A journey of a thousand miles

Hello people, Its been a moment since I was last here. I cannot say the leave of absence was intended or approved :-). The most important thing is that I am back and determined to stay focused on these streets. What do I hope to write about? Everthing which I feel is important to share with others. This also works as a record for my personal reflection. So let's get started!

Keys to being awasome at everything - by Tony Schwartz

The list is not exhaustive

1. Pursue what you love
2. Do the hardest work first
3. Practise intensely - 90 minutes sessions, no more than four and a half hours per day, it takes 10,000 hours to achieve expertise.
4. seek expert feedback, in intermittent doses
5. take regular renewal breaks
6. Ritualise practise - build specific inviolable time for activities 
7. Prioritise

Books to read

1. Talent is overated - Geoffrey Colvin
2. The talent Code - Daniel Coyle
3. Outliers - Malcolm Gladwell
4. The Genius in all of us - David Schenk
5. Bounce - Mathew Syed

Google Employees Weighed In on What Makes a Highly Effective Manager

https://www.inc.com/michael-schneider/google-did-an-internal-study-that-will-forever-change-how-they-hire-and-promote-.html

How far have I gone on the #50Booksin2017 challenge?

I have so far read the folloiwing books this year.

1. The Case for Christ - Lee Strobel
2. The Kingdom come : Inside the secret world of Opus Dei by Robert Hutchison
3. Alter Egos : Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and the twilight struggle over American power by Mark Lander
4. The Fourth Industrial Revolution by Klaus Schwab
5. The Oath : The White House and the Supreme Court by Jeffrey Toobin
6. Rise of the Robots : Technology and the threat of a jobless future by Martin Ford
7. The Templar Revelation by Lynn Picknett & Clive Prince
8. Elon Musk : Tesla, Space X and the Quest for a fantastic future by Ashlee Vance
9. First in his Class : The Biography of Bill Clinton by David Maraniss
10. The Tyranny of experts ; Economists, Dictators and the Forgotten rights of the poor by William Easterly
11. 10 Secrets to Life's biggest Challenges by Peter Lord with Kent Crockett

What are terms in other countries that are equivalent to the American "Ivy League" for top tier education?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_League

1. Brown
2. Columbia
3. Cornell
4. Dartmouth
5. Harvard
6. Penn
7. Princeton
8. Yale

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C9_League#Members

1. Tsinghua University
2. Peking University
3. Zhejiang University
4. Nanjing University
5. Fudan University
6. Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU)
7. Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU)
8. University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)
9. Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_triangle_(universities)#Rankings

1. University of Cambridge
2. Imperial College London
3. King's College London[note 1]
4. London School of Economics [note 2]
5. University of Oxford
6. University College London

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Universities#Members

1. Tohoku University (東北大学)
2. Kyushu University (九州大学)
3. Hokkaido University (北海道大学)
4. Seoul National University (서울대학교)[2]
5. National Taiwan University (國立臺灣大學)[4]
6. Osaka University (大阪大学)
7. Nagoya University (名古屋大学)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U15_Group_of_Canadian_Research_Universities#Membership

1. University of Alberta
2. University of British Columbia
3. University of Calgary
4. Dalhousie University
5. Université Laval
6. University of Manitoba
7. McGill University
8. McMaster University
9. Université de Montréal
10. University of Ottawa
11. Queen's University
12. University of Saskatchewan
13. University of Toronto
14. University of Waterloo
15. University of Western Ontario

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_of_Eight_(Australian_universities)

1. Australian National University
2. Monash University
3. University of Adelaide
4. University of Melbourne
5. University of New South Wales
6. University of Queensland
7. University of Sydney
8. University of Western Australia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandes_%C3%A9coles#Classification_as_Grandes_%C3%89coles

What Are 5 Books That Can Change Your Life?

http://time.com/3329687/5-books-change-life/?xid=time_socialflow_twitter

An interesting web service

It is interesting what you find every time you spend a few minutes on the internet.

I came across the "harambee" website and found it quite innovative to run a "mchango" campaign.