Dr. Tao Recommondation Books for Stock Investment

For Beginners (0-2 years of investment experience, less than $25K in stock or fund)

• One Up of Wall Street - Peter Lynch
• How to Make Money in Stocks - William O'Neil
• Motley Fool Investment Guide - Gardners

For People have some investment experience (3-10 years of investment experience,  $26K-$250K in stock or fund)

• The Essays of Warren Buffett
• The Intelligent Investor - Graham (Buffett's mentor)
• Security Analysis - Graham
• Common Sense on Mutual Funds

For Advanced Investors (over 10 years of investment experience, $260K-$2.5M in stock or fund)

• Common Stocks and Uncommon Profit - Fisher
• Stocks for the Long Run - Siegel
• Irrational Exuberance - Shiller
• How Market Fail - Cassidy

For Experts (managing money for others and charge fees)
- You should have you own list! why are you reading this blog?

It takes scars to build character

Another defeat. After hundreds of hours of practice and thousands time of repetition. But DD did well. He performed wonderfully and did he best. There is no remorse. He got home quietly and brought the big lab out for a walk. I know he need time to lick the wounds and heal. My heart bleeds too. 

But I know every challenge in life is another chisel, if we are truly built with solid material,  we eventually become perfect sculptures. Just like whenever I saw myself in front of bathroom mirror, I was reminded David. :)

But the process of transforming from raw marble to astonishing statue is hard. It takes thousands of cut - for the boy and for his father. 

Books for higher ed educator

College unbound by Jeffery selingo

Teaching mind by roger a hank

Teaching critical thinking

"All Work, No Pay" - A book for planning and getting the most out of the internship experince

There are not a lot of choices out there and most student going thru internship without thinking much of a big picture or strategy.  This is a simple, practical book.

http://www.amazon.com/All-Work-Pay-Internship-Connections/dp/1607741687/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1390280758&sr=1-2&keywords=internship