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Finally back in the saddle with this one. I need this content.

For some reason, Goodreads displays Ken Ham as the author, when in reality he is just one of four authors plus an editor. It's been interesting so far.

Gonna need a break from this series after this book...very introspective

Gilles de Rais....horrible dude

"Richard came home to Ina with a proposition...he was delighted with his family of three girls and a boy and...had...an object that would allow them to limit their family and enjoy their conjugal bliss at the same time...Ina was not impressed...Children were gifts from God...Richard could take this object out to the back yard...and bury it. Or would she have to do it herself?"

They ended up having 15...

"Dublin is such a small city: everyone knows everyone else's business."

- "The Boarding House"

a quick, insightful read

His assessment of Western fertility is absolutely spot on. I see the demographic problem right in my own extended family and in my own personal, unmarried situation. We need to be having more babies. The importation of foreign labor is not a good long term solution to a demographic issue among the native population.

"To summarize, if your goal is to love what you do, our first step is to acquire career capital [rare and valuable skills and knowledge]. Your next step is to invest this capital in the traits that define great work. Control is one of the most important targets you can choose for this investment." - p. 114

He's so far made a very good case that "follow your passion" is usually bad career advice.

I'm enjoying this. It is both relevant to my own career development and to the subject matter I talk to students about.