Thursday, January 03, 2008

Quote of the Day

Our country is not a thing of mere physical locality.

- Edmund Burke

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Michael, I saw this and knew you would be interested. How to read above you level.

http://www.ryanholiday.net/archives/read_to_lead_how_to_digest_boo_1.phtml

Excerpt:
"I shouldn't be able to read most of the books on my shelf. I never took a single classical history class and I cheated through most of Economics 001. Still, the loci of my library are Greek History and Applied Economics. And though they often are beyond me educationally, I'm able to comprehend them because of some equalizing tricks. Reading to lead or learn requires that you treat your brain like the muscle that it is--lifting the subjects with the most tension and weight. "

Michael Wade said...

Pawnking,

Thanks for the link. Its theme fits in with some other works that I've been reading lately.