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...author writes with messianic zeal about a life-management technique that she invented a dozen years ago and for which she has successfully proselytized ever since. To 10-10-10 a decision means to analyze the issue from the perspective of 10 minutes hence, 10 months and 10 years. "The process invariably led me to faster, cleaner and sounder decisions," she writes. You can apply her technique to decisions as life-altering as whether to leave your job or as mundane as whether to attend a child's soccer game or stay at work...
...approach is like a catchy tune you keep humming after hearing it on the radio. When applied, it immediately cuts down on foolish impulses. But the author, whose husband famously wrote the best seller Straight from the Gut, isn't discounting intuition. That's what governed her decision to dive--joblessly--into a new life with Jack. "I failed 10-10-10 because I was overwhelmed by events," Suzy admits now, with a touch of authorial embarrassment. "I was sort of standing in the middle of a field, and suddenly the skies opened up, and the skies fell down...
Being an RMIT (alas, there are very few RWITs) is a good thing, reports the author. He spent two years studying the most successful self-made person in each of 100 U.S. towns. The poorest of these folks is worth more than $100 million, and half are billionaires. Does money buy happiness? Well, yes, Jones reports: "RMITs love the lives they have created for themselves." He crunches the numbers and gives his advice about joining the élite club ("Get Addicted to Ambition," "Fail to Succeed"). But most important, keep...
...consumers cut back on spending, the famed chef and author of Lidia's Italy zeroes in on one way to stretch your food dollar...
...highest order—though the insights of history have raised questions about his dealings in the art world—Berenson was friendly with and respected by the foremost literati of his day such as Oscar Wilde and Henry James. His word was often the only authority needed to verify the authenticity of a Da Vinci or Titian, and consequently, Berenson was an indispensable friend to collectors and dealers across the world.But perhaps Bernard Berenson’s greatest legacy was the villa which he called his own, and which became very much a part of who Berenson was?...