On this edition of the Weekly Beef, Misty and Lisa return to Stassi Schroeder, an author whose book they previously reviewed, to discuss her repeated bad behavior and the most recent consequences she experienced. You can read about the controversy here.

Misty also shares an article from The Blissful Mind about what happens when self-care isn't enough. 

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This week, Misty and Lisa cover How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking – for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers by Sönke Ahrens.

Thanks to Longtime Loyal Listener Jonneke for the recommendation!

Dr. Sönke Ahrens is a writer and researcher in the field of education and social science, and author of the award-winning book Experiment and Exploration: Forms of World-Disclosure: From Epistemology to Bildung. He has worked at different universities, most recently as an interim professor for philosophy of education at the University for the German Federal Armed Forces in Munich.

In this How to Take Smart Notes book review, Lisa and Misty explain what the Zettelkasten method is, and cover all three parts of the book from the following chapters:

Introduction

• Everything You Need to Know
• Everything You Need to Do
• Everything You Need to Have
• A Few Things to Keep in Mind

The Four Underlying Principles

• Writing Is the Only Thing That Matters
• Simplicity Is Paramount
• Nobody Ever Starts From Scratch
• Let the Work Carry You Forward

The Six Steps to Successful Writing

• Separate and Interlocking Tasks
• Read for Understanding
• Take Smart Notes
• Develop Ideas
• Share Your Insight
• Make It a Habit

Interested in seeing how a slip-box looks visually? Want to better visualize how to use the Zettelkasten method? Try this YouTube video. If you’d like to see how someone uses Zettelkasten software for their slip-box needs, check out this video.

If you’d like to learn more about the author and see the slip-box tools available, you can do so at his website here.

If you'd like to purchase the book, you can do so here.

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On this edition of the Weekly Beef, Misty is joined by special guest Lauriel Marger, who speaks about her experiences as a working artist. This is a special follow up to the War of Art book review that is not to be missed!

If you'd like to follow Lauriel on social media, you can do so @lozmaza

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This week, Lisa and Misty cover The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield.

Steven Pressfield was an advertising copywriter, schoolteacher, tractor-trailer driver, bartender, oilfield roustabout, attendant in a mental hospital, fruit-picker in Washington state, and screenwriter. His struggles to make a living as an author, including the period when he was homeless and living out of the back of his car, are detailed in his book The War of Art. Pressfield graduated from Duke University in 1965. His first book, The Legend of Bagger Vance, was published in 1995, and was made into a 2000 film of the same name directed by Robert Redford and starring Will Smith, Charlize Theron, and Matt Damon.

We cover all the main ideas in this War of Art book review, including resistance, turning pro, and the higher realm.

If you like what you're hearing, you can learn more about the author at his website here. 

If you would like to purchase the book, you can do so here.

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On this edition of the weekly beef, Misty shares an article from the New York Times in defense of a good cry. 

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Happy Independence Day! This week, Misty and Lisa bring you the New York Times Bestseller A Citizen's Guide to Beating Donald Trump by David Plouffe.

Plouffe is an American political strategist best known as the campaign manager for Barack Obama's successful 2008 presidential campaign. He was an outside senior advisor to Obama since the president's first day in office and was then appointed as a Senior Advisor to the President (inside the White House) in 2011 following the resignation of David Axelrod, who went on to start Obama's reelection campaign. 

Plouffe wrote this book with the intention of sharing his experience working for and in campaigns for several decades, and his insights are usable to any volunteer or candidate, for any campaign, at any level, from local election up to, and including, President.

In this A Citizen’s Guide To Beating Donald Trump book review, we cover the following chapters:

Table of contents
Introduction

1. Offense/Defense
2. Create
3. Register
4. Hosting
5. Battlegrounds
6. Money
7. The Campaign
8. Voting
9. Election Night

We also reference Vote Save America to make sure you’re registered to vote and also visit the Brennan Center for Justice if you want up-to-date research and reporting on voting issues.

If you want to buy the book, you can do so here.

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On this edition of the Weekly Beef, Misty checks in on her homework from A Grief Observed: sharing a list of the things she's grieving while in quarantine. 

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This week, joined by special guest host Dr. Nikita T. Hamilton, we cover A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis. 

Clive Staples Lewis (1898–1963) was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably one of the most influential writers of his day. He was a Fellow and Tutor in English Literature at Oxford University until 1954, when he was unanimously elected to the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge University, a position he held until his retirement. He wrote more than thirty books, allowing him to reach a vast audience, and his works continue to attract thousands of new readers every year. His most distinguished and popular accomplishments include Mere Christianity, Out of the Silent Planet, The Great Divorce, The Screwtape Letters, and the universally acknowledged classics The Chronicles of Narnia. To date, the Narnia books have sold over 100 million copies and been transformed into three major motion pictures.

We cover each of the four chapters in this A Grief Observed book review!

If you'd like to learn more about the author, you can do so here. 

If you'd like to purchase the book, you can do so here.

And if you'd like to follow Nikita on Instagram, you can do so @nikitathamilton

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On this edition of the Weekly Beef, Lisa shares an article about how to make the most of your therapy sessions from Bottom Line Personal.

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This week, Lisa and Misty review The international bestseller The Power of Positive Thinking by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale.

According to the author's page on Amazon.com, Norman Vincent Peale was born in the Ohio hamlet of Bowersville on May 31, 1898, and was the son of a physician turned Methodist minister. He grew up to become the author of 46 books, including the inspirational best seller of all time, The Power of Positive Thinking. He was also a motivational speaker; the co-publisher of the world's leading inspirational magazine, Guideposts; and for 52 years, the beloved pastor of Marble Collegiate Church in New York City.

In 1984 Peale was awarded the Presidential medal of Freedom by Ronald Reagan. Dr. Peale died at his home in Pawling on Christmas Eve, 1993.

Buckle in for this one, because we cover the main ideas in every chapter of this Power of Positive Thinking Book Review.

If you'd like to learn more about the author, you can visit his website. 

If you'd like to buy the book, you can do so here.

And here's the Politico article Misty cites about How Norman Vincent Peale taught Donald Trump to Worship Himself.

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