Sunday Jan 29, 2012 I spotted this book in Texas Monthly. SMart Thinking has six great reviews here at Amazon.  Sounds like a good read to me!  Oddly there are few to no courses on how to succeed in college. Looks like this would be a GOOD START. Here is one review. Art Markman is a leader…

Friday Jan 26, 2012 A bioinformation specialist set records winning the most money in one episode of Jeopardy. He prepared for several years by  'mapping' his brain. Read how Roger Craig did it. Hmm I wonder if we could do this for students in their respective majors, map your brain's understanding of statistics or accounting. 

thursday Jan 25, 2012 Second Saturdays at TAMUSA are our free film festival. February is my turn. If I had my way, and in this instance I do, every student would be required to view and write his or her impressions about this film.  This is not To Sir With Love. More like, having Darth…

Thursday Jan 25, 2012 The War of Art by Steve Pressfield is all about overcoming Resistance to find your inner creative self.  All three of my sections have a writing assignment utilizing Emerson's Self Reliance and Kirk Tuck's Lonely Hunter. I suggest if you enjoyed those, click on the link and read the synopsis of Pressfield's…

Monday January 23, 2012 Deb Alvarado our Becker CPA rep reminds me that students can be nominated for the  Becker CPA Accounting Scholarship. If you a re interested drop me an e mail with the details required on why you should be nominated. 

Monday January 23, 2012 IMA Professional and friend Jimmie Smith passed on this information about the IMA scholarship program.Note one needs to be a member but that is not expensive. Touch base with m on this, why not apply?  Apparently not many Texas students have taken advantage of this opportunity. Let me know if you…

Wed Dec 28, 2011 I have referred to Photographer Kirk Tuck's blog several times Please take time to read Lonely Hunter, Better Hunt  He is describing what it takes to become a better photographer. But  realizing most of you will not do this, here are the summary paragraphs. In the second paragraph, substitute the words accomplishment…

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Tuesday Dec 6, 2011 We recently featured a story on the San Antonio Ragtime Society hosting Bryan Wright.  I don't know if this link will work b but the WSJ featured a story on the first and only opera that  Scott Joplin wrote. Joplin was black, a native of Texarkana, TX. He wrote the music specifically…

Tuesday Nov 29, 2011 Business Insider has a Day in the Life for an MBA student at Yale. Seems Yale has eliminated the traditional silo system of mgt, mkt, accounting for an 'integrated' curriculum covering the nine things a manager needs to know.  Observation I see this is pass fail. At the end you will note she…