Personal Projects, 2021 Alice . Personal Projects, 2021 Alice .

White Space

I enjoy reading Dorie Clark—be it her articles or books—and her podcasts and interviews are awesome too. A few days ago I started reading her latest book, The Long Game.

Part one of the book stood out to me: white space, which is essentially about carving out time for opportunity. Can we carve out 20% of our time working on what we think will benefit us most? The 20% concept was taken from Google where their employees are empowered to be more creative and innovative. Dorie says:

There’s something compelling about the idea of cordoning off time to experiment and see where your passions take you. […]

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Books, 2021 Alice . Books, 2021 Alice .

THE GAP AND THE GAIN

Today is the day! I’ve been waiting in anticipation for the release of THE GAP AND THE GAIN by Dr. Benjamin Hardy and his co-author Dan Sullivan. And I’ve been waiting for this moment to publish my post.

I’ve read the book twice (yes, twice!) and GAIN so much from it. I’ve satisfied my curiosity and made notes about a lot of questions in my mind as I tackled the book. […]

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An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth

I’ve been meaning to write about this book but for some reason I didn’t. This always happens to books I loved and they’re really, REALLY great books too.

Chris Hadfield is very engaging and I was hooked right from page one. Could it be because I’ve always been fascinated by space and astronomy, and therefore, am biased?

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The Little Book of FIKA

THE LITTLE BOOK OF FIKA is a relaxing book to read and oh-so-lagom. I borrowed the e-book version from the library and it’s a perfect little book to read while having breakfast. With a nice cup of coffee. “Fika” is easily my favorite four-letter word but then […]

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Quiet Girl in a Noisy World

QUIET GIRL IN A NOISY WORLD is funny and so relatable. I borrowed the e-book version from the library and finished it in one sitting while having my breakfast (this sounds like what I’ve said before…). QUIET GIRL is a book I want to keep in my personal collection, so I bought a copy.This is my second Debbie Tung book; the first one was BOOK LOVE, which is equally (if not, more) awesome.

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