Paul Nowak is the Founder of Iris Reading. He has taught speed-reading skills to thousands of students and professionals in major cities throughout the U.S. He has been a guest speaker at numerous institutions that include the University of Chicago, Harvard and Stanford.
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The Chicago Ideas Festival has just wrapped up and we’d like to share this thought-provoking debate that happened in Chicago last week: Do Too Many People Go To College? Let us know what you think in the comments…
Whether you’re the CEO of a multinational, or the department intern, you qualify as a business professional. Needless to say, that title entails the possession of a broad set of skills that includes leadership, communication, practical knowledge, and yes–reading. Reading may not seem like a significant part of your day-to-day work. You may have abandoned the notion of reading with the concluding chapter of your college textbooks. Quite the contrary, in fact. If you are a serious player in the competitive job market of today, you already know that simple tasks that may not seem to take up much of your time actually eat up more of it than you’d think. But you already knew that. You’re a clever professional. You know that cutting down on time spent doing menial labor–like reading–means more time doing work that relates directly to your job. (more…)
Growing up, people like Aesop, Big Bird, and our parents gave us life lessons we lived by till this very day. “Choose a career you enjoy”, “You don’t have to get along with everyone”, and “Slow and steady wins the race” may all sound eerily familiar to you. However, it’s time to realize that while these aphorisms struck gold during childhood, adulthood is all about being productive. And being productive follows a whole other set of golden rules. So it’s time to forget what you learned about success all those years ago and relearn the fundamentals of productivity as they apply to you now. (more…)
2011: a year full of promise and positive changes. However, it seems to be that no matter how cutting-edge technology is nowadays, no laptop, smartphone application, or hand-held device can break the cyberspacial wall of impossibility. Some tasks just simply can’t be done by technology alone. But this is for a good reason. Technology is there to aid us–to help users adapt, organize, develop, share, edit, communicate, and perfect their work. It’s a tool to help our feeble, bumbling human minds remember and carry out our tasks at the next level. Nevertheless, it’s a tool that most of us 21st Centuryists can’t live without. Having said that, I’d like to introduce you to a slew of neat widgets from Google. They’ve been around for some time now, but in case you haven’t had a proper introduction, meet Google Docs, Google Calendar, Google Reader, Google Fast Flip, and Google Tasks. All of these programs are intended to be used for better communication, organization, collaboration, and much more. (more…)
A major shareholder of Borders suggested that the smaller bookseller should acquire its much bigger rival Barnes & Noble. Both booksellers are now threatened by Google, which launched its Google eBookstore yesterday.
Borders and Barnes & Noble have struggled for a number of years after Amazon and other online booksellers gained market share. A merger of the two could lead to large cost savings through economies of scale.
The book selling business has definitely evolved over the years. When Borders and Barnes & Noble started creating their superstores in the 1990s, many small bookstores, unable to compete on price and selection, had to close. Once Amazon turned up, the fortunes of Borders and Barnes & Noble started to change. Both are now struggling retailers trying to survive.
Have you taken a good look in the mirror recently? I mean a really good, candid, scrutinizing look at yourself? Do you notice anything new, like those ten extra pounds you’ve put on since bikini season? Don’t worry, we’ve all noticed. Fortunately, not everyone has been blissfully oblivious to such instances of rapid and unforeseen weight gain. The research team at Iris Reading has been hard at work trying to find a fast, easy solution to reverse your weight gain. Yes, we’ve been successful and no, you won’t even have to lift a finger.
Paul Nowak is the Founder of Iris Reading. He has taught speed-reading skills to thousands of students and professionals in major cities throughout the U.S. He has been a guest speaker at numerous institutions that include the University of Chicago, Harvard and Stanford.
