Tag: Thinking
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Blog Posts Of The Week 6-Jul to 10-Jul
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe best blogs of the week and some great finds. Check them out.
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Daily Writing Prompt 13-Jul: Which book have you read more than any other?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA great Legal and historical Drama that stars post WWII in England.
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Reengineering the Reader: How AI and Python Revived My Blog Picks. The Posts Of The Week.
Reading Time: 5 minutesHow do you find the best hidden writers on WordPress? By combining decades of tech experience, Python, and AI to track high-traffic community tags.
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Daily Writing Prompt 12-Jul: Are you a lifelong learner?
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhy stop learning? Discover how staying curious, reading, and trying new things keeps your mind sharp, open, and adaptable at any age. Learn more.
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Daily Writing Prompt 11-Jul: What’s one habit that has improved your life the most?
Reading Time: 2 minutesDiscover why habits aren’t permanent. Learn how cues, routines, and changing priorities shape our behaviors—and why the “21-day habit” rule is a myth.
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The Bean Trees Review: Barbara Kingsolver’s Powerful Story of Family, Compassion, and Survival
Reading Time: 2 minutesA thoughtful review of The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver, exploring themes of chosen family, resilience, immigration, and compassion. Kingsolver’s debut novel remains a moving and deeply human story about finding connection and hope in difficult circumstances.
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Gulag: A History Review — Anne Applebaum’s Powerful Examination of Soviet Terror and Forced Labor
Reading Time: 4 minutesA detailed review of Gulag: A History by Anne Applebaum, exploring how the Soviet Gulag system became a vast empire of forced labor, repression, fear, and political control under Joseph Stalin.
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Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power Review — Leadership, Contradiction, and the Making of America
Reading Time: 4 minutesA thoughtful review of Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power by Jon Meacham, examining how Thomas Jefferson balanced Enlightenment ideals, political ambition, and the realities of power while shaping the early United States.
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Grant by Ron Chernow Review — Ulysses S. Grant’s Leadership, Failures, and Redemption
Reading Time: 4 minutesA thoughtful review of Grant by Ron Chernow, exploring how Ulysses S. Grant rose from failure and obscurity to preserve the Union, defend Black civil rights, and redefine American leadership during and after the Civil War.