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Starting a new thread to keep track of all the infographics that I have made. This is replacing a previous thread I made because I remade all prior versions with significant improvements.
New ones will be added here 👇
Teddy Rook Book retweeted
Wish i had this during covid when my kids were unschooling!
Overnight, my follower count has increased from 1.2k to 1.5k. Unexpected, but welcomed!
Since the uptick is related to my post about the Harvard Classics reading plan on my site and many are seeing my site for the first time, please know that there is a ton more! And all free. School, trades, farming, language learning, links to other free resources, and much more.
I built it for me and my family, and it’s cheap to host and cool, so I thought I’d share with everyone.
Feel free to share suggestions for improvements or requests on the homeschooling parts. I’m going to be using this and would love feedback on how it could be more useful.
The Irish goodbye has an interesting cultural dichotomy: originally framed as politeness (slipping out to spare hosts a drawn-out farewell), but is perceived as rude, at least by many Americans.
I think it’s situationally dependent.
Overnight, my follower count has increased from 1.2k to 1.5k. Unexpected, but welcomed!
Since the uptick is related to my post about the Harvard Classics reading plan on my site and many are seeing my site for the first time, please know that there is a ton more! And all free. School, trades, farming, language learning, links to other free resources, and much more.
I built it for me and my family, and it’s cheap to host and cool, so I thought I’d share with everyone.
Feel free to share suggestions for improvements or requests on the homeschooling parts. I’m going to be using this and would love feedback on how it could be more useful.
Teddy Rook Book retweeted
Just added the full 1916 “Harvard Classics, fifteen minutes a day” reading plan to my site, including all of the texts, with a brief intro for each.
My New Year’s resolution for next year is to read them all.
ALT https://teddyrookbook.com/harvard-classics/
Teddy Rook Book retweeted
Snuck in the first chapter of my first read of Perelandra this morning!
I love the parallels between the beginning of Out of the Silent Planet and this one: Ransom happily ambling towards the home of a person he isn't fond of compared to our (so far) unnamed Narrator fearfully inching towards who he knows to be a friend.
It sets apart the two characters and the tones of the two stories rather well without feeling repetitive. Strong start 💪
Just added the full 1916 “Harvard Classics, fifteen minutes a day” reading plan to my site, including all of the texts, with a brief intro for each.
My New Year’s resolution for next year is to read them all.
ALT https://teddyrookbook.com/harvard-classics/
Teddy Rook Book retweeted
In a former job, I was apart of the hiring process. I had a candidate list $111,017.75 for his requested salary. During the interview, I asked him what this number was. He smiled real big and said the Marine Corps birthday is 11-10-1775.
I used one of the techniques from this book to negotiate a higher salary a few years ago.
It was about using a weird number instead of something even. Like if you want to make six figures, don’t ask for 100k, ask for 103,759, or something like that.
But base it on something real, like the average of other current postings or Glassdoor.
If you ask for the even number, it comes across like you want to hit a personal goal, which is irrelevant to the company; asking for the specific weird number comes across like you understand the current market and won’t accept a lower offer.
So look for a way to back up a weird number and you might get more than your initial goal. I did.
Which book actually made you better at negotiating?
Mine is Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss. I used to hate negotiating.
Worked on my negotiating skills reluctantly (it’s a teachable skill you know, and now I kinda enjoy it. The ROI on this book is crazy.
(the techniques works on your wife and kids too, believe it on not.)
Teddy Rook Book retweeted
A patriot who serves as a chaplain for the Navy designed a Spartan Bible.
🔥🔥🔥
Finished Frankenstein yesterday and was having trouble deciding what to read next. Reading A Tale of Two Cities with a great book club sounds perfect 📚🤌
Everyone must read this novel. As soon as possible, ideally.
We're about to read it in our book club. The opening lines have never felt more relevant:
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us..."
The news cycle is an endless procession of doom. There are a thousand reasons to despair. It feels as though our time is uniquely chaotic, that an old order is collapsing and what lies ahead is beyond control. But we have been here before.
Dickens takes us into the hysteria of the French Revolution and a society utterly consumed by vengeance. But he also shows how an act of self-sacrificial love can redeem it. Indeed, "Death may beget life".
You must live now by refusing to be part of the cycle of decay. The counter to the mob is YOU, and the redemption of your own life. You are called to discover life even in the midst of terrible evil and death. The darkest times are the setting for the greatest acts of love.
This is one of the most powerful novels ever written. Please join our group and read it with us.
Our first discussion on A Tale of Two Cities is on November 4.
If you'd like to join our inner circle and participate in the discussions directly, join us with a full membership:
– Live book club discussions (biweekly)
– Access to our community chat
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– All past recordings, essays, and podcasts
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Of course, you can also read along for free and tune into the live broadcasts. Join us.
This is who runs this account:
>In high school I was a rock climbing instructor. Hardest climb was 5.12c.
>Was also a volunteer skier for the blind with the Special Olympics
>Was briefly an MMA photographer and got published in two magazines and a book
>Dropped out of college with a sub-1.0 gpa and then enlisted in the Army
>Took out Taliban machine gun nest with a rocket launcher (SMAW-D) in Afghanistan
>Later transferred to the Old Guard and became sergeant of the Color Guard, which meant I carried the American flag during full-honors funerals at Arlington National Cemetery.
>After the Army, I went back to college and brought my gpa up to a 3.5 and graduated.
>Then got two masters: software and business.
>Lived in seven time zones
>Traveled to dozens of countries
>Doubled my credit score
>My life has been wild and random.
>And I’m still under 40.
>But the coolest thing I’ve done is become a dad.
One of my favorite poems:
When the truth walks away
Everybody stays
‘Cause the truth about the world
Is that crime does pay
So if you walk away
Who is gonna stay?
‘Cause I’d like to think the world
Is a better place
Frankenstein is more of a Mother’s Day book than Halloween 🎃📚
It’s about how man cannot make another human. Without a woman. It’s often described as being about what a creator owes, which I argue is motherhood.
The author’s mother died 11 days after the birth. Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein when she was only 18, having already lost a child of her own, which was also less than two weeks after the birth.
Imagine living the reality of two generations of a mother-child bond broken. It’s not a leap to then image a world without a mother at all. The father could be brilliant, and his child could read Plutarch and Milton, but something would still be missing.
On that note: shout out to my wife who is an amazing mother!
Teddy Rook Book retweeted
Being kind to others boosts your mental health more than seeking joy for yourself.
