THE SHAPE OF IDEAS is a fun and thought-provoking read. I borrowed the e-book version from the library this morning and finished it in one sitting while having my breakfast.

I’ve been tinkering with Norwegian and Danish for a while now on Duolingo and they’re similar to Swedish. I enjoy learning both and it’s time to get serious with them. I bought some books for a more in-depth study expanding on my knowledge of the Scandinavian languages (also called North Germanic languages).

–Tim Ferriss always seems to ask the best questions: What would this look like if it were easy? How will you know if you don’t experiment? What would less be like? The one that hit me the hardest, when I was maybe 25, was “What do you do with your money?” The answer was “Nothing, really.” OK, so why try so hard to earn lots more of it?

The passage above I stole from Ryan Holiday in his blog post "33 Things I Stole From People Smarter Than Me on the Way to 33."

Success! I managed to reach the Duolingo final Diamond League AND kept my #1 position.

Do check out my previous posts here and here where I talk about my history with the little green owl and where I am at with the languages I am learning.

I have been very busy in the last two weeks defending my first position in Duolingo and climbing up the final League: Diamond.

My previous post speaks of my history (when I got started) with the little green owl and a brief status update. In this one, as at today, I have accumulated a total of 90,148 XP (short for “Experience Points”).

I joined Duolingo in January 2014. That was six years ago!

I started with learning Italian and then I added a few other foreign languages. Today, I have 10 on my list with a total accumulated XP (short for "Experience Points") of 67,607.

"When someone says something unkind, you may want to retaliate right away. That is where the fight begins."

HOW TO FIGHT is a small but powerful book. It looks like an easy read with only 127 pages, but it is not to be read lightly or speedily. Ponder. Take notes. Reflect. And take action, if needed.