Tag Archives: reading

How to make book reading a daily habit

Posted on February 2, 2016 by Jay Morris

I recently wrote about the importance of reading books (‘I cannot live without books’). In this follow-up post, I discuss how to make book reading a daily habit and how to get the most out of what you read. Most of … Continue reading →

Posted in Goal setting, Management | Tagged books, critical thinking, habits, Joseph Ellis, reading, Sam Thomas Davies, Thomas Jefferson | 2 Comments

‘I cannot live without books’

Posted on January 15, 2016 by Jay Morris

One of my earliest memories of my Grandfather Pollard is a figure sitting in an armchair in the living room of my grandparents’ house in Columbia, MO, reading. My grandfather was a prodigious reader, and his bookshelves held a veritable … Continue reading →

Posted in Happiness | Tagged books, Jeff Bezos, Jefferson, literature, reading | 2 Comments

On rereading ‘Walden’ and the seasons of life

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Jay Morris

Midway through my vacation last week, I opened Thoreau’s “Walden,” the same paperback edition I first read in ninth-grade English class. I still have all of my old notes. (How neat my handwriting was back then!) I remember Mrs. Smith … Continue reading →

Posted in Happiness, Purpose | Tagged life lessons, reading, seasons, Sherman Paul, Thoreau, transcendentalism, Walden | Leave a comment

Libraries can teach us something about customer experience

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Jay Morris

When’s the last time you went to the library, and what did you go for? If you’re like most Americans, you’ve used your local library’s services at least once over the past 12 months to borrow books or other media, … Continue reading →