What to read in the economic crisis
No one doubts that learning something new is a good way to increase job security, productivity and overall happiness.
But in these tough economic times, it’s one of the mayor things people tend to spend time and money on. At least online:
The graph above shows the traffic boosts some online universities have been getting over the last months (although you may not be able to see it, ashford.edu has also doubled their traffic in the last months with an estimate of about 200.000 visitors).
If an online degree doesn’t sound appealing to you, simply reading a book can bring the same benefits.
Some suggestions:
I hope to order and read these this year. (Although I don’t know about the last one yet: it’s not the book I would usually read, but Andy pointed me to its site and the user story is just so funny.)
Tags: book, productivity
