimidating. Looking at the list of books on each course’s syllabus this semester can make any avid reader head for the hills! But with these reading tips for college students, you’ll increase your reading speed so you can get more done while remembering […]
Let’s keep this brief. Today society whizzes past us at warp speed! There are so many things to distract us, that it is now changing certain behaviors. You’re watching a YouTube video when a five-second commercial airs and it seems like it takes forever to get back to what you were watching. Or a web […]
Some of the best nonfiction books that will make you smarter are The History of Knowledge, The Total Money Makeover, Moonwalking with Einstein, Thinking Fast and Slow, Meditations, Smarter Faster Better, and The Art of War. We’ve said it before, and we’ll repeat it, reading is a relaxing activity. When you pick up a piece […]
