There are zombies walking among us so beware. Case in point – Anthony Weiner. (http://clicktotweet.com/0eN5m)He is dead, or at least his political career is dead, and he still walks and talks as if he could win the election for mayor of New York City. Apparently, Anthony Weiner was a little upset that Miley Cyrus got more publicity than he did with his sext. Rumor has it that he leaked the fact that he is paying his supporter $15 for showing up and appearing to agree with his flaky answers to their rehearsed questions. That is outrageous! Fifteen dollars is more money than fast food servers get paid, and they actually provide a service. Paying for supporter is a traditional practice that dates back to the Roman days when politicians gave out bread. I never consider Weiner to be a traditionalist.
Jason Nazar wrote an article for Forbes (www.forbes.com/sites/jasonnazar)
titled, Things 20-Year-Olds Don’t Get. He makes some very good points, but I don’t think it applies just to 20-year-olds. I think there are nuggets in the article that apply to everyone. I posted portions of the article previously. (Check the archives) Here is some more of the article along with some of my comments:
Read More Books, Fewer Tweets/Texts – Your generation consumes information in headlines and 140 characters: all breadth and no depth. Creativity, thoughtfulness and thinking skills are freed when you’re forced to read a full book cover to cover. All the keys to your future success, lay in the past experience of others. Make sure to read a book a month (fiction or non-fiction) and your career will blossom.
Too bad that Anthony Weiner did not read this before he started sexting. Then again, if hadn’t, we would not know what an idiot he is and he would still be a congressman.
Be selective in your reading. For example, in my 20s, I decided that reading fiction was a waste of time. I decided I would read non-fiction like history and self-help books. Now, years later, I regret that decision. I think I missed the opportunity to learn the greatest lessons of life from fiction. I love history and have published a historical novel, but what I learned from the self-help books did not get me very far.
Now I am going to tweet this to my followers. Life is hard.
Jason Nazar wrote an article for Forbes (www.forbes.com/sites/jasonnazar)
titled, Things 20-Year-Olds Don’t Get. He makes some very good points, but I don’t think it applies just to 20-year-olds. I think there are nuggets in the article that apply to everyone. I posted portions of the article previously. (Check the archives) Here is some more of the article along with some of my comments:
Read More Books, Fewer Tweets/Texts – Your generation consumes information in headlines and 140 characters: all breadth and no depth. Creativity, thoughtfulness and thinking skills are freed when you’re forced to read a full book cover to cover. All the keys to your future success, lay in the past experience of others. Make sure to read a book a month (fiction or non-fiction) and your career will blossom.
Too bad that Anthony Weiner did not read this before he started sexting. Then again, if hadn’t, we would not know what an idiot he is and he would still be a congressman.
Be selective in your reading. For example, in my 20s, I decided that reading fiction was a waste of time. I decided I would read non-fiction like history and self-help books. Now, years later, I regret that decision. I think I missed the opportunity to learn the greatest lessons of life from fiction. I love history and have published a historical novel, but what I learned from the self-help books did not get me very far.
Now I am going to tweet this to my followers. Life is hard.
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