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Reader reviews are one of the most heartfelt ways you can thank an author for entertaining you, or moving you, or even blowing your mind. ​ The sort of reviews you write for Amazon and other book seller sites are called “reader reviews” and they’re a lot different from professional reviews. No one expects readers, […]

If you’ve been following my blog posts for a while, it is probably not a big shock to you if I tell you that I am subscribed to several productivity blogs. One of them, Zen Habits, recently put up a post about deliberately scheduling reading time into your day. If you’ve never deliberately schedule something

Moving parts in rubbing contact require lubrication to avoid excessive wear. Honorifics and formal politeness provide lubrication where people rub together. Often the very young, the untraveled, the naive, the unsophisticated deplore these formalities as “empty,” “meaningless,” or “dishonest,” and scorn to use them. No matter how “pure” their motives, they thereby throw sand into