Over the long weekend I had enough time to read the Walter Isaacson biography of Steve Jobs. Talk about a wonderful read, engrossing from start to finish. It was clear even just early on in the book that Steve was a very flawed individual with many personal demons that chased him throughout his life, and…
One of my earliest memories of the power of information and the hold it can have over people dates all the way back to fourth grade. That was the year for me that two things happened. First, we were required in English class to read Louise Fitzhugh’s book Harriet the Spy, in which a young…
I’ve been playing World of Warcraft now for almost 4 years. For the insiders, I started right before the Sunwell and patch 2.4.2. One of my absolute favorite parts of the game is playing the in-game market, the Auction House. This is a live commercial exchange where you can sell your goods to other players…
One of the hardest lessons to teach anyone is the concept of delayed gratification, especially when the delay is over long periods of time. In the landmark paper, “Delay of Gratification in Children” by Walter Mischel, he explores the ways in which young children can delay gratification, from distraction to abstraction. Subsequent studies revealed that…
