The Invisible Mentor Week in Review for January 20th to 24th
It’s almost the end of January, the time is flying and I am feeling a lot more settled and focused. I am discovering that in reference to the blog posts on The Invisible Mentor Blog, I am liking the structure which the editorial calendar provides. It makes it much easier to write blog posts because I am so focused, and it also forces me to look ahead.
Monday: Mini Biography of Martin Luther King Jr, Human Rights Activist
Monday was Martin Luther King Jr Day so I celebrated the day with a profile of the man. He was greatly influeneced by Civil Disobedience, an essay written by Henry David Thoreau. Learn why King was such a great leader.
Tuesday: Review of Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis
Not very long ago, I gave myself permission to be able to not like a book, even if it’s on the list of the 100 Best Books of All Time. Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis is autobiographical, and although it is very philosophical, I was distracted reading the book because I found the way the characters describe women to be very offensive. Which woman wants to be called a slut, brood mare, brazen bitch or hussy, even if it’s behind their backs?
Wednesday: Mini Biography of Thomas Alva Edison, Inventor of Incandescent Electric Light Bulb
In celebrating National Mentoring Month, I am writing mini biographies of the men who Napoleon Hill – author of Think and Grow Rich, a timeless classic – used as invisible mentors. Edison left school at an early age because he was hearing impaired, so he was homeschooled by his mom. A lifelong reader, Edison was constantly applying the knowledge he acquired from reading. Over the course of his lifetime, he filed 1,093 patents, and for 63 consecutive years, starting in 1868, he patented an invention every year.
Thursday: Books to Read in February 2014 – Keep Going, Staying the Course
To give readers enough time to purchase the books to read for the upcoming month, I have posted them early. There are eight books on the list for February, and I have included a random number generator just for the fun of it to assist you in choosing which books to read. Just to give you a heads up, this year is the year of reading women, so to celebrate Women’s History Month, I will be reading books by females in the month of March. If you remember the post, Classic Literature Reading Game, there was a category Books by Women, those are the books that I will be reading in March.
Friday: Walden by Henry David Thoreau, Review #theclassics
Henry David Thoreau was a transcendentalist who built a cabin in the wooded area on Walden Pond close to Concord, Massachusetts, and stayed there for two years and two months, getting in touch with nature. Walden, is a literary expression of transcendentalism, and an examination of nature. We learn from Thoreau that it’s okay to change our minds and contradict ourselves. After two years and two months he reintegrated into society because he had learned that self-discovery can take place anywhere. He also wrote the essay, Civil Disobedience, which had a profound impact on Martin Luther King Jr. Thoreau was influenced by Ralph Waldo Emerson (My profile of Ralph Waldo Emerson).
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