Americans, more than any other nationality on earth, are obsessed with efficiency. In fact, it was America that gave birth to the Efficiency Movement, spearheaded by Frederick Taylor in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Taylor would come into factory and construction settings and study them until he came up with the most efficient method […]
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My Reason For Not Being Organized
I think most people who know or have worked with me in the past would consider me to be an organized person. I always meet my deadlines, I have a filing system, and everything on my desk sits at right angles. Okay, not exactly right angles (I’m hearing Tom Selleck as Monica’s boyfriend on Friends say, “If […]
The Impact Of Children’s Books
One of the reasons I love reading so passionately is that I firmly believe that books can permanently change your outlook on life. Recently, I’ve been thinking about the books that had the most impact on me, and I’ve realized I read most of them between the ages of 9 and 14. I’ve forgotten many […]