I admit it. I am a bit of a nerd, and as such, this book is right up my alley. It is sciency and hippie all rolled into one. If you are interested in learning about how breathing through the nose versus breathing through the mouth might affect your health, you will enjoy this book. The author explains the research he has done into this subject (as well as others) and shares the experiments he conducted on himself and a his friend. He discusses various breathing techniques he has tried as well. Many of them sound a bit crazy, but I found his insights interesting. I would certainly not take this book as sound "medical" advice, but it is an interesting read and offers insights into how breathing affects us.
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I have heard a lot about growth mindset lately, so I thought I would go directly to the source to find out more. Growth vs. fixed mindset is being bandied about in education circles, and I wanted to make sure I have a firm grasp on the concept. After reading this book, I definitely feel a bit more knowledgeable about what a growth mindset is and how to develop it in myself as well as how to help others try to shift their view from fixed to growth mindset as well. I particularly enjoyed the chapters and examples that explored athletes and their mindsets as well as the chapter on CEOs. Since I am an educator, I would have enjoyed more examples of student feedback and of how to assist struggling students with developing a growth mindset, but luckily, there are several videos of Dweck speaking online that I plan to watch. I also plan to request the MindsetMaker Professional development course from my administration so that I can continue exploring. I do believe reframing how we think and how we view challenges is a very important component to achieving our goals and becoming happy with our accomplishments, so I would definitely suggest giving Mindset a read. I wanted to love this book, but I didn't. I didn't exactly dislike it either, but I was never super engaged with the storyline or characters, and it is a bit disturbing in parts. This novel is categorized as a phycological thriller, so I was expecting a ton of suspense and twists, but I was a little let down. The storyline follows two young women who have been best friends since college and who go on travel adventures together; however, on some of these travel adventures, things get out of hand and people end up dead. The relationship between the two main characters, Emily and Kristen, seems very co-dependent to me, and I could not make myself feel sympathy for Emily despite trying. She comes across as naïve and simpering to me. And then the ending was just, meh. This book wasn't awful, so if you need a fun, beach read, then give this a whirl, you may end up enjoying it, but I think you can probably find a book you would enjoy better. I will begin by saying I did not enjoy this book one bit. It was tedious and BORING to me. However, if you need to know about the different types of scholarly research, the components of scholarly articles, and how to differentiate between qualitative and quantitative research, then this book is VERY thorough. I used this textbook for one of my graduate courses and am not interested in scholarly research so this book was a snore-fest for me, but I can definitely see it could be helpful for someone who needs to write a scholarly research article or analyze scholarly research. |
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